 Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic, who gave the album four out of five stars, called "Snow on the Sahara" "a promising debut effort" because "she illustrates enough full-formed talent on the disc".According to Erlewine, Anggun "tackles polished ballads, Latin-pop and dance-pop on "Snow on the Sahara", demonstrating that she can sing all the styles quite well.