My Middle Eastern Perfume Maceration Update  

Hello Sim 😊 I’m a big fan of your channel lately. I just wanted to clarify something: perfume maceration is a perfume production technique that involves soaking the material in a solvent, as a result of which the liquid absorbs its fragrance components. What you are talking about, i.e. the completion of the chemical reactions in the perfume bottle, as a result of which the target scent changes slightly, is maturation 😊

Oh Simin, you're such a joy to watch and listen to! I love your "tangents", as you call them, and I'm sure many people would be interested in listening to your story. You're a wonderful storyteller who occasionally takes small detours into wonderful and fun little alleys🤩 And of course, I really enjoy listening to your descriptions of perfumes. Keep it up, and keep it going! You're a hoot!🥰

So refreshing to see a video like that! People are raving about this perfumes on yt and usually the only way to try them is to blind buy. I appreciate your honesty! We should always keep in mind that perfume preference is very personal but quality is something more obvious. Opinions on longevity and silage are much appreciated! Thank you :)

I love hearing you talk you describe things so beautifully

My sweet beautiful Sim! We'd all love to hear and tred along your journey from India to this day! Anything you upload is a delight to watch as it feels like catching up with a friend after a long long time. You have such a warm personality that you manage to keep us hooked throughout the time you speak! Sending you tons of love from India ! 😘❤️❤️

Yes we would love to hear your whole story, with a grwm

I'd love to hear your story! You're so much fun to watch

Up until a little bit ago,, I never realized or knew before that perfumes can be so different from person to person not only on strength and longevity but also on how they smell. Many say "oh you are not doing things right when applying perfume and that's why they don't last on you" and/or lot of the scents that some go crazy about don't have the same effect on me or my skin. They just don't smell as wonderful to me. Some perfumed I love might not be treasures to others. For example, like you, I tried to love Assam Gold and Yara but I just like them. They are not bad but nothing to go crazy about...and that's my experience and it's as valid as yours and the rest of the world's. By the way, I'd love to hear your story.. we all have so much that makes us who we are...maybe one day we can get to know you better and you us. Always a pleasure seeing your videos. Thank you Sim 😊

Sim I am 100% with you on Ansaam Gold... It has been macerating for over a month and, even though it's gotten sweeter and not as disgusting, it STILL smells like that detergent bar, which is gross! Meanwhile my Nebras, Khamrah and Yara came READY to party and smelt amazing from the first spray!!!

I cant believe you got hate for having an opinion on a perfume 😭 it's literally scented water hahaha Thank you for the video Sim

I would love to hear your story. I don’t like the Yara bottles as well. That’s why I haven’t purchased any of them. Thanks for sharing.

Hey Sim. You look beautiful like always. One of the reasons I love your channel is your honest reviews of fragrances. We have very similar taste in perfumes I do not like white musk, or latonic scents as well, and I feel like you don't have to apologize for anything this is your channel if you don't like a fragrance that's your right to say.

In life there is no such thing as perfect. Even if there was, you couldn't please everyone. However, if you're yourself you'll find your tribe to love and appreciate you for exactly who you are. We love you and we all accept you. You're adored. Thank you for your efforts to educate us and make our lives a little more enjoyable. ❤

Hello Sim! I just bought Modest by Afnan, a dupe for Le Nuit Tresor, and I'm very happy with it!

Ok, where do I begin? First of all I love your errings and the green pendant, as well as the colour of your nails! I was surprised that you didn't much care for Yara. Maybe later? Lol! As always, thank you so much for sharing. Your channel is such a joy!

You just saved me money on that Ansaam Gold. Everyone else describes like I need it now so it’s nice to hear a different perspective. I never deleted something so fast off my wanted fragrance list in my life😂

I have Taste of Kiss. It’s strong to me, but those things can be so subjective. You have such an adorable personality and a great nose for fragrance.

I’d love to hear your story. Thanks for the follow ups.

