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The "Qasamat Ebhar | Rasasi" was a blind buy that I don't regret. I didn't expect to like it so much, but this really is a special fragrance that deserves a review, even if I find it hard to describe. I can't really categorize it... For me, it is elegance in the bottle, a little gourmand with a very delicate creamy sweetness and a fine hint of vanilla and chocolate pralines, especially in the drydown, paired with a little citrusy freshness and a light pinch of apple, a little floral lightness, a little clean scent and cultivated creaminess, and a pinch of oriental spice. Qasamat Ebhar | Rasasi" combines all of this to create an extremely pleasant, really beautiful overall fragrance with very good longevity and sillage, in a very elegant bottle to boot. To my nose, it really smells as if it were significantly more expensive than what you actually pay for it. Not only can it keep up with the well-known designer fragrances, in my opinion it could be an expensive niche fragrance.

I understand the associations with apple strudel and lemon cake from the other comments here, but the fragrance doesn't smell that "simple" to my nose at all, it's very complex and I don't think these descriptions do the fragrance justice, so I had to leave my own comment here. No one note stands out in particular, and that's exactly what makes it so special, in my opinion. It is very well balanced and simply incredibly beautiful, for me the fragrance combines two seemingly contradictory effects, it is elegant and cool and at the same time warm and cozy, whereby it develops more in the direction of warm and cozy over time. It doesn't overwhelm, it caresses, and that over the entire course of the fragrance. For me, the fragrance is unisex but tends to be more feminine, and I actually find it suitable for every occasion and every season.

In short: a new feel-good fragrance that is very welcome in my collection :)

This fragrance is simply difficult to describe, it is usually too cool for me, but I still love it and keep coming back to it. The opening is wonderfully spicy-fresh with cardamom present, followed by a cool, floral note, I especially notice the peony. The musk simply fits perfectly into the overall picture... i imagine I can still smell something reminiscent of coconut. Overall, it doesn't seem "noir", but still very cool and creamy, velvety, mature and cleanly groomed. And somehow a little mysterious and unapproachable. For me, it radiates the extremely self-confident composure of a seasoned woman who is not easily impressed by anything or anyone.

As soon as this fragrance was announced and I saw the scent notes, I knew I would like it. I love vanilla, and I think the original BO DNA is great, but unfortunately too heavy, too coffee-heavy for me in the long run. When my sample finally arrived and I sprayed it on, I was immediately in love. The "Black Opium Le Parfum | Yves Saint Laurent" is the perfection of the BO range. After the first spray, a fruity-sweet coffee explosion hits you. However, the fruitiness quickly fades and gives way to the softer kind of coffee BO DNA that accompanies you for the next 30 minutes. This is followed by what is probably the most beautiful vanilla I have ever smelled, with an addictive factor. Warm, soft, velvety, delicate - not intrusive, but very present, not smoky and yet grown-up, not too sweet and yet sooo delicious. Vanilla perfection rounded off with aromatic, soft coffee notes that do not push themselves to the fore but blend in harmoniously.

I was already looking forward to the coming winter and knew I would be wearing it a lot. But summer had only just begun...
Of course, I couldn't hold out, the bottle has since moved in with me and thanks to the autumnal weather this summer, I've already worn it a lot. It envelops me in a wonderful, delicate cloud of fragrance, and it also seems to go down very well with those around me. To be honest - I also like to spray it on before I go to sleep, it's so nice to drift off into the realm of dreams in this vanilla cloud. I love this fragrance, a new autumn/winter favorite for me.

Edit:
I have to adjust the rating. I'm wearing the fragrance right now, layered with just a little spray of "Kenzo Amour | Kenzo" and I'm in fragrance heaven. I love both fragrances on their own, but the combination of the two scents is really incredibly beautiful. The cool, autumnal weather can be as stormy as it likes, the gray clouds in the sky can be driven as fast as they like by the cold wind. I'm floating gently towards fall on my warm, soft vanilla cloud of fine white-golden powder... ️

I usually have a hard time with Zara fragrances. Most of the fragrance twins are too shrill, too extreme and too unbalanced for me, the sillage too weak, the shelf life too short. But thanks to "Golden Decade | Zara", I know that Zara can do things differently. Rarely, but sometimes you just get surprised.

I sprayed this fragrance on at the checkout today out of boredom. Supreme Vanilla, how classy that sounds. In a chic dark bottle. Ink is indeed not listed as a fragrance note at Zara, and yet I agree, I can definitely detect it. Sugary vanilla ink... also very intensely sweet, while interesting and cool, it also smells cheap, and seems like a headache candidate. Well. Supreme is something else for my taste. After all, Zara fragrances evaporate quite quickly, most of them at least, and it's only on my wrist, I thought. So I continued strolling through the city.

And now I'm sitting here 4 hours later, and the fragrance has been ordered. I spent the rest of the evening constantly smelling my wrist. This familiar cloud of fragrance kept coming towards me... In the drydown, this is clearly "Vanilla | 28 | Kayali"! But so what. After about an hour, it develops into an almost identical dupe. But only almost. The original had to leave my collection because it was just too intrusively sweet and too monotonous for me, the woody notes barely came through. But the Zara copy actually has the perfect balance of sweetness, vanillity and woody/spicy notes for me, so that you can wear it on its own - at least once the headache notes and the ink have faded. And several hours of longevity on the wrist after just one spray is really impressive for the price.