The Fabulous Collection - Fabulous Bukhara by Dali Haute Parfumerie

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The Fabulous Collection - Fabulous Bukhara Dali Haute Parfumerie 2017

7.9 / 10 39 Ratings

A popular perfume by Dali Haute Parfumerie for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is oriental-sweet. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Cofinluxe / Cofci.
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Main accords

Oriental

Sweet

Spicy

Floral

Resinous

Fragrance Notes

Spices

Benzoin

Dried fruits Ebony

Ebony

Rose

Honey

Tonka bean

Fougère notes

Perfumer

Raphaël Haury

Ratings

Scent

7.939 Ratings

Longevity

8.235 Ratings

Sillage

7.736 Ratings

Bottle

7.634 Ratings

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Ôud Bouquet

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/01/2023

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Annalena1411
35 Reviews

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Annalena1411

Helpful Review 3

A small but fine difference would be there

The comparison with Ôud Bouquet has been mentioned here often, so I’ll throw in my two cents as well, since I have tested it! Side by side! On my arm!
And then I compared and came to the conclusion:

Well, quite similar. BUT not exactly. Because haaaa, my Oud-hating nose searched for Oud in vain in The Fabulous Collection - Fabulous Bukhara

It's not listed in the fragrance pyramid either (which doesn’t necessarily mean anything).

I don’t know if you also experience this, but with scents/tastes that you absolutely dislike, you are particularly sensitive.

An example:
I have always hated a certain soft cheese. My father (the sly one) thought back then that I would never notice if he simply mixed it into a sauce.
Surprise!
I noticed! And I couldn’t eat it.
Things you don’t like are always detectable by smell/taste.

That was quite elaborate for just wanting to emphasize that there is no Oud in it, which is anyway not claimed in the fragrance pyramid, ANYWAYS…

My conclusion is:
If you want it beautifully oriental-intense and expect good longevity, treat yourself to Ôud Bouquet

If you are looking for a similar scent, but in a somewhat milder version, with a honey-dipped rose and WITHOUT OUD, then you are probably better off with "The Fabulous Collection - Fabulous Bukhara | Dali Haute Parfumerie."

01/18/2023

4Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Baumwieselin
4 Reviews

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Baumwieselin

Dali wanted him to stay...

I love art and painting. My art teacher in high school was such an inspiring woman that painters would rise from the grave, lively and eccentric, when she told their biographies. Salvatore Dali has fascinated and captivated me for years...

How surprised I was when I received this little gem as a sample from the Advent calendar by pafory.

What an intoxicatingly sweet scent. I mainly get the fougere notes and the honey. Along with the slightly sticky fruity sweetness of apricot and dried plum.

It lasts very well on the skin. On clothing, it lasts forever.

And now the tragedy: I think it fits perfectly with Dali's surrealism. Because for me, a distinct note emerges that I recognize from collecting urine. I am inconsolable. I gave it three days to prove itself, thought I could get used to it. But no way. I had to wash all my clothes. This urine note is unbearable.

Conclusion: It should definitely move in as a full bottle with me. But we cannot be together!
All the other notes are sooo beautiful. Definitely give it a try! Just know it is definitely not a candidate for a blind buy.

01/24/2020

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

SchatzSucher
107 Reviews

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SchatzSucher

Top Review 41

Unmasking the Deception

Recently, I got to know some fragrances from Dali Haute Parfumerie. These fragrances have been marketed as an exclusive perfume line by the company Cofinluxe since 2016.
Cofinluxe, based in Paris, was founded in 1976 by Jean-Pierre Grivory, initially under the name Cofci, which was changed to Cofinluxe in 1985.
This company launched fragrances with names like Taxi and Watt, which I had never heard of. After looking them up, they don't seem to be very well-known here either.
In 1983, the first fragrance "Dali" was released under the guidance of Salvador Dali, initially in a limited edition. This oriental blockbuster was quite remarkable. Mr. Dali himself also determined how the fragrances should smell, and the bottle design featuring the famous Dali lips also comes from him.
In 1987, "Dali pour Homme" followed as the first men's fragrance, which is also an outstanding and extraordinary scent and an early work by Thierry Wasser.
Another very beautiful fragrance is Laguna from 1991.
Dali's eccentric personality was well reflected in the first fragrances, as they are certainly not shallow works.

