Night Dreams

Thank u Shwets, I read your first review. I wanted to buy also the 25 ml version, but if you have the both of them, and they change only for this cumin note, I'm noT buying it. I don't like this spice in perfumes, nor saffron. Initially I thought that the 25ml had real oud and the 30ml not. I don't understand why in the al haramain website oud doesn't appear among the notes of this fragrance. You know, the day after it was delivered, I ordered other 3 bottles.. I Think for the next 4 lives it's enough with Night Dreams. I agree that the oil version is always better than the edp. Thanks a lot Shwets

My review is for 30ml bottle. This is by far one of my favourite CPO. I apply CPO on both skin and clothes and definitely it evolves differently on both. Although not heavy projecting, but definitely very long lasting. People around me could smell it at half arm distance even after 24 hours! It is a perfect office scent. The smell cannot offend anyone. What I smell is very soft wood with a subtle oud beautifully playing on amber and some floral in the background. Very versatile and can be worn on any occasion any season. I will keep buying more of it. Superb stuff.

On the Al Haramain website I saw that the 30 ml version (the only available there) does not contain oud! Then I suppose that the older 25 ml version does. I'd like to know if someone of you tested both of them and which are the differences. I got the silver one, 30 ml, it's such a misterious fragrance, already from the first time I've been totally crazy for it. I'd like to try also the gold version, in order to comparate them. Thanks to everyone will help me to understand.

like all CPO is basically suitable for layering, few notes but of value ... healthy oud wood, sandalwood and white musk ... the result is a very rigorous dry wood ... if mixed with solid and deep rose becomes excellent ... the durability is consistent as most concentrated oils and the ambience is contained at kissing distance ... the quality price ratio, considering the value of the raw material used is very high ... good work

een geweldige aroma!!! in het begin doet het denken over medicinale aromas,maar het verdwijnt heel snel en komt heerlijke oud / amber -achtige met scherpe randje omhelsende aroma. Ik heb hem al tweede jaar en kan zeggen dat na een jaar aroma voller krachtiger met meer karakterristike kanten is geworden. Echt geweldige werk van Al Haramain Perfumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

een geweldige aroma!!! het is heerlijke oud / amber -achtige met scherpe randje omhelsende aroma. Ik heb hem al tweede jaar en kan zeggen dat na een jaar aroma voller krachtiger met meer karakterristike kanten is geworden. Echt geweldige werk van Al Haramain Perfumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great fragrance. Best in my collection.

I blind bought this because of the good reviews and relatively cheap price. Honestly I think this perfume is certainly a safe bet and is unlikely to offend anyone unless you use too much of it. I got the 30ml oil.It comes in a beautiful designer bottle made of metal. The dipstick is also metal and not glass like in other arabian perfumes. At first the perfume smelt very familiar like i have smelt it before. If you buy the oil please use it in very small quantities like a drop. This perfume smells best from a distance. If you smell it from too close for too long it can give you a headache. I don't recommend applying it on the front of your neck as you will be constantly smelling it and it can get tiring. The perfume opens with a strong cuminy and sandalwoody smell and stays this way for a couple of hours at least. It later evolves into something very clean and fresh smelling. As I said for this perfume the best smell you get is what you can smell at a distance or when you move around and it gets diluted with air. If you try smelling the area of application it smells super strong and sandalwoody+incensey. But in the air it leaves a gorgeous floral fresh smell. This to me is certainly a summer/day scent preferably worn on a warm day outdoors. Given the ultra small quantity you need of this stuff I think 30 ml will last you a bit too long. I recommend saving your money and getting a decant on ebay if possible. Also maybe its just me but i cant smell any oud in this l can primarily smell cumin sandalwood incense and some floral fresh smell later.

30ml oil. I like this one a lot. I can see similarities between this oil and Alf lail o lail - however it ends up very dry with little else going on. It beautiful dry wood. It’s great for layering. A little dab of special rose oil by Ajmal (juicy tart rose) makes it absolutely wonderful - best oud/rose combo (at least for me)

Good deal for a low price about @23-25USD. you can not go wrong with it. An alternative of Ajmal 1001 nights

Suitable for layering with white musk

It opens with a woody metallic note, then there’s THE MOST AMAZING sandalwood stage (which sadly doesn’t last long) but it has me putting a full size bottle in my checkout and thinking I’ve found ‘the one’. But it ends on the metallic note again, giving me a comedown of disappointment. I went from like, to love, to ok. An emotional rollercoaster.

