O Hira

STÉPHANE HUMBERT LUCAS Ô’Hira (2014) Totally unisex One of the best Amber scents with very unique SHL’s dna - this is a little bit balsamic, warming and calming, even spiritual. It’s a little bit smoky and earthy and the whole composition feels like it’s wrapped in heavenly honeyed veil. What makes this different from other SHL’s spiritual creations is the extraordinary warmth. Many of his scents has colder tones compared to this one despite of balsams and resins. I would describe for example Black Gemstone and Mortal Skin with a silvery spark and O’Hira has definitely a golden shine over it. This has as well an animalic side which some people may find intimidating. I think it just makes this more gorgeous. What comes to the notes it’s not easy to find some exact list and in many sources has been mentioned only “Fossilized layered Amber”. This is anyway quite complex scent with many different nuances and that “Layered Amber” hides inside a hefty dose of different notes. Those are changing along with the weather and warmth of the skin. •Gently leathery undertone from Labdanum •Woody notes •Pyrogenic Styrax / Tolu Balsam, dark and rich balsams and resins here are undeniable bringing that extraordinary warmth together with •Cinnamon •Tonka bean and torrefied Vanilla •Musk which turns into a little bit dirty direction (it’s subtle though) so there might be Castoreum as well. This is evocative, captivating and mesmerizing scent with oriental style. Thank you for reading, I hope my review was helpful. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG and/or YouTube (English subtitles): @ninamariahperfumes It gives me a lot of motivation to write more. 🤗

Here's my actual review of Ô Hira. The fragrance is built around “fossilized amber” and this makes perfect sense. My first impression was that of honey. This is a rich, sweet, gentle animalic fragrance. Ô Hira smells like the warm fur of something alive, like a majestic golden-furred stag with grand antlers. That being said, Ô Hira leans slightly feminine on my skin, but most certainly has the backbone of a masculine fragrance. So i'm placing this at unisex-feminine. The animalic scent to this somehow doesn’t clash with the formal, expensive vibe. This is the perfume to make people perceive power and wealth. A tailored suit, a sleek hotel room booked for two. Not the kind of thing I’d wear, to me it's a bit too much for daily wear. It’s more like something you’d expect to smell on someone charismatic, dressed to the nines. To me, it is perfect for a date, a high-stakes meeting, or a moment when you want to be remembered. It's a deeply seductive golden elixir, yet tender and calming like a warm hug. This is the scent to impress, to seduce, to close deals or open doors. Ô Hira smells expensive, but whether it’s $530 to $715 expensive is another question.

this came in the mail right on the day of eid and i wore it to the mosque, which i dont ever go to anymore. i only went because the timing of the prophet Mohammad scent arriving for the muslim holiday of the year felt like idk allah was tryna tell me something.... it was such a beautiful wearing experience. now to the scent itself. i get immortelle. its not sables or a clone or anything, but the affect of the honey from the amber and the savory marine ambergris creates this herbal seaside immortelle shrub accord. but way pulled back in its vibrancy and flavor. it is far from dull though. that restraint communicates sophistication for sure. the girls i work with were taken aback by how luxurious and sumptuous it smelt to them.. It smells high quality and full bodied and magnificently nuanced. This one’s sweetness is softer and translates as more mature imo. The best amber I own well it’s up there with the best Pro tip: the price is insane and I only own it bc of a YouTuber selling it for insanely cheap ($150 isn’t cheap but for this it is) but if I couldn’t get it for this price I’d get Uruk by Anatole Lebreton. It smells just as ancient and expensive

Might just be the best resinous fragrance I've smelled. I didn't know what to expect from Ô Hira based on its notes but I didn't expect to like it this much, this is a real masterpiece. The way the labdanum blends with the frankincense and a mineralic finish from what SHL says is saltpeter is almost entrancing. I get a honey-like smell from this, especially during the opening, most likely from the very rich and deep ambers, as well as a touch of cinnamon, which makes this quite the likeable fragrance. An absolute gem and a fragrance I'm looking forward to retrying soon, I'll explain why. I'm not sure if I'm going through another generalized nose blindness episode or if Ô Hira just naturally doesn't project much because of how heavy it is, but it didn't project much at all, I'd say this was a moderate projecting fragrance at best. Sillage was also very light but I was getting light whiffs of this consistently for several hours so that's at least good. Longevity has been good however, as you could expect from a fragrance like this. It has been 8 hours since I sprayed this on and it's still easily detectable on my skin.

This fragrance is beautiful, definitely in my top 5. They were going for a fossilized amber scent here. When you think of it like that they really did a good job, it has a very old smell to it, maybe even ancient. So expect that since they don't reveal the notes. You will have a unique presence. I do think it's unisex, i beleive you need to dress up for this one, it's a very special perfume, and does amazing on special occasions. I wear it every Halloween because in my whole collection this fragrance is somehow the "scariest" and I really couldn't tell you how, but that's something special about this one, but don't let that scare you, this is 100% worth a smell. If u don't like save a alil on first testing and let it masserate a few months, beleive me. Anyways, this is some of the finest perfumery here, I wouldn't change anything about this scent which makes it a 10/10. And yes the longevity is excellent as well, you'll get all day wearing, which is kinda crazy for something I would tend to reach for at night