Fougère Noire

Wow! Again Sultan just keeps giving these looks and it's a treat for perfume fans because he clearly blends with such skill and Passion. I don't really feel as though I have to blow smoke up the guys arse but not one of these attars is dominant in a single note, no matter how individually complex that note might be? That is rare in the world of these oils, to be so prolific at mixing elements and not getting mud or unfocused fragrances. These all have a brightness and clarity. So this is a fougere opening with a green lemon and lime citrus sparkling with elemi and pine. The general feeling is as green as the attar itself and gives an instant transportation back to childhood. I'm not sure if it's mine or a past life or a fantasy? but it feels like something I experienced whether waking or in a dreamstate. Strangely clean and mountain air like, the technicolour of the hills and mountain tops in a sound of music, but with a soapy forest floor, and mossy bark with fresh fungus peeking out...giving an almost psychotropic effect. The oakmoss element is there but not as strong as I thought it might be, but again that speaks to the blend of many materials coming together. Is there coumarin or tonka warmth there? That's what you have to ask with a fougere, or does it replace that sweet warmth with something else and I'd say this likely does but it's not as perceivable, although drying down to a lovely warm scent on skin with the most delicate barely there coffee note. I think it's fantastic and one of a few fougere's Sultan has in his collection some of which use less expensive materials.

My first from Sultan Pasha and I'm impressed. This is a beautifully balanced attar, that's somehow wonderfully green and bright from citrus as well. There's lavender and pine as well but it's all blended so well you can't always pick out individual notes. It all just works so well together. I'm excited to try to more now. Edit: I find myself wanting to wear this more and more. It's addictive and comforting. Sillage is big for the first couple hours and then settles down to make a nice scent bubble around me.

This is quickly and easily the best fragrance I've ever smelled. I don't have the vocabulary for these Sultan Pasha Attars because they're just so different from traditional commercial fragrances. This is woodsy, deep, clean, involving. I'll update this review as I come to understand this scent better, but in word, it's perfect.

This is most awesome. It just adds up to an experience where you want to go into a dark room and just focus on what your nose is telling your brain. It adds up to something that is so great. I can't really distinguish notes. There is lavender and castoreum and pine and nutmeg...but this just makes you feel so awesome.

An absolutely magnificent, emotional fougere with enormous depth. When my soul quivers upon encountering a new fragrance, it is safe to call it a masterpiece. This is a masterpiece.