Mr.P
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Makes a lot of sense in that context - castoreum brought birch tar to mind the first time i sniffed some. This batch smells heavier on the smoke and lighter on the birch than the one other batch i have smelled.
Attar/Mukhallat of the Day
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Makes a lot of sense in that context - castoreum brought birch tar to mind the first time i sniffed some. This batch smells heavier on the smoke and lighter on the birch than the one other batch i have smelled.
Scentlover98
Oud Fanatic
You have to try this castoreum tincture from AP. This castoreum tincture has a sweet ambery fruity raspberry profile. I have never smelt a castoreum like this.
„Sweet Castoreum, or "Raspberry Castoreum". is made from the uncured and still liquid secretion found in the fresh sacs and has a very different aromatic profile than traditional Castoreum.“
Escentually
True Ouddict
Ensar Oud - Japanese Rose
Didn’t know what thread to toss this one in so thought it would fit best here. This is not an attar but a simple Rosa Rugosa distillation. Piercing sharp citrus rose, Im honestly stunned at how beautiful it smells. Has its own suede like creamy sweetness without any additional gourmand like components. Had to share how mine blown this oil has me somewhere.
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Didn’t know what thread to toss this one in so thought it would fit best here. This is not an attar but a simple Rosa Rugosa distillation. Piercing sharp citrus rose, Im honestly stunned at how beautiful it smells. Has its own suede like creamy sweetness without any additional gourmand like components. Had to share how mine blown this oil has me somewhere.
Saudalhajri
True Ouddict
It is! Its the perfect companion of the Hindi oil, they cancel out eachother's "harshness" as some people call it, a marraige that produces the best offspring. The result is phenomenal. cant wait for how it matures later
Thank you brother. Some feelings that scent give are hard to describe, im not very good at describing specific notes so instead i use memories or tastes or feelings. Hope it gets the message across. And just like Eid some days have a specific "feeling", like a wedding night, or a dewy morning.
I dont know who Maysam Co is but I know for sure a drop or two are enough for a tola especially in oils that have a more mellow or faint smell, as the taif rose is very overpowering. But for your information, its strength doesnt last long and the sharpness dulls after it mixes with the other oils, but as always tread carefully and add one drop at a time, then wait a few weeks and see if it nees more. The rose essence and soul is still there, but the citrusy top notes were toned down, or maybe the Hindi oud's heaviness overcame it.
Mr.P
oud<3er
ASO Royal Luban
Tangy bright tart frankincense, the oil is quite viscous which is unusual for a distillate of frankincense. Settles into a cool dry and resinous-piney scent.
Has me wondering if this is distillate or perhaps a mixture of solvent extract and distillate? Viscosity is similar to a thick sandalwood oil.
I'm not really a collector in connoisseur of frankincense oil but this smells like a quality specimen very much in line with the various quality sacra co2 and distilled oils i have smelled over the years.
Tangy bright tart frankincense, the oil is quite viscous which is unusual for a distillate of frankincense. Settles into a cool dry and resinous-piney scent.
Has me wondering if this is distillate or perhaps a mixture of solvent extract and distillate? Viscosity is similar to a thick sandalwood oil.
I'm not really a collector in connoisseur of frankincense oil but this smells like a quality specimen very much in line with the various quality sacra co2 and distilled oils i have smelled over the years.
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Mr.P
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I wore some An Najwa Khaltat Baghdad yesterday again. Some of you guys are so eloquent in terms of dissecting and describing specific real world scent references, I often find myself at a loss especially with mukhallats... here goes: This oil is musky, quite fruity, and also oudy. First impression is peachy, like osmanthus in some ways but minus the leathery aspect. From time to time i get something like a cinnamon and fruit combo that reminds me of spiced cider or wine. The oud is blended with the other ingredients in such a way as to have a strong influence without standing out. There is a kind of smooth creamy quality. Doesn't smell like gardenia, but gardenia flowers also have a comparable creamy sense to them. The dry down is pleasant, musky, long lasting. I know I've mentioned this one before... probably repeating myself for the most part
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Mr.P
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MANE jasmine grand absolute, India
This is an unusual jasmine - has a very saturated top note that is almost like tuberose in its intensity. Never would have guessed it was from India... i have a few samples of french jasmine from back in the day and the hexane absolute had that same saturated top note. (The absolute from enfleurage is an entirely different beast from the absolute from hexane).
Anyway this is a beautiful oil but a bit rough around the edges like any authentic absolute - it is a raw material after all. This has beautiful multilayered complexity, a lot of depth if you choose to smell it deeply. A constantly shifting multilayered fruity, floral, and candylike jasmine. It has its funk / indole but it is reasonably balanced.
This is an unusual jasmine - has a very saturated top note that is almost like tuberose in its intensity. Never would have guessed it was from India... i have a few samples of french jasmine from back in the day and the hexane absolute had that same saturated top note. (The absolute from enfleurage is an entirely different beast from the absolute from hexane).
Anyway this is a beautiful oil but a bit rough around the edges like any authentic absolute - it is a raw material after all. This has beautiful multilayered complexity, a lot of depth if you choose to smell it deeply. A constantly shifting multilayered fruity, floral, and candylike jasmine. It has its funk / indole but it is reasonably balanced.
Shiningrobes
True Ouddict
What is it about Rose and Hindi oud?
