Sakan

An unusual arresting Oriental gourmand. It opens with cardamom surrounded by citrus. The ambery heart is accentuated by hints of coffee and cumin. The perfume dries down to a powdery patchouli, vanilla and musk. The shape shifting unisex perfume has moderate to strong sillage and good longevity. Reminiscent of my travels in countries like Egypt for some reason this is a perfume suffused with comfort and nostalgia. Enjoy!

Opening with a beautiful cardamom and bergamont note, a bit sweet , absolutely a beautiful creation

The opening is off putting , after 15 to 20 minutes it changes and you can smell the cardamon and a strong musk, cannot detect the coffee at all.

It smells like my delicious biryani rice. It’s got that same cardamon, cumin, clove, bay leaves, milky musk note. On my skin, I turn spice into a B.O aroma, like doing a sweaty cardio class the day after a curry.

So far I have tried 3 of the four - Red Ishq, Green Gala and this one. The gold didn't make not into my sample request.. I have to say, Ishq and Gaya were surprisingly good with nice longevity. I had previously tried a couple from the 2017 collection, even blind bought Mahaba, but I wasn't really impressed. They were just ok. This new series looked promising though, with the interesting bottle design. Love the bottles... An article here on fragrantica finally prompted me to order samples. Sakan is not what I expected and I personally didn't like it at first. It opens with a strong earthy/spicy note that strongly resembles parsnip, or celery root. I appreciate the odor of these root vegetables in soups and stews, but not perfume, and I had trouble getting past that. The scent didn't change much for me after a while of wearing it, so I was disappointed, unfortunately. But after about an hour it morphed into something interesting. I was very surprised.. Ishq I am buying a FB of, and maybe Gaya as well. Those two are really nice. This one I will be trying again - it's strangely addictive.