Shams Al Emarat Khususi

My all time favourite AAZ perfume. It was initially a blind buy but an excellent one. I'm on my 3rd or 4th bottle, it's smells so much more expensive. I've had lots of compliments when I wear it. I've worn it during the day and out in the evenings, and in all weathers and seasons. It's very very wearable for a rose fragrance, as it's not sharp or headache inducing. Throughout the day I can smell orange, rose, amber, vanilla and white musk. It's very well blended and lasts all day. I've got the perfume oil, the 50ml bottle, the flat plastic credit card sized spray, and a 100ml strange "eau de milky" (it still makes me laugh) version of the perfume. They all smell slightly different, but it's the 100ml bottle perfume I love the most. The oil smells heavier and each version I can smell the notes, heightened or lessened. This perfume is way above the quality of European perfumes, and for such a low price. This perfume is gorgeous.

I’m really surprised to see that based on the reviews that people find this to be more masculine than feminine. Personally, I find this to be very feminine. It’s a lovely sweet, seductive and warm fragrance. I initially bought the perfume oil as a blind buy and once it arrived I instantly bought the 100ml perfume as I couldn’t resist the smell! At first spray I get notes of of spices and vanilla, but the spiciness of the fragrance doesn’t seem to last on me. Once the perfume dries down I get the notes of sandalwood, vanilla and florals and that lasts all day. It’s a very sweet perfume, but it’s mature and seductive. I’d say this is more of a night time fragrance, but I love it so much that I’m wearing it everyday. Best blind buy I have ever bought and it’s so affordable! If it’s worn with the perfume oil the longevity of it is insane for the price. Side note: It layers really well with Oud 24 Hours

When I first got this in winter nearly 2 years ago I wasn’t sure if I liked it. The opening was a loud, fizzy amber/apple/mandarin and took me by surprise. Later on was when the sweetness and vanilla kicked in. It went to the back of my collection and I decided to get it out again this summer and try again. The opening is still fairly loud but it has mellowed somewhat and the vanilla and rose is more to the front. The amber and fruits are still very present and stay all the way through but get much softer. Even in the hot weather this has performed admirably and I can still smell it on my wrists and clothes at the end of the day. I’m so glad I got this out again, it’s now in my top 3 my summer scents.

I have a small roll-on of this perfume in its concentrated oil form and so far I really like it. It's an interesting unisex scent. It opens with a mixture of some fruitiness (possibly from mandarin orange) and some florals (ylang ylang, rose...). Then the spices come through and later on what I get is this very nice, almost comforting unisex combination of wood+sweetness. That's how it goes for the rest of time. I got this for free and it's going to be a valuable addition to my unisex perfumes. :)

This is not a review but more of an addition to my comment below (I noticed nobody else commented on this perfume anyway): I find myself to reach for and wear this fragrance more than I originally expected. :) it's so nice, sweet and woody, warm and oily in its quality, also very comforting. I love my small roll-on of this. :D it's such a tiny and inconspicuous perfume, yet so lovable. I can't stop smelling my wrists.