Arabian Nights Eau de Parfum

I'm so sad right now writing this review... I spent a year between 2015 and 2016 living in Thailand. Returning back home, a stopover found me in Qatar. Due to various small flight schedule modifications since I had bought the tickets, I had to stay almost 3 days in Qatar. Etihad Airways covered hotel price, but let's go to the point. During those days with nothing to do, I smelt Arabian Nights EDT for the first time. Instant love for me, deep and opulent oriental smell with some darkness, but a perfect reinterpretation in my opinion, is an oriental bomb with enough western vibe to make it enjoyable for the people around you in your country. Nothing goes too far, but at the same time you have nothing to compare it to in your favorite perfume store. The bottle is really gorgeous, but I couldn't care less at that time. The more time you spend in this hobbie, the more you care about small details that make your collection unique. What comes to my mind is a very similar base to Dior Homme Intense, with an oriental mix between sandalwood, patchouli and soft guaic/agarwood. But you can still get vetiver darkness in the background, pretty similar but way softer than Encre Noire Sport. Wet dark vetiver, I would say. As I'm Spanish like Jesús del Pozo, I thought I could find it in my country at a better price. Retail price was around 100$, and I didn't want to exchange more money because of the killer commissions. I took a strip with me, and I remember smelling it every time I opened my bag for a long time. Back in Spain, I discovered you can buy any JdP fragrance at a great price... Except Arabian Nights, no one knew anything about it. After a long adventure, I found in my city a small boutique that could import this on demand. They said they'd call me after a couple of days. That same afternoon they called me and offered me EDP Private Collection version at 120€, and EDP + EDT version discounting 70% of the EDT with the combo... WHAT?! EDP available for this hidden gem? I responded something like this in Spanish: shut up and take my money! The fragrances arrived first week of April. You can check my profile, I own various called "powerhouses" for some users. I consider I don't have any powerhouse, my skin drinks perfume like crazy, so projection and longevity of fragrances like 2011 Aventus, 2007 Dior Homme Intense, Tuscan Leather, Montale Soleil de Capri or Sauvage barely give me 8 hours of scent life, more than half that time very close as skin scent. I'm not kidding, EDP gives me around 3-4 hours longevity, and less than an hour with decent projection, while EDT outperforms most fragrances I mentioned. It's up there with House of Sillage N.003 and M. Micallef Emir, my two longer lasting perfumes. After 5-6 hours stays as skin scent for a long time but is still perceivable in the air and when you move not only for others, but for yourself too. I don't think I've said clearly enough how extremely rare is that for a fragrance on my skin... This goes directly to my top 10 all time favorites and top 3 for colder days/nights, with some time this could reach even top 5 ATF, but right now the weather is too hot to use it more often. It's the cheapest best smelling fragrance I probably have. The cheapest-longer lasting ratio is not a 'probably' thing, is for sure. It remembers me the first time I tried some niches samples while thinking 'ok, that's why they're so expensive, it's all about the smoothness you get from first sniff until it disappears making you want to experience it again'. A blend that inspires you and is still likeable for people around you, I think is what most people is looking for here. PS: I could have bought two edt bottles for around 15-20€ more than the combo of EDP + EDT and I'd be so happy even paying retail price. Next month I will buy 2-3 more bottles to keep them safe from reformulations or discontinuation, and Jesús del Pozo will never get another euro from me ever again. PS 2: that black and gold coloured bottle looks SO tacky for men imho. I don't know if it is an older version, at least they changed it to a better black and brilliant blue version before I discovered it. Another reason to hate the EDP that I bought without knowing anything about it and is all gold coloured, but maybe I just want to hate it more haha.

