Teriaq

It reminds me of a softer raghba wood intense. It's not bad but not what I expected. I don't get honey or almond. Sweet, soft caramel and leather.

Ele começa com um leve cheiro de incenso, imagino que seja o resultado da mistura de couro, mel e musk. Mas após secar se torna um doce quente, com baunilha e amêndoas, bem caramelado, com fundo sintético leve de perfume. Não senti a projeção das flores brancas mas provavelmente estão ao fundo. Longe de ser um açucarado infantil, exala por horas, não incomoda mas também não passa despercebido.

Very masculine. No, not even leaning slightly feminine. It's sweet, but that sweetness is on par with the strong leather and woody notes. Yes, you can pull it off as a woman but that doesn't make it unisex. It's very much masculine. And sadly I don't smell almonds. Just sweet leather, wood and incense.

Wow such an attractive peculiar scent. I expected it to be dusty for awhile and it is by the pink pepper while the honey provides the warmth this scent radiates. The labdanum aids in that too but the honey note always offers a distinct solar syrupy-fluffy almost dusty and aromatic element. I don't get a peppery effect in the opening and early drydown. Its projection is instantly so beautiful, sweet and aromatic from the white flowers and apricot. It has a bit of a soapy vibe here and there, perhaps by the white flowers and rose even tho it's oriental and ambery. It's resinous, and jammy sweet from the caramel - apricot in a youthful way, very candy-like. It's super warm by the labdanum and honey right off the bat, so very solar and thick as in syrupy and dense, I really love that. The labdanum typically provides a resinous, deep, leathery, sun-heated aroma and that's what I'm getting here. It also definitely enhances the leather. It's leaning towards a floral suede feel, but leather is more animalic, smokier not as velvety/powdery soft as suede and I get that rich leather experience here. So it's very leathery, a bit rubbery at first(not obnoxiously tho) but very smooth, deep and animalic. I don't get any tart effect from the rhubarb in the opening, but only its green quality. I also get an almost minty leathery nuance especially at first- perhaps the rhubarb plays tricks with the leathery accords and vetiver. At the later drydown it becomes ambery sour by the rhubarb-musk with the balsamic leathery labdanum so it's an oriental musky, subtly sour, amber scent. This leather amber sour part is quite like La Belle with its vetiver, leather, amber, musk and sour pear, but Teriaq is more dimensional, solar and sweeter, less tart. Both have vanilla sweetness and a dewy floral aroma. La Belle with the bergamot-pear has more fresh, fizzy sour attributes. This is more leathery and bad-ass, almost a unisex flair from the sour ambery musk, yet it features the candied caramel apricot which La Belle lacks being more serious. It stays aromatic by the white flowers. The rose makes it slightly perfumey and heady but it's not dominant. It's also dusty by the pink pepper as I said, for the first 30 mins and that's more prominent when I smell my skin up close, almost like a perfume that's gone bad after years sitting in the sun yet it's so attractive. As far as the woody element, the vetiver is not the dusty kind here or the bright citrusy type - I can tell, otherwise the dusty effect would remain in the drydown. The vetiver is the dark, resinous balsamic type here. As it sits alongside the labdanum-leather, there's a smooth vanilla honeyed leathery woody and smoky effect when I smell my skin up close (not like a fireplace smoke tho). It's not a smoky leathery scent as in burnt tires (nothing like the ambrarome of Police Good Vibes, La Belle's dupe). The drydown is less dusty. The later drydown is all smooth - gradually the pink pepper's dustiness is completely gone, but there's a subtle peppery spice that appears which joins the leathery amber musky-bright scent. It's got a beautiful warm syrupy licorice type of scent to it throughout, especially prominent in the opening and early drydown, and it must stem from the blending of leather, honey, vetiver and the bitter almond. Vetiver can sometimes mimic the dark, earthy roots of black licorice or anise emulating licorice. It's so warm, licorice-like that it reminded me of the licorice note in Lolita Lempicka for a minute (there's vetiver there too). It's also therefore reminiscent of Scandal JPG with the syrupy, solar, dense honey and licorice notes (funny I had forgotten that Scandal has a licorice note), the leathery beeswax and the intense peach sweetness. It has some extra common notes with Scandal: the caramel white flowers and it's got peach instead of apricot, beeswax instead of leather and patchouli instead of the rhubarb here, so Scandal is heavier more pungent but both are in the same league to me - same and similar notes creating a similar type of scent. Teriaq to me is more candy-sweet than La Belle and Scandal. It's like a hybrid of the decadent Scandal and the oriental La Belle. La Belle is more dry ambery, while this stays resinous not as dry. The later drydown as I said is more musky sour with a very subtle bright spice, almost a unisex effect the way Khamrah starts off syrupy, but develops a sour character drenched in amber, but that one is more loud spicy with the fresh patch-like Akigalawood and it has no candy fruity sweetness or the feminine white florals of Teriaq. La Belle follows the same pattern with its ambery sour quality. It's the oriental flair of these scents. Can it be headache inducing as some reviews report? Its ambery sour part can be heady just like La Belle can be, but I love how syrupy sweet it is and so dimensional with depth and different facets unfolding from its heart. In its last stages the sour musky facets retreat allowing the smooth leathery aromatic sweetness to shine again. It's got a Scandal-like syrupy solar-honey thickness to it at the heart which La Belle is missing along with the beautiful licorice-like almond that La Belle lacks. La Belle is a burlesque, leather corset, Jessica Rabbit vibe to me. Teriaq is a sweet yet macho desert cowgirl - she loves snakes like I do. You'll likely find redeeming elements in Teriaq in case the ambery sour musky aspect is too much.

