Bayn Al Asrar

Luminous Blend of Transparent Pear on top of Opaque Woody Hazelnut... I was so curious to test this, as it has favourable mention on the dupes threads. It's a dupe of Guidance Amouage with good approximation & good performance. All the notes are present, but they blend together to give a pear-hazelnut-vanilla with a luminous aura. Think rose-gold pear: the pear has a freshness to it with a wateriness that's slightly metallic (likely from saffron) and rides on top of the more creamy-woody-leathery base with vanilla, osmanthus, sandalwood etc. There's also a soft spiciness that comes from the olibanum (frankincense) that folds in a spiced pear nuance. As far as needing to macerate goes, in my experience only the first 1 or 2 sprays out of the bottle had a brief (2-3 seconds) gnarly opening, but otherwise it was wearable from the get-go. However, maceration for a few weeks improves the performance. Love it. Enjoy! Update 01/10/26: This is easier to layer than other dupes of Guidance, as it's more pear-forward. Favourite layers so far: Sweet Love Bodycology lotion + Bayn Al Asrar Sweet Love Bodycology lotion + Bayn Al Asrar + Fancy Jessica Simpson Sweet Love Bodycology lotion + Bayn Al Asrar + Viva La Juicy Juicy Couture

Wow! When I first got this perfume I absolutely hated it. There was a distinct, sharp, bitterness that gave off a toilet cleaner smell or like wet laundry that had been doused with a cheap air freshener. It was not well blended and I honestly was about to trash it because it smelled so cheap and burned my nose. The Pear note in this was intially unbearable and overwhelmingly tart. However, after leaving it to macerate for a couple months transformed this into a truly elegant, beautiful, refreshing, sweet and crisp scent. The sharp irritating notes all went away and blended into a blush perfection. I expected the resin to overpower this scent, but it blended into a woody, slightly powdery and floral-sweet smell that I cannot describe. It is truly like nothing I owned before and will be the base for my spring scent. Im glad I decided to keep this scent long enough for it to mature into this excellent juice. The scent is not necessarily 1 for 1 with guidance, this seems to be slightly sweeter and less oily. It's not cloying to my nose at all. It would be great as either a brunch or office smell. I can't discern the frankincense on my skin, I smell more of the pear, sandalwood, rose and vanilla

When I initially got Bayn Al Asrar and everybody was comparing it to Guidance I didn't understand because while it is feminine and beautiful it didn't smell like Guidance. Maybe a distant cousin but not Guidance. Now that I have Guidance 46 this smells almost exactly like it and I'm almost feeling like they are done by the same perfumer. How would Paris Corner know to place this in the guidance DNA family while matching a future flanker 🧐 very suspicious🫠 There is always speculation when it comes to these Middle Eastern Brands and who's the nose actually behind them. But speculation aside this is a really gorgeous fragrance and while the rose water is not listed in this note breakdown I do get more of that light Airy rose water in this iteration. Now like most individuals I can't wear Guidance or Guidance 46 on skin because I do get that overly musk drenched feminine honey pot smell🤭 but I am able to wear Bayn Al Asrar on the skin and because I enjoy the originals so much I just put those on my clothes and wear this on my skin. I love this🥰 it's a great addition to my collection and I'm glad to have it to wear along with my originals

okay so.. I‘ve been smelling a perfume for MONTHS now and i‘ve been looking for it everywhere but i just couldn‘t find it because to me it smelled like creamy coconut (i‘m really bad at guessing as you can tell) but a few days ago a girl sat next to me and i smelled it so ofc i had to ask her what she‘s wearing, felt like destiny lol. she told me it‘s amouage - guidance.. i never heard of that perfume before so i checked the price and it said 360€.. no way i‘m paying that i thought so i searched for dupes on the internet and i got this as a result, ordered immediately and all i have to say is.. i‘m dissapointed. it smells nothing like the perfume the girl was wearing, mind you i‘ve been searching for months so obviously i would know.. first spray is disgusting.. alcohol and bitter pepper.. the dry down isn‘t that bad. smells creamy but so much like rose water which i really dislike. i‘m confused because it really doesn‘t smell anything like that perfume. either the girl told me the wrong perfume or this dupe is just reall bad lol either way i don‘t like this scent and need to try a sample of guidance now to confirm :(

I love this one. I was on the fence reading reviews but i love it. I have tried guidance, the person at the gondola sprayed ONE puff on a tester paper. Put it in my bag, left it there, and that thing still lingers after almost a year now. I really wanted guidance but thought it would be too much for a regular perfume, i don't like to feel like a perfume is wearing ME. So, i tried Bayn al Asrar. It smells just like guidance in my opinion, but the sillage and longevity are no match for the OG. Which is good if you don't want to be suffocated... i wonder if this is just my coping mechanism for not splurging? Anyway - it opens quite fresh, the rose is a little present but not headache inducing (i am sensitive to rose). It slowly softens into sweet woods after a couple of hours. It stays on clothes quite well. I like to spray it behind my ears and at the back of my neck, so i can get whiffs of it during the day 🥰 Note: my batch was 1 year old upon arrival (june 2024). The liquid inside is already quite macerated, an orangey, peachy color. I will repurchase. £40 on amazon

This is getting bashed in the reviews and I don't think that is fair. I had to let this sit for a month before I got the true scent. When I sprayed it for the first time, I wasn't a fan. It smelled off. I forgot about it and decided to test it again. I am happy to report that I am a fan now. It's an airy, watery, lighter take on the beast that is Guidance. I almost killed myself with 3 sprays of Guidance, and sold my decant after that. When I saw that this was touted as the lighter version of Guidance, I quickly snatched up a bottle. I get the pear, hazelnut and florals mixed with the resins. All on a base of creamy sandalwood. Definitely not blind buy safe, but I have nothing that smells like this. The bottle is classy and beautiful. I personally really like it. Not a one on one dupe for Guidance, which is what I like best about it. Lasts an entire work day on me.