I love your videos! You describe the scents so well and you're very honest! Whenever I want to buy a fragrance, I watch your videos first! Then I buy the perfumes. Thank you very much for the great work 🙏

Oh yes, the middle eastern perfumes must have time to fully develop. I have found that with all my M.E. purchases. Most especially my oud perfumes, seems those need the most time for the top and heart notes to come through. I'm curious about your Angel Share clones have improved as well. ❤

I'm with you on Lattafa's Ansaam fragrance--I can't stand that one. Yeah, and Lattafa went on a fruity and floral coconut laconic kick, and those frags are you either love it or hate it. I wear my Yara, after bathing and for bed. Yara Moi, the same, I will not repurchase. My bottles are several months old and VERY strong. I love Sondos :) Fursan Limited is 🤮 yuck🤮 . Tag Her is take or leave too. I do like musk. It works well on my skin. I know some people can't wear it. I have Yara Tous, my 6 year old wears that. It's a juvenile fragrance to me.

Layer quad al fursan with Nebras. Game changer.

Love your reviews because of you I bought shaheen by lataffa. It smells amazing.

Sondos is one of my faves, I smell peaches, vanilla and patchouli...

I gave my Yara away too. I’ve only kept the Moi and Tous. I’ll revisit them in the spring.

Just had to subscribe because I love the way you describe fragrances and you are gorgeous

Hi Sim I’d love to hear your story. I love all your videos. You seem like a beautiful soul with a wonderful sense of humour. As a newbie to ME frags, I appreciate all your thoughts on the fragrances you love, it really helps me to wade through the very long list of what’s available and I agree that you are funny to boot. Please don’t change or listen to the haters. We tune in because we love your honesty, stories and personality. It’s like visiting with a friend over a great cup of tea ❤

Hi Sim, can you update on Nasheet please? Ani is out of reach atm but I am very keen on Nasheet. Thank you.

I'm so sorry about your white chocolate problem! I enjoy it so much!

Did the same to my Asad bottle and I feel it makes it so much better

I like your earrings 😍 they kinda match with Fakhar Rose 🌹

Hi Sim, I get that soapy-but-in-a-bad-way note from Ansaam Gold if I go for more than 5-6 sprays each time haha. If I don't go overboard though it's a nice fluffy floral scent that lingers around for 4hrs at most if I don't move around. 😩💔

This is so much fun to watch. I would like to know exactly how long each perfume macerated (months, weeks…)

Hi Simin 👋🏽 It's funny how we experience scent. I think Ansaam Gold is lovely, while all I can smell with Confidential Private Gold is musk. It's been sitting for about 5 months now😊❤

My tag her smells like exactly what you’re describing, and it sounds so different when other people describe it. I like citrus so I happen to like it even though it’s basic, but it disappears in no time at all.

I just found your channel and I enjoy your content so much!! I love Modest Deux! It’s one of my favorite perfumes!! I do like Yara. It’s an easy reach for me, but I am having trouble with Yara Moi! On my skin, Yara Moi smells like rotten peaches and dirt 🥲. I’m going to let it sit and hope it changes by the summertime!

Qaed al fursan limited edition is such a beautiful perfume.. and it has gone mascerated and it lasts me more than 5 days..and my God it smells heavenly

Sutoor continues to get better and better as it matures💜

Ok so I initially loved Sondos, but I now have decided it smells lovely on old potpourri around my house lol.. on skin there’s something irky. The bottle also looks like the Olympic torch 😂! Same with Ansaam Gold! It smells so flat to me.. so in the potpourri it goes! Both would be great as candles, just not perfume 😂!

Hello Simin, I don't know if you have had the opportunity to combine Sutoor with another perfume or with a body spray, maybe that combination makes it a more interesting perfume since it has good quality and it’s long-lasting. I do have Sutoor, If you discover a delicious combination, please 🙏 let me know Ok. I hope you have a great weekend, and thank you once again for all your videos, I love them 😍

*Sim, I would LOVE to hear your life story!!!* *I really do hope you'll make that video!!?* 🌸💗🤟🏻

Hello sim, i found your Channel like 2 days ago? And i’ve already watched like half of your vidios, so if you want to tell your story please do. I find you a very interesting person and life experiencia, as you well say, it relates alot with our olfatory memoir.

