Violapatta

I get a smoky wood in the opening to reveal a damp tobacco. The oud and tobacco facets overlap to hint at dried fruits, fig, apricot, date, maybe plum. The oud/cedar do a great job emulating a cigar box, with the humid, earthy tobacco smell billowing out. The smoky aspects give feeling of lit cigars. There is a medicinal camphorous, somewhat mentholated note. There is some similarity to Amouage Opus XIV Royal Tobacco. The Amouage offering is much more sweet, loud, somewhat superficial, but seems to follow the same story in my imagination. Following development from fresh tobacco to smoked cigars. The greatest part of Violapatta to me is deep in the drydown, we are graced with this wonderful orris root that just stays forever. What a dynamic transition. I would probably have to agree with @Mak-7 below that this is the top takeaway from the ALD attar collection.

Lovely attar with juicy and sparkly green top notes that can be read as violet and apple overlayed on top of really nice, smooth, aged oud thats a bit earthy and dusty. Although it doesnt sound very good, it is smooth, pleasant to a nose and oud is very prominent. Best from the collection.