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Main AccordsScent family: Oriental Woody
Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Haakim opens crisp, with green apple, lemon and mint setting a sharp, fruity-fresh tone. Geranium and ambroxan carry the middle before the base turns woody, resting on Madagascar vanilla, cedar, oakmoss and vetiver for a dry, grounded finish that holds its shape well into the later hours of wear.
Haakim opens on a distinctly fruity-green accord: green apple and lemon give a tart, crisp brightness, and mint adds a cool edge that keeps the opening from reading as purely sweet. The middle is where the fragrance turns more abstract. Geranium brings a green, slightly rosy facet, while ambroxan works as an amplifier more than a note in its own right, giving the composition lift, radiance and a faintly skin-like warmth without adding sweetness. Tonka in the middle nudges things back toward softness, acting as a hinge between the sharp top and the drier base to come. The base is built from a cluster of woods: Madagascar vanilla for warmth, Atlas cedar and Virginian cedar for a dry, pencil-shaving texture, oakmoss for depth and an earthy, slightly bitter undertone, and vetiver for a rooty, smoky finish. It is a base built for structure rather than sweetness — vanilla is present but restrained, kept in check by the moss and vetiver around it. The two cedars work together rather than duplicating each other: one leans drier and sharper, the other rounder, and between them they give the base more texture than a single wood note could on its own. Nothing in the formula is overtly sweet at any stage; even the vanilla and tonka read more as texture than as sugar, which keeps the whole composition on the drier side of green and woody.
The first stretch is dominated by green apple, lemon and mint, and this phase wears bright and sharp, closer to a citrus-aromatic than anything sweet. As that top layer thins out, geranium and ambroxan take over, and the fragrance becomes noticeably smoother — the sharp edges soften and a subtle radiance builds, which is characteristic of how ambroxan behaves as it develops on skin. From there the composition moves steadily toward its woody base: cedar, oakmoss and vetiver assert themselves more with each hour, with vanilla providing just enough warmth to stop the drydown from feeling austere. By the later stages, the fruity opening is long gone and what remains is a dry, woody, faintly mossy base note that carries the fragrance to its close. The general trajectory moves in one direction only, from fresh to dry, without doubling back or reintroducing the earlier citrus character. That linear arc makes Haakim easy to predict once the pattern is familiar, even if the two ends of the wear feel like quite different fragrances side by side.
Haakim is built as a unisex fragrance. The fruity-green opening and the cedar-vetiver-oakmoss base both draw from territory worn across genders, and the note list does not point toward one gender specifically.
Haakim suits anyone who wants a fresh, green opening that resolves into a dry, woody base, making it a good fit for daytime wear across mild and warm weather. The cedar-vetiver-oakmoss base gives it enough structure to carry from morning into evening.
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Wide range of budget friendly to relatively high end priced perfume brands. Rayhan, Armaf, French Avenue, Brandy, Lattafa just to mention a few. They also sell a 10ml of any brand you like, good for testing before you commit to the whole bottle.
This store reminds me of my days in Dubai. Prices are competitive and most probably the best I have found on the market. Amazing perfumes!
Shahed was very welcoming and friendly… He was knowledgeable about the perfumes and took the time to understand what I was looking for before recommending a fragrance that suited my preferences perfectly.
What a good find! A place where you can smell all the Dubai perfumes. Monique assisted us and she was very helpful. Will see you soon!
Customer service 10/10. Tamzyn helped me she was very nice energetic and helpful… when I heard the price I had to take it. So very affordable in my opinion.
The quality of the fragrances is outstanding. The oils and perfumes are impressive and has longevity… I will definitely be returning and recommending this shop to others.
He was very helpful and friendly as I did not have a clue of what I wanted to get for my mom… It smells very nice. I got compliments at work… I would recommend people to go here.
Brandy Designs is a perfume brand from the United Arab Emirates, and we're its sole South African distributor.
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Haakim opens crisp, with green apple, lemon and mint setting a sharp, fruity-fresh tone. Geranium and ambroxan carry the middle before the base turns woody, resting on Madagascar vanilla, cedar, oakmoss and vetiver for a dry, grounded finish that holds its shape well into the later hours of wear. What Does Haakim Smell Like?Haakim opens on a distinctly fruity-green accord: green apple and lemon give a tart, crisp brightness, and mint adds a cool edge that keeps the opening from reading as purely sweet. The middle is where the fragrance turns more abstract. Geranium brings a green, slightly rosy facet, while ambroxan works as an amplifier more than a note in its own right, giving the composition lift, radiance and a faintly skin-like warmth without adding sweetness. Tonka in the middle nudges things back toward softness, acting as a hinge between the sharp top and the drier base to come. The base is built from a cluster of woods: Madagascar vanilla for warmth, Atlas cedar and Virginian cedar for a dry, pencil-shaving texture, oakmoss for depth and an earthy, slightly bitter undertone, and vetiver for a rooty, smoky finish. It is a base built for structure rather than sweetness — vanilla is present but restrained, kept in check by the moss and vetiver around it. The two cedars work together rather than duplicating each other: one leans drier and sharper, the other rounder, and between them they give the base more texture than a single wood note could on its own. Nothing in the formula is overtly sweet at any stage; even the vanilla and tonka read more as texture than as sugar, which keeps the whole composition on the drier side of green and woody. How Does It Develop Through the Day?The first stretch is dominated by green apple, lemon and mint, and this phase wears bright and sharp, closer to a citrus-aromatic than anything sweet. As that top layer thins out, geranium and ambroxan take over, and the fragrance becomes noticeably smoother — the sharp edges soften and a subtle radiance builds, which is characteristic of how ambroxan behaves as it develops on skin. From there the composition moves steadily toward its woody base: cedar, oakmoss and vetiver assert themselves more with each hour, with vanilla providing just enough warmth to stop the drydown from feeling austere. By the later stages, the fruity opening is long gone and what remains is a dry, woody, faintly mossy base note that carries the fragrance to its close. The general trajectory moves in one direction only, from fresh to dry, without doubling back or reintroducing the earlier citrus character. That linear arc makes Haakim easy to predict once the pattern is familiar, even if the two ends of the wear feel like quite different fragrances side by side. Is It for Men or Women?Haakim is built as a unisex fragrance. The fruity-green opening and the cedar-vetiver-oakmoss base both draw from territory worn across genders, and the note list does not point toward one gender specifically. Who It's ForHaakim suits anyone who wants a fresh, green opening that resolves into a dry, woody base, making it a good fit for daytime wear across mild and warm weather. The cedar-vetiver-oakmoss base gives it enough structure to carry from morning into evening. | Regular price
R 380.00
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| Brandy Designs | Eau de Parfum | Oriental Woody | Green Apple, Lemon, Mint | Geranium, Ambroxan, Tonka Bean | Madagascar Vanilla, Atlas Cedar, Oakmoss, Vetiver, Virginian Cedar |
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Main AccordsScent family: Oriental Woody
Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
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