The company is still family-owned today and independent from large luxury goods corporations like LVMH or Coty.
Even after Salvador Dali's death, Cofinluxe retained the license to continue marketing fragrances under the Dali name.

Since I was also interested in other fragrances from the relatively newly launched Dali Haute Parfumerie and had the opportunity to already experience 4 fragrances from the 5-part Daligramme series, I ordered sample sets to explore the other fragrances as well.
I then focused on the series The Fabulous Collection, which also consists of 5 fragrances.
I got stuck on Fabulous Bukhara, and I quickly noticed something.
The scent is one of those modern opulent fragrances with oriental hints, prominent rose, gourmand notes, and oud tones.
Well, the rose-oud theme has been a bit overdone for my taste lately, and I've come across quite a few rose-oud fragrances recently. I can no longer deny a certain fatigue, and I prefer to take a break from rose-oud for a while. It can last longer ;-)

Now, here’s the thing:

Fabulous Bukhara is indeed a pure scent twin of Lancôme's Ôud Bouquet. There is no doubt about it. I have Ôud Bouquet in my collection and tested both fragrances side by side. They are practically identical.
Everything is there: the spices, the luscious rose, the chocolate or praline note, the light oud note, the same progression. Exactly the same.
With one difference: the Dali is a bit lighter, less intense, and has a shorter longevity.
But otherwise, I can't identify any significant differences.
This leads to a certain disillusionment for me, as I believe they have taken the easy way out here. The website boasts something grandiose about "luxurious collections with the knowledge and demands of high French perfumery." However, in my opinion, they are reaching a bit too far.
It is quite common for successful concepts to be copied here and there, and fragrance twins are repeatedly brought to market, but I would have wished for a bit more originality and creativity. Especially for a series marketed as exclusive, I think one could come up with something unique instead of copying something that already exists 1:1.
Fabulous Bukhara is not the only copied fragrance. After sniffing through the other 4 fragrances, I found that other scents (including those from Tom Ford) were also copied, and at least once from themselves.
The fragrance gets the same good rating from me as the Lancôme, as I like the craftsmanship despite my rose-oud fatigue, but it won't be joining my collection. While it is the cheaper alternative compared to Lancôme, it ultimately offers a bit less and additionally gives the feeling that one is being presented with a deceptive package with great self-confidence, which cannot be denied.
I still have 5 fragrances from the Jewels Collection waiting for testing, and I’ll see what they have to tell me. Perhaps other scent twins will be unmasked, or there will be great surprises.
The sample sets will be passed on soon, and I am curious about the subsequent opinions.

01/03/2019

8Scent 10Longevity 8Sillage

Annarosa
93 Reviews

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Annarosa

Roses in Honey: Sugar-Coated Joy

These Bukharan roses swim in honey!
They are enveloped in dried fruit scents and a hint of cinnamon; their aroma is made quite blunt and dull by the sweet mash of various oriental ingredients, almost gourmand-like. Yes, these roses have many calories. They are sugary sweet to the point of toothache and remain so from morning until the next morning (thus they truly have monster performance!)

The composition of the fragrance reminds me a bit of "Bouquet Ideale" by Xerjoff, purely because of that blunt-dull-sweet, more dusty dry than juicy feeling when wearing it.

In my case, this is not so. However, I definitely recommend a test for lovers of sweet-gourmand, oriental fragrances, as the quality of the scent (a nicely oily trail on the skin), and its performance characteristics are certainly noteworthy.