Personally, I don't understand the Yara hype😅 The first time I smelled it, I didn't smell anything, after leaving it to macerate, I finally smelled something sweet but it didn't last long. Great video Sim, btw did you ever get around to layering Nasheet and Bint Hooran? Keep up the great work ❤

Im with you with Ansaam gold...the dry down is bearable but the initial spray no no to me it smells like bug spray...im glad i only bought the body spray the one in a canister spray.

What a great video idea! Super creative ❤😊

Great video idea! And looking fabulous. Thanks for the video x

Nasheet is amazing! I have one bottle almost done and the back up is waiting. I have a bottle of Ani too and just ordered the Ani Oil too. It’s my favorite perfume ever. My bottle got better/stronger with time.

I agree and was also let down by the pink yara, and white one but I like the yellow one.

I have such a love hate relarelationship with Tamima! I couldn’t really put my finger on it but after you saying it’s too young I was like yes!!!!! It’s just too synthetic and smells like something a young teen might wear but at the same time sometimes I just need that overwhelming fruit smell 😂

Hi I've only recently found your channel and I've learned so much already so thank you 🙂 I cannot believe people were meant to you in the comments you seem so lovely can't wait to watch more of your videos 😊

Hi my hun, it is the same with Gerry and I. He is the opposite of an hoarder, he has been patient with me over the last decades and been so understanding. But I HAVE to declutter and stop hoarding. I really have issues letting go, I feel, this is my excuse and I am sticking to it, that I had to leave all my loved ones when I was 14 to come to Tasmania (I lived with my grandmother aged 9 to 14 ) and then my mother took me to this different continent. I would love to hear your life story, my soul sister. Perhaps this is also a reason why you feel it is hard to let go of things. BTW I am with you with Ansaam Gold, sorry for any typos , I am meant to be doing some house work but had to watch my girl Sim's new video, Gerry will understand. I lost it, when you said the next one looks like a medieval sexual torture device, and snap, I said something similar about that one. I have to get the one you keep wearing as I love LA NUIT TRÉSOR so much. But I blind bought Lattafa Qaed Al Fursan Unlimited and was so bitterly disappointed as it does not smell at all what I imaged it to smell like. I sprayed it once ( since I left it for 6 months or so ) as an air freshener and it was OK as that but I doubt I will ever wear it. Not my cup of tea. I know I always tell friends , try it on your skin but I could NOT put this on my skin as I would feel nauseaus for sure. I really enjoyed this video and love how honest you are 💜.Much much love to you my soul sister, love from sunny Tasmania, Tia ❤ cuddles from the orangy kitties😺 and cuddles to Markus, 😻😽💗💖 PS I got the pink Yara and am so disappointed in this , it is just like you said, I find it too sweet for me, perhaps I would have liked wearing this at 12 years of age. Mind you, I have been experiencing with layering and Rasha and this actually smells different and interesting, but it was a one only try. Have to try this out again as I want to try some layering with some of the perfumes that are Meh to me or on me. PS 2. I just bought Jazaab Gold as I love La Nuit Tresor and it sounds so lovely and easy to wear. Sorry but had to add Gerry bought me Sutoor thinking I wanted it as I had added it in my cart but bought Moira Silky Rose instead. I put it away and left it and tried it and I must be lucky as on my skin I get a lovely caramelized peach with some notes of cognac or so and there is a green note I am not fond of but it is spicy and smells lovely. Gerry really likes this one on me. I think body chemistry has a lot to do with this perfume. A friend of mine has Khamrah and also thought I was wearing that perfume. She then tried my Sutoor and it smelled bitter with a really weird note on her skin. She did not get the lovely dry down with the spices and caramelized peaches and cognac. I was really surprised about this. Lots of love , my soul sister, to you, Tia 😻😽💗💖

I'm going to let this video macerate for a while but the first impression is positive

Hi dear, I'm watching to (listening) your video walking through the grocery store and when you said it looks like"medieval sx torture device"I just about bumped into the lady in front of me😂😂😂😂(And by the way, I love your stories so to use your word please"Blab"away! You're so interesting and informative❤

yay I have been waiting for this!!!

