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7–12 hours Lasting
Noticeable Scent trail
From 20+ wearer ratings
This Eau de Parfum suits anyone who wants a warm, spiced gourmand with a soft floral heart rather than a sweet or fruity scent — the cumin-heliotrope opening settles into a comforting vanilla-sandalwood-amber base best worn through autumn and spring. The 30ml size makes it a practical everyday bottle once the profile has been tried.
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Main AccordsScent family: Oriental Floral
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 20+ wearersBuilt on almond, vanilla and powdery. Wearers mostly rate it long lasting with noticeable projection. It is worn from day to night, mostly in cooler months.
Day or night
Worn from day into the evening.
Seasons
Sapphire Eau de Parfum opens with heliotrope, cumin and bergamot, moves through bitter almond, lavender and jasmine, and settles into a warm vanilla, sandalwood and amber base. Fragrantica voters call longevity long lasting half the time, with sillage sitting moderate to strong.
In Eau de Parfum concentration, Sapphire opens on heliotrope and cumin, a pairing that reads powdery and spiced rather than fresh, while bergamot keeps the opening from sitting too heavy. The heart introduces bitter almond, which brings a marzipan-like sweetness, alongside lavender and jasmine — lavender holds the sweetness in check while jasmine adds a soft floral note. Underneath, vanilla, sandalwood and amber form a warm, creamy base that leans comforting rather than sharp or overtly sweet. Overall the composition sits in oriental-gourmand territory: spiced and powdery at the top, softly floral through the middle, warm and lightly sweet at the base, without tipping into a dessert-like profile. Cumin is the note that gives the opening its character — sharper and more skin-like than a straightforward warm spice like cinnamon — and it is this edge, more than the almond or vanilla that follow, which sets Sapphire apart from a purely sweet gourmand opening. In Eau de Parfum strength, that cumin-heliotrope pairing carries a little further and a little longer than it would in a lighter format.
The cumin-heliotrope opening is short-lived and gives way to bergamot's brightness handing over into the bitter almond, lavender and jasmine heart. This stage rounds the initial spice into something softer and more floral, with the almond building a gentle sweetness as it develops. Once the heart fades, vanilla, sandalwood and amber take over completely, settling into a warm base that sits close to skin for the remainder of wear. The overall progression runs from spiced and powdery through soft and floral to warm and grounded. Because the concentration is higher than an attar or splash, each stage tends to last a little longer on skin, giving more time to notice the shift from the almond-lavender heart into the vanilla-sandalwood base.
On a small sample of 20 votes, Fragrantica's community rates longevity long lasting for half of respondents and moderate for 40%, pointing to a fragrance that holds through a solid stretch of wear without being flagged as exceptionally long-lived. Sillage, from 23 votes, splits between moderate (39%) and strong (35%), with 22% calling it enormous — overall more than a skin-scent, though not consistently described as heavy.
Of 46 season votes, autumn (35%) and spring (30%) lead well ahead of winter (24%) and summer (11%), which trails clearly behind. The warm, spiced-gourmand base is best suited outside hot weather.
Gender votes are spread — unisex at 44%, male at 28%, female and female-leaning combined at 22% — with no group forming a majority. FG Perfumes lists this Eau de Parfum as unisex.
Fragrantica's community draws a comparison to Pegasus by Parfums de Marly, both sharing a warm, spiced-gourmand shape built on almond-adjacent sweetness and a soft floral heart rather than a fresh or purely woody direction.
This Eau de Parfum suits anyone who wants a warm, spiced gourmand with a soft floral heart rather than a sweet or fruity scent — the cumin-heliotrope opening settles into a comforting vanilla-sandalwood-amber base best worn through autumn and spring. The 30ml size makes it a practical everyday bottle once the profile has been tried.
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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.
Orientica is a Dubai perfume brand that Al Haramain Perfumes launched in 2018. Al Haramain has made Arabian perfume since 1970, and Orientica pairs amber and oud with a modern style. FG Perfumes is the sole South African distributor for Orientica.
