Falak

Nusuk Falak by Riifs is inspired by Maison Mataha's Escapade Gourmande, a unisex fragrance created by Vincent Ricord in 2020. Falak was first released around October 2025, first appearing on Amazon UK on the 30th of that month. If you like gourmand (good enough to eat, edible fragrances), then Nusuk Falak is an absolute gem from the UAE. I picked up mine on Amazon for £33 including delivery next day. The presentation is amazing, complete with a huge, ornately decorated quality box, beautifully printed and housing a gold coloured round tray on which the elaborate knobbly decanter style glass bottle rests at an angle and can spin around with a light touch. Some party trick! It sits in my fragrance collection and looks amazing. My batch code was a production date of December 2025, so literally straight off the line, and a five year shelf life date unopened is listed. The bottle is solid and of high quality and the sprayer likewise with a very decent spray pattern. The juice itself is beautiful from first spray when to my nose I get brown sugar, caramel, sweet gourmand yumminess that is both pleasing and highly addictive. My wife commented immediately on first spray how lovely it was, and although fairly linear on my skin for it's duration, the aromas are just so sweet, intoxicating and cake shop-like, that I kept sniffing my wrists and arms all afternoon. On my skin it turns to a delicious toffee accord and vanilla, like walking into a high quality cake shop, sumptuous and certainly not a fragrance that should ever offend anyone else's fragile schnozz. Let's be honest, most people love the smell of freshly baked bread and sweet cakes and biscuits, and this fragrance is as comforting and appealing as those moments. It also lasts on my fragrance hungry skin and although hardly beast mode, it's a solid performer for five to seven hours with a subtle sillage, low projection and aromas that anyone close enough to you will notice and appreciate. Anyone reaching over to greet/hug/kiss you will be enveloped in the creamy aromas and captivated for sure. And you will continue to smell that creamy accord all day if sprayed on your wrist and elbow pulse points, neck, behind the ears or use the scent cloud method (walking into the sprayed juice). I love fragrances like Mugler's A*Men, Pure Tonka, Pure Havane, Pure Malt etc, and although nothing like them in scent profile, Nusuk Falak is the exact same category of gourmand addiction and an instant love for me. And it's versatility is endless, wearable literally any season as it is simply a gourmand delight, come spring, summer, autumn or winter. It's so good, I immediately ordered a second bottle on Amazon to take with me on my forthcoming vacation. This has sweetness but is also grown up, mature, alluring, sensual, unisex for sure but perfectly suited to my older male skin, a gourmand lover's delight and is comforting, delicious waves of toffee and vanilla greeting my nose as the hours pass by. For the price, the presentation is awesome and the juice itself is astoundingly good. This has instantly become a signature scent on my fussy skin and I am delighted to have found the balance of a fabulous fragrance at a totally affordable price that lasts and smells exquisite. This takes a place amongst my faves, Mugler Pure Havane, Malt and Tonka, Maison Margiela By the Fireplace, Versace Eros EDP, Issey Miyake Noir Ambre and gives me a gourmand delight to enjoy whenever I want. This is simply beautiful.

I was not happy with this at all when I received it. I questioned the authenticity of it. After about a week it’s really starting to smell like EG, and it’s become much smoother. When I first sprayed it all I smelled was alcohol, the vanilla would begin to come thru as it dried down. For under $50 this is excellent juice! I’m assuming that because this has been fairly popular recently the company is trying to mix and ship as quickly as possible. Give it a few months... I am willing to bet it is going to be incredible once it’s matured. It already has nice sillage and I can smell it on my skin the next morning. Be careful if you spray your clothing, it’s very oily and will stain light color fabric. IDK how anyone can compare this to Jovoy’s Fire At Will... which is simply one of the best vanilla fragrances on the market IMHO. Falak is nice, but it’s nothing like FAW, and for that matter neither is Escapade Gourmand. I wonder if the people who say that have even smelled either of those fragrances

12/28/25: First spray, I was underwhelmed. It smelled like plain vanilla, and a bit alcoholic. 2/13/26: Tried it again at the office. It turned soft, skin-like, and just blended beautifully. After 6 hours I thought it was gone, but a coworker I rarely talk to suddenly grabbed my hand to ask what perfume I was wearing. I’m not an oversprayer, (6-8 sprays) so I think the sillage is good. However, I always became nose blind to this perfume. And YES, this smells so much better after maceration. Now it’s my number one fav perfume. Feminine, soft, and perfect for office wear. It’s definitely a safe blind to anyone who love feminine vanilla scents.

Initially, I smell marzipan, It then dries down to a warm milk, sweetened with honey and a rich tea biscuit on the side. It evokes feelings of comfort and reassurance. This will be magical in Autumn and Winter, when you crave warmth and safety. To me, I think this is phenomenal. I have read other reviews, saying they find it similar to Vanilla Voyage, I love Vanilla Voyage and I do not get any similarities whatsoever. Vanilla voyage is a thick, buttery Vanilla, whereas Falak, is soft and dreamy. It lasts approx 2 hours on my skin and has a weak projection, however, this is a new bottle, so hopefully as it sits, it will get stronger.

This is what Chabaud’s Lait de Biscuit should’ve been!! To me Falak is a mix between Escapade Gourmand and Lait de Biscut. It’s an airy vanilla mixed with caramelized biscuit's slightly dipped in milk. It’s smells amazing right out of the box. I prefer Falak over EG 100%. I find EG has more of the caramel note, while Falak is perfectly balanced & that biscuit note just takes it to a whole new level. Safe blind buy for vanilla gourmand lovers! (I have a 10ml decant of Escapade Gourmand & previously owned but decluttered Lait de Biscuit by Chaubad due to the weak juice)