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Najdia is a great all-rounder, but it probably shines the most in summer.

The opening is pleasantly fruity sweet and then becomes increasingly powdery with a certain spiciness, mainly cinnamon in my opinion. It simply smells very fresh. The sweetness and rose in the background complete the overall package. There is certainly a strong resemblance to Invictus, but Najdia is spicier.
A comparison to Hawas is still pending.

The longevity on my skin is a good 10 hours. The sillage is strongly noticeable for the first 2 hours before the scent becomes weaker. After about 8 hours, you really have to get close to smell Najdia.

If you like fresh and simultaneously spicy sweet fragrances, you can't go wrong at this price.

The scent is similar to other oud vanilla fragrances, such as Oud Mood or Shaghaf Oud.

Even though Oud is not mentioned as a note here, it is very noticeable. However, I don't really smell many of the mentioned notes.

The opening smells, as can sometimes happen with oud fragrances, rather strong and animalistic. This impression fades after a maximum of 10 minutes. After that, the fragrance transforms into a brilliant oud/rose/vanilla blend. Sweet, woody, and slightly floral. The longevity is very good and the sillage is bomb. When wearing Oud Vanille, hardly any fragrance can compete.


I have received many compliments for this scent. However, there are also people who are not so fond of oud... so you have to like it.

As mentioned, it has strong similarities to Shaghaf Oud, although Shaghaf is even smoother, rounder, and has a touch of femininity. (The performance of Shaghaf Oud is also better. That one is really beast mode.) Nevertheless, it is absolutely wearable for a man.

Oud Vanille has a few rough edges here and there, making it come across as a bit more masculine.

If you want to stand out from the designer crowd and still smell like a worldly gentleman, this is the right choice for you! Dress up or down, it's up to you.

However, the spray head is a negative point. It "pops" like a wet fart. Short and with little range. This definitely needs improvement.

In conclusion: for the affordable price and the performance, this is definitely an excellent fragrance!

Okay...where do I start.

The bottle and the entire presentation upon arrival are very elegant. As seen in the picture, the fragrance comes in a beautiful packaging. This is covered in artificial leather and unfortunately smells unpleasantly chemical. The bottle has a nice gold metal look, which turned out to be plastic. Still quite nice to look at.

Now to the fragrance. It starts fresh with a well-perceptible saffron note. The opening is already very good. After a few minutes, a distinctly noticeable oud-leather blend comes into play. While it doesn't completely disappear in the drydown, it becomes noticeably weaker.

In the drydown, a really wonderful vanilla-amber mix emerges. In the air, the overall combination smells fantastic. Initially somewhat similar to Ameer al Oud Intense, but with a better twist. Not so smoky, but rather powdery. Depending on what else is in the air, you almost get baby powder vibes, but in the best possible sense! Simply fascinating!

The projection is very good for the first 2 hours, not beast mode, but good. Longevity - even though it's only perceptible on the skin at the end - is 10 hours.

For the small price, this is a hit!

Of course, one must enjoy fragrances with an Arabic touch.

First of all: the many positive mentions by well-known YouTubers led me to make a blind purchase.

Since many other blind bought perfumes have been hits, I assumed Voyage would be another one.

Well...
First impression: fresh, aquatic-green cheapie. Slightly alcoholic for the first few seconds...and then came my no-go. Voyager simply smells like cucumber and green notes, probably due to the moss. I can't detect any apple at all. I had to realize that green fragrances are generally less my thing, but the pairing with cucumber makes it unbearable for me.

Of course, fragrances change in the drydown, so I waited. Applied on my wrist. Time and again, for 3 hours, a wave of Voyager hit my nose...and again, that cucumber...not a delicious, fresh cucumber, but rather a rotten sea cucumber. As I hinted, after 3 hours, I couldn't take it anymore and had to wash off the scent.

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4 months later, I thought to myself, "Come on, give it another chance to prove itself. Maybe it has matured and smells better now."

But again, I was proven wrong. The same terrible progression that makes the scent unbearable for me.

Unfortunately, Nautica Voyage is simply not my fragrance, even though it is so inexpensive.

Anyone who enjoys green fragrances and aquatic rotten cucumber will find exactly what they are looking for here. For everyone else: get a sample, even if it is a cheapie!
For around €20, there are definitely better alternatives to spend your money on.

There is probably hardly anyone who doesn't know the Code DNA. Fresh, citrusy opening, where the other components can already be sensed. Shortly after, a slightly spicy tobacco scent comes through, which becomes increasingly leathery after a short time.

I really like the composition itself, although in 2022 it feels somewhat old school. A gentleman of the old school.

Armani Code EDT would have received a great rating based solely on the scent, if it weren't for this "but" as mentioned...

The longevity is unfortunately a disaster!
Barely sprayed on, the scent is hardly noticeable anymore...
Well, it's not that bad. The scent bubble that envelops you in the first few minutes dissipates as quickly as a soap bubble. After 2 hours, you can only smell it on the skin, nothing more.

No significant projection or sillage during the 2-hour fragrance experience ^^

Really a shame, Armani!