Best Lattafa Pride Vanilla Perfumes for Collectors in Selangor: Evening Picks

If you're a perfume collector in Selangor and your shelf still has room for a proper vanilla, this one's worth a read. Lattafa Pride has two 100ml EDPs that both carry vanilla in the base, but they go in completely different directions. One is dark, smoky and built for evenings. The other is sweet, floral and easy enough for any day. Here's how they stack up.

Eternal Oud: the dark, smoky kind of vanilla

Eternal Oud is a unisex eau de parfum in a 100ml bottle, and it's the heavier of the two. The store describes it as a deep oriental-oud fragrance, and the notes back that up. It opens with spicy and woody notes, moves into a heart of oud and amber, and settles into smoky woods, leather, vanilla and resinous notes.

So where's the vanilla? Right at the bottom, tucked into smoke and leather. It isn't a candy vanilla — it's warm and a little dark, the kind that comes through once the smoky base settles in. If you like scents with some weight and character, this is the one.

Now, the occasion list: evening, special event and casual. Since we're talking evening wear here, that matters — Eternal Oud is the one of the two that officially covers it. Think dinners, events, nights out where you want something deep sitting on your skin.

Ansaam Gold: the soft, sweet kind of vanilla

Ansaam Gold is a 100ml EDP made for women, and it sits in the floral aquatic family. The opening is pear and mandarin, bright and a bit playful. The heart blends rose, jasmine and a candy accord, and the base is where the vanilla lives — raspberry, musk and vanilla together, described by the store as a warm, addictive trail.

The vanilla here is the cozy, sweet type, softened by fruit and musk instead of smoke. It reads feminine and modern, the sort of scent that feels friendly the moment it goes on.

Its occasion list covers daily, casual and special events — so think relaxed dinners and weekend outings rather than formal night functions. The store also says it suits Malaysia's warm weather, which is handy given our humidity.

Which one earns a spot in the collection?

Both are eau de parfum strength and both come in 100ml, so the real difference is mood and audience.

• Pick Eternal Oud if you want the darker vanilla — oud, amber, leather and smoke, in a unisex format that works for evenings and special events.
• Pick Ansaam Gold if you want the sweet side — pear, mandarin, rose, jasmine and candy over a raspberry, musk and vanilla base, made for women and built for daily wear and casual moments.

For a collector, having both isn't a bad call: one covers your deep, evening-leaning vanilla, the other covers the light, sweet one you can reach for any day. Same brand, same size, two very different personalities.