* Tropical version of Asad
* Love child between JPG Le Beau and Bentley for Men Intense.
* Good blend of sweet, floral, fruit, vanilla and powdery aromas
* Prominent notes of lavender, vanilla, coconut, iris and incense
* Good for all ages
* Good for all seasons
* Unisex
* Great price
* May be too different from Asad and Asad Bourbon for users
* Divisive reviews
* Underrated and underappreciated
* Has been outshone by the other flankers in the line and the original
Lattafa's Asad Zanzibar is an interesting and curious addition to the line. Asad is a clone of Dior Sauvage Elixir that adds sweetness to the DNA. Asad Bourbon adds a boozy note to the DNA. The upcoming Asad Elixir adds a tobacco note to it. So you'd figure that Zanzibar would just add tropical notes to the same DNA. ANd you'd be wrong.
Zanzibar is actually more like the love child of JPG Le Beau with its sweet fresh coconutty DNA and combines it not with the sweet fougere notes and cinnamon spice of Asad but rather the dark smoky DNA of Bentley for Men Intense. So you have a blend of sweet, spicy, floral, fruity, vanilla and powdery aromas with prominent nots of lavender, vanilla, coconut, iris and incense. Essentially, nothing like the original formula that has made the original Asad and Asad Bourbon so popular.
The result is a good fragrance, but one that is underrated and undervalued and is divisively reviewed. It has been outshone by the others in the line and likely will be by future additions like the new Asad Elixir. This has fallen to an absolutely great price and shouldn't be slept on. Just don't expect anything similar to Asad or Asad Bourbon. Recommended.