hey and thanks again for letting us know how you find these fragrances after they´ve aged some. Of these i have only private gold and nasheet. Nasheet i love, and it stays on me for a good while, but only as skin scent. At first spray i was not sure how to feel about it, on next try i found out i like it really a lot. Private gold i like, but not that much, a bit generic. Right now i´m wearing it with mocha wood, together they do smell lovely. Of the others i do plan to get a sample of ansaam gold and sutoor. They sound worth trying out, but only with sample first, even though they are so hyped out. It was good to hear that not everyone loves them. You have your unique style, and your unique regard for the fragrances. As you said, we all don´t have to love the same fragrances and that would be boring, all of us using only same ones. Our skin chemistry, culture, the way we have grown up regarding to the smells, age and climate affect a lot what kind of fragrances suit us. Some fragrances that i love now, i could not have imagined wearing when i was younger. Many of us have fragrances that we used to love and wear but we grew out of them. I´ll be waiting to see your declutter video. Good luck with that. I`m developing bad tendency being horrible hoarder myself. :P

hello Sim, I really enjoy your reviews, your personality💕. I wanna ask, would you mind listening the perfumes you talk about in description video section? I really like coming back to your videos and it would really help when searching infos about a specific scent. Greetings❣ ps. Are you planning to revies more of Khadlaj? such as epoque artistique, l'imaginare, the bottles are gorgeous but there is hardly any information to be found regarding the scents.

We have an abrasive cleaner in the UK called VIM. I live not far from where it's made. 😂

I’m not a fan of Yara either. It is so hyped up and it didn’t last at all. The scent is generic and reminiscent of a BBW scent. I can’t smell it after 30 minutes. It’s been macerating because I’m just not interested in picking it up to try again lol. I may try layering with it before selling it. Great video! Al Qaed Fursan was just meh for me. I hate the horse on the bottle. But I like the magnetic top.

Love this video

Tell us your story! I love it when people do that. They are so interesting. 😊

I'm loving your outfit today!! And I would love to hear your life story if you're happy to share your personal history. As for the perfumes, bit of a group of fails huh? LOL Oh well, can't win them all.

I have Yara moi and when i sprayed it in the store I absolutely loved it, but my new one smells not the same kind of alcohol-y so i think i’ll let it sit for a while bc i do really love the scent

Thank you for your review. I blind buy all my middle eastern fragrances as most people do so I rely heavily on reviews so it's great to hear honest reviews like yours. We pay so much more for our fragrances including the Arabic ones here in Australia so I have to be so sure I will like it before I buy it. Always afraid of spending lots of money and finding it makes me gag or it smells like astringent and ghastly. Thanks once more. I continue to trust your reviews.

Morning simin ..thanks for the great review . My scent today is janoon oud 😊 I dont get the hype with Yara either , a tad generic for me .. I found both modest duex and kamrah much much better after maceration ... Kamrah smelt too ' boozy' to me , 4 months later & i love it , that cinnamon spiced apple is gorgouse ... Modest duex felt a bit ' sharp' .. Its now one of my favourite scrnts and i love the powdery rose which stays prescent for at least 3/4 hours ... Thanks to you i have learned to leave some of my perfumes to sit untouchrd for a while , ❤

I would love to hear your story ❤

It’s okay to be a maximalist. More is more and fragrances are yummy 😊

A collection of disappointments….😂😂😂 Your scarf (I don’t know what it’s called) and your earrings are perfect together! I always try to figure out whether your hair is long or short. It’s a well kept secret…😂😂😂 I like the Yaras…. I don’t love them. My favorite out of that bunch of ugly bottles is Asad. The best luck I’ve had with letting a perfume sit is with Casablanca. When I first got it I wondered whether other people were smelling the same perfume!!!😮 After sitting for about three months, it was totally different. And very good! So nice to see you!💛

I wore Yara with Valentino Donna Born in Roma yesterday and it was good ❤️

I love Ansaam gold, but I’m totally with you on Yara. I’ve had I’d for over a year, and while I think it’s a pleasant scent… it’s not one I want to wear. Like I can’t say I hate it at all, but it’s just… meh.

