Brand: Afnan (Zimaya)
Basis: Inspired by Kilian Angels' Share
Concentration: Eau de Parfum
Sex: Unisex
Generally: Loved, and often preferred to Khamrah for being better balanced
Season(s): Fall, Winter
Wear: Evening
Occasion: Evening, Date Night
Perfumer: Imran Fazlani
Creation Date: 2023
Ingredients/Ingrédients : Alcohol Denat., Aqua (Water), Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Alcohol, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Coumarin, Cinnamal, Citral, D-Limonene, Isoeugenol

Main Accords: Sweet, Vanilla, Amber, Warm Spicy

Notes
Top: Dates, Nutmeg, Saffron
Middle: Vanilla, Praline, Tuberose
Base: Tonka Bean, Amberwood, Benzoin, Musk

The Scent

Dates and nutmeg with a lick of saffron, then a thick vanilla and praline middle, closing on tonka, amberwood and benzoin. Warm, sweet and dessert-like, with people reaching for words like butterscotch and baked apple. It is worth being straight about the comparison: it is sold as a take on Kilian Angels' Share, but people who own both consistently say the cognac and the slightly animalic edge that define the Kilian are not really here. What you get instead is the sweet, spiced, boozy-adjacent half of that idea.

Worth Knowing

It lasts. Several owners report having to scrub it before bed, and it is regularly described as outlasting Khamrah, which is the other bottle it gets compared to just as often as the Kilian. It is sweet, but the thing people say about it most often is that it is better balanced than Khamrah and not as cloying, which is why a lot of them keep it and sell the other one. A 2ml will tell you which camp you are in.

Where It Came From

Released in 2023 under Zimaya, a line launched by Afnan.

About Afnan

Afnan is a UAE fragrance house that has built a following in the affordable end of the market, and Zimaya is one of its own sub-brands rather than a separate company. As with most houses in this space, perfumers are not credited by name.