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Rawaa Al Haramain 2018

7.4 / 10 55 Ratings

A perfume by Al Haramain for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is sweet-oriental. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Oriental

Floral

Gourmand

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Almond

Coffee

Heart Notes

Jasmine sambac

Tuberose

Iris

Base Notes

Tonka bean Vanilla

Vanilla

Sandalwood Cocoa

Cocoa

Ratings

Scent

7.455 Ratings

Longevity

7.549 Ratings

Sillage

7.449 Ratings

Bottle

7.753 Ratings

Value for money

8.430 Ratings

Submitted by Darkbeat, last update on 05/24/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/24/2025

5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

MrsGuerlain
560 Reviews

MrsGuerlain

1

Perhaps it’s a split up…

Lately, I have been positively surprised and impressed by a to me unknown Arabian brand. I met Afnan Pure Musk and was blown away by its volume and performance. Amazing. Therefore I did not blink before buying Al Haramain’s Rawaa from a fellow perfumaniac. The bottle is so pretty and I automatically assumed that the juice inside would be of same high quality as Afnan.
I am still not convinced, though.
I have tried it several times now and I really like the beginning. Especially sniffing the bottle before spraying. But I suppose something strange happens when it meets my skin. The many lovely notes disappear after a few minutes and the scent becomes a strong vanilla, not bad, but a bit boring, compared to the notes described. No almond or coffee for me after the first five minutes. No flowers in the heart. And no cocoa or sandalwood in the base. What a disappointment.
The bottle is cute. Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed by the metallic details, which look a bit too plastic in real life. Luckily the colour of the juice through the glass is amazing.
I will return to this a few more times and see if it starts to perform. If not, it has to go.
Year 2, 10/365

03/28/2022

Perfeptions
146 Reviews

Perfeptions

1

Creamy tuberose

Rawaa by Al Haramain eau de parfum is a middle eastern perfume that recently arrived to our markets, to our delight. This perfume delivers a gourmand take on tuberose, with mouth watering notes and satisfying performance. If you are interested into hearing more details about this perfume, please watch my review on Youtube.

07/19/2019

8.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Emorandeira
395 Reviews

Emorandeira

In the line of black opium

Un this perfume i have found one more time one oriental bomb. This time maybe a little bit Closer to the western perfumes. Every time i spray It i cant avoid thinking of black Opium by YSL. But dont get me wrong... It is not a copy... Perhaps even not very similar... I only feel a very similar vibe. Rawaa has one gourmand side. This mixture of coffee, almond, vanilla... Give to the scent a very sweet and pleasant background. But un front se can find a floral and bit animalic perfum with the iris and a strong presencié of Jasmín end tuberoses. This fragance is tagged as unisex and i agree, though some oeople could find It more into the femenine side. If you are a Guy and are thinking of buying It blind i would give you a típ: if you belongs to the group of men Who feel theirselves able to wear black Opium just go for It, you Will find a faboulous scent. But if you are one of those Who think that BO better for your mother... I recommend you to avoid It... Nivel for evening use. Good performance.

