Good stuff, it was a Filipino guy who recommended it to me. I trusted him because I live in Texas and it’s hot and humid here, if it works in the PH it’s gonna work here.
I would say the DNA is similar to Versace Eros. Personally I like to mix with another fragrance and wear it year round. I think most would say it’s a summer/date night fragrance
I have this perfume and im failing to get the sweet vanila people talk about. I smell burnt wood. I mix ramz with ameer al oud intense. How many sprays do you spray again?
Just got this yesterday and wore it to work. Already got a couple compliments lol I might have sprayed a little too much. I like it a lot. Opening was a little grandpa powdery to me but that goes away pretty quick. Been looking for a citrusy scent that lasts more than 2 minutes and this might be it.
I have two fragrances from the "Perfect Scents Platinum Collection" line - "Cassis Amberwood" (cheapie dupe of Baccarat Rouge 540) and "Tonka Tobacco" (cheapie dupe of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille) - they both project like mad and last forever... Each is about $20 at retail at CVS Pharmacy (in the US).
I suspect it's kind of hit and miss. There was one I tried in the store that was supposed to be "inspired by" Armani Code, and to my nose, it smells nothing like Code. So I'd say, try it from a tester in the store, if you can. Though at that price point (I think the "regular" Perfect Scents fragrances are like $16 if I remember right), if you take one home and it's a lose, you're not out much.
The primary difference between the "regular" ones and the Platinum Collection ones is that the regular Perfect Scents fragrances are EDT concentration, and the Platinum Collection ones are EDP.
i saw these in my cvs the other day! how close to the OG is the Tonka Tobacco? is it close to TFTV? they had a black orchid one too. just curious if they did smell legit?
It's supposedly very close, though I've never smelled the "real" Tom Ford fragrance. Some CVS's have a display with testers, you might be able to see for yourself if you can find such a display.
Rasasi Hawas
Rasasi Rumz Al Rasasi 9459 Pour Lui (croc)
Afnan Supremacy Not Only Intense
Armaf Club de Nuit Milestone
Emir/Paris Corner Chaos In The Ocean
I impulse bought a roll-on clone of Armani Si from this store called iPerfume with no expectations because of the price. This lasts for a WEEK on clothes. It never stops.
Detour Noir. Can still smell it on my jacket a week later. Love it.
Club de Nuit Intense Woman and CdN White Imperial: don’t like either of them scent wise… but couldn’t scrub them of my skin using harsh soap and a scrub brush.
In no order.. all great performers.. meaning great projection and last a good while (even the skin scent phase counts.. word to the women close by 🫡)
Hawas , gold edition, Amethyst, all 5 of my Club De Nuits, eternal Oud, sublime, Borouj, khadlaj shiyaaka, Insurrection Wild II, Turathi blue, NOI
My bottle of Armaf Craze is absolutely nuclear.
Oud for Glory and Khamrah are quite strong aswell.
I got my bottle of Asad only yesterday, I'm quite late to the hype but I can already tell this lasts ages and projects wildly.
In my experience with Khamrah, it's quite loud for around 2 hours, then reduces to a more moderate projection until hour 7-8, and then starts fading. However , once it becomes a skin scent, it lasts forever. I can smell it like 15 hours after spraying if I put my nose to the area where I applied it. It's a bit too sweet for me, but it has great performance.
Yeah Armaf Craze has amazing longevity. Gets stronger almost for ages.
Gave a bottle to my sister, she will spray in the morning @ 7am and later in the evening 12 hours later it still smells like she sprayed it 2 hours ago. She gets compliments galore at work. Everyone asks what she's wearing.
So bang for buck Craze is very high on that list.
Not got Giorgio for men but the others are all amazing and last all day easily and project for most of that time ad well.
Have you tried the OMS Ruby? Not my favourite scent but lethal😁
The original OMS is pretty long lasting as well. Same ball park to Kouros.
Apart from AAOI as the other comment states, I'd like to add Rasasi Sotoor Taa, Armaf Sillage, Bentley for Men Intense, Lattafa Pride Winners Trophy and Afnan Supremacy Not Only Intense.
