Kismet Angel

Another "hide the rum" moment here but with cognac instead. The unique contrasting pairing of a sophisticated mature and deep balsamic element, the cognac, with playful delicious gourmand notes. Kismet Angel and Magic smell similar, but in fact I do smell some praline in Magic and the woody notes tend to smell nutty like the chocolate in Kismet Angel. I can't compare it to Angel's Share I haven't tried it, but I didn't wanna buy DUA's version because some reported that it leans masculine. Kismet Angel is definitely in the same balsamic honey, oriental-spicy - Tonka genre of Tonka Reminiscence without the tobacco impression in the latter. They open similarly amber-y, balsamic and warm due to the honey mainly and the sweet spice in both - different spices tho- but Tonka Rem is churchy, floral, mature and more spicy with the cloves note, while this is more gourmand, sweeter from the chocolate in a more youthful way, also due to the cinnamon, so easily a crowd pleaser for gourmand lovers. This is more amber-y than Tonka Rem and with an attractive sweet sour tone especially at the later drydown from the caramel and amber. Tonka Rem has a different development in the drydown being almondy, floral, clove-sweet and not boozey, while the honey-cloves are abit too much at first and the honey slightly dusty for a moment. The cognac is not too boozey in a crude way to my nose at first, due to the honey, but it enriches the balsamic amber for sure. It feels rich syrupy boozey in the mid phase as it dances with the caramel. Cognac was always this delicious, mysterious, powerful ingredient that I associated with old wise men or rugged pirates trying to warm up out at the dark chilly sea at night. It was the coveted potion to my eyes that my mom used in her baking so we always had it available at our house and I was anticipating the moment when she would ask me to bring it out from its resting place. This scent brought back memories of Christmas time when my mom prepared the Greek honey cookies in honey syrup with cinnamon and cognac, but also with orange juice which we don't have here, but the deep amber-y balsamic sophisticated warmth of the cognac in this perfume, the soft sour syrupy caramel tone along with the honey, made me nostalgic. We also drizzled walnuts on the traditional Greek honeyed cookies and I totally smell a nutty element in this scent in the opening and mid phase from the chocolate. Some dared to drizzle actual chocolate on the Greek melomakarona honey cookies and that's what I am smelling in the later drydown when I smell the chocolate more crudely. Some bakeries incorporate chocolate into the syrupy chewy semolina dough and that's the scent of the mid phase for me being syrupy rich and nutty just like when I made baklava one time with chocolate in it. We stored our cognac in a wooden bookcase, locked in with an old key and yet it filled the entire room with its powerful, sophisticated scent blending with the smell of the wooden bookcase - it was cozy and chilling too so we often opened up the wooden compartment to smell the magic. Cognac to me was heavy, rich and associated with maturity and the old age so I kinda feared its alcoholic power and deep scent despite its attractive balsamic sweetness, and yet it transformed itself into a youthful delicacy as I watched my mom pour it in the flour for the Christmas cookie dough along with the green gold Greek olive oil, the cinnamon and the orange juice or peel. This perfume captures that moment for me because it's sophisticated yet youthfully gourmand like the Melomakarona cookies: cognac-infused, nutty honeyed syrupy and chewy (minus the dough scent) and without anything offputting about it. The honey-caramel create that syrupy chewy sensation of our honeyed Greek cookies without the BBW baked goods notes that I never liked much in perfumes while this retains its perfumey aspect. The honey is a warm, solar but slightly dry-sour note especially when it fades, so the caramel makes it smoother and syrupy. And so the cognac ended up symbolizing the cozy warmth of our house in winter to me, the liaison between the youth and the wise old age coming together. It becomes more crude-boozey and drunk at the later drydown when the honey gets softer-drier more solar and the caramel is more sour than syrupy, and along with the cinnamon, the result is a soft spicy-sweet balsamic amber-y sour scent with that alcoholic edge to it, but not masculine while maintaining its playful chocolatey element. It's no longer a thick and syrupy scent at that later stage, but lighter yet smooth. It lasts many hours on me. The ambery sour effect from the amber - caramel is amplified at the drydown - perhaps the cognac offers its own sour balsamic flair and I like the sour tone in this as it adds more warmth and a feminine touch. Blending honey with booze is genius so this scent is high-pitched, solar, warm-spicy in a sweet way, festive and sweet-sour, not dark and spicy. Its balsamic sour amber paired with sweet notes is reminiscent of DUA Amberilicious and of Armani Si but it's a different scent. The chocolate is another genius addition in this - it smells almost nutty at first and in the mid phase, so perhaps the perfumer utilized benzaldehyde for the chocolate note which gives a nutty effect along with the sweet chocolate scent. I don't get hazelnut or popcorn so they didn't go with pyrazines I suppose.. I don't know the details man, I'm just really into discovering which notes and combos create the scents I perceive. In the mid phase, the chewy caramel along with the nutty rich decadent chocolate and the syrupy solar warm - not dusty - honey note, gave me the impression of sugared dates (since dates are chewy) and nuts with honey, smelling like the walnuts that we sprinkled on our cognac-infused soft and honeyed melomakarona cookies or the version with the syrupy chocolatey chewy dough. So it took me some time, till the later drydown even, to realize that I'm smelling chocolate, not chewy dates with nuts. I have come to love chocolate notes - thank you DUA for that lol. The chocolate is thick and smooths out the sour tone of the scent. It's the youthful, playful touch along with the honey and cinnamon which differentiates this perfume from heavy, mature gourmands. Nothing sharp, nothing peppery or waxy, nothing smoky. Despite the caramel note being paired with honey, it manages to be aromatic, balanced and not cloying, maybe due to the tonka which btw may amplify the nutty effect I get, but Tonka is my favorite note because it can be warm or cold, but always rich and smooth, giving body to every scent. I love the projection of this scent especially in the wind. It's perfect for fall too. I also love praline in perfumes which creates a balsamic liqueur chocolatey impression as in le monde gourmand Meringue Magique, and I smell some praline vibes in Kismet Magic. What makes Kismet Angel special compared to other boozey chocolate or cognac or brandy gourmands, is the lack of floral notes yet its ability to be aromatic from the cinnamon-honey and not pungent, despite the heavy syrupy components. Btw the quality is here in this formulation imo, no weird synthetic notes with leathery-burnt plastic or smoky undertones, just beautiful. Very impressed and at this price such a steal. Btw the kismet Angel who defined the fates of mortal men in Mesopotamia was who else, Enlil...that's the fallen angel with his mountain temples -Sumerian Ekur =mountain house - har habayit same thing - and his laws from mountains... So quite a mystical oriental story surrounding the good old adventurous European cognac haha.

