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Rasasi - Armaf with a twist
Rasasi - a fragrance house that appeals to me very much and through various comments I was spurred on to just order two fragrances blind. On the one hand, this was Al Wisam (with my favorite fragrance DNA of Silver Mountain Water) and just the present Qasamat Bareeq. Rasasi is said to be known for copying well-known fragrances, similar to Armaf. Rasasi, which also comes from the UAE, still interprets these scents in a slightly different way and modifies them slightly. Just Armaf with a twist...
Qasamat Bareeq belongs here to the middle price range (with about 40 euros for 65ml) from the house and forms together with Qasamat Ebhar, Qasamat Rasana and Qasamat Morhaf just that Qasamat family. Each fragrance imitates a well-known fragrance DNA: Ebhar - Oud Satin Mood, Rasana - Aventus (optionally Hacivat), Morhaf - Rose d'Arabie by Armani Prive and Baccarat Rouge 540 for Qasamat Bareeq. It should be noted that almost all of these fragrances here on Parfumo are either in the upper 8-figure range or even above 9 (with quite few reviews, which speaks to the relative unfamiliarity of the fragrance house).
But now to the actual fragrance: Yes, immediately after spraying on, a not to be denied similarity to Baccarat is perceived, although I know the 540 only cursorily. I refer here to my more detailed experience with Cloud by Ariana Grande (which comes across a little less "medicinal" and really just smells like cotton candy). Immediately afterwards, however, this impression dissipates and a fruity note emerges; this takes some getting used to at first and is even slightly off-putting. In the heart note, the floral notes come more to the fore and a little more sweetness is perceptible. This will probably be due to the caramel, which is listed as a fragrance note. Here it also becomes more similar to Baccarat Rouge 540. Towards the end, the scent becomes fresher and woodier, with vetiver and cedar. Still a little later, he also gets a slight powderiness.
But this big question is now whether the current rating of 9.4 with ten reviews is justified (although this is of course always subjective). Is say - not quite. I give the fragrance a 8.5 and is thus definitely very good, just for a blind buy; but I'm also quite honest, a certain disappointment also spreads, especially since the other reviews here were hoping for even more. Nevertheless, I am fond of the fragrance and will certainly try again sometime one or the other fragrance from the house.
Sillage and durability are very good, which was to be expected from such a fragrance but also. Especially at first, the sillage is room-filling (but not quite as strong as the biggest sillage monster ever: Into the Void by Juliette has a Gun).
The bottle is very pretty to look at, by the way, and also looks quite valuable (quite unlike the bottle of Al Wisam, which crunches with plastic only so).
The fragrance you can (s) certainly wear all year round, although he might be a little too heavy for the summer. He is already a unisex fragrance, where he tends slightly into the feminine, which is not to say that men can not definitively also wear it (which I will certainly do). Age-technically also by almost everyone to wear, just by younger (compare Cloud by Ariana Grande).
Overall, therefore, a very nice, round fragrance (which can be repulsive in the top note, however), which indeed reminds of Baccarat Rouge 540, but does not copy him 1:1.
Qasamat Bareeq belongs here to the middle price range (with about 40 euros for 65ml) from the house and forms together with Qasamat Ebhar, Qasamat Rasana and Qasamat Morhaf just that Qasamat family. Each fragrance imitates a well-known fragrance DNA: Ebhar - Oud Satin Mood, Rasana - Aventus (optionally Hacivat), Morhaf - Rose d'Arabie by Armani Prive and Baccarat Rouge 540 for Qasamat Bareeq. It should be noted that almost all of these fragrances here on Parfumo are either in the upper 8-figure range or even above 9 (with quite few reviews, which speaks to the relative unfamiliarity of the fragrance house).
But now to the actual fragrance: Yes, immediately after spraying on, a not to be denied similarity to Baccarat is perceived, although I know the 540 only cursorily. I refer here to my more detailed experience with Cloud by Ariana Grande (which comes across a little less "medicinal" and really just smells like cotton candy). Immediately afterwards, however, this impression dissipates and a fruity note emerges; this takes some getting used to at first and is even slightly off-putting. In the heart note, the floral notes come more to the fore and a little more sweetness is perceptible. This will probably be due to the caramel, which is listed as a fragrance note. Here it also becomes more similar to Baccarat Rouge 540. Towards the end, the scent becomes fresher and woodier, with vetiver and cedar. Still a little later, he also gets a slight powderiness.
But this big question is now whether the current rating of 9.4 with ten reviews is justified (although this is of course always subjective). Is say - not quite. I give the fragrance a 8.5 and is thus definitely very good, just for a blind buy; but I'm also quite honest, a certain disappointment also spreads, especially since the other reviews here were hoping for even more. Nevertheless, I am fond of the fragrance and will certainly try again sometime one or the other fragrance from the house.
Sillage and durability are very good, which was to be expected from such a fragrance but also. Especially at first, the sillage is room-filling (but not quite as strong as the biggest sillage monster ever: Into the Void by Juliette has a Gun).
The bottle is very pretty to look at, by the way, and also looks quite valuable (quite unlike the bottle of Al Wisam, which crunches with plastic only so).
The fragrance you can (s) certainly wear all year round, although he might be a little too heavy for the summer. He is already a unisex fragrance, where he tends slightly into the feminine, which is not to say that men can not definitively also wear it (which I will certainly do). Age-technically also by almost everyone to wear, just by younger (compare Cloud by Ariana Grande).
Overall, therefore, a very nice, round fragrance (which can be repulsive in the top note, however), which indeed reminds of Baccarat Rouge 540, but does not copy him 1:1.
