Abraaj Enclosure

That's a very interesting view on a mint fragrance. After the masturbation (2-4) months this fragrance appears to be much more interesting than as it was as a first spray. Fragrance become much more amber focused with a loud minty accourd and it stays with you until the end. Me personally i didn't catch any rose here. I think it's a very good Enclave spot on

1:1, clone to my nose. Love the warm weather versatility of this. Do not overspray.

#1260 in my "Tour de Fragrance" This is another note-for-note dupe of an Amouage scent, this time of "Enclave." I'm really not a devoted fan of Enclave itself. It's a challenging scent that's a bit much first thing in the morning, so not something I'd wear in a car pool, inflict on the folks in a long elevator ride, or a tight space in the office. More for evening wear, date night, and even then I'd use sparingly. When this Abraaj scent first arrived I'd say it was "rough round the edges", so I let it sit on the shelf for two months before reviewing it, just in case, and it did change a bit more to the amber and less to the mint. Just like Enclave, this was a bit much for the first 20 minutes, then became more likeable. But just as with the Enclave I wish they'd skipped the rose note. It doesn't add anything good and makes the scent seem a bit dated. I don't think young guys will like it all that much as it's a very heavy scent compared to Eros, Sauvage, Y, Invictus and all the other popular, brighter scents. But if you're a fan of Paco Rabanne "1 Million Intense", this is right up your ally. In fact, before trying this out I would have recommended fans of Enclave buy the Paco Rabanne at $110 instead of Enclave at $180. Personally I prefer every other 1 Million version to Intense precisely because "1 Million Intense" also has what for me is a very distracting rose note, just like "Enclave" and this "Enclosure." Still, this is a nice scent, and if you're taste runs more oriental, where incenses and roses are almost always in combination, you'll be a fan of this, and you'll especially be a fan of the comparatively low price of $65 vs Amouage Enclave at $180, and Paco Rabanne "1 Million Intense" at $110, especially given the performance of this scent is indistinguishable from the Amouage. I would save this for colder weather night wear, not for the office or daylight hours.

Nose Note #141 Very natural mint smell which unfortunately rather quickly dies off. In dry-down it reminds me a lot of Dior Homme Intense, though there is apparently no iris in here. I can definitely detect the iris type of note. Maybe it's the amber Unique smell

Toothpaste in a bottle. I bought it to get to know mint notes and get closer to Amouage's offerings. The only two things it shares with the OG (which I was able to try) are: the stolen bottle design and the fact that they both have mint. Like Amouage's, it behaves very differently on paper than on skin.