Vendor: Swiss Arabian
Iris and Berry
powdery iris with fresh berries and a whisper of rose

fresh grapefruit and mint with warm spice and woody cedar
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Think fresh grapefruit and mint with warm spice and woody cedar: that is Swiss Arabian Waqar. It opens with grapefruit, mandarin orange and mint, moves into cinnamon, rose and spices and settles on ambergris, cedar and leather. It reads unisex.
It works across all four seasons and is a daytime scent. A good pick for casual days.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Around $38.
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Swiss Arabian has 253 perfumes indexed on Scendira, one of the longest-established Gulf fragrance houses in this catalogue. The six most-common accords are woody (95 perfumes), warm-spiced (52), fruity (51), sweet (48), oud and amber (47 each), built on musk, rose, amber, agarwood oud, vanilla, and patchouli. Prices run $14.04 to $139.99, with a $38 median, solid mid-market territory well below niche or luxury pricing. 52% of the range reads unisex. By community mentions, Incense 01 leads, closely followed by Essence of Casablanca, Vanilla 01, and the Shaghaf Oud line, which anchors the brand's oud-forward reputation. Floral-woody openings often built around oud run through the range, alongside the signature Shaghaf line of oud-forward blends. Filter by note below, or ask Dira which Swiss Arabian perfume actually matches what you want to smell like.
Best for: shoppers who want a long-established Gulf house with real range, oud-forward, floral, and gourmand-vanilla all show up here. Skip if you want ultra-niche or ultra-luxury pricing; Swiss Arabian sits solidly mid-market throughout.
Every Swiss Arabian perfume here is catalogued from real notes, accords, and independent community sentiment. No paid placements.
It smells like fresh grapefruit and mint with warm spice and woody cedar. It opens with grapefruit, mandarin orange and mint, moves into cinnamon, rose and spices and settles on ambergris, cedar and leather.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It works across all four seasons. It is a daytime scent. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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