Qimmah for Women

In the 6 months since I checked in with this one, it has gone and gotten better and better. It has gotten sweeter and kind of reminds me of a ripened Athena. It is sweeter which plays well with the powdery note. Where it was good before in a low-key way, it is now more luxurious and chic-smelling. Wearing it for the first time in forever, I got compliments from 2 different people. The one lady who asked what I was wearing had never heard of Lattafa before - or any other brands like it & I'm pretty sure she will be looking at more UAE brands. It's been over 20 days of letting this rest and NOW it's everything good. I don't think I've ever had such a weirdly lovely scent before. As I move around, I get wafts of floral vanilla one minute, then brown-sugary sweetness the next. It's really nice. Most odd to me is that I get the faintest hint of - wait for it - salt. Not a lot, just enough to be interesting. Oh, I am loving this now. Okay, so I have my bottle. The notes shown here are correct. While my bottle will need some time to bloom, right off the bat, it's giving the soft & fruity vibes with a promise of powder. It's very subtle in every way right now, but... I know to give these babies time. The production date on this one is Jan 2025 so... I will be back with more later. UPDATE: I contacted a seller that I bought from. They confirmed that the notes are those shown on Fragrantica. I'm not sure how Lattafa got it wrong! Apparently, every review I've read lines up with the Fragrantica notes... @SkyWalker22 Whoops! I bought this a few days ago and it's on the way. I like the look of the bottle and thought the notes here were accurate. Now I have no idea whether I will like this or not. I generally go for sweet and gourmand types... Thanks so much for sharing the info. Next time, I will be more careful! What is confusing to me is all the comments/reviews here & elsewhere citing the praline and cocoa and sweet gourmand. With the true notes from Lattafa, I don't know how that could be!?!?!?!?

I can't speak for the comparison to good girl just because I hate the bottle (sorry if you love it!!) .. however qimmah is quite a lovely fragrance. It's smooth (without any harsh base notes that sometimes ME perfumes have) the bottle is interesting I don't believe I have any green bottles in my collection so I think it's quite unique. It's very feminine with a classic perfume smell that doesn't smell old fashioned, but still smells perfumey.. almost as if there is patchouli in it not prominent but it gives a scent profile I know that good girl has it so perhaps it does here too. Very vanilla forward without being gourmand, with the white florals and almond and the coffee is there but very mild, which I'm grateful for. I haven't tested the longevity yet however seems to be going pretty strong so I will update this later as it macerates. I can imagine this being a lovely date night fragrance that men will love on women also. It's sexy yet approachable. I'd probably prefer to wear it in cooler weather but it's not super cloying that you can't wear it in warm weather. Nothing super unique but really I think that's the point it's just mass appealling, for the price it's a fantastic deal for the quality. This would also make a great gift for someone wanting to get into perfume collecting (but perhaps not for someone who is into niche)

Qimmah is by far one of my favorite perfumes. The opening has this brilliant burst of almond, and I also get the floral Jasmine and Tuberose, with a hint of vanilla; there is almost a "freshness" to the opening that I find with almond scents, and I'm almost addicted to it! As the scent settles, I really start to smell the vanilla come through heavily, and I can smell the coffee and cacao at this point. I don't know if I can pick out the tonka bean or sandalwood individually, but I think they add to the overall creamy smoothness of the perfume. I've already gone through a whole bottle and am now on my second, and I hope to always have this perfume in my collection! I get a minimum of 6 hours of wear, but it usually lasts longer, and lasts much longer on clothing. It projects well, definitely more than an arm's length, because people have complimented me when they were closer to 6+ feet away. I actually just got another compliment on this perfume when I was out at the store. The cashier came up to me and said "Oooh! You smell really good!" and I was so super appreciative of the compliment! If you like almond/vanilla scents and are into gourmonds, this would be blind buy safe in my opinion. You can usually get ot for about $30, which is beyond worth it for this lovely fragrance.

I did a side-by-side test with Carolina Herrera Good Girl, and they're extremely similar. I did the test-strip experiment with my husband, who preferred Qimmah, saying it wasn't as heavy, but that otherwise they were virtually indistinguishable. Usually he has an unerring talent for choosing the more expensive option, but not this time. And he didn't even see this glorious bottle, which reminds me of a slightly tackier (less luxe) version of my beautiful Fendi Furiosa bottle, easily the most beautiful perfume bottle in my collection. I get a slightly salty popcorn accord with both Qimmah and VGG, a bit similar to the one I notice in some of the Maisondieu-Lancôme offerings, but it's not what I'd call overly gourmand or savory. Qimmah is a really good deal; I don't regret purchasing a travel sprayer of GG, but I certainly don't need that ludicrous and awkward stiletto bottle, especially now that I have Qimmah. The bottle is so gorgeous, with its greens and golds, but it doesn't smell green in the slightest. It smells like more of a pale buttery rose gold. The bottle looks more suited to an aquatic fragrance, but since I don't tend to favor those, I'm glad they used it for Qimmah.

Be patient with this one! I was so disappointed with Qimmah before I let it macerate for couple of months since I somehow missed the note that this is suppose to be a dupe for CH Good Girl (and I absolutely loathe Good Girl even though I used to own it in late 2010's [tbh that's probably why I loathe it]) 😅 First sprays of this resembeled Good Girl alot, but after maceration this turned out to be an incredebly beautiful scent on its own: well blended almond and dark cacao, not too old timey perfumey, a true coffee scent ☕️ And tuberose and jasmine notes are not headache indusing. This is sweet yet mature, not your typical "going-to-club" evening scent. This is like a big sister to CH's Good Girl: When Qimmah's typical weekend evening is going for a restaurant date that extends to getting civilized cocktails (and perhaps night ending with some red wine at the date's place 🤭), Good Girl is meanwhile at the club getting absolutely waisted and making terrible life choices with the wrong people 😆 One spray in a dry environment such as Northern Europe is enough (atleast for me)! Very durable and good rejection overall🫶🏻