Lattafa Teriaq

Quentin Bisch is the nose behind Lattafa Teriaq, an Eau de Parfum released in 2024 for women and men. Bisch is the same perfumer who created Essential Parfums' Bois Imperial, so his instincts for building rich, opulent compositions carry directly into this one. Teriaq sits in Lattafa's bolder, more modern gourmand territory. Aromatica carries the Lattafa Teriaq decant in Bangladesh in all available sizes.

Fragrance Notes

Top: Caramel, Bitter Almond, Apricot, Pink Pepper

Heart: Honey, Rhubarb, White Flowers, Rose

Base: Leather, Vanilla, Musk, Labdanum, Vetiver

Full note breakdown on Fragrantica.

The Scent

Caramel and bitter almond hit first, and the combination lands closer to marzipan than candy. It is sweet but not saccharine. The pink pepper adds a faint, dry snap that keeps the opening from going soft. Apricot arrives underneath, ripe and slightly jammy, and it softens the bitter almond edge into something warmer and rounder. The four top notes work in concert rather than in sequence, so you rarely smell any single one in isolation during those first minutes. About fifteen minutes in, the heart opens up and honey slides to the front. It is a thick, beeswax-style honey rather than a thin floral version, and it blends with the rhubarb to create a slightly tart counterbalance that prevents the composition from reading as straight-up dessert. The rhubarb is subtle but present enough to introduce a green, slightly sour edge that makes the honey smell more complex and less predictable. The rose here does not announce itself loudly. It functions more as a structural note, lending a faint rosy warmth that ties the honey and the white florals together without smelling conventionally floral. The white flowers, similarly, stay atmospheric rather than assertive. They add softness and a slight powdery quality to the mid-stage without ever pushing the fragrance into a traditional feminine floral direction. As the heart settles, the overall impression is of something richly sweet but constantly pulled in two directions by tartness and warmth. The leather in the dry-down is a quiet, clean leather rather than a dark or animalic one.

Combined with labdanum and vetiver, it gives Teriaq an earthy, slightly smoky base that anchors all the sweetness and prevents the composition from reading as purely gourmand. The vetiver in particular adds a dry, rooty undertone that sharpens the base and keeps the labdanum from turning purely resinous. The vanilla wraps everything in the final dry-down, pulling the leather and the labdanum into a warm, resinous skin scent. Some will find it tips slightly sweet in the base. Others will appreciate that it reads more like a refined oriental than a traditional dessert fragrance. The complexity is the point, and the interplay between the gourmand top and the leathered, earthy base is what sets Teriaq apart from the rest of Lattafa's sweeter releases.

When to Wear

Teriaq is best suited to cool evenings and cold-weather months, when the richness of the honey, leather, and labdanum base comes across as indulgent rather than heavy. It fits private dinners, social evenings, and occasions where you want a fragrance that earns a second look. Explore the full Gourmand and Sweet collection at Aromatica for context on where this sits.

Who Is It For

Wearers who gravitate toward warm oriental gourmands with depth and some leather will feel immediately at home with Teriaq. It rewards those who prefer their sweet fragrances anchored by something resinous and dry rather than left light and airy.

If you enjoy Khamrah, which shares that honey-led sweetness over a dark, resinous base, Teriaq offers a similar warmth with added leather structure and the rose-rhubarb complexity of a proper heart. Browse the complete Lattafa collection at Aromatica. Lattafa Eternal Vanille sits in the same warm, vanilla-forward register within the house, worth trying alongside it for anyone building out a collection of Lattafa's gourmand side. Aromatica also maps the wider La Belle family for anyone curious where else this DNA shows up.

Available as an authentic decant in Bangladesh at Aromatica in 5ml, 9ml, and 15ml.