Vale la pena? Olor: Demasiado buena, su olor es demasiado acogedor. Huele alicorado y dulce. Me llega a recordar al olor de un pastel con pasas pero muy muy refinado; con canela, vainilla y chocolate oscuro en una noche fría de otoño mientras te tomas un chocolate caliente. Las notas son bastantes verdaderas. ¿Se parece a Killian Angels Share? La respuesta es sí. En lo personal no tengo el Angels Share y ni lo he olido, sin embargo, conozco personas que la han olido y afirman que huele igual. ¿Se parece al Khamrah de lattafa? Tengo los dos por así decirlo, y te podría decir que huelen 55% parecido. La diferencia es que Khamrah es más dulce en si, pero Kismet Angel es más alicorado (amargo como un licor 🥃). Kismet tiene la nota de chocolate oscuro y eso hace que su aroma sea más profundo y (para mí) más masculino. Duración: A simple vista podría decir que dura aproximadamente 8 horas en piel, pero a la 6-8 horas podría decir que se vuelve un olor a ras de piel con proyección casi nula. En ropa dura más de 4 días lo cual está bastante bien. Evidentemente podría ser que mi Ph de la piel y el clima en el que vivo (cálido tropical) afecte el rendimiento, pero en un clima frío esta destaca mucho más. Hoy me apliqué 2 sprays al lado del hombro a las 6:40 am y ahora a las 3:50pm aún puedo olerlo; pero claro, acercando mi nariz al hombro. Opino que su olor hace que su duración y proyección no tenga importancia pues huele demasiado bien. Proyección: Tiene una proyección moderada en mi opinión. Yo uso 6 sprays, 2 en el cuello y 2 de cada lado de los hombros. Está no es la mejor forma para que proyecte pues carece de atomizaciones en la piel, sin embargo, siento que este es un olor un poco discreto y por eso no se percibe tanto pues no es ostigante. Por su precio la verdad vale la pena usar muchas atomizaciones (pero claro, sin ofender a otros). Género: En verdad es una fragancia bastante unisex hasta el punto en el que alguien te puede decir que huele femenino y otra persona que le parece masculino. (Para mí se inclina levemente al lado masculino, aunque una mujer que huela así es bastante placentero). Precio: Lo conseguí a 35$ dólares, he visto en internet se consigue a 25-30. Si lo consigues menos de 35$ está bastante bien. Recepción de la gente: A casi todos, por no decir todos, a los que les he mostrado el aroma les gustó bastante. Quizá haya alguna que otra persona que no le guste los perfumes así dulces o gourmand, pero estoy 99.9% seguro de que es inofensivo y le agrada a todos, a mujer y hombres. Compra a ciegas: Si no te caen mal los perfumes dulces entonces es un rotundo SÍ Conclusión: Olor: 9.8/10 Duración: 8/10 Proyección: 7/10 Género: unisex (un Chinchin masculino) Precio: 8/10 _____________ Final: un total 9/10

