Note - For those ready to give up on Al Rehab entirely, please consider trying Choco Musk, Soft, Sandra, Lovely, and Fantastic. Those with 'masculine' taste should try Space, U2 Man, Dakar, and Al Fares. These are more western in style. ALL will give you very good value. Wirt notes that Bakhour smells like 'artificially sweetened incense'. That's not a bad description as bakhoor is just that: incense that comes in the form of oil soaked wooden chips usually burned on top of heated charcoal. It's often used to perfume clothes, being a fragrance layer in its own right. This settles down quite nicely after the first >30 minutes smelling of very ripe banana-flavoured tuberose with a good measure of sugar on top, although that might be because I didn't let it settle after being delivered. I know from past experience, that these oils get very 'shook up' by the whole delivery process, and need to 'rest' for a few days before their real character shows. My bad, I can't wait to try a new one. I wanted to fall in love with this like many other reviewers, but to be blunt, it's a dead ringer for Febreze. Most people in the US are familiar with Febreze, the spray air freshener/odor eliminator.

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While there are similarities to the first Bakhour I had, this one is NOT funky. NOT loud. NOT high pitched and almost acrid. NOT even bitter. What I smell now in place of that funky oddness is a hint of tangy musk distinctive to middle eastern blends, and also a bit of oud.

You decide! There is no way Mokhalat will appeal to those unfamiliar with middle eastern attars, but if you're willing to take your time and have an adventure, Mokhalat is the 'funky' Al Rehab I recommend. It's best in hot weather and layers well with the equally unusual Aroosah. Plus (if you live in the west) you're almost guaranteed to smell like nobody else you know. I don't think that you really need both this and Fantasy. As I have only tried the EDP spray, I can't judge the oil, and obviously a matching oil as an addition to a perfume is a different story.

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It took me ages to get around to writing this review. Why? Because I didn't know for sure WHICH attar I had! The little label is extremely similar to that of Crystal and partly worn away at that. Neither am I particularly fluent in Arabic, alas. ;) The rose is very gently coming through, along with some more 'garden', and a lovely, light jasmine. I would imagine that this wears quite close to the skin, which is no bad thing, and needs to be kept away from the public for the first 30 minutes.Bakhour is a good reproduction of classic floral bakhoor, but be warned: the strength, protection and sillage is absolutely huge and the floral notes massive. They dominate the woody notes and almost force them into submission...but they are there. The florals remain potent a good 12 hours later and just one squirt of the spray is enough to overwhelm you and, quite possibly everyone else in a room! I've learned my lesson! Usually a scent named 'bakhour' (a form of middle eastern incense!) would attract me like a bee to honey. Not so here. The reviewer who summarized this particular Al Rehab as 'sour fruit and detergent' did us all a favor! Yes, there's a tangy quality that could be good - if it didn't descend into funky acid territory. NO incense, depth, or beauty appeared. I tried it repeatedly in all kinds of weather and got nowhere. So when my dearest friend begged me to pass it along - Voila. History! NB. 3 hours in (sans the oudh now), and it is literally Fantastic. I love it, and it is not, as I said before, light; it is sumptuous, with different layers showing themselves and intermingling, constantly. I feel like I'm living in a cloud of womanliness.

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Indeed very close to Britney Spears Fantasy, so this review is more of a comparison of these two. The opening is about the same, very bright, sweet and fruity with a tart kiwi note. I think the kiwi is a little more rounded and less sour than in Fantasy. I don't know about pre-reformulated Fantasy, if I ever smelled that it must have been over a decade ago. Fantastic is also a little more floral than Fantasy, but these are only minor differences, so I thought that Fantastic is pretty much just a dupe. Al Rehab, established in 1975, have taken upon their shoulders the responsibility of providing high-quality perfumes with their slogan being ‘quality at affordable prices for all’. Made in UAE.

This is such a polarising scent. I have no idea how to describe it in tangeable terms, besides the fact that on my first whiff all I could smell was orange and yeast or some sort of dough. After applying it however I barely smell any of that anymore, it's very rancid indeed, acid reflux-y smells somewhat uplifting and comforting but in the "you're crying and idk how to make you feel better and the more I say the worse I make it, but you appreciate the fact I'm at least trying" type of way. very weird and experimental frag. It does smell better on the skin that it does straight from the bottle, like most other Al Rehab oils. It has a slightly musky drydown, less so than my other oils, but the muskiness does present itself. Unfortunately, by the time it's drying into something other than a Febreze dupe, the scent is pretty much gone. Sillage is also minimal, unless you use a quarter of the bottle right after a shower. I knew it was going to be a light scent when I bought it, though.

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On to comparisons... The lovely Badar is a TINY bit like Bakhour, but only in category. I find Badar goes a slightly sour on me, but that it radiates with warm beauty on the right skin. It's well worth trying, because Badar smells vastly more expensive than it is. Sweet honey, musk, and jasmine - with touches of patch and wood. In other words, Exotic yet Approachable. The latter most of all. :) It's a creamy kind of scent, like high quality triple milled soap with a middle eastern twist, or a pretty lotion. Feminine, Arabian, but mostly just likable rather than challenging. Now, it smells very feminine and light, a nice perfume to wear during the day, with a pretty dress or blouse, and would be excellent for Spring and Summer days. I must warn, though that to reach the beautiful dry down of Bakhour, you have to get past the initial brassy cheapness of the first hour, which I loathe. Some of these Al-rehabs can turn out to be gems after it develops, but it seems that all of them have a strong, intense, often unpleasant beginning. It's interesting how a perfume acts differently on different people.for me,it's wearable year round except hot weather.and I prefer it for evening and even night wear.This very delicious and intense stage is with me for an hour or two.then sweetness calms down a lot.fruits fade away,flowers dry down to a soft floral powder and I can mostly smell benzoin,sandalwood and amber.warm and clean and sensual and more refined comparing to the recent syrupy sweet floral-fruity-vanilla level.I enjoy it's dry down too there's a dozen of Al Rehab perfumes which I love and this is among them. BTW I have it in 35 mil spray bottle.