I absolutely adore the smell of this perfume. I am a loyal Lattafa customer; this was a blind buy, I just kinda read the descriptions when I choose my next fragrance to add to my collection, then take a look at the base, heart, and top notes and then make my decision based upon the energy I receive of the overall fragrance. I don't really use the reviews, because longevity can be based on body chemistry, not just the sillage of the perfume, so it's not necessarily always the fragrance's fault that the fragrance doesn't last as long as it does on some people. There are things my mother has recommended me that lasted her the whole day-- only lasted like 5 minutes on me. My body chemistry just didn't do well with that one.I don't do well with fresh fragrances, or musks, I already have a natural scent that resembles egyptian musk when my natural body oils come forth, so I go for gourmand, sweet, feminine fragrances, or ones with Jasmine, tuberose, sandalwood, amber wood. I am fine with floral scents, but it's not my favorite like smelling yummy and addictive. Thankfully, a fragrance has never smelled discordant or sour/picklish on me wish is an obvious clashing of chemistry, it only responds to me by not lasting that long if it doesn't work with my body chemistry.This perfume is indeed fruity and I can smell the vanilla. It smells so mature, so sweet, so feminine, but not cloyingly sweet like something of a 16 year old perfume. It is a mature, expensive, exotic smelling perfume. For only like, $18.00! I cannot compare it to another perfume I have smelled. But it is very light, you won't get a headache when I walk in the room. It lasted me pretty long, I usually layer my scents. I like to put on a body oil of my choice, then a fragrance oil on my neck, behind and on my ears, wrists, inner elbow, and shoulders where I later spray the fragrance. It will for sure be vanilla or jasmine based. Then I put the fragrance on. This is fresh out of the shower, by the way. It lasts me literally the whole day. Olfactory does not really come in, even though I've smelled it for so long I smell it just as strong as when I first put it on. Will FOR SURE purchase again. I like this one so much more than the light pink Asdaaf Ameerat Al Arab EDP, it's the same just in a light pink bottle. That one smells like something a 55 year old woman should wear.