Marwa

Wow, this has been one of the best frags to ever bless my humble collection. When I first got it, I thought that it was super spicy and it was super ginger foward, and I assumed it to be a much more masculine take on the original DNA. But as I wore it more and more, I just LOVED how soapy and clean is smells. This is the first fragrance I've worn that has actually gotten me a real compliment and I can truly wear this in any and all occasions. I've also tried mykonos inception and that one is a closer interpretation of the original DNA, but with a much more black-tea-focused note, and a soapier/smoother opening compared to marwa. But mykonos for whatever reason is impossible to find and is scalped to hell. This scent last a good 7 hours for me, projecting for the first 3, and still getting whaffs of it at the 6 hour mark. I understand that many people have issues with the longevity of this, but it might just be a skin chemistry issue because I just don't see it. You can easily overspray this and have no issue with it. I usually stick with 5-7 sprays depending on whether I want more projection or not. If you are on the fence about this dupe, just know that it is really that good. But that is just my opinion and everyone's nose is different and I would recommend you trying to smell it before you buy. If you don't have this yet, I say wait until the extrait version comes out and purchase that instead as it will most likely solve any longevity issues you might run into.

So I blind bought Marwa about 2 months ago. When I first got it, it was more of a spicy tobacco fragrance with elements of freshness about it. When I asked others what they thought about it, they said it was nice but emphasised that it was peppery, not too much but enough for it to be apparent, which was most likely the ginger, but I would compare it more to crushed black peppercorn, though ever so slightly toned down. After that, I maybe wore it 3-4 times in the following 2-3 weeks after that, but after applying it yesterday I could tell that the "maceration" I inadvertently did improved it enough to where I want to be wearing it a lot more often. With less of the original tobacco-esque scent and more to the tea and ginger side

Bought this for my girlfriend after she loved smelling my imagination so much. Off the first spray, it smelled closer than any dupe I tried. Not the closest opening, but got the creamy 3d like textured drydown to a tee. But, I sprayed it on myself because it was so good and I lathered 6 sprays on and it became a ginger bomb. I dont know why it smelled great off one spray and after 6 it smelled abrasive and not close at all. It does smell much closer to the 1st spray I did in the air though, but odd after digging my nose into where I sprayed.

thought i’d give this a go because who actually is spending £300 on imagination. i guess it’s alright for £30? it opened unpleasantly spicy when i got it new but it did and still does have a nice dry down, and is similar to that of imagination. i’ve had it for around 5 months, and it still has an unpleasant opening and doesn’t last long at all on my skin, around 3/4 hours max. throw it on before a gym session and you can safely know you’re larping imagination. cant complain for £30.

At first I tried French Tobacco as an alternative to Imagination and that was absolutely great but with a twist of added lemon grass note, remove the lemon grass and you’ve got Marwa, amazing scent profile the opening can be a little strong but then it settles down into this beautiful soapy and gingery dry down with some hints of black tea notes, I am yet to test the performance on this but I’m hoping it will give around 7-8 hours on skin.