Attar/Mukhallat of the Day

Junos Niah by Mellifluence Attars. Think of it like a combination of Ambra Aurea and Fiore d' Ambra from Profumum Aroma - albeit all natural and more glorious than those two combined. I hope Abdullah will make it again as I have only about 0.6 ml. 🙁
 
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Ashfaque said:
Junos Niah by Mellifluence Attars. Think of it like a combination of Ambra Aurea and Fiore d' Ambra from Profumum Aroma - albeit all natural and more glorious than those two combined. I hope Abdullah will make it again as I have only about 0.6 ml. 🙁
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I was just on Abdullah's ebay page and he relisted junos suhma. That one is like a smoother and spicier version of Niah, I actually prefer it.
 
Abelmosk by Mellifluence.
What a beautiful perfume!
It is one of my favorites, so smooth, gorgeous resinous slightly floral composition where all the notes work together in perfect unison with the musk adding depth. It is not too sweet and I notice that it is the fragrance I enjoy the most when I am outside in nature. It feels like it is a part of the natural world. And the drydown...brilliant.
This one I prefer to Muska Maharaja.
 
Grega said:
I was just on Abdullah's ebay page and he relisted junos suhma. That one is like a smoother and spicier version of Niah, I actually prefer it.
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I have sampled all from the Suhma series. I like them all but I had to make a hard choice. 🙂

PS: Warm welcome to this forum, Grega!
 
Ashfaque said:
I have sampled all from the Suhma series. I like them all but I had to make a hard choice. 🙂

PS: Warm welcome to this forum, Grega!
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And it is a hard choice indeed 🙂 Thanks for the welcome!
 
Rai Munir said:
Thanks a lot, respected and ever cooperative Al Shareef Oudh
Yes, it is not the matter of Yaqoot or Turath. Though I haven't tried them yet, ASO carries an established cachet. And I love reading about the ecstasy that Musk instills into its wearer that is evident in MzM's posts. Such reviews about some ASO's creations are not new as the blends and oils both are loved and appreciated.
1. Well, none is having well-ground grains.
2. Only one bottle is having fully wet Kashmiri Musk grains.
3. Except one, the rest of bottles are having fully dried Siberian and Tibetan Musk grains, especially the Tibetan grains. The 3, 4 bottles you mentioned that seem to be having ground grains are actually having maximum Tibetan grains. These grains seem to be ground when well saturated in the carrier oils. The same is the case with Siberian.
4. Majority of bottles are having all three Musks, and Tibetan is more than the other two.
5. I never dare to ground grains before macerating them. After macerating, then I keep grinding it for some days. No heating at all.
6. The Tibetan and Siberian Musk I have do not need grinding at all as the grains turn into microscopic bits after some time, but some Musk Chunks need grinding as well.
7. I personally love wet grains, not dried at all. So I love wet Kashmiri grains and some Siberian grains more than I love bone dry Tibetan grains. I feel dry grains lack thrill and dynamism. So, I use Tibetan grains more and more to drench them into some oil and preserve them, and have their intrinsic aroma, but it is impossible. In my views, dry grains mean cutting the whole body into half.
8. Why I don't grind the grains before macerating them? I am a happy go lucky person. Not that much touchy about being highly careful. If I gonna do that, the grains will definitely be on the unpolished floor of my small house.
9. Now about the difference: Well, even a couple of months before when I visited a 'tabeeb' here, the moment I entered his 'mattib', I abruptly uttered "Musk and Amber", and this aroma what I had sensed when I entered the lane where the Mattib is located. He smiled and brought out mortar and pestle in which some other ingredients including Musk and Amber were being ground. I feel, it is like breaking the atom, and fission and fusion is there. Of course, un-ground grains remain soft to liberate their aroma.
10. Anything that I found other than grains in grains i.e. hair, I put them in a separate bottle. I won't let them go unattested their supremacy.
11. As I am not a perfumer, pulling out top and base notes is beyond my ken. I am like a shepherd in the wilderness of Musk. Love it, without knowing its chemistry and working mechanism.

The bottles having Musk and Sandal are to preserve Musk, not to create something other than Musk. And at least 12 bottles and vials in pictures are Musk and Oud to have a new fragrance. Later I added Jasmine or Rose in certain macerations.

