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Lattafa Atlas Eau de Parfum 55ml
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In stock
12+ hours Lasting
Strong Scent trail
From 2,100+ wearer ratings
Atlas suits anyone who wants a cold, salty marine scent with real substance behind it — the sea-air opening gives way to a mossy, ambergris-woody base rather than fading into thin cologne territory. It works best through summer and spring, worn during the day, for someone who wants a fragrance with genuine presence rather than something that stays close to the skin.
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Main AccordsScent family: Marine
- Marine100% , strength 100 percent
- Salty91% , strength 91 percent
- Aromatic73% , strength 73 percent
- Amber64% , strength 64 percent
- Mossy53% , strength 53 percent
- Woody52% , strength 52 percent
- Animalic50% , strength 50 percent
- Earthy50% , strength 50 percent
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.
How It Wears
Rated by 2,100+ wearersBuilt on marine, salty and aromatic. Wearers mostly rate it very long lasting with strong projection. Most reach for it during the day, mostly in warmer months.
Day or night
Mostly worn during the day.
Seasons
Product Details
Atlas opens cold and bracing — sea notes, salt and lemon, like standing at the edge of the water — before davana and iris soften the sharpness with a herbal, slightly sweet lift. It settles into ambergris, oakmoss and sandalwood for a mossy, woody drydown with real depth. Fragrantica's community voting (2,168 votes) rates it eternal for 55% of wearers, with a further 33% calling it long-lasting, and sillage skews strong to enormous for the large majority.
What Does Atlas Smell Like?
Atlas is a 2024 Marine fragrance from Lattafa, opening on sea notes, salt and lemon — Fragrantica's accord breakdown puts marine at 100% strength and salty close behind at 91%. The heart brings davana and iris, a slightly sweet, herbal-powdery lift that softens the sharpness of the opening. The base settles into ambergris, oakmoss and sandalwood, which is where the aromatic (73%), amber (64%) and mossy (53%) accords come from. Woody (52%), animalic (50%) and earthy (50%) notes sit underneath at similar strength, giving the drydown some grip and depth without pulling the scent away from its marine, salty core.
How Does It Develop Through the Day?
The opening is cold and bracing — sea air, salt and a squeeze of lemon, the kind of scent that reads like standing at the edge of the water. Davana and iris arrive next, taking the edge off the salt with a soft, slightly sweet herbal note. As it dries down, oakmoss and sandalwood bring in a mossy, woody warmth, with ambergris giving the base a faint animalic depth that keeps the marine accord from turning thin or one-note. Fragrantica voters lean toward wearing it by day — 71% log it as a daytime scent against 29% for evening.
How Long Does It Last, and How Strong Is It?
Of 2,168 Fragrantica longevity votes, the largest group (55%) call Atlas eternal, with a further 33% rating it long lasting — only a small minority find it weak or very weak. Sillage tracks strong too: of 2,121 votes, 48% describe its projection as strong and a further 34% as enormous, with only 18% calling it moderate or intimate. Fragrantica community voting. See the full breakdown.
What Season Is It For?
Season votes favour the warmer months — summer leads at 42%, with spring close behind at 35%. Autumn (16%) and winter (7%) trail well behind, which tracks with the cold, salty marine profile at its centre.
Is It for Men or Women?
Lattafa and FG Perfumes both list Atlas as unisex. Fragrantica's own gender voting skews toward male — 56% male and a further 29% male-leaning of 2,045 votes — but the scent's marine, salty character reads as wearable by anyone drawn to that style, regardless of how the votes split.
What Is It Similar To?
Fragrantica's community voting links Atlas most closely to Megamare by Orto Parisi, with Megara by Maison Alhambra and A Chaos In The Ocean by PARIS CORNER also frequently mentioned — all sharing the same cold, salty marine-ambergris profile. For a similar marine character available from FG's own stock, see Stellar Oud by Khadlaj.
Who It's For
Atlas suits anyone who wants a cold, salty marine scent with real substance behind it — the sea-air opening gives way to a mossy, ambergris-woody base rather than fading into thin cologne territory. It works best through summer and spring, worn during the day, for someone who wants a fragrance with genuine presence rather than something that stays close to the skin.
FAQ
Is This Genuine Lattafa Stock?
Yes. Every bottle we sell is genuine, sealed stock, and you can smell it in store before you buy.
Is It Good Value?
85% of Fragrantica voters rate it good or great value (1,703 votes).
- Brand
- Lattafa
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Size
- 55ml
- Gender
- Unisex
- Scent family
- Marine
- Longevity
- Very long lasting
- Season
- Warmer months
- Best for
- Daytime
- Barcode
- 6290360593722
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Lattafa Perfumes started in Dubai in 1980, and the family who founded it still runs the company. Its name comes from the Arabic words for kindness and pleasantness. Lattafa perfumes range from sweet gourmands to bold ouds, at prices well below designer brands.
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