So funny how noses and body chemistry work because I was shocked to see negative reviews. This smells warm, nutty, creamy, and sensual to me. It doesn’t really come off as a fruity floral as much as it does an amber incense gourmand. I couldn’t stop sniffing my wrist! I loved it through all phases from opening to fade out. This scent envelopes you in a haze of sweet woods and incense at the creamy base, subtle florals in the middle, and lovely top notes of more of a praline fall dessert pear than a raw fresh juicy pear. It’s a gourmand thats inedible—like an incense made to smell like dessert. I can’t quite explain it but it’s beautiful and very unique. I get so many compliments on this that I think I should get a few more bottles!

got my hands on a bottle of this from the first batch (the last bottle before it sold out), and i’d say it’s a lovely alternative. it doesn’t quite have the luxe depth of the og that truely envelopes you. guidance was my first true wuv scent that sent me off to a world of adventure. this is lighter, less beast mode and magnificent, but there’s a soft airiness to it that is nice although it is also strong and pretty long lasting. the only thing is, there’s something slightly off in the base that gets stronger in the dry down. hard to explain, but i’d describe it as a almost powdery artificialness. i’m letting it macerate for a while longer though and will come back to update.

I can definitely see why people don't like this fragrance because the opening really does have a bit of a sharp, unpleasant...stench if you will. However, once this dries down, it's magical. This is such a beautiful, well rounded woody-floral scent with quit a bit of rose. My bottle was manufactured at the end of 2024, so it's only a couple months old and I feel like the notes need a bit of time to get to know each other better. I'm going to let this sit and mature for a few months just to see if that sharpness in the opening goes away. Otherwise, this is really great; a classy, elegant and unique fragrance that seems very versatile.

I never smelled the Guidance DNA before, but I like trying these cheap options by ME brands. And first I didn't like it but didn't want to get rid of it. Then I tried it with a sweet option to sweeten it up, and fell in love. So today I tried it without the sweet addition, and now the sweetness has surfaced and the perfume has my attention. Now on to ordering a decant of Guidance to see if I'll buy that. So I tried Guidance with a small decant, and I hate it. It doesn't smell similar at all. I know everyone's nose is different, but no thank you.

One of my favorite perfumes, this is one of the most unique scent that I have ever smelled, For some reason it makes me bloom in a delulu way. I really love it. There is a sharp metallic animalic opening that people hates, it's beautiful in a weird way, this perfume is more on vibes and experience, after the sharp opening, you can already smell the sparkling fresh floral, nutty note and it does last 8 hours on my clothes and about 5 hours on my skin. I dont always get a back up bottle but I just ordered another bottle of this <3

I have the delightful luck of this smelling amazing on me! It also smells exactly the same as Guidance on my skin. I have tried Guidance numerous times at Myer, a department store in Australia and also had a decant, and the original has very average longevity and sillage on me, so imagine my surprise when Bayn al Asrar smells exactly the same for me and even performs slightly better too. Both fragrances are sweet, peppery, nut and pear forward on me. What can I say? I'm thrilled! Saving myself a fortune here 😁

Update: it’s only been a week but already the offensive loud metallic note has reduced. Still not a fan of the first spray - but on skin it’s beautiful after 5/10 mins. Almost hypnotic I love it. If that irky opening relaxed even more I’ll be a happy bunny! -•- Bought from a shop with a bottle open for testing. That one was beautiful whereas my new bottle - not so much. So I'm gonna trust the process and let it mature, because I know it has potential even if right now it's giving eau de dental surgery.

I really don't get any of what others say: not the salt, the sweat or the funk. Nada. To me it's fruity fresh, a bit nutty and i can smell the frankincense, too. I love it, especially on warmer days. It's not a simple fresh perfume and it also has some creaminess to it. Quite unique. I don't know about the Guidance comparison and honestly I don't care. That's not why I wanted this one. I even got a compliment from someone who is very picky about her perfumes and mostly likes fresh scents.

I bought this perfume along with a decant of Amouage Guidance. This is definitely the softer, more wearable version. I honestly like this one better than AG because the opening of AG can be a bit....challenging. A YouTuber mentioned that it only smells like the mid version of AG, which is good because I think that's the best part of the fragrance. I let my kids smell Bayn Al Asrar along with AG and they said it smelled the same.

For those saying this not Guidance you are correct for the first two to three months especially in the opening!!! Then it macerates and gets pretty Dam close 90% in the opening, over 94% especially in the dry down and 98% in the air. *** Almost ALL Arabian fragrances must mascerate!! I have Guidance 46 only and this is dam close on skin and in the air.

I have all the affordable dupes of guidance that i know of and this is the only one i like better than guidance and smells noticeably different, but same family. it smells heavily of alcohol when you first get it, but around month 2-3 it smells amazing. great value too

I have both Guidance and Bayn Al Asrar and they are very close, not 1 to 1 but very close. Let's say they give you the same feeling. And, after a year, Bayn also became a beast. This is one of the most potent arabian fragrances I own.

Can someone please update the picture? Here’s a good one: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZyP1Aj-T19nH7DnPnH-cynQgEYumLZvz9J7-YhQz9sR-cN57r9kI765s&s=10 Edit: THEY FINALLY CHANGED THE PICTURE. Hallelujah!

For anyone who likes this but not so much the sharp opening - spritz a little Her Confession over it. Tones it down and gives it a creaminess more similar to Guidance 🌸