My respected most Al Shareef Oud, with utmost respect, please allow me to say none of the fragrances is/are evasive for me and to me. Musk is Musk, and anything 'as Musk' is not Musk. Nor do I say any fragrance is bla bla bla the way some mathematical equation can be defined. It might seem paradoxical, but it isn't. I would not have written it, but your being kind enough made me take liberty to write.

I must thank you, Sir, over guiding me regarding Musk pod pieces and ethanol. I am following the guide lines. God willing, after three months, I will open the jar.
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many thanks dear brother Rai Munir you put a lot of thought and effort in providing a detailed response, may Allah reward you.

1. grounding the grains with care i.e not being aggressive or causing heat by zealous churning is ideal before maceration. The grounding should not take to long. Increasing the surface area that is exposed to the oil maximises the harmonisation between carrier oil and musk, musk is not soluble in oil, so in the primary essence of the process we are trying to mimic infusion.

2. noted

3. noted

4. noted

5. after you soak them, how do you grind it?

6. noted

7. Yes preference is there, and then preference is also altered based on what you wish to use it for, sometimes personal preference is one thing but the preference/requirement in a blend is a another thing, and it demands musk to be prepared in a certain way.

8,9,10,11 Your summary reflects passion and i can appreciate your outlook, in part of the spectrum that you enjoy you don't need any more.

Musk is not a single item, it is musk + the individual and that combination for ever changes. Two people could smell the same musk and they will both enjoy a different experience. Certainly with lots of exposure, passion and dedication one develops understandings for how to identify the broader boundaries of the scent, nevertheless it is the most complex fragrant substance in all it's behaviours.
 
Al Shareef Oudh said:
many thanks dear brother Rai Munir you put a lot of thought and effort in providing a detailed response, may Allah reward you.

1. grounding the grains with care i.e not being aggressive or causing heat by zealous churning is ideal before maceration. The grounding should not take to long. Increasing the surface area that is exposed to the oil maximises the harmonisation between carrier oil and musk, musk is not soluble in oil, so in the primary essence of the process we are trying to mimic infusion.

2. noted

3. noted

4. noted

5. after you soak them, how do you grind it?

6. noted

7. Yes preference is there, and then preference is also altered based on what you wish to use it for, sometimes personal preference is one thing but the preference/requirement in a blend is a another thing, and it demands musk to be prepared in a certain way.

8,9,10,11 Your summary reflects passion and i can appreciate your outlook, in part of the spectrum that you enjoy you don't need any more.

Musk is not a single item, it is musk + the individual and that combination for ever changes. Two people could smell the same musk and they will both enjoy a different experience. Certainly with lots of exposure, passion and dedication one develops understandings for how to identify the broader boundaries of the scent, nevertheless it is the most complex fragrant substance in all it's behaviours.
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Thanks, Sir, for a detailed response. Much appreciated.

Grinding after maceration means 'zealous churning'.

One thing: I don't like the aroma that is excessively sweet. And it does happen sometimes. At the moment I am curious about Musk Pod pieces in ethanol. After three months, I will open the bottle. I am acting upon all the pieces of advice from you. But one thing that I did on my own, Sir. I mixed the Kashmiri Pod and Tibetan Pod pieces. I tried to stay away from doing so. But couldn't.
 
Cuir Chypre (Agar Aura): Subtle aroma! For me, frankincense is dominant when sniffed. Later some oudy, patchouli leathery touch appears. But this leathery aroma needs to be matured. The ingredients present in it can easily be sensed because, at the moment, the fragrance is not 'an organic whole', rather scattered notes yet. There's a feel that can be associated with EO's Sultan Leather, but just a feel, a slightest nuance. Light fragrance it is. If it were dark, heavy and concentrated, it would be rather impressive. But against $ 175 it is fine.
 
Sproaty said:
It's quite sandalwoody, I'm not too versed up on ambergris to know it 100% but there is that somewhat salty, luxurious feel to it. It became a skin scent quite quickly and I thought it was going to die out fast but it's still present 10hrs later. Great bang for the back!
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Thanks I was thinking of trying it so this helps! I love it when the dry down has a beautiful long lasting skin scent!
 
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