Anni22

I tried it and couldn't stop smelling my wrists - unfortunately just for an hour until the scent was completely gone.

The opening is a beautiful orange candy, which is super refreshing and sweet manoeuvring me straight to a beach day in my childhood. Unfortunately, this memory just lasts an hour until it's gone. Sillage and longevity are so bad. During the dry down you can smell a slight hint of florals while the orange stays in the spotlight. This makes the scent very creamy and takes a bit of sweetness away. I think it has great potential, but it gives me more body spray vibes than perfume.

I enjoyed my popsicle at a hot summer day but unfortunately it is gone before it even really started.

I am usually not a gatekeeper, but damn, I don't want anyone to know about you. You are a photorealistic Caribic vacation scent. I can smell my expensive sunscreen while drinking my rum next to those stunning fruit baskets filled with ripe pineapple and papaya. Your coconut milk stays during the entire day and you layer around me making me feel so relaxed and longing for my next tropical vacation. You are super creamy, not too sweet, leaning towards gourmand without being too offensive. You smell to elevated and I get nothing but compliments while wearing you. You for sure will stay!

I got this as a gift and especially as a fragrance collector this clearly is a No. This is a waste of money. I can't pick any proper note, there is no longevity nor sillage or projection. I would give this to a teenager who is just getting into fragrances and changes their mind every other minute. Well, actually, Id probably still prefer samples over this one. I don't know, it's not even mainstream, it's just disappointing.

I was looking for a tea scent and I don't quite know what I have found. Darbouka is supposed to be an imaginary tea and I can see that. This perfume is not "just" a tea scent though. Wearing this scent makes me picture myself in the desert: it is 9pm, the hot sun has already disappeared and it is cooling down. I am next to my tent at the fireplace. Our camels are close by resting under the fig trees and I am enjoying my last bites dried fruits while having my first sip of THE DARBOUKA.
Wow- what an experience.

I blind bought it and just hated it so much that I left and forgot it in my collection, just smelled synthetic to me. Well, I recently rediscovered it and totally fell in love. There is a decent salt note in the opening, followed by a sunscreeny coconut scent. This is a great daily scent during the warmer months, non offensive, layering in the background. Vanilla and musk turn this one into a friend you can rely on anytime.
Sorry for judging you too early!