Saffron

It's a quite cold fall day, and I just have to re-post how good this is. The price to quality ratio is just out of this world! Earlier in the day, I tried Sel d'Issey, which just wasn't working, so i tried to wash it off. SdI lingered and I layered this over it, and 😍😍😍 The lingering mineral, salty, fresh & floral nuances of SdI, mixed so beautifully with the dense, boozy, sweet vanilla of 'Saffron,' with only the tiniest spritz. Very powerful. Worth every drop!

I've just acquired this so tested it next to Guerlain's Oud Essentiel, as I saw a comment about them being similar. This opens much sweeter and golden, because of the saffron. For a short while they smell almost identical, then as they die down the Guerlain remains dark and smokey whilst this becomes almost honeyed as the fruits emerge. It's beautiful, and I paid less than £9 for 100ml so it's extraordinary value for money.

To me, it smells sweet and oriental, very similar to Shaghaf Oud, Rose Gourmand For Her and Sheikh al Shuyukh Luxe Edition. I smell other notes which are not listed here, such as rose, oud, praline/chocolate, vanilla. If you love gourmand Oriental fragrances, this is for you. On my skin, it lasts around 6-8 hours. I got it for less than 10 euro.

Sweet but not in a sugary way, smokey, woody fragrance. I can detect some incense in the dry down. Burnt hay and honey. The combination of scents is gorgeous. It was a blind buy and I can say I am impressed, reapplying doesn't bother me as it's so cheap. It doesn't smell cheap though, no, it is a very elegant and sophisticated fragrance.

Performance is really good and lasts on clothes FOREVER. The fragrance is saffron meets semi-sweet dried fruit with incense and maybe tobacco on a vanilla base. So far it has been very linear until it dries down to mostly vanilla.