At first it is odd, but after few weeks it is just perfect❤️🤌🤩

I had heard a lot of people and influencers bash on this saying it smelled like burnt rubber, but also some saying it was beautiful. Well I found it at Ross and for the price I snagged it. Worth a try for the price. I tend to like “heavier/complex” perfumes and don’t mind something different and from first sprays it has a harsh bit to it but the dry down was pretty and I can tell (as with MOST ME perfumes they have to have their sit time) it’ll be something I love. I have teriaq intense and love that too. To me, worth the buy.

Just received this bottle of Teriaq by Lataffa. I didn't expect much even with all the hype as so many influencers "love" everything they review! that said I am blown away. This smells way lovlier, lasts way longer, silage is absolutely stellar...overall better than Prada Paradox that was such a disappointment. Lasted less than an hr on my skin. And spent lots of cash on this purchase! Teriaq is a gorgeous deep feminine creamy yet floral citrusy delight. Buying two more bottles for my daughters!!!

Really lovely. Not a big fan of leather notes on the whole, but they work perfectly in this composition- sort of grounding it, somehow, and helping to balance the honey/caramel/apricot sweetness so it doesn't get overwhelming.

In Arabic, Teriaq means cure or antidote. Interestingly, Lattafa has another line of fragrances called Musamam, which means poisoned. Both types of bottle are adorned with serpents, usually gilded. ...I could only conjecture what the exact significance of this might be, if any. The beginning of Teriaq conveys a powdery confection of caramel, vanilla and marzipan, filled with a distinctly syrupy note of apricot. If there is any noticeable rhubarb to be found here, it must only be enough to add a nuance of tart juiciness to Teriaq's olfactory pastry. Later, in the drydown, some of that delicate sweetness begins to fade, but some honeyed vanilla and almond (benzaldehyde) continues to persist indefinitely. Also, interestingly enough, Teriaq's very soft leather/suede accord, plus its accompanying note of musk, basically do the same as what many soft leather and musk accords often do: subtly suggest the scent of human skin. Yes, to my nose, Teriaq's drydown suggests yet another gently comforting skin-scents, albeit one more potent than most. Even though this and the subsequent flanker, Teriaq Intense, don't share even one listed note, and hardly any listed main accords, they do seem to both possess a diffusely underlying tonal similarity. Perhaps their basal synthetic amberwood signature is similar. It certainly is possible, especially considering that both scents were designed by Quentin Bisch. Also, of the two Teriaq scents, this original one seems to be the more subjectively confusing and difficult to define. Different people seem to pick up and focus on different notes. I'm particularly surprised by those that find the leather note overwhelming, as I find it actually quite subtle.

Reminds me of the drydown of Dior Feve Delicieuse 2015 batch. Powdery sweetness.

I just received a second bottle of Teriaq. I gifted the first one to a friend because she liked it and it leaned very feminine on my skin—fruity, sweet, with almost no leather. This second bottle is so different that I’m honestly not sure which one, if either, was the odd one out. Was the first bottle a fake? Or is this simply the result of maceration, something that may happen to my new bottle as well? The first bottle wasn’t factory sealed. It had already been opened, with about 10 ml missing. But looked exactly like this one. This one, however, arrived completely new and still wrapped in foil. And what a surprise it is. I love it even more. It’s a creamy caramel, but also powdery-musky composition with beautiful animalic nuances coming from the honey and the leather, yet without becoming overly sweet. The honey doesn’t really bring sweetness; instead, it contributes that warm, slightly animalic facet—if you know what I mean. I can smell the skin of an apricot rather than the fruit itself, along with almond flour! and delicate blossoms. In fact, it feels more spucy-leathery than fruity. Everything is wrapped in a creamy (but not sweet) caramel, but also powdery-musky texture in which the leather is soft, slightly sweet, and incredibly well blended. I am truly impressed. To me, it is unmistakably unisex and perfectly suited to colder months or cool summer evenings. It may not be for everyone because of that subtle animalic character, but it unmistakably bears Quentin Biche’s signature. He creates fragrances with a very distinctive personality, and this is certainly one of them. Despite its origin, it carries absolutely no stereotypical Arabian touch. To my nose, this is a thoroughly European fragrance. Beautiful. Edit: the late dry-down, hours later, is a sweeter caramel with apricots and a vague fine suede leather. This is scent I knew and described below in another review. Now I can explain that probably through maceration process the scent loses the first leathery stage sooner after a few months. Still beautiful

First impression for me: straight labdanum (very strong), with the dried apricots. I will definitely use this parfum a lot in autumn.

