Sundus

Damask rose heaven. That's it. One the richest rose I had the pleasure to try out in the past months or so. Sundus feels decadent in a good way. It has a similar style to Nahéma extrait : not the same notes really, but the same richness and lushness of the rose note. It's just layers and layers of sweet and jammy damask rose with a touch a sultry jasmine poking out from time to time. The base is nice and smooth, not overly sweet. The white musk is barely there, which was a big relief on my part. I'll definitely be buying a large bottle when my sample run out (probably be in the next few days to be honest)!

A lush, sultry oriental floral that carries me to other places and times. Smooth, dense, ambery rose with a touch of jasmine to add even more sensuous beauty to the mix. Longevity is excellent; I could still catch wafts of the notes over 12 hours later. A provocative beauty.

dry,cozy and very soft rose-musk-sandalwood. smells of dry pine-needles in the dry-down on my skin (and on my clothes.) lovely. rose is not nearly as pronounced on me as it seems to be on others.

A gorgeous honeyed rose fragrance! I find it very addictive - it's so calming and uplifting. It's very long lasting - I smells creamy rose petals even after 12 hours.

This is a very nice, fresh, a bit sour and watery rose. Regrettably I do not get any honey or sweetness, because that's what I've been hoping for. Around 3 hours on, the sandalwood-amber base which is typical for many of AKAF fragrances and which I adore begins to shine through. At this point I much prefer this scent, I finally get a tiny bit of the desired sweetness and spiciness. It smells especially nice applied to the hair. This is a beautiful scent, but I think I'll try layering it with something sweeter and spicier, maybe Hind by AKAF. It's a bit monotonous to me on its own.

This fragrance is young, green and all Rose. I find this perfume oil to be too sharp and green for me and I don't like to wear it on its own. The Damascus Rose is very overpowering to my nose. I did find that if I mixed it with Musk Tahara another oil from this brand that the musk brought the rose forward but softened the edges and now the fragrance is perfect. Like all perfume oils a little goes a long way and it lasts all day. If you love Damascus Rose you are going to love this perfume.

This was a blind buy for me and I read it based on reviews here and also the detailed one at @MaraDraffnon's blog. It is a very unique rose based scent and super versatile. It starts out like a really sweet rose on me, almost like rose petal jam meets honey. Initial half an hour of applying this, I was nearly regretting my buy, but like they say good things come to those who wait. From a rose dessert, it then turns into a really nice mysterious rose that lets amber peek out off and on. It has a sandalwood note too, but that is also not a sharp woody note, but a sweeter milder note, that comes out after a couple of hours in the dry down, mixed with the soapy musk. If you have smelt traditional Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh,India) ittars with Rose and Sandalwood, then you are in for a big surprise. I thought this one too would get a little incense-like with sandalwood and rose, but in this perfume both the notes are present and yet soo soo different. I use a drop or two at a time and no more. The best part about this perfume oil is people cannot smell you from a mile away, but yet you can get a whiff of rose, amber, sandalwood off and on. Jan 2018 edit: This fragrance had great layering potential, thanks to Suhaesa, I now wear this under Al Haramain Madinah as well as Western sweet fragrances.

This one smells almost like Ensar rose by sultan pasha ,who agree with me ? Nice one actually