* Unique hybrid gourmand/leather fragrance
* Original and challenging fragrance
* Great blend of sweet, caramel, leather, honey, vanilla, floral, almond, powdery and musk notes
* Superb choice for gourmand lovers
* Great for date nights and social occasions
* Good performer
* Unisex
* Good price
* Beautiful presentation, especially the bottle

* Leather fragrance lovers may be thrown off by the gourmand notes
* Conversely, gourmand lovers may not like the strong leather note
* Lacks a fresh note to liven it up
* Not good for those who dislike sweet fragrances
* Lots of competition in this style of gourmand fragrance, even from its own maker
* Very divisive score and reviews on Fragrantica
* Not good for serious occasions

Lattafa's Teriaq is an original fragrance from Lattafa made in collaboration with famed perfumer Quentin Bisch. As such, there were probably very high expectations of this one. It's definitely an original and challenging hybrid fragrance, combining a classic gourmand DNA with a smoky leather one. This is a great blend of sweet, caramel, leather, honey, vanilla, floral, almond, powdery and musk notes.

You'd think this would be a it out of the park but if you read the Fragrantica reviews and score on this, it's proven surprisingly divisive. You'd think this was a strong oud fragrance people were reviewing, it's so split down the middle. To be fair, I'd say it does lack a fresh note to liven it up a little despite the presence of some floral notes, but it's hardly the first fragrance with that characteristic.

Surprisingly, Teriaq has a fair amount of competition with a similar style of gourmand DNA, even from its own makers. Think of JPG's Scandal Pour Homme, Viktor & Rolf's Bon Bon or even Lattafa's own Eclaire or Ramz Silver. Gourmand fragrances that are caramel and/or vanilla forward. This could be potentially redundant especially if you already own another caramel forward fragrance. But again, that smoky leather note does really make this stand out.

This is a superb choice for gourmand lovers, but they should be aware of that strong leather note as it may throw them off. Combined with the caramel, it gives the olfactory illusion of a coffee note but will remind you in whiffs that it is actually a leather note. Conversely, leather fragrance lovers used to more ruggedly masculine leather fragrances will be thrown off by all the sweet gourmand notes in here. And those who dislike sweet fragrances should stay away altogether.

This is unisex, it's really good for social occasions especially date nights, is a good performer and comes at a good price. Presentation is nice, though the box is a tad wasteful considering that it's probably going straight to recycling. Bottle is gorgeous. Highly recommended.

Really sweet, but all in the right way! It smells like caramel, almond, pepper and little bit of leather to it. It a good balanced perfume if you like sweets and especially caramel.it is long lasting and big scillage.

First of all this is a stunning fragrance but not a safe blind buy. I think Master Quentin Bisch delivered a fragrance that is easy to love but with a unique twist. To me, the bitter almond, vetiver, and leather set Teriaq totally apart from the other gourmands that have flooded the fragrance community lately. It has something unique, alluring, and addicting, and although it's not a unanimous opinion, I am totally in love with it. Has an excellent projection to the point that every time I wear it some random people ask me what fragrance I have on.. Longevity is around 8 hours.

By master perfumer Quentin Bisch
Unisex leaning feminine
good quality and long lasting

I got a sample of this and while it’s a nice scent, it reminds me too much of La Belle which I already have and prefer.