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this is a very potent and sweet (and expensive) perfume but it's a well-balanced sweetness rather than a generic and cloying 'teeny bopper fruity' scent with a gorgeous blend of saffron and oud that lingers on your skin and permeates a nice, personal bubble of floral and woody aromas. it reminds me a little of Fidelis by Histoires de Parfums though somewhat less harsh and in-your-face.. but like Fidelis, it's definitely a 1-spray and walk away fragrance. it's a beautiful scent but a bit too pricey for the average perfume wearer. sample before you buy and definitely sample it on your skin.

This is a friendly oud, with great projection and calming aura ❤ This reminds me so much of xerjoff Bouquet Ideale, minus cinnamon & nutmeg and with addition of saffron, other dried spices and fair floral notes... The oud here is more like the dry one, for those whom not so keep on oriental-oud-scent, I think this might be a good entry level 😉 3 sprays enough for me to lit a whole room.. I got a sample from a seller - I am thinking to get a full bottle 😬

This is Arabian tonka + aldehydes for me. It's really sweet, with hints of leather. There is a certain airiness to the smell behind all the sweetness. I do like the smell, but this feels like a sub-par Montale fragrance. Very sweet and quite mass appealing. The performance is also quite good. However, the price is the problem. I would recommend it if the price was around €50-60. This is not worth €200. There are so many better fragrances for this price.

So unique and so delicious! A beautiful amber, floral fragrance with a woody metalic leathery component. It reminds me of Marc Antoine Barrois " Ganymede " with just a little more floral, woody and leathery aspect to its composition.. Definitely unique, classy, with allot of projection and sillage. A must add to your collection! My 3 P's - Projection 8/10 - Performance 8/10 - Price 7/10

Stunning. This should get some major attention once ppl get their noses on it. Sweet bourbon-cedar-oud. What a combination!

Digital Underground had a song called "Sex Packets" and this is the olfactory equivalent. Orgasmic my friends.

This is a game changer fragrance! Perfect fragrance!

sweetened saffron. a woody, slightly leathery backbone. I like the first minute when I smell more saffron and contrast but after 15 mins-ish, it's turned a tad bit too sweet on my skin. This could be a rich, well-performing scent for winter, but it's too pricy, so it's a pass for me. I was considering buying a bottle because I love the saffron note in perfumes, but now after giving it 2 wears, I think it's not as special as I first thought. Now, I'm more inclined toward buying a bottle of Extrait Noir, from the same line-up. That one to me is just very addictive. Also liking Abmbre Nomad. Lovely warm spicy scent.

A sweet ambery impression, with cool leathery saffron and sweet vanilla as the two notes I could pick out. Blended and not harsh or overwhelming.

Nice leathery oud with vanilla toffee, saffron, sandalwood, and amber. Smells cheap at first but redeems itself on the dry down.

I have a sample bottle of this perfume. When I smelled it on a smelling-strip,it smelled like pineapple, but when I put it on my skin, it did not smell fruity as such. It was neither floral nor fruity... is this an amber scent? There is also a leathery, masculine scent in the back.I found the last note a bit feminine. It's unisex,It doesn't have a cute feel to it, it's more mature. I thought it would suit cool, mature women or men. Ages 20s-30s. I don't particularly like or dislike the scent. I would not buy the full bottle.

The abundance of spices at the beginning gives me a Middle Eastern-inspired vibe, melodramatic with hints of sweet yet sharp vanilla and oud. The matured and solid woody notes make it feel quite masculine and luxurious. Personally, I’m not fond of the scent of saffron, so I don’t find this fragrance as appealing and desirable as its name suggests, but it is still a luxurious, unpredictable scent that’s uncommon on the market.

Top note is very cloying, cheap jasmine, but the dry down is way nicer with a dusty woody vanilla that gets ambery. It's growing on me.

It seems it's only me getting this, but smells very skanky to me, like an overly aggressive man with BO, and a background of forgettable amber+vanilla. I wanted so much to like this. Projection is strong and it made me feel ill. I like cumin, savory, difficult scents at times, even if they are not wearable, but it went from hating it in the opening to barely tolerating it as it dried down. It did make me think of Oud Bouquet for some reason, just heady, but this one is in the wrong way for me. At least OB I can make sense of and appreciate on other people. This to me I cannot imagine enjoying anywhere. I just want to escape. I also don't understand the comparison to Initio Side Effect which is a personal favorite and very sexy, but this one is just cheaply overwhelming. I sprayed it and let it sit for an hour before doing my best to scrub it off, but it took a full shower and spraying Angel over top to finally drown it out.

This comes off more masculine to me, with all the woods and spices. I just prefer very feminine fragrances.

I don't know why most of the reviews are completely different to my experience with this perfume. It's a complete scrubber!! I haven't smelled anything this bad in years. I got a sample of it, amd it's vile. Nothing but cloying, vomit inducing aldehydes. One spray on my wrist and it's beginning to irritate my throat, which is something I've never had with a perfume before. I can't smell any of the other notes, which sounded like a scent profile I would like. I usually love spicy scents, but this isn't a spicy scent. It's a stringent, soapy, metallic, aldehydic ambroxan-esque nightmare that's reminiscent of bad breath. I took windchime_00's advice and oversprayed Angel when the scent persisted after scrubbing with soap and water. I still feel a bit ill, but at least it's not as bad anymore 😭

Disgusting. All I can smell is barn stench and BO. It made me feel sick to my stomach. If you love Arabians Tonka you'll love this one.

10/10 fragrance for me. Blind bought because I couldn’t find but one review on it and the notes looked right up my alley, plus I was craving a blind buy moment haha. I kid you not this is my best blind buy not just this year but in a long time. I’m not the best at describing scents like these you tubers do but I own and sample just as much if not more than them so when a fragrance takes me back, it’s because it really wows me. The review below me is correct, this should get A LOT of attention once people catch on to its existence. I believe it came out in 2017 but must have flown under the radar. I’ve told at least 10 people about it so far and 5 of those people were people who complimented me on it. It’s just stunning. The bottle is gorgeous as well but easily scratched so be delicate with it!

Lots of oud, very noticeable, makes it arabic, masculine, and just that touch sour. Not super skanky but very powerful. That said there is so much vanilla in here it really smoothens out the ride. Saffron also very present and adds just that touch medicinal bitterness plus the aromatics, the note pyramid really describe this one well. There is an undercurrent of cumin but it's not really sweaty. Definitely a try before you buy kind of deal, for me personally there is too much oud here to be enjoyable for me. It makes it feel a little harsh, a little too masculine and vulgar? I guess is the right word here. Ella K Lettre Pushkar is the scent of my choice in this genre. Vanilla, saffron, and some oud and woods but much more smooth and expensive smelling.

This is a perfume that I loved. It is a very delicate and balanced fragrance with the combo rose-oud. It gives vibes to Oud Bouquet from Lancome and similar perfumes but with less sweetness and, perhaps, being easier to wear and suitable even with somewhat warmer temperatures (in spring). Its sillage is moderate and its duration on my skin is about 10 hours, the last 2-3 hours already close to the skin. Despite having liked it a lot, its price of about 160 euros for 30 ml seems exorbitant to me and I will not buy it. Smell 8.5/10 Duration 10/10 Sillage 7/10 Quality/price 2/10 Versatility 7/10 Packaging 8/10 Would I buy again? I did not buy it