My swipe combo lately has been rose/musk maceration in my armpits and a dry hindi on my neck, wrists and hair. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Wearing these ingredients that are such a classic combination with some distance in between lets them each shine on their own and come together in surprising ways. Dancing leathery rose clouds shift and recombine with incense and animalic notes that become part of my own body smell. Dry woods and rich musk hint at sweetness. That specific sweet dry tension has really kept me enthralled lately.
My swipe combo lately has been rose/musk maceration in my armpits and a dry hindi on my neck, wrists and hair. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Wearing these ingredients that are such a classic combination with some distance in between lets them each shine on their own and come together in surprising ways. Dancing leathery rose clouds shift and recombine with incense and animalic notes that become part of my own body smell. Dry woods and rich musk hint at sweetness. That specific sweet dry tension has really kept me enthralled lately.
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Mr.P
oud<3er
I think wearing the parts of a mixture as separate dabs as opposed to a single combined droplet is the best way to experience the interaction between ingredients. I feel like mixing things up into a single bottle is just a convenience although there is also some important chemistry that happens. 🙂
Mr.P
oud<3er
Lavender absolute superior ether from Pierre Chauvet (bought up in the 90's by a larger fragrance company). They actually had authentic violet flower oil at the time that I ordered this oil just to give you a sense of how things have changed. I should post a couple pictures of the catalog I have it somewhere… Mind blowing selection of naturals compared to what you can get even from the bigger vendors today.
This has a very sweet floral candy tonka bean like aspect in addition to sharp almost acidic lavender notes and resiny lavender stem notes. Pale green very mobile. Lavender Absolute extracted with hexane is a dark paste in my experience - I think that the ether extraction explains the fluidity and pale color. I don't know what the shelf life of lavender oil is but this stuff is pretty delicious so I still wear it.
This has a very sweet floral candy tonka bean like aspect in addition to sharp almost acidic lavender notes and resiny lavender stem notes. Pale green very mobile. Lavender Absolute extracted with hexane is a dark paste in my experience - I think that the ether extraction explains the fluidity and pale color. I don't know what the shelf life of lavender oil is but this stuff is pretty delicious so I still wear it.
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Today I wore Ka’bah 1990 by @SULAYM for Jumu’ah. Usually I only decide which oil I’m going to wear for Jumu’ah just before I leave for the masjid and 9/10 times its a Cambodi. But this time by Thursday I already decided that I’m going with Ka’bah 1990 for Jumu’ah and enjoyed every second of it
mesOUD
Resident Artisan
This is really a nice attar
Ahmaoud
True Ouddict
@3elkhaldi - Tobacco Rosa - So I promised brother Maher I'd spray this one first, and I'm not at all disappointed! Suffice to say, the first thought which came to mind upon sniffing this, "His family mustn't need to purchase fragrances, if he can create scents like these"! It's still very early, and already I've experienced about three transitions, and in none of them have notes such as Jasmin Sambac, Rose, or Oud been overwhelming the blend, and I'm not a fan of composition which push the whole blend towards these notes. However what I smell here, is a combination of all the notes, with none being immediately distinguishable, in my books that's a brilliant blend. Anecdotally each sniff brings about the deepest sense of enjoyment, and one spray truly is a beast! Feels masculine but not breaking down doors sort, its elegant, refined and best of all, incredibly unique!
I wish I could describe it, it's a sweet floral, almost recalling image of Rose flavored Turkish Delight, but is neither your grandmother's rose nor a gourmand! It's playful and serious, with a waxy undertone which is really nice!
I wish I could describe it, it's a sweet floral, almost recalling image of Rose flavored Turkish Delight, but is neither your grandmother's rose nor a gourmand! It's playful and serious, with a waxy undertone which is really nice!
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Xerohome
True Ouddict
what shines for me is the jasmine and the tobacco with roses, brilliantly blended for sure.
Ahmaoud
True Ouddict
There's a cooling, resinous-ness which has joined the sweetness from the florals now, close to what I smell from the atomizer, guessing from the ouds in the base, and something I was looking forward to!
Ahmaoud
True Ouddict
Wore this today while out running errands and needed a quick swipe of something which couldn't offend anyone, and it's magnificent! The amount you need to apply of this attar is so minimal, yet the scent bubble which follows you is massive!
Mr.P
oud<3er
Any labdanum fans here? I have a love-hate relationship with this material. There are some aspects to it that I find so deeply appealing and others that I find off putting.
The labdanum absolute oils Fraterworks carries are unusually clean and refined, and if the product descriptions/hype are accurate, it's not surprising they are so nice. The labdanum light and the super premium are the two i sampled. they have some facets that remind me of oud extracts.
The labdanum absolute oils Fraterworks carries are unusually clean and refined, and if the product descriptions/hype are accurate, it's not surprising they are so nice. The labdanum light and the super premium are the two i sampled. they have some facets that remind me of oud extracts.
Al Shareef Oudh
Master Perfumer
Fraterworks labdanum is too perfume world clean, it lacks some of the life and vibrancy. If anyone is interested in a clean, fairly linear labdanum, this one is for you.
Mr.P
oud<3er
This is true! Very much engineered to bring forward a specific subset of the labdanum profile. In my case, this is a good thing as i have more "robusto" labdanum than I will ever use. I cannot get the really complex stuff to work in my blends. I would love to create a really nice rock Rose dominant fragrance - I have a vision in mind - but cannot pull it off
The fraterworks stuff is originally from Floral Concept for whatever that info is worth
The fraterworks stuff is originally from Floral Concept for whatever that info is worth
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