The Bewitching Yasmine

Imagine a beautiful dark-eyed, dark-haired gypsy woman who gives tarot readings out of her intricate wooden vardo, which is fitted with velvet curtains and strung beads in varying shades of purple and burgundy. Vanilla-scented candles light the table where your cards sit before you. Incense permeates the small space, and Turkish coffee is being prepared just outside the gypsy wagon. But mostly, this mystical heavy-lidded woman is sending out ghosts of her fine jasmine oil with every delicate movement she makes, warmed by the heat of her body which wears it. Her lips tell you of your walk in life with a smooth and intentional voice, but her eyes hide secrets; she knows you, but you'll never know her, no matter how badly you wished you could. You depart from your reading with a sense of wonderment, and every scent of the gypsy and her surroundings have etched themselves into your soul. The eyes of the mystic have followed you home. Every once in a while, I meet a fragrance that invokes strong imagery; The Bewitching Yasmine is definitely one of them. I love, love, love this. It's the smell of a woman who is so mysteriously sensual she doesn't even need to try. I'm able to detect every single note (mostly the incense, vanilla, and jasmine on me), and although this composition is a simple one, the payoff is stunning. The price is, well... stunning, also. Haha. But if I cannot find something else like this, it's worth buying. She is dancing away from you now She was just a wish She was just a wish And her memory is all that is left for you now You see your gypsy, oh You see your gypsy - Gypsy, by Fleetwood Mac. Edit : this is very close to replacing my signature scent of 15+ years. I will test Babylon and see which one I like better, since many say Babylon is comparable or better than this one. Edit 2 : Babylon doesn't compare much, it's lacking the sweetness of the jasmine in BY and doesn't last as long. Also, I got a sample of Aoud Vanille by Mancera for comparison purposes, and it only smells like the bottom notes of BY. Once again, AV doesn't have the sweet jasmine that BY has. But AV would make a great layering base for BY to extend the wear time since they share the same dry-down, ooorrrr... you could layer Aoud Vanille with a jasmine perfume (Fils de Joie, for example) to get a close rendition of BY that won't shred your wallet. Edit 3 : I tried layering SL's Fils de Joie over Mancera's Aoud Vanille and YES, it gave me a Bewitching Yasmine dupe.

I want to write my review right now because I think in totally different way about this like many others and maybe this gives a different perspective for someone who is trying to understand what kind of the scent is this. I like this scent a lot and since I was a little bit disappointed with the Portraits line this was the one which pop out and I liked this, after two weeks I love this. My problem just was that I found this similar to something I already have. I was thinking and thinking and finally I found it: Initio’s Psychedelic Love. I know, there is REALLY different notes in those two and vanilla can’t explain the similarity which I smell in any kind of way. I don’t know how I can feel like this and if anyone feels the same? I just know that the opening and the dry down smells similar: PL is more intensive, deeper, more narcotic and long lasting while BY is all the time from the opening until the end more soft and weaker. The one thing why I write this review now: I was reading reviews after testing this now during two weeks and I don’t find anything similar to MFK Oud Satin Mood. OSM is powdery, oud vanilla rose and all those notes are in balance and you can really easily tell what is going there without reading the notes anywhere. In BY there is oud and there is vanilla but not even vanilla is so obvious. There is many notes beautifully blended in BY and I love both scents and if you own another one you definitely need to get your nose to another because those are TOTALLY different scents, beautiful different kind of scents. And if you like another one it’s not so obvious that you like both. For me the big question is: do I need “a weaker version” of Psychedelic Love? Those are definitely not the same but the smell in my left and right wrist appears pretty similar. I hope someone got the idea, my English is not so perfect though. Enjoy your perfumes. 🙂 Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

I don’t know how it’s possible, but The Bewitching Yasmine has a paint/nail polish background to my nose, especially in the opening. This scent is an acquired taste and I think it’s the Laotian oud in it. It’s indeed a sweet vanilla with spices and some coffee mixed in the blend and it’s gorgeous, but I can’t unsmell the paint undertone. It is there to stay throughout the entire length of this perfume wear. It’s a perfume that’s both appealing and unappealing in the same time. The combo of incence and sweet vanilla grants its a gorgeous vibe, but the oud almost ruins it for me. I’ll say it as I feel it, it’s a bit of a stinky oud... On the positive side, The Bewitching Yasmine is more rich, more radiant and longer lasting than Changing Constance and Heartless Helene. If you like this, you’ll have an amazing oudy, spicy, vanilla with beautiful performance! As a first impression, I am not sure if The Bewitching Yasmine is for me personally! I can acknowledge it is a very well done perfume even though it’s not exactly my style of vanilla. And from the five feminine targeted perfumes included in the Scent Library, The Bewitching Jasmine is the only one that objectively is a good value for money! The rest smell very nice and are super mass appealing, but are quite light and need reapplication to be able to smell them the entire day! Edit: 8 hours later, after a shower, I can still smell this scent, as a skin scent now. This is really a nice one! Would highly recommend.

This is my new obsession. I was looking into witchy perfumes, then remembered I had this sample and it hit exactly what I was looking for. The cardamom is the star of the opening, and it takes a while to settle. You get a smokiness from the incense, but that warm woody kind of smoke exactly like burning incense, not the fake smoke scent I’ve been scared of finding in any fragrances with a smoke or incense note since trying one house that did it wrong. The vanilla gets stronger in the dry down, but you still get the other notes. It’s like you walk into a hidden gemstone shop in a small town, it’s got old wooden furniture everywhere and there’s layers of incense soaked into the wood but fresh incense still burning. The shop sells soy wax candles and when you stand in front of them you get a whiff of vanilla essence mixing with the other smells. I could clearly smell this on my wrists after a full sleep and I only did one spray on each. Sad thing is I know it’s not suitable for the heat so I’ll have to wait til it cools down to wear it properly. And the price, £200+ is not in my price range but I will be keeping an eye out for a reseller.

Bewitching Yasmine feels exactly like its name suggests — seductive, mysterious, and quietly powerful. This is not a polite jasmine, and it’s certainly not innocent. It opens dark, warm, and slightly spicy, with a richness that immediately feels evening-ready and intentional. The jasmine here is deep and velvety rather than airy. It’s wrapped in incense-like warmth, creamy woods, and a soft sweetness that never tips into gourmand. There’s something smoky and almost animalic underneath, giving it a sensual, slow-burn quality that lingers rather than announces itself. On my skin, it feels luxurious and enveloping — the kind of scent that clings to fabric, hair, and memory. It evolves beautifully over time, becoming smoother and more intimate, like a secret shared after sunset. This is jasmine for someone who doesn’t want to smell “pretty,” but captivating. Longevity is excellent, and the sillage is confident without being overwhelming. It’s a night-time fragrance for colder months, special occasions, or when you want to feel a little dangerous in the best possible way. Bewitching Yasmine doesn’t flirt — it casts a spell.