Nasheet

#382 in my "Tour de Fragrance" I purchased two Nishane frags back in July. Ani and Hacivat. I haven't opened the Hacivat yet, but I tried out the Ani immediately and it was love at first sniff. I actually purchased the Nasheet at about the same time, but had no idea it was hyped as a dupe of Ani, and following the standard advice on Middle Eastern frags, I left it on the shelf for a few months, just unboxed it last week, and tried it for the first time today. I immediately got out the Ani and did a side-by-side to see if Nasheet was really a dupe of Ani as I had forgotten what Ani smells like. It's not remotely an Ani dupe, missing a bunch of notes, so I'm not kicking myself for having dropped $100+ for 50 ml of Ani. Which by the way is a fantastic scent! That out of the way, Nasheet is a fine fragrance in its own right and deserves your interest. If you like Nutmeg, which I do, you'll like this. But it's a boatload of nutmeg, so I'd start with a single spritz. I certainly didn't need more. Most of the Lattafa scents I've trialed (this is the 23rd), all sold as EDPs, but about half have been EDTs in performance. I'd say this is solidly an EDP, but, if you're looking for the performance of Ani, few scents offer that. In fact I would only put MFK Grand Soir and Akro Bake on the same level as Nishane Ani as far as endurance, as all three are solid skin scents for 24 hours. This scent easily made to lunch and beyond, eight hours of skin scent till I showered , which I consider excellent, with moderate sillage for about 2. The fact that one or two people get poor performance from any scent is not a deal breaker for me. If you buy a lot of fragrances, and this year I've purchased at least 550, you will on occasion get a poor quality bottle. I've had that happen with a wide variety of fragrances from different houses high and low. With an estimated 600 million bottles produced each year you have to expect quality control to fail sooner or later. But this bottle of Nasheet is a solidly strong fragrance, better than a lot of EDPs I've gotten from non-Middle Eastern producers, and I'd gladly buy it again. At a delightful $17 bucks I think it's really, really underpriced. And it's not like you're risking the crown jewels with a blind buy here.

I am really fascinated by note pyramid of Ani and I cannot really afford myself a bottle so been looking for a dupe for a long time. Recently got to try Nasheet and I am happy with how it smells. I get sort of minty vanilla feel in the opening, almost passing off as peppermint note, which is exactly what i would believe if sniffing blind. Develops beautifully with a slight citrusy zesty and fresh spicy accords, keeping that vanilla backbone. That being said, my biggest gripe with this rather lovely fragrance is the performance. This may just be the weakest Lattafa I have tried yet and I own a dozen atleast. It just vanished in less than an hour, which I believe was me going nose-blind to it, but down 3-4 hours I could faintly smell it back, but it was as weak as a fragrance could ever be. I do not think there is any projection whatsoever past that 45 mins to an hour at start. I would still buy a full bottle anyway becuase I adore how this smells, will keep it for maceration and update the review if the performance miraculously improves. UPDATE: I take back my words, this is definitely not the weakest Lattafa, it is quite decent in performance, tried again and it did last on my skin for 5-6 hours and I could smell it on my shirt the next day, albeit softly. Granted its not the best Ani clone in terms of performance, but I prefer this in terms of smell, maybe this also makes it usable in a little warmer weather since I freaking love this DNA. I think given time it would be a decent average or slightly above average performer.

Have this fragrance for about 2 months now... I think it needs more time to macerate... The main thing that annoys me about this is that it lasts a long time, but doesn't project at all... moreover, if you spray it around your neck or on your chest - you go nose blind to it... Had this on my hand and went into a fragrance store to try Ani side by side with it... Ani is different in the opening, but as it dries down they smell the same.. I am talking about smelling them back and forth and having a hard time telling them apart.. Ani projects more - that's a fact.. The thing is that if I overspray this (14 sprays and up) I can get a nice scent cloud around me.. Another thing is that if you overspray this you will leave a wonderful scent train behind you... Even with the slight performance issues, I don't think it is worth buying the real deal because the smell with this one is very close (especially if you leave it for a few weeks to macerate after the first sprays) - here Ani is about 250$/100ml and Nasheet is about 20$/100ml I even got a back-up bottle of this... I will get back with some new mentions after a few months because I think this will be a good scent event on summer nights Hope this helps! Cheers!

Nasheet is a unisex fragrance that slightly leans masculine. This is a vanilla that is spicy, woody and aromatic. Nasheet opens with a prominent ginger accord which makes it zingy. As it dries down,vanilla becomes more present and the nutmeg makes an appearance. The vanilla in this fragrance has that same herbal like smell that is present in Guess Seductive Noir!!! At this point it stays linear. If you are a Jamaican, you can get an idea of what it smells like by imagining a creamy porridge with some ginger added in. Lasting power could be better but I layer this with a fragrance oil inspired by Ani and that seems to extend the wear significantly. This is a love for me! I live in the tropics and I have no problem wearing this in the heat as it's not too sweet. I have never sampled Nishane Ani before so unfortunately I'm not able to compare it to that but the fragrance oil dupe smells the same. Update 11/21/2024: This has gotten sweeter, smoother and less aromatic. I love this even more now ☺️

Don't trust the note breakdown of a clone fragrance because it could be misleading, like this one, just figure out what fragrance this cloning of. I've never smell Ani before but I do get the spicy citrusy opening and the sweetness vanilla dry down, like everyone described Ani. On it's own, it's a great fragrance, especially considering how cheap it is (I pay $15 for a 100ml size bottle), comparing it to Ani which could go up to $200+ for a 100ml size bottle. In terms of the performance, this last 6-7 hours on my skin with moderate projection, which is okay. Actually it isn't great, considering this is a sweeter DNA but, it's not bad either considering the price and the smells. But because it isn't beastly performed fragrance, you could possibly wear this on the hotter weather because some people actually like to rock sweet fragrance on the hotter day, like me. Overall, great stuff especially for the price.