Bakir

I just purchased the LLP version, though I feel a bit deceived since the Moorish motifs and typeface on the packaging were very similar to the original. Buyer beware! Having said all that, I do have the elegant "designer imposter" version, and it's gorgeous! Hard to describe: slightly spicy oriental, but there's a note in there that is unique among all (check my frag profile and you'll see what I mean by "all") the fragrances I have. It must be the galbanum? I know I'm not being helpful, but I am astounded by this beauty. Being the stubborn sort, I just bought some original perfume to compare apples and apples. Based on the rapturous reviews of the original and my own sniffings of the LLP, I might need to find a mountain to climb to honor fragrance perfection.

I'm sniffing the original as I type, my own bottle from around 1980. So little is left that I list it as "had" rather than "have". There's an "old" smell of deep forest in fall or spring and the sour animalic sharpness of forest creatures both big and small does definitely run through it. Original Bakir is like the thick dark stuff that's left in the bottom of an old & much-loved bottle of perfume. The color of Long Lost's juice is way too pale compared to the original but Juliette's review sounds as if she sniffed the real thing! I really LIKE it and I agree with her description. Kterhark is right: send for a vial of the original juice, for the experience. Then do as I'm going to and get a bottle of the new stuff to actually wear. There's nothing quite like it around anymore and it seems a shame to let this become a memory when there's new juice that comes so very close.

I have been using the LLP version for several years. It's OK and as close as I can get to the heavenly fragrance of the original. I am still searching for something closer to the original, but nothing quite makes it. I found some unopened bottles of bakir Perfume in antique malls and unopened body powder as well. So I treat them like gold. I doubt I'll find anymore anywhere. If anyone finds a fragrance like the original Bakir, please let us all know.

This makes a great oriental for the summer. I've worn it during 90 degree muggy days and it was great. I don't really consider it to be very "dark". The raspberry top note carries thru all the way to the end on me. Normally, I hate any cologne with raspberry in it, but this is very well done and it is not a fruity cologne in any sense of the word. Very unique, a must-try.

Long lost perfume that I wore in college. I remember that my mom really liked it, too; she bought the powder and we both had those powders for years. The scent lasted a long time. I still love spicy scents, but I don’t know if I would wear this again, if it were available.