Daarej pour Homme Rasasi

So i was misled by all the good reviews in the community. My problem with this scent is that its smell is very floral and reminds me about the cheap cologne we used to spray on the womans in easter when i was a child. I dont say that the smell is bad or smth like that, just not my taste. Its currently my first blindbuy that went bad. Also i can say that its not unisex, it is straight feminine to my nose and i cant smell anything manly in it. But a good thing that i sprayed 3 sprays on the neck of my shirt and i could still smell it after 3 days.

Nice smell, even very much. It exudes sexuality, draws attention - such a combination of elegance and ease. A fragrance that lasts quite a long time and is really nice (a bit sweet, although I don't like sweet), it affects the environment and people.
This fragrance smells like sandalwood, patchouli, a little musk and a floral edition (I do not have such a dry nose in the types of floral fragrances, but I feel a delicate rose and something else). In three words - elegant freshness and sexy.
If you want to attract positive attention to yourself - not with sweetness, but a delicate floral sweetness, freshness and mature scent of the combined elements as above - buy it.
Durability above average - about 6-8 hours, a sexual and elegant fragrance, and besides the price .... funny.
Oh, a copy of the defunct Valentino V.
Personally, I recommend .... it's worth spraying on it from time to time and feeling like Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever".

So here comes the big moment. With much anticipation due to the deepest love for the now begone Valentino V, I open up the box of Rasasi's Daarej, not knowing whether it would disappoint me or elevate me. With the first spray, I can tell it is harsher and more synthetic than my recollection of V. However, with every minute of drydown, it gets closer and closer to the DNA of the original V. About 30 minutes in, it smells like a memory, the shell of something that has now morphed into something different to the objective and precise record that we foolishly believe our memories to be. It feels so close, in fact it seems like it is V, but something is telling me it was a bit more complex, a bit better-blended, more dynamic, more nuanced. But it is still a fantastic perfume and it gets better and better with every minute of wear. I highly recommend trying it.

Daarej is a prime example of fragrance community hype. This serves as a reminder that when something garners this much attention, there’s often another perspective to consider. From the synthetic-smelling composition to the presentation, which ranks among the poorest I’ve encountered recently, this fragrance is not worth it, even at this price.

TOP NOTES
The top notes blend cumin, cardamom, and artemisia, which unfortunately come off as artificial and overpowering. Fortunately, this is the worst part of this composition, which smells just like something above the level of a car freshener. If you think that by buying Rasasi Daarej, you are getting a replacement for the long-discontinued Valentino V, just give up since this ain't it.

HEART NOTES
After the initial burst of artificial spicy, herbaceous notes, the rose joins the show and mellows down the initial harshness. This phase confirmed even more that sometimes, I don’t understand the hype behind a particular release.
This has nothing to do with the price point. Many affordable scents smell 10 times better than Daarej.

BASE NOTES
The base is objectively the best part here, and it gets a bit smoother due to the inclusion of vanilla, tonka beans, and a touch of sandalwood. It’s not terrible vanilla, and certainly not the worst I have smelled. However, experienced fragrance enthusiasts can detect the brand’s cost-saving measures due to its note-blending “static feeling.” This would have been a much better release if the base had been the whole deal and nothing else.

OVERALL
I can’t recommend this perfume for a straightforward reason: You cannot just go to your local perfume store and sample it before purchasing. Except for a couple of clone brands, this practice, when the only option is blind buying, is unacceptable to me, regardless of the price point. It's a hard pass.

Read the full review at scentgrail.com

Bought blindly, following reviews on various internet sites, the Rasasi Daarej. I will compare it with my last previous, also blindly purchase, its cousin Rasasi Tasmeem. The presentation is rather poorer than Tasmeen's: a box without personality, an ordinary bottle with a plastic cap. If Tasmeem has an aristocratic appearance, Daarej looks rather spartan.
The juice inside the bottle is nice, sweet enough to be almost at the limits of my tolerance. The sweetness of Daarej by Rasasi is much more pronounced, but still not cloying or nauseaous. Spicy, but less than Tasmeem. It's a well blended perfume. It's discreet, but it seems strong than Tasmeem thanks to its sweetness. The opening is better than the drydown, IMHO, because at drydown the sweetness became even harder. The late drydown, OTOH, is awesome: it loses the sweetness and became ambery, similar to Baldessarini Ambre, one of my favourites.
Vast majority of people say it's similar to Valentino V. I never smelled V, but I can say that Daarej is a very good perfume, despite its sweetness. It's in the today's trends, it can be wore by young people in various situations. Though I like it, for me Tasmeem it's much classy and refined. Anyway, both of them are awesome and they shouldn't miss from perfume lovers collections.