Tamima

Tamina disappointed me straight off the bat. I wasn't aware of the aging process and the release of the alcohols that need to happen before giving a final verdict. I pumped the sprayer and thought ok I'll just use it as a bathroom spray lol and put it in my cabinet. It was literally so watery, aquatic ozonic watermelon with ZERO punch. Now after 2 months WHOA it has changed to something beautiful and downright elegant. It is a SUMMER scent, the watermelon accord is there on the opening on the dry down it lingers dancing in a light sweet way in the background as the white musk rounds it out. The dry down is fluffy not stuffy. I really did NOT want a masculine frag, I hate masculine frags on me its gross. For the price if I need to reapply who cares!! :D People said it was a dupe , I'd love to get my nose on the dupe too. You really have to let lataffa frags sit note to self. I would recommend it if you are looking for a burst of ethereal fruit then an elegant dry down in the hot heat you can also layer get it. It works great with strawberry scents so I imagine it would work with other tropical scents coconuts and vanilla scents. Great price great buy.

When building my collection and researching Summer fragrances, this kept making many list. I had gotten Alhambra’s interpretation of this dna. The Alhambra needed some sit time, but I was ready to wear. So I got this to pair with it. I wore both together over Layali Rouge or a watermelon oil. Now both can carry themselves. This scent profile is perfect for our humidity, great projection, never cloying. This is fruity, sweet, with a little contrast from the pepper, and a woody dry down. This is my go to scent profile for Summer, it is easy, very beautiful, fresh, and feminine. Fantastic for our sticky hot Summer heat, I smell good while pouring sweat. I wore this to outdoor parties in the day. I wore for nights out. Tamina withstood the heat & sweat. It stayed on clothes until I washed them. It lingered in my bedroom until the next day. Very beautiful fragrance with good performance that I look forward to be able to wear again come mid Spring. 100/10

Nose Note #591 It's a very good impression of L'Imperatrice, but I'm getting something slightly more tropical than it should be... One time it's just like the OG, the other time it has this tropical aspect that shouldn't be there are it spoils the blend. The tropical nuisance goes away after 5-10 minutes, thankfully! I don't know. I had really high hopes for this. L'Imperatrice is one of my most favourite on a woman and it's been some time since I've smelled the OG, but from memory this is not 100% there. Maybe 90%, sure, but I naively expected 100%. It's still L'Imperatrice that I love though. Kudos. And the presentation, oh my... This is 10 times better than the OG. Simple, fruity, bubblegummy, aquatic, not overly sweet. It screams "summer". 8.5/10, to me this is one of a kind DNA.

This is a great summer scent with all those tropical fruit notes. I can barely smell the rhubarb which is good because I'm not a fan of that note. Sweet that doesn't go overboard it's nauseating. Poor longevity, though. But I don't mind since I can spray again once the scent fades. This is such a steal with its price point. It's clearly a dupe of L'Imperatrice and I'm glad there's Tamima so I'll stick to this gorgeous cheapie.

I don't understand why this fragrance doesn't get more love. I think it's fantastic. I like it because it isn't overly sweet or juvenile like so many fruit forward perfumes, especially those with watermelon. It makes me think of sipping a fancy fruit cooler at a high end spa. It's sophisticated and really unisex in my opinion despite being listed as a women's fragrance.