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Sapphire Eau de Parfum opens with heliotrope, cumin and bergamot, moves through bitter almond, lavender and jasmine, and settles into a warm vanilla, sandalwood and amber base. Fragrantica voters call longevity long lasting half the time, with sillage sitting moderate to strong. What Does Sapphire Smell Like?In Eau de Parfum concentration, Sapphire opens on heliotrope and cumin, a pairing that reads powdery and spiced rather than fresh, while bergamot keeps the opening from sitting too heavy. The heart introduces bitter almond, which brings a marzipan-like sweetness, alongside lavender and jasmine — lavender holds the sweetness in check while jasmine adds a soft floral note. Underneath, vanilla, sandalwood and amber form a warm, creamy base that leans comforting rather than sharp or overtly sweet. Overall the composition sits in oriental-gourmand territory: spiced and powdery at the top, softly floral through the middle, warm and lightly sweet at the base, without tipping into a dessert-like profile. Cumin is the note that gives the opening its character — sharper and more skin-like than a straightforward warm spice like cinnamon — and it is this edge, more than the almond or vanilla that follow, which sets Sapphire apart from a purely sweet gourmand opening. In Eau de Parfum strength, that cumin-heliotrope pairing carries a little further and a little longer than it would in a lighter format. How Does It Develop Through the Day?The cumin-heliotrope opening is short-lived and gives way to bergamot's brightness handing over into the bitter almond, lavender and jasmine heart. This stage rounds the initial spice into something softer and more floral, with the almond building a gentle sweetness as it develops. Once the heart fades, vanilla, sandalwood and amber take over completely, settling into a warm base that sits close to skin for the remainder of wear. The overall progression runs from spiced and powdery through soft and floral to warm and grounded. Because the concentration is higher than an attar or splash, each stage tends to last a little longer on skin, giving more time to notice the shift from the almond-lavender heart into the vanilla-sandalwood base. How Long Does It Last, and How Strong Is It?On a small sample of 20 votes, Fragrantica's community rates longevity long lasting for half of respondents and moderate for 40%, pointing to a fragrance that holds through a solid stretch of wear without being flagged as exceptionally long-lived. Sillage, from 23 votes, splits between moderate (39%) and strong (35%), with 22% calling it enormous — overall more than a skin-scent, though not consistently described as heavy. What Season Is It For?Of 46 season votes, autumn (35%) and spring (30%) lead well ahead of winter (24%) and summer (11%), which trails clearly behind. The warm, spiced-gourmand base is best suited outside hot weather. Is It for Men or Women?Gender votes are spread — unisex at 44%, male at 28%, female and female-leaning combined at 22% — with no group forming a majority. FG Perfumes lists this Eau de Parfum as unisex. What Is It Similar To?Fragrantica's community draws a comparison to Pegasus by Parfums de Marly, both sharing a warm, spiced-gourmand shape built on almond-adjacent sweetness and a soft floral heart rather than a fresh or purely woody direction. Who It's ForThis Eau de Parfum suits anyone who wants a warm, spiced gourmand with a soft floral heart rather than a sweet or fruity scent — the cumin-heliotrope opening settles into a comforting vanilla-sandalwood-amber base best worn through autumn and spring. The 30ml size makes it a practical everyday bottle once the profile has been tried. | Regular price
R 120.00
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| Orientica | Eau de Parfum | Oriental Floral | Day to night, Cooler months | Heliotrope, Cumin, Bergamot | Bitter Almond, Lavender, Jasmine | Vanilla, Sandalwood, Amber |
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Main AccordsScent family: Oriental Floral
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 20+ wearersBuilt on almond, vanilla and powdery. Wearers mostly rate it long lasting with noticeable projection. It is worn from day to night, mostly in cooler months.
Day or night
Worn from day into the evening.
Seasons
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