A wonderful fragrance with excellent projection and longevity. A masterpiece by Quentin Bisch

It's ok. It would be better without the bitter almond.

On first spray, I get caramel and apricot. The fruit feels boozy, ripe and syrupy. Oh, this is exactly the Quentin Bisch signature DNA that I love! As the perfume develops, the honey becomes more prominent and the apricot takes a teeny step back, but still maintains its presence as the perfume dries down. Leather is there, however it's more to give balance to the sweetness rather than smell too strongly of leather? I hope that makes sense. I don't normally love leather in fragrances, but it's done perfectly here. I have PTSD from smelling the photo-realistic leather in Matiere Premiere Falcon Leather, never again! I tested this from a sample which has likely already matured... but the performance and blend are excellent already. I can see how this would need time to mature into full glory, so put your bottle in maceration jail and revisit it a few months later. This is rich, addictive, and incredibly well composed, perfect for lovers of JPG La Belle and Amouage Guidance.

I don't know if I got a bad bottle. It does not smell anything like any of the notes listed. It smells extremely sour, almost rotten. Like a hidden rotting vegetable deep in the fridge.

Incredibly strong, like I did one test spray and I could smell it in the next room strong. To me all I got was a grown up Viva La Juicy on steroids. I love some of Bisch’s creations but this was a quick catch and release for me sadly.

Looking to sell my bottle, few sprays missing. UK shipping only

Liked it at first , then i told my fiancé to try it and he told me it smells like an old cat piss and now I can’t unsee it 😵💫

I love it. Its caramel vanilla sweet but because of the prominent leather note its not sickly sweet. Projection and longtivity are above moderate if oversprayed if you are nose blind very quickly like i am. Its not gourmand therefore its too spicy, leathery. 😊♥️

I'll go straight to the point with this fragrance. I love Teriaq intense from begging to end. It's less polarizing. Teriaq is not a blind but. Teriaq is too sharp on a weird opening "coffee note" that I can't stand. I came to learn it's supposed to be leather. I smell roasted coffee syrup. Once it's gone, this is pretty much like La Belle with less delicacy, like a dirty La Belle, and it has a hint of waxy, animatic note on my skin on the dry down. Nice perfume. Not a love for me. I wouldn't repurchase, but I would not give it away or sell it either.

I purchased "Teriaq Intense" after absorbing loads of positive social media about the fragrance. I blew through two bottles in no time. Teriaq Intense piqued my interest in Teriaq. I positively adore Teriaq even more so than Teriaq Intense!! For me, Teriaq and Teriaq Intense definitely share a similar DNA. But to my nose, Teriaq wears markedly more feminine than Teriaq Intense. I dislike most fruit openings, preferring stone fruits (pear, peach, apricot) whenever a fruity opening is present. The apricot opening in Teriaq is juicy, creamy & sweet with zero bitterness, or tartness. The opening seamlessly merges with the heart notes of Teriaq, which are a perfectly sweet caramel & honey, gentle florals and lots of powdery almond. I do not detect much spice, or rhubarb as the fragrance unfolds. The landing is almond-vanilla, musk, florals and amber. Fortunately, I detect zero leather in Teriaq; leather is a fragrance note I dislike. I love this perfume. Teriaq. It's beautiful. Everything about this perfume resonates with me.

I wasn't even gonna try it because of the leather note, but found a decant and bought it. Very nice scent!! Super sweet caramel honey, I didn't even feel the leather.

Exceptionally jammy and sweet, in a way that got fashionable a few years back and now is almost omnipresent: fruits, patchouli and caramelised nuts. Perfect pretty, if you like the type. Very nice addition to any collection as representative of the breed: Vanilla Candies and Rock Sugar Sweets 😊

Love this one. It’s a heavenly honey, sweet smell with whiffs of leather (which I don’t usually like in my fragrances) thrown in. It actually all works together. I don’t get the La Belle comparisons as I believe that they smell quite different… on my skin anyway. This is a great fragrance for one’s collection. Also, the packaging is beautiful and matches the bottle. Very well thought out on how to market this one, lovely concept. Even if I have become nose blind to it on me!

This is basically La belle + Khamra Its too heavy and sweet, projection is crazy

I looked into trying this perfume since its fame in tik tok and this is a lesson on why gourmands arent a safe blind buy most of the time. I havent bought it or anything but i tried it just last week at a store and safe to say its nauseating to me.

I really enjoy it. At times it can feel a bit heavy, especially during the warmer months. To me, the scent resembles a blend of Pink Sugar and JPG Scandal with some added leather notes.

Velvety , leathery and sweet animalic aroma. It had been many years to find such a long lasting ,good value for money and best quality perfume. It's the same vibe of Donna 's Karan Black 🖤 cashmere , Bulgaries Black (unisex) and many '80s & '90s perfumes . It suits best for women and men. I love it!

This is nice, but super, super sweet and loud perfume. It does remind me of designer fragrances, and i’m not a fan of designer perfumes. But the main problem is that this is incredibly sweet, too sweet even for me, and i like sweet perfumes. But maybe someone likes super sweet scents, in that case this is great for you. Teriaque is also lighter version, whereas Teriaque Intense is a lot different and has darker note