Safanad eau de parfum parfums de marly paris

Safanad means 'The Pure' from Arabic to English.

Safanad is a beautiful powdery iris where orange blossom and ylang ylang take center stage.

The sweetness comes from the ylang ylang, a very slight banana scent ylang is famous for.

The silage isn't beast mode, but it's one of the strongest female PDM offerings.

I first tried oil perfumery's dupe before purchasing which is rather close. To me, oil perfumery's last longer.

To me, there's a slight soapy accord in the original, which for me, makes it a clean scent for fall or winter because of the amber. It's delicate, classy, and worth the $159 I paid from Aurafragrance.

Great scent. Heavy like.

Oriana and all the Delinas are great from to time but oh my Safanad I need for an every day. The other girls are fun and all but Safanad would be the one you'd marry. Love it, anytime day month or year. Just a lovely feminine fragrance. This is the kind that I see myself going thru several bottles of..total 4 lifer fragrance. Perfection 🥰 soft feminine vanilla sandalwood orange blossom goodness 😍

Received a bottle today, and I'm so sorry I ever doubted this. Safanad is the most gorgeous heavenly orange blossom fragrance I have ever smelled, and the bottle just looks like an expensive liquor. This is what a goddess would smell like.

I'm also getting wiffs of something sparkling, almost like soda? It really is magical.

Edit: I've been wearing this for ages now, and I have a few more things to say. First spray, this smells like a syrupy, orange blossom marmalade fairy floss. Light, airy, but... syrupy. As it dries down, I get a lot more vanilla and sandalwood, and makes it so creamy and rich and gorgeous. A reviewer above said it smells like Love Don't be Shy and Alien (I'd say the essence absolue) had an illegitimate love child, and I think that's pretty spot on.

Sometimes I forget I put this on, and I get whiffs of Egyptian Pumpkin Pie. It's called "kar assaly". It's basically a pumpkin base, topped with sweetened, creamy bechamel, often filled with sultanas and walnuts, and then baked to perfection. I wonder, "who the hell is making this?", but it's really just Safanad. A strange association, but I supposed the creamy vanilla, warm sandalwood, and syrupy orange blossom/amber is just reminiscent of the pumpkin + bechamel + sultana combo.

Oh, and this is a compliment getter.

Uh-oh! I am in big BIG trouble. I recently acquired a bottle of Safanad by Parfums de Marly. Every time I wear this I get such strong desire to get a backup bottle.

This smells so damn good! Opens up with a blast of fresh yet cozy orange blossom. It gets amber-y as it dries down. The amber note softens down about an hour and a half after the initial dry down. Leaving me with a warm and slightly sweet, creamy vanilla which reminds me somewhat of Alien Essence Absolue but softer and smoother, creamier and without the booziness. Although by the 6th hour, the vanilla in here brings Orchidee Vanille to mind. Projection and sillage are both excellent. Lasts around 12 hrs on my skin but sits close to skin by the 8th hour.

This is my new favorite!!!

I absolutely love this. Soft and beautiful. Sweet orange blossom at the top and vanilla as it dries down with brightness from the pear throughout.

Sticks on to the skin like the memory of the beach as a child. Hazy and soft and sun-bleached. I can’t place what exactly the smell is. Orange creamsicles or suntan lotion. Orange blossoms themselves. I’m not sure. A daydream of summers running down to the shore without a care in the wild tumbling world. It’s not a beachy fragrance by any means, but it reminds me of the color of the coast in old photographs.

I can see the comparison to Classique, a sweet powdery vanilla floral, but, to me, it is the differences that make Safanad worth the money. I love love Classique, but there are certain elements that make me hesitant to wear it that aren’t present in Safanad. Doesn’t really remind of the Love or Guimauve de Noel or Mon Precieux or any other popular sweet orange blossom perfumes.

I bought a bottle on discount but would repurchase even at full price.