Hamsah

So my friend is getting married next month and I wanted to buy this perfume as a gift for her. I personally love gourmands and florals and she almost always compliments my perfumes and asks for their names. But since I didn't own it myself, I bought it this morning to test it out first. After all, I can't recommend a perfume that I never tried myself, right? So here I am, about half an hour after spraying it on myself, wondering if I like it. I ADORE Elie Saab's "In White", and I was hoping it would smell at least somewhat similar, but alas, it doesn't. It's very floral, to the point of almost "80's grandma floral". I'm guessing it's the gardenia's work, as I am familiar with the rest of the notes and love them. By now this overwhelming grandma smell has calmed down a little and I can feel the honey coming out and warming up the atmosphere. I'm really not sure if I should gift this to my friend, as this is not at all her taste. I, however, will give this a fair chance. I think that I will learn to like it more. Edit: after wearing this for 6 hours, I can tell for sure that this is very similar to Happy Spirit by Chopard when it sits closer to the skin. The honey is pretty much all that's left at this point. I'm not the greatest fan of this. This is definitely not a safe blind buy, nor is it a safe gift. Edit 2: it actually smells wonderful when sprayed on the hair. It smells very feminine and welcoming on the hair, as opposed to "grandma-ish" on the skin. I will definitely keep using this as a hair mist, and perhaps on the skin on a different weather. I think I will eventually get used to it and love it to death. However, I still stand by my belief that it is not a safe blind buy or a gift. I ended up choosing Intimately by Beckham as a wedding gift for my friend, now THAT is a wonderful safe gift. I have been wearing that one for over 10 years already and can't get enough of it. That one is a universally flattering beautiful, feminine floral, definitely "bride material".

I'm so glad I gave this a chance to macerate. I disliked it so much I reeled back and my nose scrunched up automatically the first time I sprayed it on my wrist. The passing hours didn't improve it, until I finally just washed it off and applied something else. Then I put it in my closet for a few weeks, then took it out today when moving all my fragrances to a new organizer I just assembled. Well now I absolutely love it. Reminds me of Elie Saab, which is my go to daily perfume for just smelling good without breaking the bank. Where ES features jasmine, this one features gardenia. It also leads more prominently with the orange smell than the ES does. I am glad to have both. I still think that ES is more my style, more sophisticated, but for a variation, especially in the coming warmer months, I suspect I'll be dipping into this one more and more. In fact, at only about $20 a bottle, the fact that it improves with time makes me think I should go ahead and buy a backup for next Summer. The only drawback to this fragrance is that while the bottle is a beautiful design, the cap just won't securely stay on. I've dropped this twice already. Thankfully it's a thick glass and I dropped it on a padded rug, but I have to remember to always pick this up around the broadest part of the bottle and not go for the smaller regions near the top. My hand slides up and grabs the cap if I'm not at/below the widest part of the curve of the bottle. It's a bit awkward, especially taking it out of a rack sandwiched in with other bottles, but I won't have it long at this rate if I don't get used to picking it up that way.

OK, wow, I have to add another review of this one. After my initial review, I kind of forgot about it and let it sit for a month and a half without touching it, I was THAT unimpressed. I should have known better when testing it for the first time, that perfumes change and evolve after the very first spray, when they get some air. Please don't take the first try seriously and make sure to let it "breath" a little before judging it! :) First of all, NO GRANDMA SCENT! YAY! The gardenia is much more calm now, and not at all overpowering. It's also much sweeter now and I can clearly feel the honey, which didn't really happen the first time. It was ALL flowers then, and just a little bit of honey at the end of the day. It still DOES remind me of Happy Spirit, though it's more on the floral side rather than on the "grape-ish" side. I have been testing it a few days in a row just to make sure that I'm not wrong again :) It's one of my favorites now! I'm still leaving my first review here though, in case someone wants to know what it smells like the first time and that they should definitely give this a fair chance.

This is really nice. It smells classy. It definitely smells similar to some of my great grandma's perfumes I used to smell, but it's not to the extreme. I've never smelled the Elie Saab this is supposed to smell like, however this has something in it that reminds me of L'interdit from Givenchy. Super perfume-y, floral, sweet, with a slight spiciness. You definitely get that touch of honey. Moderate sillage and lasts at least a day or more on clothes, lasts probably 3-ish hours on skin before it's basically gone. This could be worn as a daily scent but I also find it very classy so it could be a special occasion perfume too. Personally I just wear whatever I want, any time I feel like it lol. I would repurchase this again because I love this scent profile. Edit: Actually I think I would just repurchase Fakhar Rose over this, as FR is much sweeter, stronger, and less spicy (and also smells like L'interdit.)

This perfume was a blind buy on Amazon I took a chance on because of good reviews. I love it! I expected a citrus scent because this has orange blossom in it but on my skin it never showed up. On me this perfume is gardenia, Rose, and honey in a very soft feminine way. Projection was surprising at least 6 feet with a strong trail that lingers in hot air. I live in Arizona desert where temperatures exceed 120 in summer often. This perfume I put on in morning when postman delivered it and after running around in heat it was still on me as strong skin scent at end of day. (Most perfumes last a couple hours if I’m lucky in this high heat.) This perfume does not bother my asthma or allergies. No headaches from it either. It stays soft but strong in high heat without being overpowering. I highly recommend it!

