Musctique

Very nice (maybe around 4.35/5), though more oudy and less ethereal than I expected. Has a familiar well-behaved raspberry-type fruit effect up top. Weirdly reminds me of any number of Tuscan Leather-type fragrances (not least Leather Rouge by Miller Harris), but smelt as if from a distance, in a cool but sunny white room--white walls, white décor, white flowers, white leather... Probably a spring/autumn (mostly spring) fragrance for me. Perhaps a little light for winter in a temperate climate such as mine, perhaps a little dense and perfumy toward the dry-down for the height of summer. Would be fine for most summer nights though. Performance initially seems good but not unusually so. Presentation of my bottle is wasteful, but otherwise near perfect, with just some indication in the packaging of a tiny leak at the neck, as with my bottle of Ouddiction. Edit: the plastic front piece has just come off my bottle on the second or third time I've opened the holder. I'm lucky I didn't drop the bottle. Extravagant packaging is one thing but poorly executed extravagant packaging is another. This is not a selling point.

Why some reviewers compare this to Electimuss Imperium, I don't know. This is NOTHING like it. This is a smooth, well-blended, clean saffron-mint-musk combo that shines on the heat. This is a Middle Eastern style musk. It's robust and almost tobacco-ish, yet clean and smooth. There's an ozonic freshness to it as well, and I'm not sure what note that comes from, probably the Mint in it mixing with something they've not mentioned. The drydown is to die for, and this is coming from someone who doesn't usually like musky fragrances. Having said that, it might not be everyone's cup of tea. A classy fragrance that does get noticed. Kinda reminds me of Atyab Marshoud's Marshoud 4. Yes, has some of that Arabian Oud Amiri/Sultani vibe too, but not a clone or anything. Scent: 9/10 🎖️ Packaging: 9/10 🎖️ Longevity: 9.5/10 🎖️ Sillage: 9/10 🎖️ Compliments: 10/10 🎖️ Uniqueness: 7.5/10 Price: 8/10 Smelly Cat on YouTube 😸

This stuff is just incredible. It's the fragrance that, at this point in time, I would choose if I could only use one fragrance for the rest of my life. It smells extremely fresh. It doesn't smell the way I would imagine based on the notes. I don't notice a cardamom, mint, vanilla, or oud note when I smell it. It's just so well blended, the only note that stands out to me is the saffron. It could be used all year round, any occasion. Easily signature scent worthy. Afnan has outdone themselves again.

Lets just hope that this doesn’t get hyped and toned down. It’s the freshie for people who don’t like blue fresh scent like me imo. Compliment magnet and wearable anytime. It has some similarities with aoud lemon mint in the opening but that disappears after 20/30 min. Performance is good and after maturation it’ll become better. This is one of my favourite freshies. Little sweet, musky, floral and oudy. Safe blind buy. God I love this stuff. This really brings compliments.

I got Sultani Arabani Oud and this and was afraid they would be redundant. Luckily they have differences and there is a reason Sultani is much more. You can smell the quality compared to Musctique, this is more “thinner” then Sultani, but for $35 I won’t complain. I’ll save Sultani for special days this will be my office/errand cologne. Scent 8.5/10 Performance 7.5/10 Value 10/10 Edit this is now at $25 on fragranceec which is a steal!