This Ember

#1013 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Even the Ana Kus website is sold out of this one and is also sold out of "Miskul Hareem" and "Ambre Destan" which I also loved. Running out of product 2 weeks before Christmas? That's some amateur hour planning boys and girls. Someone should be hunting a new job for the new year. Anyway, another fabulous scent from this house. They may not know how to plan production but they sure know how to cook up a good perfume. Amber, smoke, vanilla, dark and woody as a Victorian men's club. Business wear for the board room, not the mail room. But despite solid longevity and projection I don't think it gets overwhelming and offensive unless you bathe in it. When it's in stock, the Kus website has it at about $150 US plus S&H, which is not awful, but not affordable for many. I would probably be in for a bottle except I already have Montale "Wood on Fire" which covers this same ground for half the price.

Hand test via sample. First stages of reminds me of Pulse of The Night form Issey Mistake >but< with added lots of delightful musk and birch tar. On my skin olibanum, so incense with >strong< fruity top note is most prominent together but I also gets fair amount of slightly animalic, cold musk undertone which takes the lead in drydown mixed with lots of different notes - I can smell leathery, smoky birch tar, tons of labdanum, but also got hints of tobacco and mirrh. This is rich, complex but quite linear, although I detect many facets during it's life on my skin - the scent itself is very vibrant and radiant. Dark background is working as great depth for main players mentioned before. Longevity is insane. I like it a lot! //edit 09.02.23 - got my bottle (cheap quality atomiser) and absolutely love the juice!

I'm on my 2nd bottle. I believe there are differences within batches. My 1st bottle had a much cleaner amber-profile it was gorgeous, 2nd one is way heavy on the furr-like animalic note it makes it harder to wear. both of them has the number "2" engraved underneath the bottle. Purchase gap is one year between them. Still revolutionary perfume after all. Prefer the lighter version.

I got it last week full bottle blind buy and omg.. people at work keep staring at me and asking me what is this majestic perfume i have on. I'm gonna stock 3 more extra bottles... ALI ERKEKLI you are a genius perfumer!

Absolutely stunning high level blend. Sweetish vanilla leather, soft musk, a bit of smokiness and velvety natural smelling oud in the background.