Living in Dubai, UAE, I have the opportunity to sample a lot of fragrances. We have the usual European and American fragrances in the major retail outlets, as well as the indigenous Arabic perfumes obtained through a host of Gulf-based perfume houses, each with their own characteristic styles and fragrances to appeal to the massive market for fine fragrances in this region. It is no exaggeration to state that I am spoiled for choice and even within a few kilometres from my house, I can obtain the best of designer, niche and local fragrances (mukhallats, attars, etc) as I wish. Indeed, it is a terrible temptation.... :) Every now and then, however, a cross-over product appears...one which tries to merge something from Western and Middle Eastern perfume traditions to give an expression which is greater than the sum of its parts. Needless to say, the history of perfumery is littered with the wreckage from this risky Franco-Arabian stratagem ... But once in a while, one such adventure succeeds. J. Del Pozo's Arabian Nights EDP For Men is a fragrance from a Spanish fragrance house that is hardly a household name for male perfumery. In 2010 they decided to launch this EDP to the Gulf market in a move which could be considered contrarian at best. Does the Gulf need yet another oud-based fragrance? Even a European oud-based fragrance? And one can see the result of this here on Fragrantica: still less than 100 ratings in four years and most reviews concerned about where they can get their hands on the fragrance. As I write, the last review was written six months ago . So altogether, Arabian Nights seems to have been a failure. Even here in Dubai - the centre of the vortex of regional perfumery - the fragrance seems to have nearly disappeared. And yet, as we are living through a time when an enormous focus of the perfume industry seems to be on what to do with this most significant contemporary note - oud - we also seem to be seeing this most beautiful, enchanting and gorgeously blended oud fragrance for men slip under the radar....And truly, Arabian Nights is an oud-based oriental woody fragrance which is like no other. In my sampling of oud here in Dubai I have smelled out both natural oils and synthetic notes, Western and Middle Eastern products, some very old oils and some very contemporary offerings. All in all, when considering the vast majority of oud fragrances, it is obvious that they resolve themselves into two camps - politely known as the 'medicinal' and the 'barnyard' ouds. Were you to spend any time with these you would realise the potency of what is meant. Arabian Nights has oud at its base and it is unquestionably the major note, but the support afforded by saffron, amber and the underlying woods offers a fragrance which may have obtained 'oud-perfection'. Even the rose which can otherwise complicate an oud fragrance for men is here done so well as to be just softly suggestive in the background. It is just gorgeous and seems to get the amount of oud just perfectly right in the blend. Again, if you are interested in oud fragrances, be it those of the Montale, Mancera, TF, Armani Prive lines and others, I would highly recommend you try out this fragrance. Probably the best oud-based fragrance I have sampled from dozens over many years.

Arabian nights A name that has a clear and explicit meaning. And the bottle design show more explicit and clearer meaning. Fragrance is oriental to the core, it is almost became an icon in the world of oriental perfumes. As for the meaning of the name, it definitely refers to the hills , intimacy ,singing ,incense and fruits nights, And it appears like an expressional image of Thousand and one nights , and although it is aspersian origin but the image is not for stories, it is for a SHARIAR palace , about the design it is architectural simulated as the The Holly Kabba model , and it seems that perfume makers imposing aura of holiness about this amazing fragrance for the unique place in Arab and Muslims hearts who are always loving and looking for the sanctified house of Allah (al-Kaba ) Oud ..sandal .. Amber.. Musk ... guaiac wood There is no doubt that all these mighty notes are Arabian and oriental to the core and predicts for unusual emanation and impressive stability. But if the perfume notes stopped at this point, it will become bleak choking and dark like you put your head inside a huge royal censer, so you don’t have a comfortable breath. lebdanum... a wild and hard Andalusian plant protect itself against summer heat, its leaves and branches are coated with arichy fragrant resin , from which a precious absolute lebdanum has been extracted since ancient times , it has a warm , enveloping and sensual scent and it has been used in the treatment of some diseases especially in common cold. Cedar ... it is the famous tree which decorate the Lebanon flag and its lumbers has a distinctive aromatic and spicy odor which involved in the manufacture of many perfumes and especially in the fragrance base because of its distinctive stability. Roses, Patchouli and Vetiver are the famous aromatic components that there is no doubt about their refreshment effect when its is involved in any perfume manufacture. All these notes allowed the oriental perfume to appear balanced, comfortable and amazingly acceptable in the past i was in a clear enmity with the oriental perfumes, and it seems that the guilt was in these perfume makers for lacking proficiency in the art of synthesis and presentation. DEL POZO gets me out of this culture and taught me not to take in advance action of a large aromatic school, widly demanded like the oriental school without entering from the right door. I recommend using this perfume in these beautiful Spiritual atmospheres Best wishes

