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The "more mature" Asad
So, the Ayat Black Shine has arrived and I can't help but write something about it...
First of all: Purchased via Amazon for just under €30. After all sorts of (mostly good to excellent) experiences with fragrances from Lattafa and the associated sub-brands, I now have another oriental "mass brand" in my inventory as of today.
Packaging: Very sturdy box, precisely finished and covered with a thin, golden metal foil both on the lid and on the inside. The flacon is firmly embedded in a fabric-covered mold.
Flacon: The flacon itself weighs almost 440 g and is also well made. The lid is firm enough to lift the bottle, even if it doesn't click into place. The sprayer performs excellently; plenty of fine mist that is easy to place.
Fragrance: Asad in more mature, cooler and less sweet. Clear resins, tart, transparent forest honey, the whole in a damp, cold autumn mist at dusk. Malty Assam tea smells in the cup in front of me and a premonition of the flavor that is about to be perceived mingles with the scent of spruce or pine, not Nordmann fir... Even after a few hours, the slight coolness and restraint compared to the scent of Lataffa remains, but at the same time the scent is present and not too quiet. I would say that Ayat can also work well for office workers if you don't overdo it. Oh yes, in my opinion it is masculine and not necessarily unisex, but that was to be expected...
Even though the brand clearly comes from the Orient, this fragrance is not a "typical" Oriental, but, as described, is clearly oriented towards Dior Sauvage Elixir and Lataffa Asad, even if it is nothing like them.
Oh yes, the whole thing lasts (on me) similarly to the Asad and it also has a similar radiance.
Whether you prefer the one from Lataffa or Ayat is up to you; I think both are great. The Asad seems to me to be "louder" and the Black Shine more distinguished, more grown-up, but of course that's just my opinion. As there is not much difference between the two in terms of price, it really comes down to personal preference and perhaps the look of the flacons.
First of all: Purchased via Amazon for just under €30. After all sorts of (mostly good to excellent) experiences with fragrances from Lattafa and the associated sub-brands, I now have another oriental "mass brand" in my inventory as of today.
Packaging: Very sturdy box, precisely finished and covered with a thin, golden metal foil both on the lid and on the inside. The flacon is firmly embedded in a fabric-covered mold.
Flacon: The flacon itself weighs almost 440 g and is also well made. The lid is firm enough to lift the bottle, even if it doesn't click into place. The sprayer performs excellently; plenty of fine mist that is easy to place.
Fragrance: Asad in more mature, cooler and less sweet. Clear resins, tart, transparent forest honey, the whole in a damp, cold autumn mist at dusk. Malty Assam tea smells in the cup in front of me and a premonition of the flavor that is about to be perceived mingles with the scent of spruce or pine, not Nordmann fir... Even after a few hours, the slight coolness and restraint compared to the scent of Lataffa remains, but at the same time the scent is present and not too quiet. I would say that Ayat can also work well for office workers if you don't overdo it. Oh yes, in my opinion it is masculine and not necessarily unisex, but that was to be expected...
Even though the brand clearly comes from the Orient, this fragrance is not a "typical" Oriental, but, as described, is clearly oriented towards Dior Sauvage Elixir and Lataffa Asad, even if it is nothing like them.
Oh yes, the whole thing lasts (on me) similarly to the Asad and it also has a similar radiance.
Whether you prefer the one from Lataffa or Ayat is up to you; I think both are great. The Asad seems to me to be "louder" and the Black Shine more distinguished, more grown-up, but of course that's just my opinion. As there is not much difference between the two in terms of price, it really comes down to personal preference and perhaps the look of the flacons.