I just received this in the mail. From the initial spray it’s a beautiful sweet honeyed orange blossom with some spice. It smells really similar to Kayali’s Deja Vu white flowers, one of my favorite fragrances from Kayali! I’m in love 😍. I’ve been looking for an alternative to Deja vu that can give the longevity that she’s missing. Hamsah appears to have what I’m looking for so far. I’ve had it for less than a day but it’s pretty strong so far and not weakening. It’s not identical to Deja vu more like fraternal. If you’re looking for a cheaper alternative to Deja vu, try Hamsah. It’s like $17 for 2.7 oz on Amazon. Try it! Try it! It’s soooo beautiful! Update: it’s still good but this fragrance borders on coco Chanel or white diamond vibes. It’s really nice but has a very mature/dated side to it.

I used up the big 80ml bottle that I had of this over a year ago, and recently I've repurchased it. I've been thinking about it so much since I ran out and I've been missing it so badly, that I just couldn't not have it any longer. I feel like especially now, in the grey cold, it smells even more gorgeous and yummy than in the summer (when I used it up over a year ago). In the heat it's playful, young spirited, happy and carefree. In the cold it's grown-up, sophisticated, put together. It plays its own flute like that. Honeyed florals. Beautiful and simple, but not boring in the least. Casual with a bit of sophistication. The dry-down almost reminds me of Gabrielle Essence by Chanel (though Hamsah is sweeter). Truly fits all seasons and occasions.

Absolutely beautiful. Two pump skin test in the dead of winter. Honey sweet florals. True to scent orange blossom, gardenia, and rose. Smells very natural, like I was doing something lovely and the scent found it's way to me. Has a storybook-like quality, an animated girl singing with the birds or carrying her basket through a field before she meets her prince. A keeper, and I'm likely to use up the sample and have a very hard time deciding between buying a full bottle of this or one of the Gucci Blooms.

Oh wow! Swiss Arabian knocked it out of the park with this one. It is hard to find a fresh orange blossom untethered by klunky base notes, but this perfume shimmers. I’ve been frustrated with my Jo Malone orange blossom, because it loses its orange blossom accord very quickly and fades into nothing within an hour. But this- this is how I wish it had smelled. I got it for $17 which is insane for how much I love this and how well it performs. 10/10

Another blind buy for me....i read about Swiss Arabian- Hamsah and i was just curious to see if it fits me. It definitely does!.Very similar to Oriflame - Imagination. It opens with a flower scent that remembers me the beginning of summer when a type of tree blossoms.Can it be jasmine?! i don't know! But i do know that it's warm, feminine,well balanced and elegant. A big YES and thumb up from me!

A gorgeous, honeyed white floral fragrance. This is just so so beautiful. White florals do very well on me, and this smells like a wealthy, beautiful woman at a luxurious tropical resort. This is sunshine in a bottle, and it is a huge compliment getter. I would say it’s possibly a favorite for me in terms of Arab fragrances. It’s long-lasting, and the sillage is good without being too much. 10/10

I love when I stumble into something this beautiful, went in to buy Nawaf and the guy suggested this one, I usually don't care for staff members recommendations but he nailed it with this one as I wouldn't have bothered trying it. Beautiful feminine fragrance that can be worn all year round and all occasions, a real hidden gem

I received this today from SA. At some point in my childhood the gardenia became the standard for what a flower should smell like. The burst of orange blossom and gardenia at the top is very satisfying. It's modern floral, clean, and the dry down Is beautiful.

This one is a sleeper. I can’t believe how affordable it is. It doesn’t smell like cheap perfume. This is Swiss Arabian. This is quality. It’s floral and unapologetically feminine. It’s very lovely. Great blind by.

Lovely, warm, attractive, tender, not so saturated scent. Particularly nice in the summer time – the scent gracefully opens up with a lovely blend of honey and orange blossom in a heat. Beautiful.

Reminds me of Longing by Coty from back in the day but much softer. Very sweet and delicate but a banger at the same time. You get it, right? I’m gonna wear this one out!!!

Oh this is lovely. Smells almost exactly like the jasmine vine we had growing up, so element of nostalgia there. Pretty one note but it's so nice. So cheap too !!

Got this today on a blind buy and was pleasantly surprised , it is florals done well in a woody base, smells as good as any designer fragrance for half the price

profumo meraviglioso dolce e inebriante ,ottima proiezione e sillage,lo consiglio non rimarrete delusi

I’m not a big citrus fruit fan, but every summer I find myself craving something new fresh to wear. Usually I’ve pick up something with pineapple or bergamot, but this time I wanted to stay on more feminine side (I experience pineapple / bergamot as more masculine side) and still stay little bit more fruity than flower side. I thought about Elie Saab for a long time, but it felt bad to pay the "full price" for a fragrance that I basically don't like terribly. Ironic, but you probably understand what I mean... Well, anyway ; I am very pleased with this choice! Here the honey, sweet orange and orange blossom are in lead. It's almost( ! ) give a lemon scent and to be honest I get some toilet freshener vibes, but so I get from ES too. Sorry. I also distinguish Gardenia ( my nose easily confused it to creamy tuberose) because here is that kind of thick creaminess, what could become overwhelming too, but here that nice citrus fruits freshen it beautifully up! Vetiver is quite inconspicuous, but gives a balanced base, still the scent is not wooden or oriental at all. For me this is not a chemical mess. I think this is pleasant, easy to use, feminine, mature, citrus fruity floral fragrance for day use. Not quite what I love the most, but certainly one of these, what I use the most in the next summer. Definitely worth the price!