Afnan · Extrait de Parfum · 2025

Historic Sahara  Extrait de Parfum

Historic Sahara
Longevity EternalFills a room
Projection Enormous8-12 hours
Polarising CharacterVery sweet, dense
sweet gourmand warm cozy

warm spiced almond cake with creamy vanilla frosting

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The full profile.

About This Perfume

Historic Sahara by Afnan is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Historic Sahara was launched in 2025. The nose behind this fragrance is Imran Fazlani. Top notes are Cardamom, Cinnamon and Bergamot; middle notes are Vanilla, Sugar and elemi; base notes are Praline, Almond, Tonka, Musk and Ambroxan. Historic Sahara by Afnan is a unisex fragrance introduced in 2025 as part of the Historic collection. The scent is inspired by the atmosphere of golden desert dunes and evokes a sense of warmth and sophistication. It features a blend of spicy, woody, and gourmand notes, opening with bergamot, cinnamon, and cardamom, transitioning to a heart of elemi, vanilla, and sugar, and settling into a base of musk, almond, tonka, wood, praline, and ambroxan.

Concentration
Extrait de Parfum
Best season
Autumn / Winter
Occasion
date · night out
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict

Best for

Best for
  • Date
  • Night out
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The Brand

Afnan

Afnan has 135 perfumes indexed on Scendira, spanning launches from 2012 to 2026. Across the 133 mapped perfumes in our data, woody is the top accord (35%), followed by musky and fruity (23% each), amber (20%), and warm-spiced (19%), so the range is more varied than a single signature register, moving from fresh-fruity openings into woody-musk drydowns. Musk, amber, and rose lead on the note level. Prices run $19.99 to $69, with a $38.59 median, and the catalogue leans unisex (44% of the mapped range), with feminine (34%) and masculine (22%) close behind. By community mentions, 9pm is by far the most-discussed Afnan perfume, with 1,480 mentions, ahead of Turathi Blue (1,149) and Supremacy Not Only Intense (574). Filter by note or vibe below, or ask Dira to match a specific Afnan perfume to what you actually want to smell like.

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Best for: shoppers who want one house that covers both a well-known Aventus-adjacent pick (9pm) and a wide $20-$69 everyday range across genders. Sample first if: you're buying on 9pm's reputation alone; the rest of the catalogue is more fruity-floral than smoky-woody. Skip if: you want a tightly focused single-note house rather than a broad, mixed-register catalogue.

Most-Discussed Afnan Perfumes on Scendira

By community mentions across Scendira's data, 9pm is the clear leader among Afnan perfumes with 1,480 mentions, followed by Turathi Blue (1,149), Supremacy Not Only Intense (574), and Supremacy Collector's Edition Pour Homme (416). Rare Carbon and Modest Une pour Femme trail well behind but still register real community volume. Each has its own page here with real community sentiment and the honest downside.

Every Afnan perfume here is catalogued from real notes, accords, and independent community sentiment. No paid placements.

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