Suki Essence

Turkish Delight Shop... Imagine a confectioner's shop in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. As you watch Turkish Delights being made you marvel how the scent fills the shop in a way that reminds you of a bakery. Confectioner's gel of starch and sugar with chopped dates bound by the gel, flavoured with cinnamon, and dusted with powdered sugar. These are not your average Turkish Delights that have travelled thousands of miles in a cargo hold or relative's suitcase to reach you, these are the real deal! Fresh and still warm, their pillowy softness blanketed by powdered sugar that hasn't yet settled. You will never eat Turkish Delights any other way from now on. Reviewers have got it right with the top 5 rated notes imho: cinnamon, dates, amber incense & vanilla. Overall: gorgeous sweet-woody-cinnamon scent. Some find the performance strong but I may have been partially nose-blind to it, although it seemed like my bottle benefited from dark storage after initial sprays to improve performance. Even still, it was love at first scent for me. Enjoy! Contrast to Organza Indécence Givenchy: A reasonable similarity between these two - if you like one you will probably like the other. Suki Essence has an oud note, and is more balsamic with a root-beer lean in the drydown, but the sweet-woody-cinnamon vibe is the same. Update 07/17/24: I wore this a lot last year, but not lately, and I sprayed it two sprays to the back of my hand this morning. The performance continues to improve, and woody aspects from cinnamon & oud have come a lot more forward now, which increases the similarity to Organza Indécence imo. This isn't a beast mode scent and more of a medium sillage with excellent longevity for me (persists even after a shower). It's possible to wear year round although the scent profile leans holidays/cooler weather. I will probably reserve this for cooler months. Still a love.

My friend didn't quite care for this fragrance and gave it to me since she knows I love perfume and have quite the collection. I have a lovely mirrored 5 shelf display my husband made for me which sits within in the wall where I display my best looking bottles. This bright yellow bottle stands out so I feature it on my display unit. When I first tried it on my skin I wasn't too fond of it. Someone said it was similar to Obsession by CK and perhaps a bit. I didn't quite care for obsession either. After having Suki for more than a year just sitting there for display, I decided earlier this week to give it a try again. However, not on my skin but on my linen. I find there are numerous perfumes I like to spray on my sheets and blankets but not on myself. I found this scent absolutely wonderful, soft and delicate and very lasting. I then gave it a try on my clothing and I absolutely love it and it lasts all day. It's cold now and I get the most wonderful whiffs, sort of creamy and balmy. I have never seen it in stores but it's been a long time since I've stepped into a tj maxx which is where my friend bought it. I'll be on the lookout or just order it online.

I cannot believe this fragrance isn’t more popular! I absolutely LOVED it at first sniff! It is sensual and intoxicating! It is warm and sultry. It is sensual and sexy. Very exotic and different than any perfume I own. I feel like this perfume is timeless, it is all at once, vintage, classic and modern. I sprayed it to test, on the back of my hand in my car when I bought it. The scent wafted to my nose all the way home on my 45 minute drive and I couldn’t stop bringing my hand to my nose to inhale deeply. It is 90*F so I hopped in my pool and floated for about an hour and a half, with my hand in the water much of the time and I can still smell it strongly after getting out. I don’t feel like this is just a fall/winter fragrance, although I can’t wait to wear it in the colder months, but it can work for summer too. The notes all blend so perfectly together for a sultry, slightly sweet, creamy scent that will work perfectly for a summer night out.

I adore this, a very good blind buy for me. I've always loved amber scents, and I'd agree with other reviewers that you must be an amber lover to appreciate this one. She's dry yet sweet and resinous with spices and a kick of citrus to open. I don't get much of the smoke/incense but the resins are there representing! Great sillage, especially for the price. Nice and cozy, I enjoy spraying all over my pillows and blanket before bed. This feels summery to me, like August sunshine, so I won't be waiting until winter to spray with abandon. (I think a nice dry amber is great in summertime.) Strongly resembles Halston Woman Amber. I want to try 5th Avenue Royale to see how it compares after seeing it mentioned by another Fragrantican. Update: it's October; the incense note seems more noticeable in the cooler, drier Ohio weather we're having. I love Suki even more now!

The best, most unique cheapie of ALL TIME! It’s very polarizing, either your chemisty makes it bloom, or sour. The date note can be chocolatey/figgy or earwaxy if it doesn’t. But, I find Fragrantica is great to match folks with similar chemistry through their favs to see if their favs might work for you. Medicinal scents like this pull the natural sweetness of my skin out without making it gourmand. But likewise, during hotter months my skin turns gourmands into diabetes 😵💫 Other weirdos you might enjoy if you love this include: Gucci Rush Dior Addict Tocade Feel free to message me with any other fudgey herbals! This is a very niche category that needs more love!