I purchased Kismet Angel from an Arabian discounter in a mall at the beginning of January for around $55 USD after tax. While the price was higher at this store, you can find it cheaper at discounters, especially since the fragrance has been changed to Kismet Magic, not sure if it was reformulated. The shop owner was an acquaintance, and I had just tested Angel's Share at Sephora, so I had the scent on a tester strip when I encountered Kismet Angel. I immediately noticed how similar they were, especially in the opening. To me, the two are practically identical during the first moments, and the similarity holds throughout the dry down. I didn't hesitate to grab it while I had the chance. After two months of macerating (maturing whatever, it sat), I’m even more glad I did. Scent Profile: The opening of Kismet Angel bursts with a boozy, apple pie-like accord. While apple isn't listed in the notes, this fragrance and Angel's Share both remind and after an hour or two, I start to smell a hint of tonka bean, which reminds me of the tonka used in Le Male Elixir. Although this fragrance doesn’t resemble LME at all, the tonka gives off kinda a similar vibe in its richness and warmth. As it dries down, the boozy sweetness softens, and a gourmand vanilla emerges, lasting through the rest of the duration. I also picked up on a subtle chocolate note, which becomes more noticeable in the later stages of the fragrance (honestly i don't know if it's just because I see it in the notes now or what, but it really becomes clear at like the 7-8 hour mark on skin). About 5-6 hours in, it transitions into a cozy, intimate scent of vanilla, cinnamon, and notably, chocolate. Performance: On my skin, Kismet Angel lasts around 7-8 hours, and even longer when sprayed on clothing. The projection is solid during the opening, projecting about 4 feet before settling into a scent bubble that hovers just under arm’s length. While I find it unisex overall, I can see how some consider it to lean feminine. I am a 21-year-old college student and interestingly, I recently smelled a similar scent on one of my professors, a middle-aged woman, which I thought was funny. For the price, considering the resemblance to Angel Share, I think it's a great deal, especially from discounters. Anything under $40 USD feels fair for this fragrance. Rating: Scent: 9/10 Projection: 8/10 Longevity: 7/10 Price: 6/10 (for me) / 9/10 (on discounters)

I already wrote a review for this fragrance before but it was not too in depth so I have come back to yet again profess my love for this fragrance. Keep in mind this review is not going to be too in depth either but this is the main takeaways I can give after wearing this fragrance a lot in the past few months after maceration which I highly recommend for longevity and projection. This fragrance is hands down my favourite Angels Share clone I have smelled so far, it smells very similar to Angels Share with slightly less booziness and the cognac note being a bit less realistic is a bit bad but the beautiful chocolate note in the opening makes up for it, unfortunately this chocolate goes away after about 15-30 minutes and that’s when you smell more of the similarities to Angels Share, even then Kismet Angel is less of a one to one dupe of Angels Share but more of an inspired take that still has the Angels Share DNA which I love and this is what I think Lattafa intended for this fragrance. The longevity and projection is below average but it is to be expected of a this fragrance given the price point. Overall Kismet Angel is a wonderful take on Angels Share and is one of if not my favourite fragrance ever. Perhaps Lataffa will release a flanker of this fragrance some day like they did with and Khamrah Qahwa which they seemed to have had some success with. If they do I would love to see it and with some minor tweaks this fragrance could become one of their best ever. The only negatives I have to say about this fragrance and could be improved on in a flanker is that the chocolate note is very good but goes away too soon, the longevity and projection is a little below average, and an ingredient that is used called alcohol denat (ethanol) is very strong and caused me some irritation so anyone with sensitive skin should limit or avoid use of this fragrance. Great work Lattafa. Overall thoughts: Smell: 10/10 Longevity and projection: 6.5/10 Price: 10/10

One of my favorite scent profiles is ambery, cinnamon, honey, boozey, spicey, and sweet tonka scent. After smelling practically everything at the main Sephora in my city, I loved Angel's Share the most. So, how does Kismet Compare? Is Kismet a safe blind buy for someone with similar tastes as me? Kismet does itch that scratch for a fragrance in this category. I do get a famiar apple pie vibe the same a Angel's Share, but it's a little obscured by the extra dose of cinnamon and the extra woodiness that makes this less smooth than Angel's Share. If you haven't tried Angel's Share to know what I mean by apple pie, it doesn't actually smell edible apple pie, or a scented candle. It's a trick of using notes like apple brandy to suggest the acidity and sweetness of apple which still smells like an elevated fragrance. This macerates strangely imo. It smelled great when I first got it, turned into an intolerable cinnamon bomb 2 months in, then became smooth 3 months later. If it would've stayed in the 2 month stage I would've said it's a very risky blind buy. I'm sensitive to really strong cinnamon, and at the 2 month mark it was making me sick to smell. I still think that, after fully macerating, this is likely only suitable for fall and winter for me, while Angel's Share is so silky smooth it can be worn all year round. I prefer Angel's Share, but overall I prefer Kismet at the lower price point. I would say they are at least 90% the same, and I don't think you will truely dislike this if you love Angel's Share. I would consider this to be a safe blind buy if you love Angel's Share and other scents in the same category, especially at $30 for 100ml.