Call Me

Fragrance Notes (taken from Nabeel's website) Top Notes : ROSE, YLANG-YLANG, VIOLET, CYPRES, GERANIUM, ALDEHYDIC NOTES, JACINTH, BERGAMOT, TAGETE Middle Notes : JASMINE, LILY, ORRIS, ORANGE FLOWER, LILY OF THE VALLEY, VETIVER Base Notes : TREEMOSS, MUSK, OAKMOSS, TONKA BEANS, LABDANUM, CEDARWOOD, SANDALWOOD, SANDAL The opening is like a flowery explosion, with several notes very well blended. After some minutes the violet begins to be the protagonist and keeps all the time dominating the whole composition, not a common violet like a baby cologne, it's a luxurious and sensual violet. The drydown with the violet, vetiver and woody notes is beautiful. Totally unisex, this CPO is a true gem.

The review below mine confirms I’m not crazy for thinking of Guerlain’s Insolence - luxurious violet. And the notes he’s put up make more sense too. I don’t agree with the cherry, leather, tea, spices that Sobe is talking about - it will mislead blind-buyers into thinking its along the lines of TF Tuscan Leather. No, it’s a soapy, bright floral. Starts with a sharp pink rose (think YSL Paris) then warm white musk, then luxury violet. I was reassured by the box with its message of “8 hours guaranteed” but it already seems to be getting too soft for my liking. I think it will be a skin scent for 8 hours if the claim is true. But oh, wow! It’s sexy - it smells like warm clean skin in bed, freshly washed with fine, moisturising, luxury floral soap. Oh! Now it’s face cream like old-skool Olay or Body Shop’s vitamin E cream. It keeps developing and I keep editing 😄

UPDATE: It’s one of those fragrances that teases by being thoroughly beautiful, but doesn’t perform. I expect fragrances to create a cloud around me that make me feel beautiful. This doesn’t, there’s no point in wearing it. You’d be better off layering Tesori d’Oriente White Musk as a base, Guerlain’s Insolence edp as the heart, and YSL Paris edt as the top. You might create a similar effect to Nabeel’s Call Me, except it would be detectable.

This smells really good. In the opening it smells like Cherry & Leather (on me, for some reason) for a brief moment, then it becomes rich & floral with an almost tea-like freshness from the Clary Sage. Then the spices kick in & mingle with just a hint of musk. The Base notes remind me a bit of D&G L`Amoureux, but not as spicy & has cinnamon instead of Pink Pepper.

Ooh this is pleasantly unique yet kind of generic? There is a hint of artemisia underneath interplay between geranium (that adds a little bit of rosy- yet mildly tingly spiciness) and ylang-ylang here along with white musk; This to my nose leans feminine, but if you argue that it is unisex, I would also agree with you.