Zimaya · 2023
Sharaf Blend Eau de Parfum
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
StrongFills most of the room
Polarising
Mixed
gourmand
sweet
warm
cozy
Snapshot
The full profile.
About This Perfume
Zimaya Sharaf Blend smells like creamy vanilla and honeyed dates with warm spice. Date, saffron and nutmeg open it rich and golden. Praliné, vanilla and tuberose form a creamy, dessert-like heart, and the base settles into tonka bean, amberwood, benzoin and musk.
It is unisex and an evening scent for fall and winter. Date nights and nights out suit it best. The mood is gourmand, sweet, warm and cozy.
Performance is strong: longevity rates as long and projection is high enough to fill a room. New bottles tend to smooth out if you let them rest for a couple of weeks. It scores as a safe blind buy with little division of opinion, and very high on value.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone who loves date, vanilla and praline gourmands for cold evenings.
- Sample first if: you are sensitive to strong projection.
- Skip if: you want a fresh or daytime scent.
Around $29.
Explore more: More from Zimaya · Gourmand perfumes · Date perfumes · Saffron perfumes
Concentration
Eau de Parfum
Occasion
Date · night out
Projection
Strong
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Date
- Night out
The Brand
Zimaya
Zimaya's 108-perfume catalogue on Scendira runs sweet-forward with a woody-amber backbone: sweet is the top accord (35 perfumes), ahead of amber (32) and woody (28), and musk is the single most common note, showing up in 80 of the 108, or about 3 in 4. Vanilla (52) and amber (58) round out the base notes that keep recurring across the range. Gender lean splits close to even, 42% unisex, 31% feminine, 27% masculine, making Zimaya one of the more balanced Arabic-perfume brands on Scendira rather than a strictly masculine or feminine house. Prices run $18.49 to $50, median $26.70, solidly mid-range for the category. Sharaf Blend is the most-discussed Zimaya perfume by a wide margin, with 168 community mentions, well ahead of Sharaf Divine, Stallion, and Ramsh Diva. Filter by note below, or ask Dira to match a specific Zimaya perfume to what you actually want to smell like.
Filter Zimaya Perfumes by Dominant Note
- Sweet: 34 perfumes
- Amber: 30
- Woody: 26
- Vanilla: 22
- Warm-spiced: 21
- Musky: 20
Is Zimaya Right for You?
Best for: shoppers who want a musk-and-amber base with enough range to cover both a sweet gourmand and a warmer, spicier profile under one name. Sample first if: you're choosing blind between the feminine and masculine lines, since Zimaya's gender lean sits close to even and bottle art doesn't always signal which side a scent falls on. Skip if: you want a brand that stays in one lane. Gourmand or Woody collections give a more focused single-family shop.
Most-Discussed Zimaya Perfumes on Scendira
By community mentions across Scendira's data, the most-discussed Zimaya perfumes are Sharaf Blend, Sharaf Divine, Stallion, and Ramsh Diva. Sharaf Blend alone carries 168 mentions, more than six times the next perfume on the list, making it the clearest entry point into the brand. Each has its own page here with real community sentiment and the honest downside.
Every Zimaya perfume here is catalogued from real notes, accords, and independent community sentiment. No paid placements.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like creamy vanilla and honeyed dates with warm spice. Date, saffron and nutmeg open it, praliné, vanilla and tuberose form the heart, and tonka, amberwood and benzoin finish it.
The community rates its longevity as long, and its projection is strong enough to fill a room.
It is an evening scent for fall and winter, suited to dates and nights out.
It is unisex, with a sweet, cozy gourmand character.
Wearers suggest letting a new bottle rest for a couple of weeks. It tends to smooth out after that.
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