Crazy In Love

Ok so I deleted my first review because it was negative/neutral and after wearing this perfume for a few days I changed my mind completely. I am absolutely obsessed with this fragrance. Crazy in love with it. I blind bought this after looking at the notes and the beautiful and stunning presentation of the bottle. The brown sugar and vanilla really got my interest. Upon first few sprays I was convinced this perfume is not for me because it’s a bit more masculine than what I’m used to wearing. I loved it when I sprayed it on my fiancé’s wrist but wasn’t liking it on my skin so I decided to give this perfume to him. After a few days I decided to give it another try. The unisex scent of the rose, saffron, amber and vanilla is so so so addictive. I kept spraying in on myself throughout the day and fell more in love with it with each spray. It’s spicy, it’s rosy, ambery and slightly sweet at the drydown. When I smell my shirt where I sprayed the perfume yesterday it actually smells sweeter and still spicy and god, this is so so good. An amazing unisex fragrance, more men should try this out as it’s super sexy and unique. The scent kinda reminds me of the “new age” shops in the early 2000’s where they sold incense and handmade leather and crochet bags and hippy style clothing. Love love love it! Crazy in love is definitely the right name for it. Edit: if you have any plain vanilla perfumes do yourself a favour and mix it with this one. I tried mixing it with Montale’s Sweet Vanilla and Macera’s Coco Vanille and it smells heavenly 💕

If you don’t like middle eastern perfumes you will hate this. It smells like the rose oud oils people bring back from haddj (and I mean this in the best way possible). If you’re looking for a syrupy sweet bright rose fragrance stay away from this one, rather get Rose Rouge by VC&A or Rose Trombone, this is a rose that is drenched in wood oils and tossed on a tray of spices, and I’m absolutely in love with it. Then again, I am arab, and I love to « smell arab », but even arabs around me who enjoy more western-like perfumes, find this « a little too arab-smelling » Definitely not blind buy safe. But absolutely worth every penny for those who like incense and oud and roses. I’ll have to say it’s not groundbreaking, as mentioned earlier, it’s very close to oil perfumes of Medinah and Mekkah, but it’s still absolutely lovely. Scent: 10/10 Longevity: 10/10 Projection: 10/10

Air of Grace is spot on with her review: This is a bomb of sweetness, amber and saffron and with same rose you find in Montale's 'Starry Nights'. It's super strong in projection, longevity and insanely delicious, at least on my skin it smells absolutely irresistible to my nose. Like Arabians Tonka, this definitely leans more masculine and on men it would smell.... Good lord .... Now I'm not saying that 'Crazy in Love' is a unique masterpiece akin to the greats, but its just so sophisticated and SEXY. Definitely full bottle worthy in my book, number 1 on my wishlist

This is exactly Montale Starry Nights minus the annoying powderiness. Most Montales smells very similar to each other and this is another one. I like this scent more as it smells fresher and projects more on skin. Dry down is delicious praline like sweet thing that I find addictive. Its a projects well and all seasons except summer. I really like it because it fixed what I hated about starry nights. I can see myself having a bottle. I way prefer sensual Instinct from Montale over this but still really good.

I had a sample from this one and, once I finished it, I ordered a full bottle. I am not a fan of rose-forward fragrances, but this one makes me feel younger than I am, lasts all day on my skin and even after one wash on clothes, and the sugary notes are not suffocating. They are strong, but don't reach the nausea level by any means. I was actually hesitating between this one and Arabians Tonka and eventually opted for Crazy In Love, because I am no longer a fan of oud, regardless of the oud category.