Looking through these reviews, I can't help but think that half the people writing reviews did not receive the real product, or are confusing this Arabian Nights with another scent with a similar name (Ie: the person who compared it to Encre Noir, which is like comparing Aqua Di Gio to something like Serj Luten's Musc Kublai Khan -- a comparison which makes no sense)... Anyway. I purchased this bottle in Kuwait, with no doubts about its authenticity (serial number checks out). I have attempted to purchase this scent from eBay twice before (around 2 years ago when I was first introduced to the scent and I was ripped off both times -- once, the seller disappeared with my money, and the second time, I received a blatant counterfeit). As they say though, the third time is a charm, and I have finally received the real thing. Anyway, here it goes: The first spray: This scent is very potent when it hits the skin, but the initial scent is a little misleading. Yes, it is opulent, but the initial balmy scent dies down within just a couple minutes (perhaps less). Once the alcohol/balmy scent of the initial spray goes away, after a minute or so, the true scent emerges -- and it is the most beautiful combination of scents: evoking images of desert landscapes. The smell of Oud is front and center, flanked by what I can only describe as the smell of freshly picked roses and Saffron, giving way to the base-notes of Mediterranean and North African spices (which reminds me of my time in Cordoba)... Perhaps this scent is my favorite because it is strongly linked to nostalgic memories, but I will say that pretty much every single time I wear this scent, I get compliments on it left and right. The sillage on this scent is unlike any other EDP I have tried. It is not so much 'in your face' but it subtly permeates the air of any room and the longevity is among the best non-oil perfumes I own. (Sillage 7.5/10 and Longevity 9/10) If you can find this scent from a reputable vendor, you should purchase it while you still have the opportunity to do so. It is currently on sale online from a couple reputable websites for around $100 + $10 shipping to the US

الليالي العربية اسم له مدلول واضح و صريح . و تصميم للزجاجة له مدلول أوضح و أكثر صراحة . العطر شرقي حتي النخاع حتى يكاد أن يكون أيقونة في عالم العطور الشرقية . أما عن مدلول الاسم فإنه يشير قطعاً إلى ليالي السمر و الألفة و الغناء و البخور و الفاكهة . و كأنها صورة تعبيرية لألف ليلة و ليلة – و إن كانت فارسية النشأة - و لكن الصورة ليست للأساطير و إنما لقصر شهريار . أما التصميم فإنه محاكاة للنموذج المعمارى للكعبة المشرفة . و كأن صناع العطر يفرضون هالة ٌ من القداسة حول هذا العطر ليتفرد مكانه في قلوب العرب و المسلمين حباً منهم و شوقاً دائماً لبيت الله الحرام . العود.. الصندل .. العنبر .. المسك..أخشاب الغاياك . لا شك أن كل هذه النوتات الجبارة عربية و شرقية حتى النخاع و تنبؤ بفوحان غير اعتيادى و ثبات مبهر . لكن لو توقفت نوتات العطر عند هذا الحد لأصبح العطر قاتماً خانقاً أشبه بأن تضع رأسك داخل مبخرة ملكية كبيرة فلا تملك أنفاسك بارتياح . ( لابدانوم ) نبتة بريّة قويّة أندلسية تحمي نفسها من حرارة الصيف بتغطية أوراقها وأغصانها بمادّة "ريزين" و هي مادة عطرية يُستخرَج منها جوهر ثمين منذ القدم هو الللابدانوم الذي يتميّز برائحة دافئة و قد كان يستخدم قديماً في العلاج من بعض الأمراض أخصها البرد العادى . ( سيدار ) و هي الشجرة الشهيرة التي تزين علم لبنان و أخشابها لها رائحة عطرية بهاراتية مميزة تشارك في صناعة العديد من العطور و لا سيما في قاعدة العطر لما لها من ثبات مميز. الورود و الباتشولى و الفيتيفر من المكونات العطرية الشهيرة و التي لا جدال حول الانتعاش الذى تثيره حال دخولها في أي عطر تحضر فيه . كل هذه النوتات سمحت لهذا العطر الشرقى أن يظهر بمظهر متوازن و مريح و مقبول إلى حد مذهل . كنت قديماً على عداء بين مع العطور الشرقية و يبدو أن الذنب كان في صناع هذه العطور لعدم إجادتهم فن التوليف و التقديم . ديل بوزو أخرجنى عن هذه الثقافة و علمنى ألا أتخذ موقفاً مسبقاً من مدرسة عطرية كبيرة الحجم واسعة الطلب كالمدرسة الشرقية دون أن أدخل من الباب الصحيح. أنصح بارتداء العطر في هذه الأجواء الروحانية الجميلة . كل عام و أنتم بألف ألف خير.