Afaaf

Affaf

Al Haramain

I tried only a sample of this parfume. It was in a vial, without atomizer. I put one drop on my wrist, and was waiting. And the drop was sitting quietly and patiently on my wrist, without absorbtion. I had to splosh it myself on my skin. After it I checked the vial, turned it upside down. The small air bubble plodded leisurely to the top, so this fluid is really dense.

Then the miracle began. Oud and rose - two inseparably notes are flying heavy like an old and beautiful flying carpet. It was not stifling at all, sometimes oud fragrances cause headache to me, but nothing like this happened with AFFAF. After a half hour the rose was the first who left the scene, and I detected some woody, earthy note, but for me neither amber nor sandalwood was not recognizable.

My problem is, that after two hours the fragrance is almost nothing. It is still strong enough, but without any elegance or fineness, it is like a noname sweet parfume. If the first and second miracle would last longer, I would buy a bottle. On the other hand I tried Fiore d'Ambra as well, and there was a huge different between vial and full bottle with atomizer, the sample was much more weaker, so I believe, that the spray version is much better from AFFAF as well.

That the scent, as my predecessor mentions, is "very popular," I can only partially understand. Perhaps among the oriental clientele, especially the women; it is an incredibly loud, shrill, ordinary rose scent. I imagine an oriental wedding, where the women celebrate among themselves, without their men, brothers, and sons, dancing ecstatically and erotically to overlapping drum rhythms, adorned with gold bangles, scandalous jewels hanging from their earlobes, and their faces caked in tons of makeup that is visibly running - yes, in such a scene, Affaf would fit right in.

Affaf lets loose olfactorily. It starts off slightly fecal and then develops into a terribly squeaky Loukhoum knockoff, less sweet but ten times louder. You either love it or hate it. I can derive absolutely nothing from this shrill-sweet concoction, just as I am not fond of overdriven oriental howling music.

PS: I admit, not a politically correct closing statement. Therefore, I would like to briefly note that oriental music is not always "howling" and can indeed be quite bearable at an appropriate volume;-).

my test of Affaf was a long time ago. I only remember that all the locals recommended it to me. The scent is very popular. I remember that it smelled absolutely fantastic, and I actually wanted to buy it. The price just held me back, because back then I wasn't as interested in perfumes as I am today and thought it couldn't possibly be a good brand... what a fool I was!