Fragdoctor
True Ouddict
Love this one. Spicy citrusy oudy galore
Attar/Mukhallat of the Day
- Thread starter Ouddict
- Start date
Fragdoctor
True Ouddict
Mr.P
oud<3er
Been enjoying the MANE jasmine grandiflorum absolute. A very charming and select grandiflorum.
One thing I noticed… Don't see a whole lot of grandiflorum for sale out there in the places where oud, sambac, rose, sandalwood, etc. are sold. Perhaps it has always been that way but it's kind of surprising to me.
One thing I noticed… Don't see a whole lot of grandiflorum for sale out there in the places where oud, sambac, rose, sandalwood, etc. are sold. Perhaps it has always been that way but it's kind of surprising to me.
Escentually
True Ouddict
Sultan Pasha - Tabacaurum
Sweet, warm, oriental style attar for me. Saffron spice mixed with a potent orange blossom lifting it up. Warm blonde tobacco sweetened by honey all throughout. So sweet I would call this like a tobacco gourmand. Blissful ambers, woods, and resins add a three-dimensional warmth and complexity to the base. There’s a bunch of various florals (orris, ylang, Jasmine) that were hard for me to pick out distinctly, but they provide a balance to the attar that brightens it up a lot. Makes this an easy wear any day of the week. A couple different Ouds in here for us ouddicts as well, mostly showing up in the later drydown, but the real star of the show to me is the blonde tobacco accord built here. A beautiful attar for sure.
Sweet, warm, oriental style attar for me. Saffron spice mixed with a potent orange blossom lifting it up. Warm blonde tobacco sweetened by honey all throughout. So sweet I would call this like a tobacco gourmand. Blissful ambers, woods, and resins add a three-dimensional warmth and complexity to the base. There’s a bunch of various florals (orris, ylang, Jasmine) that were hard for me to pick out distinctly, but they provide a balance to the attar that brightens it up a lot. Makes this an easy wear any day of the week. A couple different Ouds in here for us ouddicts as well, mostly showing up in the later drydown, but the real star of the show to me is the blonde tobacco accord built here. A beautiful attar for sure.
Ashfaque
Jonoon al Oud
Jardin de Borneo Gardenia (SPA): It is such a beauty. Starts warm and fuzzy. Later becomes green. It has a lovely mimosa-like soft honey note that I find quite distinct in combination with other things in it. Quite a unique gardenia composition where almost all the gardenia facets are displayed. That's why it sits right in the middle of creamier Hana (Lucky Oud) and Gardelia (Bogue) and neon green SOMA (NOT Perfumes). Also, the trail has this soft creamy and balsam inflected oudy trail.
Last edited:
Ame Sombre by Sultan Pasha Attars - this is the second time trying it and unfortunately I am still not very fond of it. The rose starts out strong as with most of Sultan Pasha attars and the oud definitely is there the whole time. These notes are pleasant but especially after 30 minutes there are notes that do not do it for me, best I can describe it is "ammonia/urine" like. This is not meant to be negative, I know honey and certain floral notes as well as civet can give similar notes, some I find pleasant but not this one.
Today I am wearing the Tabacaurum once again. After 10 hours of having the tiniest drop on, the projection is still amazing. I wonder how Sultan Pasha manages to make his attars so long lasting.
Mr.P
oud<3er
I've got a little dab of ASO zumurrud on the back of my wrist. This one is a trip and I would guess a unique take on musk. Any review I give here will have to be taken with a huge grain of salt because musk is not something I have experience with, I don't have many points of reference to compare it to.
That disclaimer out of the way, this stuff is tasty. Some dark heavy sticky incensy oud with a really distinctive profile - dark resin, tobacco, fine labdanum, sweet ambergris. As a musk noob I was at first unable to disentangle the musk and the oud because this is a really dark heavy and saturated type agarwood oil that cannot be ignored. Over time the balance shifts, and the scent of a nice heavy concentrated midtone musk note breaks through the surface; this note proceeds to increase in strength and dominance in a slow orchestrated sense - not a sudden burst, but a multi-hour glide with the musk mountain slowly rising.
I found the way this transitions to be particularly delightful.
When I wore a dab yesterday, I was able to detect many of the classic musky aspects that the various substitutes that people have come up with over the years attempt to emulate. I had a similar experience with the Tibetan Musk sample from Yusa Aromatics.