08/07/2019

Profuma
213 Reviews

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Profuma

Top Review 16

Satisfaction

In the ratings that see the scent as a twin of either YSL Black Opium or YSL Manifesto L'Elixir, I tend to choose the golden mean. Rawaa is somewhere in between but personally, I don't consider it a dupe of the mentioned other fragrances. I quite like this middle ground, as it gives the scent a distinctive trail.
When searching for a translation of Rawaa, one can come across various suggestions. The most beautiful and fitting name for the scent, in my opinion, is Rawaa as a girl's name. A first name that apparently ranks far down at position 28,242 in the list of most common girl names. It is said to have Arabic roots and means "satisfaction." There are many other examples, but somehow I find this one very fitting for the fragrance, as it is feminine and with its beautiful round and delicious aromas, truly a little water that brings satisfaction.
The opening is already very sweet-almondy, and I create a coffee-cocoa mix in the spray mist. All of this together feels opulent, heavy, and very sensual. It smells very much like sweet temptations from a confectionery or a café and definitely makes you want to get to know the further development. On my skin, the almond comes through more than on fabric and even leans slightly towards hazelnut, like this note in Mugler's Angel Muse. On fabric, it almost seems as if there is still a single juicy green blade of grass somewhere in between. After a few minutes, you can clearly notice the emergence of the jasmine sambac. This more intensely fragrant, Arabic jasmine fills the scent matrix so completely that there are no gaps left. The whole thing becomes very lush, and somehow the fragrance pyramid could already end for me here. I find everything in this stage more than enough for my senses. So, it doesn't surprise me that I don't particularly notice the other listed flowers. They must be lying somewhere under the densely woven carpet. What reveals itself to me some time later is the typical vanilla note, which makes the scent a little sweeter but also rounder and softer. Rawaa is a refined delicacy to spray on, more suitable for cooler days and perhaps also just for oneself, to wrap oneself in it. If you don't overdo it, it is certainly welcome in the office, and who knows, maybe in the end, you really have to keep people literally at bay when the craving hits. The sillage is, as indicated, very strong, and the longevity is also decent. Since I have recently had the chance to try several fragrances from Al Haramain, I am very happy to have hit the mark here as well.
Thus, in this regard, the chosen translation would absolutely apply, as within me resides with Rawaa the absolute satisfaction...

12/30/2023

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Christacita
60 Reviews

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Christacita

Very helpful Review 6

By Rawaa and Aïsha

Rawaa is said to be a popular girl's name in oriental regions, attributed with various meanings. According to Dr. Google, however, it should not be associated with water, but with the adjectives "magnificent and wonderful."

I find everything that has an oriental charm, sounds pleasant, and descends from it to be wonderful. Be it fragrances, dishes, names, and not to forget all the countries of the Orient. I fondly remember various trips to Turkey in my youth, the benevolent exploratory land that serves as the gateway to the Orient. Memet, our friend from Bodrum at the time, used to refer to veiled women as "closed woman." When I think back on it, I can't help but smile lightly. This young man would never have imagined considering one of our western culture's girls as a future wife. It must have seemed grotesque to him how carefree we explored the depths of the Aegean in our skimpy bikinis. Who knows what became of the dreams of that young man.

Rawaa tastes graceful and feminine. A very beautiful gourmand opening that reminds me of almond pastries and Turkish coffee. The sensual girl with deep black eyes and dramatic eyeliner, whose expression hints at an abyssal depth, however, remains hidden from us in the western world. Quite mysterious, this Rawaa! Despite the magnificent heart notes reminiscent of jasmine and iris that surely make many fragrance hearts beat faster, these flowers present a slightly too high hurdle for me and claim the scent a tad too strongly, so that our encounter remains nothing more than a fleeting scent flirt. The base also has a gourmand quality, but I can only perceive it, alongside the floral veil, in a rather hazy manner. But behold, after a few well-tempered hours of being, the floral veil has nearly faded, and a magnificent tonka bean emerges in the ethereal sandalwood-vanilla bed. A successful gourmand fragrance for flower lovers who appreciate the oriental flair.

As a musical incentive, the song Aisha from 1996 comes to mind. Do you remember?

Yeah Khaled, you rocked that!

Comme si j'n'existais pas
Elle est passée à côté de moi
Sans un regard, reine de Saba
J'ai dit Aïcha, prends, tout est pour toi
Voici les perles, les bijoux
Aussi l'or autour de ton cou
Les fruits bien mûrs au goût de miel
Ma vie, Aïcha, si tu m'aimes
J'irai où ton souffle nous mènent
Dans les pays d'ivoire et d'ébène
J'effacerai tes larmes, tes peines
Rien n'est trop beau pour une si belle, oh-oh

Aïcha, Aïcha, écoute-moi
Aïcha, Aïcha, t'en vas pas
Aïcha, Aïcha, regarde-moi, oh-oh
Aïcha, Aïcha, réponds-moi

In loving memory of my dad, with whom I was able to explore Turkey, sailing, enjoying the legendary nightly anchor drink, singing patriotic songs, and shedding many tears of emotion. So much of you I carry within me. Han di liab Papa, bisch dr Bescht!