Basmah

Of all the attars of Amouage sold in Europe, this is in the first 3 for my nose. I am not talking about the expensive ingredients, but the beauty my nose smells. True, it is more feminine, young, smooth and I prefer this to heavy stuff. A flowery composition with just a bit of bouquet of the East that makes it exotic.

This scent is gentle, little flowers on me, and their smell is so soft, so nice. A very happy scent, I'd call it scent of a happy woman.

My bottle has a darker colored juice than pictured above, it matches the description of a spicy woody scent that captures moments of sweetness and force. I wouldn't call it voluptuous, that makes me think of deeply resinous or gigantically floral perfumes, I would call it ethereal with great presence. It's basically a sandalwood and spice fragrance that has an interplay with a delicate sweetness (rose?) so that sometimes it is smoothly woody then fiery spicy all against a mesmerizing backdrop of an almost invisible floral whose presence is more felt than smelled. There's a way that Taifi rose reads 'white' to my nose, that is what I'm talking about. Initially I thought this was a simple woody sandalwood scent but the more I wear it the more I marvel at what it accomplishes through olfactive drama. It's uplifting and magical.

Those who like rose+oud combo must check this out. Smell very smooth. Rose is the main accord, quite spicy, jammy and ambery rose, it’s delicate, with a touch of sweetness may be. I can smell something like honey also, may be it’s one aspect of concentrate rose oil? Oud and sandalwood perfectly blend in to the rose theme. It’s very natural, not the medicinal type oud, sandalwood add a touch of creaminess. There is some resinous quality to it, could be labdanum. Performance is very good. There is a familiarity of typical rose + oud theme, however it stand on its own, may be due to the sandalwood creaminess. It’s very smooth and charming rose+oud combo, perfectly unisex.