![[Ouddict.com] Attar/Mukhallat of the Day](https://www.ouddict.com/attachments/img_7969-webp.38765/ "[Ouddict.com] Attar/Mukhallat of the Day")
That disclaimer out of the way, this stuff is tasty. Some dark heavy sticky incensy oud with a really distinctive profile - dark resin, tobacco, fine labdanum, sweet ambergris. As a musk noob I was at first unable to disentangle the musk and the oud because this is a really dark heavy and saturated type agarwood oil that cannot be ignored. Over time the balance shifts, and the scent of a nice heavy concentrated midtone musk note breaks through the surface; this note proceeds to increase in strength and dominance in a slow orchestrated sense - not a sudden burst, but a multi-hour glide with the musk mountain slowly rising.
I found the way this transitions to be particularly delightful.
When I wore a dab yesterday, I was able to detect many of the classic musky aspects that the various substitutes that people have come up with over the years attempt to emulate. I had a similar experience with the Tibetan Musk sample from Yusa Aromatics.
Escentually
True Ouddict
I believe his intentional use of synthetics in small quantities help with providing projection and longevity in his attars. I don’t believe most if any are all natural, which is the trade-off for the performance.
Ersel
Stoudent
I've been lucky to sample this one also. There is some nice cola from the oud. And the blend is very smooth. What I really like is that it has that distinctive warmth found in some oils, like in ASO Hamms for example. I wish someone compares this to Yaqoot/Yaqoot 2.
Tauhid Shaikh
True Ouddict
![[Ouddict.com] Attar/Mukhallat of the Day](https://data.ouddict.com/attachments/38/38485-40e072bab2daea61f64133e3134bda20.jpg?hash=aMl3SdX4bq)
![[Ouddict.com] Attar/Mukhallat of the Day](https://data.ouddict.com/attachments/38/38486-9726977935cc8fb720f8d42916c82d7f.jpg?hash=S32Jq8DFO3)
![[Ouddict.com] Attar/Mukhallat of the Day](https://data.ouddict.com/attachments/38/38487-50c4184520b4919f8363dbd0cae3d92e.jpg?hash=cx8Pu9JJdX)
Tauhid Shaikh
True Ouddict
Zumurrud, Khalouq and Yaqoot some of the finest musk attars. I prefer Khalouq over zumurrud. I need to swipe Yaqoot to refresh my memory
haidervalli
Oudn't it be nice!
Try layering with Kaaba attar. Thank me later 😁
Arabiad07
True Ouddict
They’re all fantastic.
Mr.P
oud<3er
I recently tried a dab of the An Najwa Ruh Motiya (N. India jasminum sambac otto), which is a nice tangy sambac and great as a perfume in itself.
I have not assessed the dry down, but in the top notes I smell everything I would expect to smell in a good Jasmine Sambac oil and nothing that I wouldn't. This is a very clean refined scent, well balanced and without the shrillness that some very fine oils still end up having. I like these better than most absolute which often have a kind of waxy aroma to them. one exception is the Floral Concept sambac absolute which is very carefully refined and just pure flower notes as well. That one however is a diamond in the rough and a bit hard on the senses until diluted / blended, whereas this one seems more suitable as a personal fragrance.
If I didn't know the extraction method I would've guessed a molecular distillate from the concrete, only because this smells more like my reference standard (Robertet sambac heart) than like the old deg distilled sambac attars which have a bit of roughness and a little cooked plant matter aspect to them. I have other sambac ruhs but they are all over the place aromatically and don't know what to make of them.
I would love to know more about these and actually hear from someone who is producing them!
I have not assessed the dry down, but in the top notes I smell everything I would expect to smell in a good Jasmine Sambac oil and nothing that I wouldn't. This is a very clean refined scent, well balanced and without the shrillness that some very fine oils still end up having. I like these better than most absolute which often have a kind of waxy aroma to them. one exception is the Floral Concept sambac absolute which is very carefully refined and just pure flower notes as well. That one however is a diamond in the rough and a bit hard on the senses until diluted / blended, whereas this one seems more suitable as a personal fragrance.
If I didn't know the extraction method I would've guessed a molecular distillate from the concrete, only because this smells more like my reference standard (Robertet sambac heart) than like the old deg distilled sambac attars which have a bit of roughness and a little cooked plant matter aspect to them. I have other sambac ruhs but they are all over the place aromatically and don't know what to make of them.
I would love to know more about these and actually hear from someone who is producing them!
Last edited:
haidervalli
Oudn't it be nice!
Indeed!
haidervalli
Oudn't it be nice!
Very nice description 👍🏼
Escentually
True Ouddict
Appreciate it brother! I don’t think it even does this beautiful attar justice
Similar threads
- Question
