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Rayhaan Pacific Aura Eau de Parfum 100ml
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3–6 hours Lasting
Noticeable Scent trail
From 950+ wearer ratings
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Main AccordsScent family: Aromatic Aquatic
- Citrus100% , strength 100 percent
- Green58% , strength 58 percent
- Aromatic56% , strength 56 percent
- Fresh spicy51% , strength 51 percent
- Fruity41% , strength 41 percent
- Amber24% , strength 24 percent
- Soft spicy18% , strength 18 percent
- Sweet14% , strength 14 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 950+ wearersBuilt on citrus, green and aromatic. Wearers mostly rate it moderate with noticeable projection. Most reach for it during the day, mostly in warmer months.
Day or night
Mostly worn during the day.
Seasons
Product Details
TL;DR
- Fresh aromatic, mint-citrus opening
- Longevity: moderate (community-rated)
- Sillage: moderate
- Best for: day wear, spring and summer
Rayhaan Pacific Aura opens on mint, mandarin, citron, bergamot, black currant and coriander, moves through basil, carrot and rose, and settles into fig, ambroxan and amber. Fragrantica voters rate longevity and sillage moderate, and 86% place it as a daytime scent.
What Does Rayhaan Pacific Aura Smell Like?
The top is a dense citrus-and-herb accord — mint, mandarin, citron and bergamot give a sharp, cooling brightness, while black currant adds a fruity tartness and coriander a light spiced edge, making for an unusually layered opening rather than a single-note citrus splash. The middle shifts toward something greener and slightly vegetal: basil reinforces the herbal note from the top, carrot brings an earthy, slightly sweet quality that is unusual rather than sweet-fruity, and rose runs underneath as a soft floral thread rather than a dominant note, giving the middle a distinctive, slightly unexpected character. The base is fig, ambroxan and amber — fig adds a green, milky woodiness, ambroxan gives the composition its clean, ambery lift, and amber rounds it into a soft, warm close that never turns heavy. In total it reads as a fresh, aromatic citrus built on an unusually textured green-and-ambery base rather than a straightforward cologne structure, with the carrot and fig notes giving it a point of difference from more generic citrus-amber fragrances.
How Does It Develop Through the Day?
Mint, mandarin, citron, bergamot, black currant and coriander dominate the opening, a dense, cool citrus burst that most wearers describe as the strongest and longest phase relative to the rest of the fragrance. Basil, carrot and rose surface next, softening the citrus into something greener and slightly earthy, with rose adding a light floral note underneath that most wearers only notice on close inspection. The final stage settles into fig, ambroxan and amber, a quieter, ambery-clean finish that sits close to the skin and stays fairly linear once it arrives. The general trajectory runs from bright and sharp to soft and ambery, with the citrus fading faster than the base, and the transition between the two happening gradually rather than in one distinct shift.
How Long Does It Last, and How Strong Is It?
Fragrantica rates this moderate on longevity, with 65% of voters choosing that band against smaller shares for long lasting or weak. Sillage is similarly moderate, chosen by 67% of voters, with only 17% rating it strong — this sits close to the skin rather than projecting widely, which fits its profile as a light, refreshing scent rather than one built to fill a room.
What Season Is It For?
Votes are decisive here: 52% choose summer and 39% spring, against just 3% for winter. The fresh citrus top and moderate weight fit warm-weather wear far more than cold months, and the moderate sillage means it stays comfortable rather than overpowering in the heat.
Is It for Men or Women?
This sits as a unisex fragrance. Community voting spreads across male-leaning (44%), unisex (38%) and male (14%) without a decisive single gender, so it defaults to unisex despite a male-leaning classification on Fragrantica — no single label reaches the kind of majority needed to call it sharply gendered one way or the other.
Who It's For
This suits someone who wants a fresh, citrus-forward scent for warm weather and daytime wear, with a distinctive green-and-ambery base rather than a generic cologne finish. Its moderate sillage makes it comfortable for close, everyday settings through spring and summer.
- Brand
- Rayhaan
- Concentration
- Eau de Parfum
- Size
- 100ml
- Gender
- Men
- Scent family
- Aromatic Aquatic
- Longevity
- Moderate
- Season
- Warmer months
- Best for
- Daytime
- Barcode
- 6297001571170
FAQ
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Rayhaan is a perfume brand from the United Arab Emirates that started in 2020.
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