Mahora (for women)

sky76sky

I love Guerlain perfumes - they always have a complex story that unfurls as the fragrance opens up on your skin. Even if you wouldn't wear them, you can't help but admire their unique composition. Mahora will never be on my wish-list, because I would never be able to handle this kind of pushy, midnight lady.

Mahora hurts me - she forces her way deep into my lungs with her sahara sand, aldehydes & heavy, honeyed flowers. I can almost taste her! The sweetness is deep & low & excessive. There is a rich, heady spiciness & a strong tuberose accent. As her velvet grip hardens, a dark tropical night-forest begins to bloom: nectar drips, incense burns & there is the slightest touch of creamy vanilla-coconut.

Her thick, warm scent is excessive, opulent & almost too much to bear (she will try to drown you in only one drop!). Mahora is powerful & passionate & pungent - hers is a forceful & pervading sillage with substancial staying power.

This dark, sweet, spicy floral is not for the faint hearted, or headache-prone. Alas, this rules me out.

rheea oana

I came across some samples...Mahora beeing one of them !And now I can't help myself reviewing it!!
This is one true great masterpiece of the olfactory art!
It's comparable with a Renoir, a Rembrandt...doesn't mean I have to like it to acknowledge this elaborate creation!

This is one profound enigmatic oriental!It's very dry almost desertic,like the hot saharian air!But nontheless very sugary sweet!I can feel it in the bottom of my lungs(and it stays there a while).

It starts like a blazing gunfire predominant of an intense heady floral scents tuberose-jasmin in the centre and gravitating around this a minor orange zest...this quickly turns, if possible ,into an extremly intense coconuty-incense-smokey aroma of flowers!!

Very very , very long lasting and intoxicating scent...

lilinah

I had Mahora on my list of perfume to try. I was surprised to read that it had been discontinued. Fortunately when shopping for another perfume, i found a bottle of Eau de Parfum for a good price.

It's a bit more floral than i usually associate with Orientals. The first scents that hit me were not the top notes, but the white florals of the heart. They remind me of Fracas.

The underlying smokiness of the vetiver and the delicate woodiness of the sandalwood are there, adding a grounding note, but not overpowering the flowers.

The top notes are quite subtle, and i can't pick them out individually. But they add a bit of freshness to the richness of the ylang-ylang, tuberose, and jasmine.

As it dries down, the underlying woods continue to balance the florals, plus i get a hint of something herbal.

Fortunately, i smell no coconut, and the vanilla knows its place, and doesn't try to dominate - i am not fond of "gourmand" perfumes.

This is a strongly feminine scent, not for the office. I think it's a shame it has been discontinued.

kezbekistan

Beautiful, words cannot describe the scent.
Heady, smoky and ethereal.
It's like being in the most rich, earthy, tropical flower garden.
I'm off to hunt it down in its new incarnation!

leonora84

Today, I re-tested Mahora. In Hungary there is a honey named "mixed flower honey", which is a very sweet, creamy flavoured, rich-yellow delice. Mahora resembles this yellow-tinged richness, but there is tuberose to add sun, summer, suntan oil, coconut (hawaiian tropic suntan oil). And you get in your hand a bunch of jasmine too, as you walk at the beach at evening. And you eat those loukoumathes, those honey drizzled greek fried dough balls (there is somewhere a fried smell too, maybe the scent of honeyed, burnt oil, but positively, so crunchy, appetizing, you know). It is genial, a monstrous summer scent, evoking all those things and feelings. 10 stars out of 5.:)

gyftedgrammy

Oriental florals are my favorite, but this one is very sweet, so much so that it takes away from any other nuances. I wouldn't want to be in a confined space with someone who had this on, think it would give me a headache. I'm forty-something and it feels too old on me.

tessture

A rather heavy aldehydic rose, too much on the sweet side.

Evel

This is a scent i only discovered recently. I usually like those tropical not overly sweet scents for summertime and this is no exception. I think its well done, its very similar to the new Estee Lauder LE Bali Dream aswell. I also sampled the new version of Mahora, called Mayotte, which i like even better, its slighly more spicy, but the pricetag of this is so high, i recommend buying this one for 1/4 of the price.

belle de sud

Mahora is indeed reincarnated as Mayotte!
I prefer the original formule and gorgeous golden-disk flacon...too bad for Maison Guerlain, it is rich and lovely...

Lacrymosa

I pine for this scent of late , and yet upon first wearing I did not care for it , it seemed to be a straight up coconut. How it and tropical flowers in general grew on me, and now I regret not appreciating this one during its time in the mainstream. The notes probably do not even list coconut at all , must be the Ylang/Tuberose combo. I am given to understand that the original name did not fare well in the North American market and also it has been rereleased as Mayotte for a higher price tag, mores the pity, I shall treasure my mini of the original juice.

BelleBeryl

so unfortunate they discontinued a wonderful fragrance I loved this scent
was one of my favorites magickal perfume

Natalia78

So hard to find these days:(Smokey and magic.a must have in Guerlain's fan collection.

Halvah

I love it! It's a pity that it's been discontinued. The most beautiful tropical-tuberose scent ever!

tackica_ns

Long lasting, spicy and mystic. I like it very much. Not for everyday use, special purpose only.

takemyhusbandplz

This one reminded me of White Shoulders. It is aldehyde heavy and very strong and very long lasting. Mahora is one heady lady. Mahora wasn't my cup of tea, but it's worth a try.