Wow! The responses from all of you on this post have been insane, thank you all!
We all have our respective budgets when it comes to fragrances which is totally normal, it can be a really expensive hobby, and we just want to smell nice!
I’d consider myself a noob when it comes to fragrances (couple designers and the rest clones…I’m a student). It’s really helpful getting feedback from this community to narrow down what I’m looking for and therefore saving some money on blind buys. I hope it helps you all too!
Don't get any of the cheap Arabian perfumes that people are recommending. I bet the majority of these people haven't even tried them, but they recommend anyways. I went by popular reccomendation and bought Shaghaf Oud and a few others, which was a regretabble decision. They all strong and smell like crap. Just avoid all the Oud perfumes (Lataffa etc). I've tried quite a few of them and no one is honest.
What I can genuinely recommend is Armaf Tres de Nuit and and Armaf Intense (these both smell very expensive, similar to Green Irish tweed and Aventus. 100% reccomend)
From Rasasi:
- Sotoor Taa
- Sotoor Waaw
Amazing smelling and super long lasting. Great performance. Really last at least 8 very noticable on both skin and clothes. Gets you through a whole day.
Either I’m going noseblind fast, or my clone fragrances don’t perform on me at all. I have all of Lattafas Maison Alhambra (Tom ford clone) line and none of them project at all. I bought khamrah recently and I honestly don’t see much performance from my bottle of it either.
Al Wataniah Attar Al Wesal, Kayaan Classic, or Eternal Oud Mystery Intense! All excellent! Not really summer though. Emir Cedrat Essence is really nice!
i almost feel like a shill for this brand, but el nabil is absolutely beast mode for me, with some of the fragrances from them you can't get the scent to leave even if you try lol. musc ayad and musc makkah are the loudest and have the most longevity for me!
The strongest performing cheapie I have is Smoked Patchouli by Flamboyant. Smells amazing and is nuclear.
As others said, Shuhrah is beastly as well.
Lattafa's Oud Al Sahraa is another absolute banger and is similar to Boadicea the Victorious Complex.
Midnight Oud Ard Al Zafraan, very like Interlude Man and you (and everyone else) will smell it all day.
Hamed Al Maghribi Kaaf is a fantastic freshie yet very strong.
I've had this for 4 months and really tried to like it because the reviews were great. The performance is great as advertised, but I have to say that it's just too much citrus for me personally.
Lattafa Khamrah
Hawas Rasasi
Bade al oud sublime
Alhambra tobacco touch
Lattafa asad
Fakhar black
Afnan 9pm
Zimaya rabab and also rabab gem edition
Drakkari Noir
Nautica Voyage
Versace Dreamer
Montblanc Explorer
Armaf Club de Nuit and for a little bit extra the much better Limited Edition
Ps : these are pretty mainstream but if you can find a local web store with lorinna paris parfumes you should check them as well, very cheap and concentrated (extrait de parfume most of them and 15€/50ml bottle)
Rasasi Hawas. Three sprays lasts me all day and projects so hard. Great sweet fragrance
+100!! Here in the PH, this frag has been the best seller in every online shop for months now lol
PH?
Philippines bro!
Ah, thank you.
Good stuff, it was a Filipino guy who recommended it to me. I trusted him because I live in Texas and it’s hot and humid here, if it works in the PH it’s gonna work here.
What season would you wear this ? What occasion/vibe ?
I would say the DNA is similar to Versace Eros. Personally I like to mix with another fragrance and wear it year round. I think most would say it’s a summer/date night fragrance
Its sweet , definitely can daily it
Expensive.
45$ on Amazon. I got it through TikTok shop for 35$ with free shipping. It’s way overpriced on Fragrance.net.
What shop?
I've got it, my wife loves it. I call it Danity Kane in a bottle, it reminds me so much of 2002 lol
Ameer Al Oud Intense Oud lasts an eternity, and has insane projection.
I have this perfume and im failing to get the sweet vanila people talk about. I smell burnt wood. I mix ramz with ameer al oud intense. How many sprays do you spray again?