I had a vary bad experience with Oud mood by Laffafa.. for me it's... terrible😢. Great video honey❤

I totally agree with you about Yara that it's meh. It kind of smells like livani in a greek church 🤔 I'm waiting for it to get better but I've had it for a month and as soon as I spray it the smell disappeares. Very disappointed! I don't get any of the lactonic or fruity vibe. I was hoping for a barbie girl scent and all I got was a cute bottle.

The biggest problem with middle eastern perfume is that they mostly come in 100ml bottles, so if u don't like it you have to tolerate it for a long time.

Hola bella,a mi Mayar me huele como Ángel Nova, gracias por compartir 😘

So hilarious “ mid evil sexual torture device” 😂😂😂😂😂

Thank you!

I can’t understand the name of the perfume at the 22:25 mark. Is it guest of gold?

Having an extreme reaction to milk is a real... having hives and itching actually occurs because my son gets it. As an infant, he was allergic to all babyformula, baby treats, and baby cereals. He would have diarrhea, hives, itching, 102°+ fever, and eventually bloody stools. So, I understand your situation.

Hello simin can you plz recommend middle eastern perfume for summers

Sutoor spunds really great. O will blindbuy it

I would love to hear your story. I thing you are a very interesting person. I visit Dubai for the first time last week and that was the best vacation of my life! I bought some Lattafa Perfumes and thought about you :-) I Love your videos!

Mayar is on its way to me. I’m hoping I like it more. I heard it was similar to Angel Nova (I think we talked about it too) so I’m hoping it is because that’s so unique.

Tag her pairs really well with VS bombshell

I dislike Yara too. To me, it smells like a very diluted vanilla milk with lots of sugar. My youngest sister liked it so I gave the decant to her. On the other hand, my mother and I love the smell of Mayar. It smells like lychee with some green freshness, not that floral. I'll definitely get a full bottle soon.

sondos have saffron notes , does this perfume smells like agarbatti incense sort? Does this scent smell more like Middle Eastern perfume or French?

Another great video. Fortunately, I don't own any of these perfumes. At some point I would like to hear your opinion about Sotoor seen Rasasi. I love you.❤❤❤❤❤

Ms. Simin I want to ask if do you ship in the Philippines if I buy in your shop in Amazon?

Hello Simin! I would love to hear you tell your story! ❤

Hey honey , of course I want to hear ur story😂. Pls pls make one dedicated video on ur personal story. Btw u can try Oud nd roses of Ahmed al maghbiri it's different nd unique nd nice fragrance. I don't hv anything like this in my entire collection. I hv recd sample of it with my purchases. U can visit at mall nd sniff it nd u might like Marj also which is floral nd sandalwood type smell with oud becoz u like typical oud ( which I m getting horse stable type smell nd I m not liking it). By the I was busy in my Diwali work ( cleaning of house nd all😜)nd last week I was out for 2 days picnic so not able to see ur video on time nd replying becoz there was network problem. U r my soul sister for sure😘😘. I also don't like milk nd milk products nd shakes .❤❤❤

I hate the pink yara.. but it is a beast.. my sister loves it and every time she's wearing it i can tell... And its a new bottle not matured or anything.

How long should we allow these fragrances to sit to get the gasoline like smell to dissipate?

I would like to hear your story, I think you are lovley

I love your videos!

I would Love to hear your story... a get ready with me!❤

Great review

Wait...why were you getting hate in the video for Qued Al Fursan?? 😥

I love your videos... We have the same tastes in perfumes except the whole white musk...I love white musk 😂

I'm still thinking what to get either nasheet or spectre ghost since according to reviews spectre ghost is much better but kinda hard to find here in philippines but nasheet is so accessible

I wish I could have your ansam gold I love it! lol

YES, tell us your whole story ☺

Hello beautiful, is there a chance for a film about perfumes that actually smell like perfumes, not like food, cleaning products, forest, hair products, etc. I hope you know what I mean😉