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Lattafa Hayaati Gold Elixir Eau de Parfum 100ml
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In stock
3–6 hours Lasting
Noticeable Scent trail
From 700+ wearer ratings
Hayaati Gold Elixir suits someone who wants a leather fragrance with warmth rather than a stark, smoky one — the citrus opening and peach-saffron heart keep it approachable, and the vanilla-amber-musk base gives it staying power through cooler weather and evening wear.
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Main AccordsScent family: Leather
- Leather100% , strength 100 percent
- Citrus73% , strength 73 percent
- Animalic71% , strength 71 percent
- Vanilla68% , strength 68 percent
- Powdery67% , strength 67 percent
- Amber65% , strength 65 percent
- Aromatic56% , strength 56 percent
- Fruity55% , strength 55 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 700+ wearersBuilt on leather, citrus and animalic. Wearers mostly rate it moderate with noticeable projection. It is worn from day to night, mostly in cooler months.
Day or night
Worn from day into the evening.
Seasons
Product Details
Hayaati Gold Elixir opens with tart bergamot, grapefruit and cassis, moves into a leather-and-saffron heart lifted by peach, then settles into a warm vanilla, amber and musk base with a trace of vetiver. Fragrantica's community voting (703 votes) puts longevity as moderate for over half of wearers, with a further third calling it long-lasting.
What Does Hayaati Gold Elixir Smell Like?
Hayaati Gold Elixir is a Leather fragrance from Lattafa Perfumes; Fragrantica does not list a release year for it. It opens on bergamot, grapefruit and cassis, a sharp citrus lift — Fragrantica's accord breakdown puts citrus at 73% strength. The heart is built around leather, the dominant accord at 100% strength, softened by peach and warmed by saffron, which also feeds an animalic accord measured at 71%. The base brings vanilla, amber and musk, with vetiver underneath for a dry, grounding finish. Powdery (67%) and warm spicy (52%) accords round out the composition, while a fruity accord (55%) keeps the peach and cassis present rather than buried. The overall effect reads as a leather scent softened by sweetness rather than a straight woody or gourmand one.
How Does It Develop Through the Day?
The opening is bright and citrus-led, the bergamot and grapefruit cutting through before the leather comes forward. As the citrus fades, saffron and peach build a spiced, slightly fruity heart around the leather accord. The dry-down settles into vanilla, amber and musk, with vetiver adding a dry undertone that keeps the sweetness from turning syrupy. Fragrantica voters lean toward evening wear — 55% log it as a nighttime scent against 45% for daytime.
How Long Does It Last, and How Strong Is It?
Of 703 Fragrantica longevity votes, the largest group (54%) rate Hayaati Gold Elixir's staying power as moderate, with a further 32% calling it long-lasting and 8% weak or very weak. Sillage tracks similarly: of 679 votes, 59% describe its projection as moderate, 29% as strong, and 7% as more intimate and skin-close. Fragrantica community voting. See the full breakdown.
What Season Is It For?
Season votes favour the cooler months — autumn (35%) and winter (33%) lead, with spring at 22% and summer trailing at 11%. It reads as an autumn-and-winter scent rather than one built for heat.
Is It for Men or Women?
Lattafa markets Hayaati Gold Elixir as a fragrance for both women and men, and FG Perfumes lists it as unisex. Fragrantica's own gender voting agrees — unisex is the single largest group at 50% of 817 votes, ahead of male-leaning (23%), male (10%), female-leaning (10%) and female (8%).
What Is It Similar To?
Fragrantica's community voting links Hayaati Gold Elixir most closely to Armani Code Profumo by Giorgio Armani, suggesting the two share a similar warm, leather-and-amber accord profile. Fragrantica voters who like Hayaati Gold Elixir also gravitate to Club de Nuit Intense Man, which FG Perfumes carries too.
Who It's For
Hayaati Gold Elixir suits someone who wants a leather fragrance with warmth rather than a stark, smoky one — the citrus opening and peach-saffron heart keep it approachable, and the vanilla-amber-musk base gives it staying power through cooler weather and evening wear.
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?
89% of Fragrantica voters rate it good or great value (648 votes).
- Brand
- Lattafa
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Size
- 100ml
- Gender
- Unisex
- Scent family
- Leather
- Longevity
- Moderate
- Season
- Cooler months
- Best for
- Day to night
- Barcode
- 6291107457895
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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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