Majalis

First impressions It could be a Love, it could be a dislike.. I must try it again. The performance of this scent is absolutely stellar. Suitable only for cold weather with a maximum of two sprays. One full spray and you fill a room. The sillage is huge and the projection is gigantic. The only negative is the thick and heavy sweetness which lasts the whole life of this fragrance. It's spices and resins are heavenly, to die for. Incense and tobacco from heaven.. it's so complex and well blended. Other strong and refined notes are olibanum, guaiac wood, cardamom, strawberry, patchouli, honey, peach.. It could be an instant buy if there wasn't this strong sweetness from the dates which look like sometimes with cotton candy and dark caramel. I thought it was a little nauseating so I must try it again to make it sure. If you wash your hands, you can't kill it. Not even with a shower. You will feel it the next day.. Edit/Update Everything in this scent is heavenly good except it's sweetness. So thick, sticky, sickly sweet. Quite nauseating and cloying for my nose. I wanted to like this but it's not for me. It retails here 810 usd per 100 ml. Very good first impression. I must try more from this house but only the base line. Their prices are insane. Update. I noticed that in the shop that I've tried Majalis have replaced the tester although it was almost full 3/4 so I tried it again. Different experience, this time it was not overly sweet. Spices were more vivid and the sweetness was balanced and not cloying. Nothing nauseating. In fact this is very good. Now I'm confused. It is worthing a fb but it may be an expensive risk. It is much thicker and better than any Amouage, WIDIAN scent that I've tried. In fact it is one of the best scents I've ever tried.. I'm still evaluating it. Update Beware, it stains clothes.

Ever felt ripped off?! That’s exactly how I feel with Spirit of Dubai! This has been reformulated into a totally different fragrance in my opinion. All I wanted was a replacement bottle of Majalis perfume for my elderly mother. When she opened it however, it smelt completely different. Initially I thought there was something wrong with it. It turns out, it’s a completely different formula to the one my mother knew and loved. The new formulation is markedly different to us... There was NOTHING on the website saying it was new formula (basically a new perfume in our opinion). Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to try it before making the purchase either as the London boutique is permanently closed. Only when I emailed to ask, they confirmed it is a new formula! It is not unreasonable to be upset and disappointed to find that something you have known and loved has been changed (in our opinion for the worse) and for there to be no indication of said change when purchasing, especially when the product costs so much! I didn’t ask for my money back initially... the opposite... I offered to pay more and exchange for another perfume from them!! So now my mother has a bottle of perfume that isn’t what she wanted (or even likes) and the people that could do something about it appear to be completely uninterested. It’s the principle; that this is something that gave someone so much pleasure and they just don’t seem to care less....only interested in keeping the money! Good luck with your new boutique! It’s nice to know how a very disappointed elderly lady’s hard earned money has helped to pay for it!!!

I am just a hobbyist and I can only afford a 5ML decant of this beauty, but still cost more compared to a 50-100ML bottle of any popular designer fragrances. There's so much going on in this fragrance if you look into the combination of notes and accords used. It's like a philharmonic orchestra where each musician plays a vital role to produce a beautiful music and the same thing goes here. Each note plays an important part of the main composition which create such gorgeous fragrance. The dates acts as the conductor, while the taif rose, cardamom and musk completes the ensemble. That fruity smoky oriental vibe in the mid and dry down is to die for. Fruity paradise in a bottle that evokes the vibrant scent of exotic middle east and the oud here was very subtle in the background, almost invisible like an introvert phantom. It's worth the heavy price tag just by the quality of the juice alone. Very strong in all departments, projection, sillage, and longevity. A couple spritz is good enough but adjust if you need more. I'll give this masterpiece a 10/10 “Let's spread the scents of peace and kindness. The two most beautiful fragrance in the world that will cost you nothing and will get you a totally different kind of compliments” 🙏

As is typical for this house, Majalis is composed of more than 3 dozen notes (41 to be precise). Let that sink in, There are very few houses that would ever even attempt to put this many notes into a single fragrance. And with good reason. If you are looking to sniff out all these notes then you have to have the rarest of noses (Rajesh, whose review is below, is one of them). It is opulent for certain. But to me it is opulent in the way Rodeo Drive is opulent. A long list of very expensive shops crammed together rather than a more refined old money opulence. Nevertheless, I love how it smells on me. But where would most of us actually wear this outside the home? Maybe it would fit right in with Abu Dhabi crowd, but for me here in the US I am not sure where I would wear it except on my wrist at home. I am glad I have it, and I am glad to have tried or owned a number of fragrances from this house. It lasts a long while on my skin and projects quite well. It could be cloying to some. Hard to think where I would wear this during the day. It's male leaning. I will say I bring my wrist to my nose again and again and again. Does that make it worth the exorbitant price? That's up to each individual buyer.

This stuff is incredible. Performance, packaging, scent...it’s a whole package. Well worth the price tag in my opinion. One to two sprays is plenty. Many people may say that about other fragrances but I find that BS. I like my fragrance strong as so I can smell it and enjoy and I’m telling you l, one to two spays and it’s just gorgeous and beastly. Soft and powerful at the same time. I love the powdery notes to even out the fragrance and I usually hate powdery type smells but this is done to perfection..try and and tell me what you think!