This perfume oil (and spray is the same scent) really shows its beauty after several hours of wear. Initially its like cumin-ny on my skin but dries down to this gorgeous musky cleany scent that lasts till the following day. The time it takes to get to that stage is far too long but strongly recommended for those wanting to try an Arabic oil that is low in oud and sugariness. Very supreme quality which never aggravates my allergies. You need to let this sit on your skin for an hour to make up your mind. Update: I ended up purchasing this in 30ml perfume oil which doesn't have the heavy cumin note that I detected previously. That was present in the 25ml bottle. So I wonder whether the 30ml one is a reformulation and before the oil appeared thicker. Still smells how I remember with great longevity. Just that cumin note seems less. Would need to confirm by trying the 25ml one when next in my reach.

I hated this the first time I tried it. The Oud-sandalwood combination was very masculine to my nose and generally quite challenging for a girl who likes floral-orientals and gourmand fragrances. But I revisited this recently and I have to say, it is beautiful. Just give it time to unfold on warm skin and let the magic happen. The top note is a fairly decent quality Oud and not much else. That woodiness comes off weirdly chemical on my skin, so based on the initial 20-30 minutes, I wouldn't wear this. But then the loveliest sandalwood starts to mingle in, followed by musk, amber and a subtle fruitiness which smells like sweet oranges to my nose. Night Dreams is the perfect name for this fragrance. It is perfectly suited to stepping out of a warm bath and slipping in to something more comfortable in preparation for a long, dream-filled sleep. Soothing, warming, full of hidden depths. Love.

I came across a perfume counter in the Dubai airport on a transit and spent my time testing several scents. Found some too loud and thick with oud(which i have mixed feelings about).. and Night Dreams was one of them, wasnt too impressed(probably because i smelled like 6 to 7 scents within half hour..) I then boarded the following flight and forgot about the scents. A few hours after, i smelled Night Dreams and totally fell for it.. It was so well done and smelled classy. I regretted not purchasing it in Dubai. I searched for it online and was REALLY lucky to find someone selling this off at a ridiculous price of $8 Singapore dollars! I met and made the deal on that very same day and never looked back! This scent lasts really long but for the local weather, i can only use it at nights though..Maybe that's why its named as such. Loving this more every time i wear it.

This is a beautiful blend of oud and woods but I can't really detect the flowers. The oud here is dry and rounded, no barnyard or any unpleasant nptes here. Being fresh, spicy and woodsy I simply can not wear this on it's own because of my western image of men's and women's perfume. I appreciate it's beauty but it's a true masculine fragrance for me that I can not get along with. So I layered it with the warm and gorgeous Musk Al Haramian CPO and now the balance of the two oils is perfection. The woods and oud give great base for the rose making the whle concoction less unique but much more wearable for me and maybe for those women who feel Night Dreams on it's own too masculine on their skin but they would like to add a good oud-santal-and woody like base to their compositions when layering or blending..

To Bobby jean, i had both the 25 ml and 30 ml bottle. If you read my review below, the main difference between the two was that the 25ml one had a strong cumin note that i couldn't get over. That was lacking in the 30ml one (or that it was toned down - if i couldn't smell it). Cumin in perfumes is a deal breaker for me so i was pleased when i smelt it again in the 30ml one. Apart from that, both smelt the same. The gold bottle one which is the spray version, is the same scent (cannot remember whether high in cumin), but i recall preferring the oil version more. Plus if my memory serves me right, the spray didnt last as long in comparison.

First impression: Seems to be aldehydic and the mixture of scent notes has a strong semblence to indian incense. The aldehydes are thankfully not metallic, like they are in Swiss Arabian's Yuyali Rouge and Amaali. Long wearing-- I used some to comb through my damp hair on wash day, two days ago and it's till going strong. Definitely a vintage profile but to me, it is pleasant and relaxing. Then again, I do love Shalimar and Cabotine de Gres, so it fits my collection well. I was hoping for something actually dark and mysterious and maybe a bit forest-like, but this is good also.

Dark, and mysterious. Reminds me of October, of Halloween. Bonfires, foggy overcast nights, black candles, and boozy costume parties underpinned with carnal desire. I can't see this being worn in hot weather. The base becomes a warm, fuzzy, musk. This is a scent for the cold season, when the sun is low, and the nights are long.

Hands down my most favourite attar in Al Haramain house, - warm-woody-spiritual sandalwood and musk are blended with very soft erotic oud, I could easily give away all my "collection" of oils, leaving just Night Dreams and Ajmal's Alf Lail o Lail. Perfectly suits to the image of Middle East in my imagination.