Seventy-eight full-size bottles for less than the price of a designer sample set. This is the category that explains why Lattafa took hold in Britain in the first place.

Everything here is a genuine 100ml or 90ml eau de parfum — not a travel size, not a tester, not a decant. Safwaan L’Autre Oud (£12.99) is apple, saffron and oud. Rave Now White (£14.99) is bergamot, jasmine and vanilla. Rave Now Women (£15.99) puts rose and jasmine over oud. Shahd and Sakeena (£16.99 each) cover the almond-vanilla and praline-fruit ends of the gourmand range. The Qaed Al Fursan line is currently £12.99 a bottle, reduced from £22.99.

What you give up at this price — and what you do not. You do not give up longevity; several of these outlast designer fragrances costing eight times more, because Arabian perfumery uses higher oil concentrations as standard. What you sometimes give up is complexity in the drydown, and occasionally packaging that feels as premium as the juice inside it.

How to buy well here. This is the right category for experimenting. If you have never worn oud, or gourmand, or leather, find out for £13 rather than £40 — and if it turns out not to be for you, you have lost the price of two coffees. It is also the sensible place to buy gifts when you do not know someone’s taste well.

Before you judge a cheap bottle harshly, let it rest. Four to six weeks changes these fragrances considerably — our maceration guide explains why, and our authentication guide covers how to be sure a low price is a genuine bargain rather than a fake.

Every bottle is 100% authentic Lattafa with the official authentication seal, dispatched from the UK within 24 hours, with free tracked delivery and 30-day returns.

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