Mahab

I smelled Guidance 46 on airport, loved it ,kept the blotter in my purse, and ever since my purse and everything in it smells like Guidance 46 .Since I don t see myself spending 330eur on a perfume ,I searched for a good dupe. Mahab and Guidance 46 both share the oriental nutty-rose-sandalwood DNA ,but the opening is different ,Guidance is more nuttier while Mahab is for me more spicier (I ve got an older batch -2025,so that is why probably what others get more fruitier with time goes spicier) .And that more spicier means the entire spice souk! A nice blend of cinnamon, cloves, vanilla , nutmeg...and some dates(?!) gives it the warmth and sweetness and then comes the nutty- rose- sandalwood combo. Mahab is neither girly-compot nor the trendy pastry smell,it is complex,refined and elegant. I have to say that I like it better than Guidance 46 ,and I payed 10 times less ..

I usually don't expect dupes to be very good, but this one is the best dupe I've ever blind-bought! It is similar enough to the OG that I won't be rushing out to buy Guidance anytime soon now that I have this. The dry down is more similar to the OG than the initial opening. Sadly, overall my husband and kids aren't a fan of this profile, so I won't be wearing it for them. I do love it, however, and am really happy I tried out this perfume thanks to the reviews. The projection isn't nuclear as Guidance is, but it is very strong. And it lasts a solid 8 hours on my clothes. This truly is an excellent dupe for such a hard perfume to copy!

I have never smelled Amouage Guidance, so my review is not about similarities. Nusuk is my favorite Arabic perfume house because of the raw and high quality ingredienta they use and you can smell the quality in their perfume. It’s rich, mature, heavy, creamy. It’s not discrete at all and I have difficulties imagining young woman enjoying it (I am 39). It smells like money, like self-made woman who went through lots of shit and turned out the best version of herself: powerful, wise, strong, fierce. P.S. the fennel note is “in your face”, so if you don’t like fennel better stay away

Straight out of the box this smells exactly like pussy. I can't believe someone actually managed to make a perfume that smells like pussy. Incredible. 10/10 Maybe I should call her. Update: compared to Decadent Dream from Maison Alhambra, this smells much, much better. Obvious higher quality, persistence, projection, everything. Also smells like clean, fresh out of the shower pussy with a little bit of that woman's ass natural smell so, as a heterosexual straight man, I love this one. Decadent Dream is lesser quality, sweeter and more easygoing. Get this one instead.

Bloody hell. I did not think I would find a dupe that hit the nail so entirely on the head. I find guidance so intoxicating, a favourite out of all my amouages, and probably in my top 5 of all time. Every inspiration until now has lacked the quality & depth of the original. Mahab is a superior fragrance - dense & complex, very long lasting and strong, absolutely impressed as Guidance is a hard act to follow. Got mine from BeautyBase for £35 EDIT: came back to say - due to the differences in the dry down, dare I say it, I might actually prefer this to Guidance...