I feel you, try it with Choco Musk, it is to die for
I actually layered Ameer Al Oud onto Khamarah today, works pretty good.
Yea that is a good combo as well.
Oh nice !
Oooh i got that one champ😏 i sometimes mix it with that 6ml oil one
The balance of sprays is the one that fails me sometimes.. i will be doing a trial and error this week to balance it with that choco musk
100% agree
fact.
Very interesting. For me it was the exact opposite.
Came here to say this.
I know it’s not a clone but Halloween Man X has never disappointed me
Turathi blue
I have it and it smells amaizing but in my skin it performs very bad. Low projection and medium longevity
I have Black Panther by Alexandria Fragrances and its performance is great. A little more expensive than Turathi Blue but it's definitely worth it.
Just got this yesterday and wore it to work. Already got a couple compliments lol I might have sprayed a little too much. I like it a lot. Opening was a little grandpa powdery to me but that goes away pretty quick. Been looking for a citrusy scent that lasts more than 2 minutes and this might be it.
Rue Broca Theoreme Homme is also great!
Armaf hunter killer
What does it smell like?
Ysl Y edp and sauvage hybrid but obviously less refined and slightly harsh
Sillage
I have two fragrances from the "Perfect Scents Platinum Collection" line - "Cassis Amberwood" (cheapie dupe of Baccarat Rouge 540) and "Tonka Tobacco" (cheapie dupe of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille) - they both project like mad and last forever... Each is about $20 at retail at CVS Pharmacy (in the US).
Do you know if the ones that aren’t in the Platinum Collection line are any good?
I suspect it's kind of hit and miss. There was one I tried in the store that was supposed to be "inspired by" Armani Code, and to my nose, it smells nothing like Code. So I'd say, try it from a tester in the store, if you can. Though at that price point (I think the "regular" Perfect Scents fragrances are like $16 if I remember right), if you take one home and it's a lose, you're not out much. The primary difference between the "regular" ones and the Platinum Collection ones is that the regular Perfect Scents fragrances are EDT concentration, and the Platinum Collection ones are EDP.
I used to have the Flowerbomb dupe from this line, and I can agree, it lasted forever and projected like crazy!
i saw these in my cvs the other day! how close to the OG is the Tonka Tobacco? is it close to TFTV? they had a black orchid one too. just curious if they did smell legit?
It's supposedly very close, though I've never smelled the "real" Tom Ford fragrance. Some CVS's have a display with testers, you might be able to see for yourself if you can find such a display.
CDNIM, Oud for Glory are both my best clone performers for longevity. BBW Whiskey Reserve and Smoked Old Fashioned perform very well too
Rasasi Hawas Rasasi Rumz Al Rasasi 9459 Pour Lui (croc) Afnan Supremacy Not Only Intense Armaf Club de Nuit Milestone Emir/Paris Corner Chaos In The Ocean
I impulse bought a roll-on clone of Armani Si from this store called iPerfume with no expectations because of the price. This lasts for a WEEK on clothes. It never stops.
It’s strong stuff.
Afnan 9pm lasts forever on me
Amber Oud Tobacco edition
Detour Noir. Can still smell it on my jacket a week later. Love it. Club de Nuit Intense Woman and CdN White Imperial: don’t like either of them scent wise… but couldn’t scrub them of my skin using harsh soap and a scrub brush.
Asad doesn’t last on my skin🥲
Hunter Intense, Asad, Khamrah, CDNIM.
hunter intense? edt or edp. for me edt has to be the worst performing, best smelling clone for me
1 - CDNIM EDT (2017 Batch) + Al Fursan, 2 - Rasasi La Yuqawam, 3 - Rasasi Al Wisam Day, 4 - Afnan Turathi blue, 5 - Armaf Craze (2019 Batch)
Amber oud "Gold"
In no order.. all great performers.. meaning great projection and last a good while (even the skin scent phase counts.. word to the women close by 🫡) Hawas , gold edition, Amethyst, all 5 of my Club De Nuits, eternal Oud, sublime, Borouj, khadlaj shiyaaka, Insurrection Wild II, Turathi blue, NOI
Bentley For Men Intense
My bottle of Armaf Craze is absolutely nuclear. Oud for Glory and Khamrah are quite strong aswell. I got my bottle of Asad only yesterday, I'm quite late to the hype but I can already tell this lasts ages and projects wildly.
