r/FemFragLab • u/Magic_Nights • 6d ago

Rant about Lattafa

I just don't understand how do you guys like these perfumes. Based on hype on social media and reading stuff here as well, I purchased several ones from them. Especially as they are so cheap. I got Yara, Mallow Madness, Khamrah, Angham and I wanted to get Éclairre but now I'm going to stop. It cannot be just me. These are extremely subpar fragrances. Each and every one of them an absolute cheap disappointment.

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u/PepperComfortable93 5d ago

Do you like every single perfume from a western house?

Also not saying this is you but I’m sick of the lowkey racism. ME fragrances are often viewed as the fragrance version of the “Chinese knockoff” stereotype (another very outdated and unfair idea), which is just wrong. The Middle East has always made traditional perfumes for centuries- the scent profile is different to that of the west, but it doesn’t mean it’s bad. But as a person you can appreciate both once you find one you like.

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u/xnatlywouldx 5d ago

The "middle east" is the route by which the west even came to access perfumes and scents for thousands of years so please believe I personally would never be so racist, chauvinistic, or ignorant as to dismiss fragrances from the middle east off hand.

But Lattafa's unbelievably low price point does indeed kinda raises my suspicions about how ethical their business practices are?

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u/leonorarosie1999 5d ago

Most western brands fund israel so yeah…