Full

Linalool, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, and a handful of other "chemic-yls" and "chemic-ols" right on the perfume oil rollerball label. I don't mind it on outer packaging or a box, and I quite appreciate the full disclosure of ingredients, but reading this every time I go to apply it kind of ruins the romance of scent for me. Especially when there isn't a single natural ingredient in the list. By the way, some of these aroma chemicals can be classified as alcohols which contradicts the 'free from alcohol' claim on the label. I understand that many chemical constituents occur organically in nature, but if Full did contain any natural jasmine oil, wouldn't it make that claim? And there is not a single natural carrier oil listed for this "Concentrated Perfume Oil." The 'What's-in-there? Don't-care' side of me tells me that this is indeed sambac jasmine, a sunny basketful of the freshest newly picked blossoms along with a few unopened green rosebuds. It truly does smell like the garlands offered on the streets of Thailand as katemax notes. Truthfully, I'm impressed by realism in the aroma. I have 10% jasmine sambac absolute in fractionated coconut oil which smells almost the same, only nuanced with botanic indole and a little woodier and a hint masculine. I purchased it from an essential oil website and it's lovely, expensive and precious but evaporates quickly on the skin, and has somewhat naturally aged. With Full, I was hoping to get an expertly blended oil with better longevity. What arrives is an expertly blended container of synthetics. In all fairness, Al-Rehab doesn't directly claim to use natural ingredients and is probably no different to the majority of perfumes on the market, however, I'm disappointed that this isn't an authentic attar of natural oils and feel that the labeling is deceptive. Perhaps I'm just behind the evolution of how the English language gets acceptably distorted over time to accommodate for profit. Perhaps 'attar' doesn't have the same meaning in the Western world as it does in the East. But there is quite clearly, no trace of steam distilled essential oils here. In any event, it feels like cheap Arabian exoticism marketed to a none-the-wiser Western world in search of unfamiliar novelties. There is nothing 'high quality' in this like their website claims, nor is it 'traditional' or contain any 'precious' ingredients. Being in the marketing industry myself, I abhor misleading labeling and advertising without integrity. The Fragrantica brand page for Al-Rehab should be revised to read 'attar-style' or whatever phrase is acceptable in the marketing gymnastics universe that doesn't step over the boundary of leading people to believe that this is a true attar and free of synthetics and alcohol. And if an exclusive line of the Al-Rehab products does exist and indeed contain precious ingredients, the language should be amended so as to not cast a brand-wide net. Sorry for being a spoiler to you all who love this perfume, but I'm not buying in. I spent $5 because I thought this was an attar by the traditional definition of the word. Right here, I would have welcomed a natural headshop vibe, even if it didn't smell like jasmine. I don't care how inexpensive this was, but I feel robbed of my expectations. But if you don't care about truth in advertising and want an affordable, crowd-pleasing, non-attar jasmine, this is your fume -- one I would have appreciated more if it was sold as an Arabian-style Demeter. I dare say Choco Musk probably doesn't contain real cacao either. Maybe everyone else knew that and I'm just gullible and naive.

A great example of perfumery realism, this is an impressive sambac jasmine soliflore. It might seem simple, but it's beautifully made. The oil opens with green top notes, and what proceeds is an impressive jasmine construction. Sweet, indolic, heady, creamy, billowy. Authentic jasmine has a carnality to it, and that's reflected in this scent. The oil is superbly redolent and immediately affecting. Not overly piercing and sweet like Lush Lust, and it's a pleasant departure from the artificially fresh and squeaky clean jasmine notes used in mainstream designer perfumes, Alien, J'Adore, Pure Poison, etc. Fantastic. Difficult to beat this for the price point. I find Kuumba Made's "Tunisian Jasmine" a bit smoother and more natural smelling; it's also more expensive and doesn't last as long as Full. This is a bit embarrassing to confess, but. It took me... Literal years to come around on natural jasmine oils. I learned to love the scents of cat piss, oily hair, rat poop, beaver butt, whale vomit, tree rot, etc... but it took a lot longer for me to take to realistic jasmine. Something about the scent has always made me think of halitosis. It's certainly a strange place to draw the line. Go figure.

This certainly isn't bad, and the price can't be beat, but there is something about it that just reminds me too much of jasmine incense sticks, and reminds me of what we used to call "head shops" back in the day that sold psychedelia and drug paraphernalia. I have both the spray and the oil. If I was feeling somewhat boho one day, I can see myself reaching for this, but this will mostly be used if I want to amp up the jasmine in some other perfumes or as a room freshener/linen spray. For the price, it is definitely worth trying out if you are a fan of jasmine or jasmine tea. I'm glad to have it around but won't go out of my way to replace it. Edit: I put this on today, the spray on top of the oil, and I have to say that it is actually coming across as a very pure, sweet, and creamy jasmine, minus the more "hippy" aspects of my first try. I am really enjoying it as I get ready to go to sleep. Will I wear this outside my home? Chances are yes, with a lighter hand. But when it is just me, I will spray with abandon and enjoy the experience! It has moved from a Like to a Love, and now I am intrigued enough to try other Al Rehab oils and sprays!

This is a beautiful pure jasmine perfume (I have the oil rollerball), minus any of the other reported notes -- saffron, amber, rose, oud??? -- I smell none of these, only jasmine. I wore Al Rehab Full next to Montale Jasmine Full and it indeed smells quite similar, just not in the farther drydown, toward the 4 hour mark. At this point, I actually prefer Al Rehab Full because a funny biscuity quality, or something, comes out in the Montale that's never present in Full; Full stays a clean and pure jasmine. I really enjoy the opening and first hour or two of Full, especially; there's this mildly forbidding, almost off-putting, aspect of jasmine that threatens to come out, but never quite does, and it stays sweet and lovely. Unlike Full's sister, Al Rehab White Jasmine, it never crosses over into serious mothballs-and-dirty-ashtray territory. I do keep, and occasionally sniff, White Jasmine for a laugh but I NEVER wear that one; it's just WAAAAAYYYYY too indolic. But Full always stays in beautiful, very wearable jasmine territory. It's an absolute bargain and I highly recommend it for jasmine lovers. <3

A surprisingly good jasmine accord. Not much else there, that I can tell, although it's probably not a soliflore. It smells a bit soapy to me, but in a good way; it's not super indolic, although it also doesn't smell completely neutered or artificial. Projection seems above average for a rollerball (that's what I have, even though only the spray version is pictured--I tend to prefer the Al Rehab rollerballs to the sprays because they take up so much less space). I need to upgrade the longevity to eternal. I washed it off my wrist (or thought I did), using soap and warm water because I needed to wash my Chihuahua mix, and I didn't want to irritate her skin any further. I scrubbed my dog for a good seven minutes with the special Rx shampoo, and then I washed my hands carefully. I CAN STILL SMELL THE TWO DROPS OF FULL THAT I APPLIED THREE HOURS AGO. I'm also not smelling any oud or any saffron, which is just fine with me--not that I don't like those accords, but this jasmine is so insanely strong that it seems like it would just pull an Alien on any competing ingredients and vanquish them at once.