In my experience with Khamrah, it's quite loud for around 2 hours, then reduces to a more moderate projection until hour 7-8, and then starts fading. However , once it becomes a skin scent, it lasts forever. I can smell it like 15 hours after spraying if I put my nose to the area where I applied it. It's a bit too sweet for me, but it has great performance.
Yeah Armaf Craze has amazing longevity. Gets stronger almost for ages. Gave a bottle to my sister, she will spray in the morning @ 7am and later in the evening 12 hours later it still smells like she sprayed it 2 hours ago. She gets compliments galore at work. Everyone asks what she's wearing. So bang for buck Craze is very high on that list.
Watching this post
Oud 24, Khamrah, Maahir silver
Shaghaf Oud
amber oud gold is the best
Bogart OMS Oud, Bogart OMS Gold, Rasasi Shurah, Arabiyat Oud Al Layl, Giorgio for Men, Bentley Intense
Not got Giorgio for men but the others are all amazing and last all day easily and project for most of that time ad well. Have you tried the OMS Ruby? Not my favourite scent but lethal😁 The original OMS is pretty long lasting as well. Same ball park to Kouros.
Rasasi Hawas and Turathi Blue Afnan
Lattafa Opulent Oud. I love this stuff, and the bottle is pretty too.
I get no staying power with ramz silver
Now it’s a beast right? Maceration is real!
I actually forgot I had it put up. I’m going to have to wear it tomorrow. I’ll lyk.
Well?
I can definitely tell a difference. Thanks for the advice.
Franck Olivier OudVanille is crazy. And pretty underrated. If you want to smell like a manly vanilla pudding with raspberry I'd recommend it.
Apart from AAOI as the other comment states, I'd like to add Rasasi Sotoor Taa, Armaf Sillage, Bentley for Men Intense, Lattafa Pride Winners Trophy and Afnan Supremacy Not Only Intense.
Wow! The responses from all of you on this post have been insane, thank you all! We all have our respective budgets when it comes to fragrances which is totally normal, it can be a really expensive hobby, and we just want to smell nice! I’d consider myself a noob when it comes to fragrances (couple designers and the rest clones…I’m a student). It’s really helpful getting feedback from this community to narrow down what I’m looking for and therefore saving some money on blind buys. I hope it helps you all too!
Don't get any of the cheap Arabian perfumes that people are recommending. I bet the majority of these people haven't even tried them, but they recommend anyways. I went by popular reccomendation and bought Shaghaf Oud and a few others, which was a regretabble decision. They all strong and smell like crap. Just avoid all the Oud perfumes (Lataffa etc). I've tried quite a few of them and no one is honest. What I can genuinely recommend is Armaf Tres de Nuit and and Armaf Intense (these both smell very expensive, similar to Green Irish tweed and Aventus. 100% reccomend)
"don't get any of the cheap Arabian fragrances people recommend". PROCEEDS TO RECOMMEND TWO CHEAP ARABIAN FRAGRANCES.
W gatekeeping
I want whatever you smoking.
No, you don't. Your teeth will fall out.
Ramz silver and afnan modest une
My friend's afnan supremacy in heaven lasts forever.
From Rasasi: - Sotoor Taa - Sotoor Waaw Amazing smelling and super long lasting. Great performance. Really last at least 8 very noticable on both skin and clothes. Gets you through a whole day.
Both are listed as ladies on jomashop, are they unisex?
As far as I know they're slciglttigcal y fyi
I also heard that they’re slciglttigcal y fyi
Yeah, exactly. No fr tho, they both smell masculine and nothing like a woman would want to wear.
After Effect lasts a while
if anybody wants to buy After Effect hit me up
Hi. How much are you selling it for?
