LattafaAsad Zanzibar - Fresh, Spicy, Vanilla, Coconut - Eau de Parfum Long-Lasting Fragrance for Men, 3.40 Ounce / 100 ml

Fresh and Elegant!Lattafa Asad Zanzibar is a perfect summer fragrance. It’s fresh, clean, and long-lasting with a nice balance of citrus, lavender, and soft woods. Great for daily wear and feels very refreshing compared to the original Asad. Definitely worth it!

It’s a powdery coconut spice. The black pepper is really strong on the first spray but it surprisingly blends well with the coconut milk and lavender. I thought it would’ve smelled sour or curdled but it doesn’t. It has a slightly masculine feel but as a woman I think I’d be able to wear it with other coconut and cocoa/shea butter scents. Would pair well with a cooler vanilla bean scent or something with a bit more of that incense tone (like myrrh/frakincense).Once it’s dried it smells like a burning incense from a metaphysical/vape shop like nag champa and a little French vanilla. It could be a bit much for someone not used to strong scents like that.

The perfume is unique. It is long lasting perfect for hot summer days. The perfume does not smell like sweet coconut candy but more like roasted nuts by a warm summer night. But this is not the base note. The scent entangled it self with the middle and base notes. It smells good but it is different.

Smells super sweet in a mescaline way. That coconut is super awesome, but the peppery start is not going to be appealing to all. Luckily the dry down gets rid of that pepper and it’s creamy coconut with vanilla and lavender. It lasts pretty long, I’ve had it stick to sweaters and jackets for days. Atomizer is nice too, but the bottle is definitely not that portable.

Amaaaaazzziiing !It’s very similar to Versace Eros, it has a light musk scent, bold but not overpowering & it lasts a while . I love to smell it on my husband, he gets so many compliments when he wears it . 🤍

Got it for my brother’s birthday. He loved it! It is not over powering, very smooth and elegant.

Sprayed it on paper and got the waxy iris and some kind of vanilla in the background...nice, but I wasn't blown away. I let the paper sit while I ate dinner and watched youtube videos...smelling it every now and then. It pretty much stayed the same on paper...that dry waxy iris with some bright citrus and vanilla...very nice.Then I went to take a shower and get cleaned up, after doing the "Triple-S" I decided to try two sprays of "Asad-Z" on chest. Immediately got a creamy vanilla on skin as the scent wafted up to my nose/face. Then the bright Iris hit. I wasn't waxy like it smelled on paper!!Then I noticed how loud it was...two sprays of most other fragrances aren't this powerful. THAT is the kind of performance I like!! It is now 2 hours later and I'm still getting the same P-U-S-H from those two sprays to my chest. VERY NICE!!!It almost feels like as this develops, the iris takes a backseat to some kind of dry woodiness and a creaminess that takes over the fragrance.This is very....odd.It's sweet and creamy vanilla...with this dry woodiness in the background.I'm not getting any coconut or anything like it.This fragrance reminds me of "Victoria Secret - Tease Creme Cloud"...just sweeter and with Iris in it.I'm going to give it a full-day wear to work tomorrow and then I'll give it a final rating.But so far...this is a winner!!23APR24:Welp, wearing this to work today with a layer of "Burberry Goddess" and it's WONDERFUL!!The sweetness of "Goddess", the Dry powderiness of "Zanzibar"....awesome!I figured out why it reminds me of my "VS - Tease Creme Cloud", its got that "Black Pepper" that stays persistent in the fragrance aura. Its in the background...but its constantly there.Sillage trail on this one....MASSIVE!!I left a trail of Zanzibar from the entry of the security checkpoint all the way to the bus depot on the other side of the building. I could hear people coming into the security checkpoint saying how nice it smelled in the building, lol.Walking around, I can smell "Zanzibar" over the "Goddess" because of the dry-woodiness of "Zanzibar".I am still picking up on the sweet lavender of "Goddess", but everything else...ZANZIBAR!I'm still not getting any "Coconut" from this, just the Iris, Vanilla and Black Pepper.But you know what...that's just find with me.I'd once built a fragrance with Vanilla, Black Pepper and Cedar and loved it while I had it. I moved on and never went back to make another bottle...but this "Zanzibar" gives the same kinda feel and all I've gotta do is spray and enjoy.I think I'm going to enjoy this even more once it macerates and gets better in a month or so. I'll be wearing it at least once or twice a week though. I'm looking forward to seeing how my inner circle feel about it when I wear it around them all...26APR24:I don't know what happened, but the creaminess factor of this fragrance went into overdrive tonight. I smell like a vanilla ice cream cone....holy shinola!!!I need a backup bottle ASAP!! 😲😲😲❤️❤️❤️❤️

I first smelled this on an employee at a store and immediately asked him what the name of it was. Has a nice musky masculine scent. The scent is soft and lasts a long time. My son uses it as his everyday cologne but has other colognes for special occasions. Would give it a 8.5 out of 10.