Maison Alhambra perfume brand owned by Lattafa

Hello, I cannot find listings for Maison Alhambra, a dupe perfume brand that is owned by Lattafa. I am wondering why Maison Alhambra is not listed on Parfumo- is it because it is a dupe brand?

I just wanted more information, because I have some Maison Alhambra perfumes that I love!

Thanks

Hi,

I guess if you don't find them you can propose them to the database! There are other house that do clones/dupes that are listed.

I imagine in this case yes, it's because it's a dupe brand. There are some dupe brands which are in the database, and as far as I can recall there's no clear rule against adding dupe brands in the Research guidelines. So it's bit of a grey area. There is a list of brands excluded from Parfumo's database, including Maison Alhambra, but the "why" is not listed.

Sometimes there's a post about a brand with specific reasons or context. From what I've gathered it generally boils down to Parfumo admin having to be proactively cautious regarding possible legal action.

Look at my new blog page published today. It lists almost all Alhambra within the Lattafa large family.

Thanks I see the exclusion list now! I'm sad Maison Alhambra isn't accepted... oh well! I can still talk about them in the forum I guess

Thanks for the link over the excluded brands, and thanks Carlito for your always interesting blog!

@AmeliaAroma : plenty of perfumes to discuss here and there! 

I wish it was added to the database.
I use this app to track my perfume collection and I can't have the Maison Alhambra added.

Well... this answers the main part of my question. Doesn't make sense that some dup brands are allowed but others aren't. I'll be heading back to Fragrantica. 

Seems like a weird decision if this site is meant for fragrance lovers. Like, why is La Rive included, but Maison Alhambra excluded? Is it some kind of shady political thing?

It's illogical to deliberately exclude lesser-known or non-mainstream brands from consideration, especially when many mainstream brands often replicate or borrow elements from other bigger or smaller brands. Could anyone provide a thorough explanation for this selective approach?

The fact Dua is allowed on here when they're no better than some which are excluded, probably worse to be honest, is perplexing and I can't come to a conclusion other than some sort of favoritism...

Montagne and probably some others also not on here for likely the same reason as Maison Alhambra.

I was trying to figure out why they weren't on here and Dua was, and found this.

If you're going to ban brands that are known specifically for duping, very strange to keep Dua, when they're not any more secretive about it, nor are they any better value or quality. 

Maybe it's as simple as the mods literally own some Dua fragrances... 

Dua also don't have a good reputation when it comes to business practices etc, something that hasn't been an issue so far with Montage, Maison (Lattafa)...

Just impossible to make sense of something that offends worse in every way somehow being favored here for people to discover and buy.

Anyways I'm annoyed that I had to dig to find out why I couldn't find certain brands on here yet Dua is of all brands, and to find no good answer/reason

I was just looking for Maison Alhambra today since I got Infini Rose in the mail. Do you think it could be because the bottles look much more similar to what they're duping compared to other brands? Alexandria or Oakcha, for example, just use their own bottles for everything and maybe change a label or color for some dupes. Dua does the same, their bottles are consistent and then the label changes based on the scent.