They are two very different perfumes. Fakhar Rose Gold is a big white floral: tuberose, jasmine, gardenia and four more flowers over vanilla. Yara is a soft, creamy, powdery-sweet scent: orchid, heliotrope and tangerine over a gourmand vanilla.
Choose Fakhar Rose Gold if you want to smell of flowers. Choose Yara if you want to smell sweet and cosy. They only meet in the base, where both finish on vanilla, musk and sandalwood.
Fakhar Rose Gold and Yara are two of the most searched-for Lattafa women’s perfumes, they cost about the same, and both come in pale, pretty bottles. That is roughly where the similarity ends. This guide sets the two side by side so you can see which style you actually want before you buy.
If you are here for the designer comparisons, those live on each product page: the Lattafa Fakhar Rose Gold L’Interdit dupe page and the Lattafa Yara Cheirosa ’62 alternative page.
Fakhar Rose Gold vs Yara at a Glance
Top: fruits, lily, pomegranate, aldehydes
Heart: tuberose, jasmine, gardenia, ylang-ylang, rose, honeysuckle, peony
Base: vanilla, white musk, sandalwood, ambroxan
Leading accords: white floral, fruity, tuberose
Launched: 2022 · Rating: 4.03/5 from about 3,600 Fragrantica votes
Price: £18.99 for 100ml
Top: orchid, heliotrope, tangerine
Heart: gourmand accord, tropical fruits
Base: vanilla, musk, sandalwood
Leading accords: sweet, vanilla, powdery
Launched: 2020 · Rating: 3.94/5 from about 12,500 Fragrantica votes
Price: £17.99 for 100ml
Notes and accords are from Fragrantica and match Lattafa’s US distributor listings. Ratings are as of October 2026.
What They Share, and What They Don’t
Vanilla · musk (white musk in Fakhar Rose Gold) · sandalwood. All three are base notes, so the two only come close in the last stage of wear.
Seven flowers in the heart, led by tuberose and jasmine, plus aldehydes and pomegranate up top and ambroxan in the base. This is what makes it heady and bright.
Heliotrope, orchid, tangerine, tropical fruit and a gourmand accord. This is what gives Yara its creamy, powdery, dessert-like feel.
How Each One Wears
Fakhar Rose Gold opens bright and clean, with aldehydes giving a sparkling, slightly soapy lift over fruit and lily. Then the white flowers take over. Tuberose and jasmine lead, and the effect is a full bouquet rather than a single flower. It ends soft and warm on vanilla, white musk and sandalwood. If heady white florals have ever given you a headache, take that seriously here.
Yara opens with soft tangerine and the almond-vanilla powderiness of heliotrope. The heart is a creamy gourmand accord with tropical fruit, which many wearers describe as milkshake-like. It finishes on a light vanilla, musk and sandalwood. It is sweet from start to finish, but airy rather than heavy.
What Wearers Say
One Fragrantica reviewer calls it “Yara’s big sister”, while another says they prefer the Yara line. Performance reports are mixed: several reviewers get around three to four hours close to the skin, while others report much longer wear, especially on clothing. Opinions on summer wear are split too, with some calling it a summer scent and others finding it too heavy in humid heat.
Fragrantica reports range widely. Some reviewers find it a skin scent that lasts three to four hours, several report six to eight hours, and a few say it lingers on clothing for much longer. Many wear it in summer and on holiday, and several describe it as an everyday scent for any season.
These are individual wearer reports, not our own measurements. Skin, dose and weather all change the result, and reviewers of both say a new bottle can improve after a short rest. Our Lattafa maceration guide explains why.
Which Should You Buy?
Choose Fakhar Rose Gold if you love big white florals like tuberose and jasmine, want something that feels dressed-up and grown-up, or already like Givenchy L’Interdit.
Choose Yara if you want a soft, sweet, creamy scent for everyday wear, prefer vanilla and powder to flowers, or like the Sol de Janeiro style.
Buying as a gift? Yara is the safer choice for someone whose taste you don’t know. Fakhar Rose Gold is the better choice for someone you know loves florals.
Avoid Fakhar Rose Gold if heady florals have ever been too much for you. Avoid Yara if you dislike sweet, powdery perfumes.
Getting the Right Bottle
Both names are shared by several different perfumes, so it is easy to order the wrong one.
Fakhar Rose Gold comes in a white bottle with rose-gold accents. Fragrantica lists it as Fakhar Rose, and Lattafa’s US distributor sells it as Fakhar Women. They are all the same fragrance. It is the only floral in the Fakhar line: the black-and-silver original Lattafa Fakhar is a fresh men’s scent, and our guide to which Lattafa Fakhar is best explains all four.
Yara is the original in the pale pink bottle. Yara Tous, Yara Elixir, Yara Moi and Yara Candy are separate fragrances; our guide on which Lattafa Yara to buy covers each one. For more ideas, see our ten best Lattafa perfumes for women.
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Written by Shaheen Shah Abrar, Founder of Royal Scents. Notes, accords and ratings were checked against Fragrantica and Lattafa’s US distributor listings. Wearer impressions are paraphrased from public Fragrantica reviews and reflect individual opinion, not lab analysis. Prices are our live prices at the time of writing.
- Lattafa Fakhar Rose on Fragrantica: notes, accords, rating and wearer reviews
- Lattafa Yara on Fragrantica: notes, accords, rating and wearer reviews
- Fakhar Women on Lattafa USA: distributor notes and name
- Yara on Lattafa USA: distributor notes