Zahrat El Sahraa
Zahrat El Sahraa opens with a pomegranate-tinged rose that feels neither fresh nor overtly fruity, tempered immediately by amber's warmth.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
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- Vanilla85
- Caramel75
- Sweet65
- Amber
The note pyramid
- Pomegranate
- Amber
- Rose
- Vanilla
- Praline
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readZahrat El Sahraa opens with a pomegranate-tinged rose that feels neither fresh nor overtly fruity, tempered immediately by amber's warmth. The effect is less floral than resinous from the start, rose petals pressed into golden sap. Within minutes, the composition settles into its true character: a praline-vanilla softness that dominates the heart and doesn't quite let go.
The tonka and musk in the base provide gentle structure, but this is fundamentally a sweet fragrance built around confectionery notes. The rose becomes a background shimmer rather than a lead player.
Best suited to those who enjoy unabashedly gourmand orientals without sharp edges or dramatic shifts. It stays close, radiates warmth, and makes no claims to complexity. A comfortable evening scent for cooler weather, straightforward in its intentions.
Scent twins
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