Safina

I got this from Notino for, I think, €12. When this first goes on, it seems anemic, soapy and bitter. Heavy aldehydes and oakmoss bordering on cigarette smoke. I would expect it to be gone within an hour. BUT. Four, five hours later, it's radiating. When I move, I get a whiff of something that grabs my attention. It takes me a second to realize it's not a beautiful-smelling stranger, it's me. The soapiness is still there, but the bitterness is gone and it just smells clean. I love ELDO Exit the King, and originally got this to see if it had dupe potential. While there's some similarity on paper, the strong ylang-ylang in Safina makes it a significant departure. I'm okay with that, since I like what this is. It's slightly sweet, but the way a flower smells sweet, not sugary. Almost a little boozy with realistic ylang-ylang and rose. It's somehow stronger than when it went on. I wonder what my grandmother would have thought of it. Safina reminds me of a ylang-ylang shampoo I used in college. What it develops into is completely different from how it starts, and I love it. I should wear it more than I do, but I seem to forget it develops like this. Note that I've had my bottle for about a year, and through inattention, let it sit in the dark for months. It's possible that it's developed some on its own. Considering how cheap this was, I'm impressed, but it needs some time to settle down after application to really hit its stride.

This is really something. The opening is a like a glass of very strong rhubarb liquor, sweet and bitter at the same time, but after a couple of minutes it settles down to a beautiful and round vintage type oriental chypre. Unisex, very soapy clean and bright. Very strong and long lasting. Now when I'm in my 40s I don't really care if my perfumes are expensive or not (actually much better if they are not) or if they make some kind of statement besides that I can wear just what I want. And this really is a perfume in that category. It's not modern or trendy, but that's great because I don't want to smell like everyone else, I wan't to smell like me. It also brings back memories from my childhood in the 80s. I think that many products and perfumes smelled quite similar back then. So it's very comforting and cosy, happy times and happy memories. Love it. I could wear it anytime and everywhere. And I will.

While the rhubarb sets it apart, this may as well be called L'Esprit d'Chant. It is distinctly evocative of Cabochard and Aramis. Almost religiously following the Chant chypre skeleton. The Aldehydes formulated so specifically, they may as well be scribed in Bernard Chant's hand. I enjoy it more than Cabochard by a lot, given those aldehydes seem to elevate the galbanum on my skin to a pure celery overdose that only seems to build and build. This gives you that vaguely celery sense with the rhubarb, but it's less severe. Sweeter. Rounder. This is a brilliant throwback chypre that sits in a gorgeous liminal space between various familiarities. Great value. Surprisingly tasteful bottle design. Highly recommend to fans of Bernard Chant and classic chypres in general.

Classic Chypre fragrance... It opens very green and bright, then dries down into a warm herbacious, woody fragrance, with a little bit of mystery in the air to it. For a chypre, it is quite good... Chypre fragrances are a bit challenging for me, so I am trying to learn to appreciate them more. But memories attached to chypre scents make this difficult. I got very easily car sick when I was a child, and my grandma wore the HELL out of chypre fragrances. She used to take us on long road trips through the mountains where I would get soooooo sick in the car... So I associate the chypre smell with that motion sickness feeling.... That aside, it is a nice fragrance, and I am slowly being able to really enjoy it.

If you’re not yet into chypre scents, but you’re curious and like that kind of sweet sizzling fruit scents then check this out. This is a mood uplifting, bright sitrus-soda whit some oakmoss and that's that. Don't scare the beaver or think Cabochard, there is nothing animalic, dirty, offensive or ashtrays at all. This is very happy chypre, just try it.

Vintage, beautiful chipre. This is great, and well done fragrance only, for truly chipre lovers. Performanse is excellent. Highly recomanding

Good revew by Albertos ! Mossy mossy mossy, for fans of Cabochard de Grés et Diva d' Ungaro...

I like this so much, it's such a weirdly attractive scent I can't stop smelling. It smells alcoholical to me. Like booze. The soapiness is gorgeous. I would classify this as unisex. So sharp, juicy and balsamic. Reminds me of my grandpa just a tad bit, lots of very old, vintage vibes. It also reminds me of the bath scene in Barbie and the Pauper for no apparent reason. It does kinda have a synthetic citrus vibe, like cleaning product citrus and candy citrus... which you'd think I'd hate but in this case I actually like! I just feel like it belongs and works so well in this blend! It's a very comforting and cute citrus. Makes me happy lmao. I can definitely see how this would unease some people or cause migraines. Use/buy with caution.

Safina Flower-aldehyde Parfum A mild, aldehyde-based odor in which the aldehydes form an illusion of pure oxygen add a rose, jasmine and ylang-ylang glow and strengthen it by adding charm. Aldehyde ozone effect resembles the aroma of saturated air of the eastern garden, creating us the elegance and the influx of luxury. The whole is a balsamic-powdery subtle beauty essence that takes us on a journey to the eastern love gardens. Go on a journey and be delighted with beauty and yourself. P.S many compliments, the smell is long held. Perfect!

Hi. Delicatessen, balsamic, elegant oriental fragrance that is intriguing, safe for any season, useful from spring to autumn. A typical Unisex for men and women, on parfumo.net the scent is assigned as unisex. I agree to a typical unisex, fragrantica should correct the entry. Smell does not suffocate, for devotees of aldehydes. Safe and nice bottle. Another pearl from Rasasi.

Category Is: Drugstore Chypre. It's moderately charming and odd, and not too strong or cloying, to its own benefit. Perhaps a cousin to Animale Animale. I suppose it is worth 12 bucks as a curiosity piece. The aldehyde pops more on paper and clothes, but it smells better on skin.

I am not happy to talk about perfumes in this manner but this thing is just so bad! Repelling, offensive, not safe for people with breathing problems, very cheap and bad smelling I hate it!

although i love many of Rasasi fragrances , this one smells very bad , it smells actually like a room spray. Very disappointed .

Mneh. I read the reviews and blind bought this. People compare this with Diva, Dior,, saying it's in the Canel 5 area. Sorry, but these perfumes are from another universe than Safina Safina is a mossy..bittherish...adelhideish..some sort of messy diluted scent. Sorry but there's a reason why it's scored so low on fragrantica. It has none of the complexity of a Dior or Estee. It's badly blended, it'a a shy cheap scent that might have a remote Cabochard vibe, but it's nothing clear, or well made, or elegant or.. anything. I don't really smell any flowers, it's blunt, linear, not at all sweet, it smells very very cheap. It smells more like my CIF surface cleaner than like a perfume. If you deeply inspire Safina, it' s the same chimical, citrusy bitter scent. The floral might be done better in CIF though.

Heatwave now in June 2023 and been wearing this lovely perfume since friday and all weekend gorgeous chypre floral great for use during heatwave. 9.6 - 11.6. 2023. Bottle is very pretty too. The fragrance reminds me of a perfume worn by a lady from Lebanon in the 1960s when visiting her shop.

This could be a vintage Estee Lauder or Dior. Safina is retro green as Private Collection, Aliage or Dioressence, though Safina apart from mossy greenes posseses some yellow floral and ripe fruity aspects, which compared to EL, makes it more versatile and wearable.