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Enigma Wajid Farah 2014

7.4 / 10 50 Ratings

A perfume by Wajid Farah for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is leathery-fruity. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by White Feather Trading.
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Main accords

Leathery

Fruity

Oriental

Smoky

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Raspberry

Leather

Thyme

Heart Notes

Woody notes Saffron

Saffron

Frankincense

Base Notes

Suede

Amber

Jasmine

Ratings

Scent

7.450 Ratings

Longevity

8.448 Ratings

Sillage

7.748 Ratings

Bottle

7.544 Ratings

Submitted by jakdelind, last update on 08/12/2021.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/05/2018

9.5Scent 10Longevity 8Sillage

Terente
33 Reviews

Terente

1

Thumbs up!

Blind bought this one for ab. 12,5 euros (in my country). Very nice bottle, good sprayer.
I smell dehydrated raspberry, wood and fine leather. Earth, too. Starts with wood and raspberry, then leather and raspberry. Divine. Bold. Emphatic. But not for everyone. Though it's a little sweet, I see it masculine enough, not unisex. Didn't smell Tuscan Leather yet (I'll do it from pure curiosity), but this one smell good enough (for me) to don't bother of this. I love it! Another happy blind buy after Swiss Arabian - Shaghaf. But not recommended for blind buying for everyone, only for those who like perfumes different from today mainstream perfumes.

Smell - 9/10
Longevity - 9/10, very long lasting
Sillage - 7/10, paradoxically, it's delicate
Overall - 8.5/10
Very good aquisition for the price: very good scent & performance/price ratio.

05/12/2020

5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Chizza
362 Reviews

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Chizza

Very helpful Review 8

The Apricot in Raspberry Fur

Raspberry plus leather. This is an obviously winning combination and can actually be approached quite differently. Example: La Yuqawam is similar to TL but not identical; both have a different character. There are other perfumes with these two ingredients, some better, some worse. Enigma by Wajid Farah is one of the less good ones. You don't notice it right away, but over time it becomes clear that some ingredients are quite uneven. Of course, the scent also suffers from the comparison. It cannot and must not win that, but it sinks without a trace.

It's hard to say this directly, but the more I engage with it, the more the raspberry does not smell like a raspberry. It rather smells like Tobacco Blaze by Rasasi. There, overripe apricot is included. I'm surprised that no one has made this comparison yet, as the scent is often compared to Nur Eau Fine, which features apricot. At first, I thought it was sour, unripe raspberry, but the more I think about it, the more I wonder if the chief buyer of Wajid Farah still has his job. Apparently, he bought incorrectly ripened fruit. Was he told that the fruit puree is raspberry, and because the color matched, he went for it? Unfortunately, something went wrong, and now it smells like sour raspberry with the overripe kind of apricot.

It’s likely the thyme that is supposed to work together with the roasted raspberry, to unfold. But that doesn’t work so well. Probably also because the intensely aromatic saffron and the background-acting incense quickly play a role. I just have to say, raspberry with incense and then adding spices, that doesn’t work. At least not like that, because it would need a stronger raspberry. The saffron is aromatic but tends to be overpowering, and the incense is unfortunately poorly integrated. It participates, but no one really knows what role it is supposed to take on.
In the first test, it was okay, but all day on the skin? Unfortunately no, unfortunately not at all. The raspberry comes across like a cheap copy of itself; olfactorily, it brings no joy. The other aromas are too dominant.
Another point is that Enigma takes too long to properly release the leather. In other scents, leather comes in quickly and makes something of the fragrance. Not here. Gradually, it does gain some space in the further development, and I do like the more refined approach towards the end. But that comes too late for me after the bumpy start.
I am aware that many here find the scent really good, and it should be that way, everyone has their preferences. After the first test, I felt quite similarly. After extensive testing and long wear, everything has been relativized. For the original price of 10-20 euros, it's certainly worth a thought, but - and I rarely say this, as only a higher price does not create a more valuable perfume - here I would actually opt for more expensive solutions if it should be the leather-fruit combination.

02/21/2018

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Minigolf
2521 Reviews

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Minigolf

Top Review 8

The BIG BANG Theory...

....neither as a discovery by astronomers nor as an American comedy soap, but as a fragrance.
And this one truly has what it takes to break olfactory chains. a "niche" as such, but also far from the mainstream.
Arabian scent artistry, which is now increasingly (thankfully) available for the "average Joe or Jane" without having to take a long trip to the Orient.
"Floral leather on berry fruit wrapped in incense with a wood sauce" could summarize the whole thing if it were on an olfactory menu.
While this is quite accurate, the fragrance also has a development...
After a leathery-fruity-spicy opening, there is almost nothing happening for a good half hour. The scent just relaxes pleasantly.
Booooooring?!?
Then it happens. And it happens with a bang,... a BIG BANG indeed..
Bright saffron, dark wood, and balsamic smoke literally explode into a kaleidoscopic array of scents, expanding and sending their molecules into the surrounding area.
All without a deafening, shrill volume and intrusiveness.
Rather silently, yet all-encompassing.
Woods, incense, and amber-floral leather notes form a "radiant" connection. Like stars in the universe.
Everything shapes a harmonious scent cloud and lasts for what feels like "millions of years".
"Enigma", a name that this beautiful fragrance rightly deserves....