This fragrance is one of my best blind buys. It caught my eye at TJMaxx for only $12.99 and after seeing it was selling for over $50 on line I decided what do I have to lose. I checked the reviews here that were all positive and I love amber fragrances, especially in the cooler weather. The scent is amazing. The amber is beautifully blended with the cinnamon, vanilla, date, plum and rose.The dry down is a gorgeous incense on me. I love it so much that I'm going back to buy another bottle plus another scent by this company that I saw next to this one since the quality of this scent is crafted so well!

I find myself reaching for this often, preferring it's seductive charms to most of my fancy pants bottles. I get the similarities with Organza Indecence and Mitzah, it really is good enough to be listed along side those gems. Performance is fabulous, both in terms of projection and longevity. It's rich and full bodied yet not too heavy or cloying for the warmer months. Worth blind buying if you happen to stumble upon a bottle, you won't be disappointed!

This is an amazing cheapie that I bought for $17 on eBay a few months ago. The sunshine colored bottle, the heavy glass, the dry, soft, vanillic spicy juice - all of this is feels like solid quality and is definitely worth more! I think the market has corrected itself since I can't find it under $50 anymore. I hope it has not been discontinued. Highly recommended to the oriental lovers who are looking for an everyday cold weather fragrance.

Upon the first spray, I was sure I wasn’t going to like this but after a few minutes the fragrance really developed into a gorgeous warm, spicy, vanilla (my favorite type of perfumes). If you’re like me, oud is something that I rarely like except in the form of TF oud wood. However, this is a perfect amount of oud for me! Not barn yard at all! This sits fairly close to the skin and lasted around 7 hours on my skin.

I absolutely love this fragrance, to my nose it's very similar to Ambre Sultan, if you like oriental resinous sweet and mysterious scent, go for it, i blind bought it and this is one of my best blind buy ever. Longevity and sillage are average but it's not a problem for me i love to reapply it. It would be wonderful on a man <3

This is an amazing cheapie that I didn't expect to like as much as I do. It's warm, a little powdery and very comforting. It smells a bit like the scented erasers we used to collect as kids or bubble gum, but without being too artificial. Dry down is spicy and a little incensy. Look forward to wearing it in the colder months.

Suki is a tie between old and new.. a fruity plum opening into a candied rose with incense. Unique fun wear for winter. Top notes: Bergamot – Plum – Date Heart notes: Candied rose – Cinnamon – Incense Bottom notes: Amber – Cistus – Oud – Vetiver – Vanilla Lasts a long time and moderate sillage. Warm, modern and cozy.

OK, I wouldn't say it is a dupe for Black Cashmere, but I would say that if you love B.C., I believe you will like this or even love it. It's rich smelling, sexy, and it projects. You'd have to love incense too, which I do! I'm quite impressed with this. And at this price point, you may want to give it a try.

Plum, dates, cinnamon, incense, and one jelly bean - oh my. I smell like I'm eating fruitcake in a humidor. A successful blind buy! (so I am 1 for 10 now). No oud for me here; To my nose it is a deep clove-like oriental scent - not sure why it is classified as a floral woody musk.

Words cannot describe how wonderful this fragrance is. It's my signature fragrance and absolute easiest reach, I have 4 back up bottles already. Unisex. Moderate sillage with a moderate intensity from 3 to 4 sprays all over, under clothing. 12h+ longevity.

Prices on the Weil Essence line have shot WAY up. Get them while you can still afford them, I guess. Try Halston Woman Amber if you like Suki. To me they smell almost identical and the Halston is still around $20.

I really like this one. It is incensy in the right way and not very sweet. When I am in that mood sometimes I layer it with sweet perfumes like dalal for example to add more spice.

Just too good! I keep buying backup bottles. Suki is warm sunshine, a desert breeze, fresh-baked baklava, a honeybee. I can't get enough of the dry sweet smell!

Suki, where have you been all my life? ❓❔❗❕🥰

Suki Essence by Weil is a very interesting little number. Not one that I would gravitate towards because of the cinnamon note nonetheless I am glad I purchased it. The opening of Suki smacks your senses with a blast of citrus then dry fruits followed by cinnamon. Suki starts quite zingy but the spices soon follow and I must admit that this part is my least favourite because at this point on my skin the fragrance turns really dry, dusty and a little salty. Thank goodness this stage does not last very long only about an hour or so. After the hour mark the incense comes on line and things get better from then on. The rose,incense, cinnamon and amber really come together very nicely and I feel like an Arabian Princess somewhere in Persia on a beautiful warm evening. I agree that Suki does have the Ambre Sultane vibe but I feel that Suki is easier to wear because it is less intense and more subtle when it comes to the spices. Sillage is soft but longevity is rather good 8 hours or so. In the dry down sweetness from the cinnamon and the dates come through but it not sugary. The final outcome is a skin scent of soft amber with a hint of smoky incense and sweet vanilla. I am sure Suki is not going to be everybody's cup of tea but for lovers of amber and balsamic perfumes it is definitely worth a try.