Dhanal Oudh Jurrah

Yes, a sharp cowshed fecal blast to start with. I'll tell you about this at the end. After forty minutes or so it's calmed right down. The skank has died right off. Then for the next eight hours it stays close to the skin and changes a lot. Sometimes I get a gentle whiff of delicate natural rose. Sometimes it's a creamy sandalwood. I detected what I thought was honey and caramel too. Interesting, gentle and smooth to me. No powerhouse except at the very beginning. I prefer this one to Faquat Lil Rijal which has some similar traits but perhaps is a little more rough and ready. Right, the start. There's a guy at work who is getting into fragrances. We sometimes talk about them and I often bring something in for him to try. We mostly meet at the end of shift by the clocking out machine. This is where I spray him with whatever I've bought in. It dries down on him on the drive home, his wife and daughter judge the scent and offer a Ye or Nay to go with his opinion which is sometimes acted upon and purchased. Anyway, there's perhaps twenty men standing at the clock waiting for it to roll over. I spray my friend and just about everyone offers a caustic opinion. The phrase "cow shi+" was heard more than once. Stick with it. It changes like you won't believe. Another Rasasi hit for me. Beautiful.

I would not call myself an expert on oud perfumes or perfumes in general. I usually like something that most people discourage. There are also not many perfumes that would shock me in any way. They may surprise, but not shock. Jurrah, however is a completely different story. I am shocked how little it costs and surprised how well it smells. It has a small connection with Le Labo Oud, especially when it comes to animalic part of it, dry down reminds me rougher version of Hamdani. In Jurrah you literally feel the rotting wood and wet tobacco leaves that will create on your skin layer of immortality that plays as a magical musical instrument you've never heard of. I don't want to write an essay here, everyone has to form their own opinion but let me tell you... it's beautiful.

For oud lovers or genuine exotic fragrance collector. After initial oudh saffron blast transitions to strong vetiver and roses

Haha! Smells like a zebra or an elephant enclosure at the zoo. I enjoy it a bit, but I’m not able to wear it because my wife hates it!!!! Haha. Update: I’m home alone today haha. I put one spray on my wrist...even just for me I was scared of more than that. It honestly smells like pineapple and elephant exhibit at the zoo. Not horrible but would not appeal to most haha.

After letting this sit for more than a year it has become a dry smell of parquet. Opening still has somewhat pungent smell of puked red wine but that fades away in minutes. When i first got this it smelled straight up circus. Wifey got traumatized smelling this one fresh and now im only permitted to using it when home alone.