Lattafa
Lattafa
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Sugar hits first, granular and almost brittle in its intensity, immediately colliding with medicinal oud that brings leather and bandages to mind. Frankincense swirls through like church smoke, adding gravitas and preventing this from reading as purely gourmand, whilst the agarwood's more acrid, woody facets peek through the sweetness.
The vanilla and tonka bean alliance takes centre stage, creating a dense, powdery cloud that's simultaneously creamy and caramelised. Sandalwood lends its characteristic milkiness, whilst praline introduces a hazelnut-adjacent nuttiness that deepens the gourmand aspect without making it cloying. The oud recedes but never disappears, providing an earthy, almost leathery foundation beneath all that sweetness.
What remains is a skin-clinging veil of amber-laced musk, vanilla reduced to its warmest, most animalic whisper, and that persistent woody undertone that reminds you this began as an oud fragrance. The sweetness mellows into something more resinous and balmy, like aged balsam with a dusting of icing sugar, projecting softly but tenaciously for hours on end.
Raghba is an unapologetic sugar-soaked oud that manages to walk the line between gourmand indulgence and resinous depth without toppling into either extreme. The opening is immediately confrontational—crystallised sugar meets the medicinal, leather-tinged facets of agarwood, whilst plumes of frankincense add a ceremonial weight that stops this from becoming mere dessert. It's the olfactory equivalent of drizzling honey over smouldering incense chips, that curious juxtaposition of sacred and profane.
As it settles, vanilla and tonka weave through sandalwood's creamy scaffolding, creating a texture that's both powdery and dense. This isn't polite vanilla; it's the burnt, caramelised edge of crème brûlée meeting the milky sweetness of condensed milk. The praline accord amplifies throughout, adding a nutty, almost marzipan-like richness that prevents the sweetness from becoming one-dimensional. There's an ambery glow that emerges in the base, tempered by clean musk that keeps the whole composition from suffocating under its own opulence.
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