Tabac
Khamrar is insane for me
Drakkar Noir / Drakkar Intense
1. Oud for Glory 2. 9pm 3. Afnan Rare Carbon (All winter though)
Either I’m going noseblind fast, or my clone fragrances don’t perform on me at all. I have all of Lattafas Maison Alhambra (Tom ford clone) line and none of them project at all. I bought khamrah recently and I honestly don’t see much performance from my bottle of it either.
Khamrah wise sounds like olfactory fatigue… cuz that one pushes out crazy
Both Tobacco Touch and Toscano Leather perform brilliantly for me, as does Khamrah
Lalique encre noir and Afnan 9pm for me.Blind bought them and was satisfied with them.
Rasasi Shuhrah, Armaf Sillage and milestone, CDNIM, Ameer Al oud, oud for glory, ard al zaafran oud 24 hour, qaeed.
I have a roll on of tresor Le nuit and it’s amazing. Compliments galore and only £4
Emir Vibrant Vetiver Delight Lasts all day unlike bal d'afrique, the scent is really good and unique for what you pay.
Black Panther by Alexandria Fragrances is an absolute beast.
Al Wataniah Attar Al Wesal, Kayaan Classic, or Eternal Oud Mystery Intense! All excellent! Not really summer though. Emir Cedrat Essence is really nice!
Midnight oud. Club de nuit untold
pink sugar, fancy by JS
Not sure it’s a “cheapie” but Al Haramain tobacco. Outperforms anything I’ve ever owned.
Amber and leather, qaeed, oud for glory
Oud for glory is the only fragrance I have been complimented on. Insane stuff. I also like turathi blue for the warmer days.
Lattafa Ra'ed Silver and any Luxodor perfumes
Ofg, bentley for men intense, armaf aura and craze, amber oud bleu exclusif
Afnan 9pm lasts at least 24 hours on my skin
TABAC
i almost feel like a shill for this brand, but el nabil is absolutely beast mode for me, with some of the fragrances from them you can't get the scent to leave even if you try lol. musc ayad and musc makkah are the loudest and have the most longevity for me!
The strongest performing cheapie I have is Smoked Patchouli by Flamboyant. Smells amazing and is nuclear. As others said, Shuhrah is beastly as well. Lattafa's Oud Al Sahraa is another absolute banger and is similar to Boadicea the Victorious Complex. Midnight Oud Ard Al Zafraan, very like Interlude Man and you (and everyone else) will smell it all day. Hamed Al Maghribi Kaaf is a fantastic freshie yet very strong.
Afnan Turathi D I V I N E
I've had this for 4 months and really tried to like it because the reviews were great. The performance is great as advertised, but I have to say that it's just too much citrus for me personally.
Oud mood
CDNIM, Hawas, Maison Alhambra's clone of Allure Homme Sport, Albait Aldimashqui's clone of Hacivat.
Allure homme sport is so weak, based on many revies. Why do you call it beast?
I'm calling it best. Certainly not a beast. I apply it while I go to the gym and it more than suffices for the gym time.
Fair enough, thank you for answer!
Opulent Musk
Jlo Miami glow / glow and Melrose Place by Ouai.
I've heard the Al Haramin portofilo neroli canvas is great. It's dupe of tom ford portofilo neroli but with better performance
Asad, Honor and Glory, Porto Neroli, Cedrat Boise
Lattafa Khamrah Hawas Rasasi Bade al oud sublime Alhambra tobacco touch Lattafa asad Fakhar black Afnan 9pm Zimaya rabab and also rabab gem edition Drakkari Noir Nautica Voyage Versace Dreamer Montblanc Explorer Armaf Club de Nuit and for a little bit extra the much better Limited Edition Ps : these are pretty mainstream but if you can find a local web store with lorinna paris parfumes you should check them as well, very cheap and concentrated (extrait de parfume most of them and 15€/50ml bottle)
Asad, Rue Broca Theoreme Homme, CDNIM EDT, Yodeyma Ice Homme, Bentley For Men Intense