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I never thought I would be into a licorice-myrrh-frankincense combo. But Ajwaa is simply amazing.

From start to finish, you have licorice that is harmoniously accompanied by the other fragrance notes, sometimes more, sometimes less. At the beginning, it is briefly fresh due to the bergamot, but that doesn't last long. It quickly becomes resinous and smoky, and thus the licorice is initially surrounded by it. In my perception, the date joins back in the drydown and adds a sweetness to the whole thing, but it's never too sweet.
It is generally never too sweet, too smoky, too resinous, or too licorice-y (?). Everything is perfectly dosed, at least for my taste.
Well, almost everything. Unfortunately, I have an aversion to (for me) overly noticeable musk. There is a brief phase in the first hour and a half where the musk comes through a bit too strongly for me, but fortunately, it fades away after a few minutes. I perceive vanilla and benzoin extremely minimally. But that's not a problem for me; I really like what I clearly perceive.

Ultimately, the drydown is just as described in the title, as if you have licorice with date syrup in front of you, embedded in smoky notes.

I really don't care whether it's warm or cooler outside, I just settle down nicely on my couch in the evening, spray on the fragrance, and enjoy this cloud of saffron, coffee, and butterscotch.

The saffron opens everything up and is dust-dry, not leathery for me at all, it's simply saffron. You have to like it, though. Shortly after, I can already detect butterscotch, which brings a slight sweetness. Over time, it transforms into a caramel-coffee scent that - at least on my skin - dominates for the most part. A warm, soft, rounded combination, as I mentioned in my statement. In the final drydown, a clear, dry sandalwood remains.
I have worn the fragrance for several days now, and I cannot find any pineapple.

For me, as I said, it's a feel-good fragrance.

The price-performance ratio is absolutely top-notch.

...for you a perfume is only "good" if it is loud and eye-catching, performs in beast mode, and you are showered with compliments because of it.

This standard must be thrown out the window here; the style of this perfume is simply different - and I find it beautiful.

The scent: I experience all the notes with this fragrance. Upon the first spray, there is the salted caramel - incredibly wonderful. I love it when caramel is not sweet. However, this quickly takes a backseat (but still lingers a bit) and the fruits and the sweetness of the marshmallow come into play. In my perception, the fruits and the caramel do not become sweet due to the marshmallow sweetness, but remain distinctly perceivable from one another, while harmonizing well together.
As the scent develops, I perceive the caramel and the marshmallow fading away, and the lavender starts to take over. The florals are also present, and I feel like I can still faintly detect something fruity. But lavender is in the foreground.
I had feared that the drydown would be nothing more than sweet musk. But no, I can still distinctly perceive the sandalwood, and the tonka bean is there too, just a bit more subtle. Musk is indeed present on my skin, but (thankfully for me) not at all in the foreground.
Although the notes appear so separate, they fit together beautifully. With all the sweet aspects - which are never too sweet - the salted caramel and also the sandalwood in the drydown provide a really nice non-sweet counterbalance.

The bottle or the holder for the bottle is probably an aspect that you either like or find utterly terrible/kitschy. I have nothing against the design; it's cute.

I perceive the scent as delicate, subtle, and light. It is not meant to be beast mode. It is not meant to be loud. And it doesn't have to be to be considered good.
I intentionally leave out the assessment of sillage and longevity, as one must view this in relation to the style of this perfume. I smell it on my skin for about four hours. Sure, I could go ahead and compare it to the longevity of Black Opium Le Parfum, and then this one would score poorly. But for this style, that is probably good longevity. Sillage is anyway dependent on where you spray it and how much. And again: For this style, the sillage is appropriate.

As someone who generally does not like lavender in nature, this is very pleasant for me to wear; it is not overwhelming. I like it.

The perfume starts on my skin with a leathery note. I can understand some statements that say it reminds them of a plastic smell; I would attribute it to the leather. This note lingers in my nose for about half an hour before it diminishes. However, it stays on my skin a bit longer.
Then the scent cloud I am sitting in becomes sweet, spicy, and the vanilla becomes noticeable. It is truly a very beautiful sillage. The dominant scent notes for me are incense and vanilla. The incense note is not overpowering or intrusive, adding spice and sweetness to the whole. Just because it is incense, I don’t perceive it as smoky. On the skin, the incense is already more intense, and I find it more pleasant in the sillage.
In the drydown, I also perceive a slightly woody note, but not very strong. The sweetness also diminishes a bit, and for my taste, it becomes somewhat more bitter.

I wore the perfume for about 7 hours until I took a shower in the evening. By then, the perfume was still clearly noticeable. Good longevity is present.
I only spray perfume on my skin, so the leathery opening is not a problem for me. However, I don’t know what it’s like when you spray the perfume on your clothes. It might be better to test it on the skin.

Also, I am not familiar with "Le Vestiaire - Babycat | Yves Saint Laurent" and therefore cannot make a comparison. I have read here that Rifaaqat is supposed to be sweeter in the drydown than Babycat. If that is the case, I am fully satisfied with this perfume. Honestly, I would like it less if it were less sweet.

It is somehow a cozy, comfortable perfume. But as I mentioned in my statement, you have to like incense, as it is quite present.

As my predecessor already mentioned, the coffee note smells as if you are opening a new bag of coffee. Therefore, it can be a bit bitter at first. Depending on how it interacts with your skin, there is of course the risk that it remains bitter.
However, for me, it quickly becomes softer and gourmand thanks to the cardamom, which gives it a hint of coffee cookie. Well, you know those cookies that used to be served in ice cream parlors with a cappuccino or something similar :)
At the beginning, the lemon also plays a role in the background. Not overpowering or artificial, but very pleasant and fitting.
In the drydown, when the scent is close to the skin, I perceive all the fragrance notes, but at different intensities, as I have tried to illustrate further down in the statement. For me, cardamom and vetiver (which makes it feel a bit green) are in the foreground, followed by coffee, and the lemon is minimal, just barely in the background.

A beautiful, light, delicious, and harmonious interplay of fragrance notes.

Longevity for me is maybe four hours, but I don't spray much. Sillage depends on where you spray it. But with my light spraying, it's about two hours before it becomes more of a skin scent.
Overall, I perceive it as a rather subtle fragrance.