Angham

Oh my goodness, I love this. Suffice it to say, this is my fall/winter signature fragrance except when I'm in front of clients. (I wear Nicolaï New York Intense in front of clients year-round in the interest of consistency.) There are a few fragrances that resonantly trigger an olfactory memory for me; Angham is one of them. At spray, this transports me back thirty-something years, to a point just a hop across the Arabian Sea from where this was crafted: to a paan stall visiting Ahmedabad as a young child. This is beautiful and assertively not Western. This fragrance is sweet, but it's a warm-spicy saffron sweet and balanced enough with leathery and woody notes not to be cloying. I find the sweetness level about ideal for a fall/winter fragrance. The notes converge on an impression of incense. Performance is relatively good; projection is significant but not huge, and at 9 hours, a decent scent bubble of sweet warm-spicy leather remains. My lady was more loquacious about Angham than for most frags. She said I smell really nice in it, but she also remarked one morning that smelling it on me at the end of the day made her think about what a nice and relaxing evening she was having. I've never spent more on a full bottle of fragrance than on Angham, but I don't regret it one bit. In addition to being one of my favorite smells, the packaging is gorgeous, easily the best bottle, cap, and atomizer I've owned so far. If relationships to other fragrances helps orient you, I did a fairly deep dive into fall/winter fragrances and especially leathery options before committing to the full bottle of Angham. It started with a free sample of Clive Christian C Woody Leather, which I love but is so exorbitantly expensive that I committed to the search. The two closest runners up to Angham were Clive Christian C Woody Leather and Tom Ford Ombré Leather. I'd be thrilled to have either of these in that signature slot if Angham weren't available. I find Ombré Leather, in particular, a banger value for how good it smells. A couple fragrances with a more French compositional aesthetic are Nicolaï Baïkal Leather Intense and Mizensir Perfect Oud. Two more that are beautifully made but sweeter than ideal for me are Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille and Parfums de Marly Herod. I happily throw on these four for variety. Finally, two leathers which are too musty-harsh for me are Parfums de Marly Godolphin and Tom Ford Tuscan Leather. The last of these gives me a bit of nausea; it's the only one of the nine decants mentioned that I really don't use.

OmanLuxury always surprises me in the best way possible. I usually don’t lean toward deep, rich, woody and leathery scents, they can be bold and difficult to dissect, but something about Angham pulled me in immediately. Inspired by the Royal Opera House in Muscat, a place I live close to and visit often, Angham feels like an olfactory interpretation of that experience. The dark woods, the leather of the auditorium, the mingling scents of oud, spices, and elegance, it captures the atmosphere of the Opera House and turns it into perfume. It is exotic, sensual, bold, and mysterious, just as described. On skin, you feel the spices and saffron with a hint of apple in the opening, followed by the refined florals. The base is where it becomes truly special: ambergris, leather, and sandalwood blending into a warm, dark, and luxurious composition. This is not a fragrance I would wear in the summer heat, but in Muscat’s winter evenings it shines. Angham is a masterpiece in how it interprets a place, a moment, and the art of performance itself into scent. To me, this is perfumery as art. Thank you, OmanLuxury.

I have to admit that when I tried Angham and Dejan for the first time I found them both disgusting. When I tried them a second time they were still disgusting and too strong, but I went home with sprayed strips. When home I opened them and suddenly they were masterpieces and beautiful. I decided to buy Dajan and two weeks later I got another backup bottle and enjoyed the pleasure. A couple of months later I decided to buy Angham because I had a feeling it would unfold and surprise me the same way Dejan did. From first spray all sceptics dissappeared....now Angham was the better fragrance - what a fragrance what a blend! Wished I had two bottles of Angham instead of Dejan. Angham is so well crafted and balanced with a perfectly measured highend leather. So some degrres Angham/Dejam are comparable with B683/Ganymede Extraits as they are intense and dark scents too, but these Extraits seem untamed and unbalanced in a direct comparison. Scent: 10/10 Longevity: 9/10 Sillage: 9/10 Price: 8/10 (at least it is 100ml)

smooth smokey woody leathery , the spices hint you as smoke rose accord ( whole the fragrance's journey ) because the combination of clove ( higher does ) , apple & saffron. after 1 hour some animalic accord ( smooth ) combined with benzoin ( balanced sweet ) will be the main player with poor help by vanilla. I think Sandalwood add little creaminess. In my nose if Indian oud has been added to the base note , this fragrance will be 10/10 strongly recommended. overwhole : 8.5/10

First impression. This smells like gasoline, and then the inside of a million dollar luxury automobile, with a little bit of clean motor oil. I'm a car lover, and this is perfect for me. If you love the smell of luxury vehicles, sports cars, gasoline (no electric) and the auto parts store, (I know it sounds weird) definitely try this one. ----------------------------------------------------- Scent 9/10 Performance TBD