Afnan Comparison: Supremacy Not Only Intense or Turathi Electric? (Date Night in Sarawak)

If you're in Sarawak and there's a date night on the calendar, choosing the right perfume is half the fun. Today we're looking at two Afnan fragrances that come up a lot: Supremacy Not Only Intense and Turathi Electric. Both can work for a night out, but once you look at what's inside the bottle, they're pretty different animals.

Supremacy Not Only Intense

Supremacy Not Only Intense is the masculine one here. It comes as an extrait de parfum in a 100ml bottle, and the store describes it as a bold fragrance made for men who want to stand out. So if your date night is a proper evening thing — dinner, a nicer venue, something a bit dressed up — this one leans that way.

The opening is black currant, bergamot and apple, so the first impression is fruity and bright. From there the heart brings in lavender, patchouli and oak moss, and the base settles into saffron, musk and ambergris. Fruit up top, warmer and deeper as it goes — a natural shape for an evening scent. It's listed for special occasions alongside everyday, formal and casual wear, so it's not a one-trick bottle either.

Because it's an extrait de parfum, it sits in one of the more concentrated formats you can get. If you like your date night perfume to feel like part of the outfit, this fits the brief.

Turathi Electric

Turathi Electric is the unisex option — a 90ml eau de parfum made for both men and women. If you and your partner like the idea of sharing a perfume, or you simply don't want something that reads strictly masculine, this is the one of the two that does that.

It opens with bergamot and grapefruit, so the start is fresh and citrusy. Lavender and patchouli make up the heart, and it finishes with warm amber and musk. The store calls it energetic yet refined, and notes that it suits Malaysia's tropical weather — genuinely useful when a date night in Sarawak means heat and humidity, whether you're moving between air-cond spots or heading out after sunset.

Supremacy Not Only Intense or Turathi Electric for date night?

Here's the thing: on paper, both work. Both are listed for casual, everyday, formal and special occasions, and they even share lavender and patchouli in the heart. So the decision comes down to the details:

• Who's wearing it: Supremacy Not Only Intense is a men's fragrance. Turathi Electric is unisex, so it works if you want one bottle for the both of you.
• Format: Supremacy Not Only Intense is a 100ml extrait; Turathi Electric is a 90ml EDP.
• Scent direction: Supremacy Not Only Intense opens fruity (black currant, apple) and ends warm with saffron, musk and ambergris. Turathi Electric opens citrusy (bergamot, grapefruit) and ends with amber and musk.
• The weather: if your night involves Sarawak's heat and humidity, the fresh citrus opening of Turathi Electric is the store-flagged pick for tropical weather.

My take: bold, masculine evening plans, go Supremacy Not Only Intense. Shared bottle, fresher vibe, hotter night — Turathi Electric. Either way, you're picking from notes that are actually in the bottle, which is the best place to start.