Al Basel

This was a blind buy based on the previous reviews. I ordered two more fragrances in the same order (check Rasasi Entebaa and Rasasi Pour Lui 9325, seriously good frags). While I knew what to await from the Rasasis frags (lots of reviews and great experience with their products), this was a pure risk (20€). Oh yes, no regrets, no reason for regrets, I would not regret paying twice as much, because this hits me right in the feels. This reminds me of a herb I would pick in the meadows of my beautiful country when I was a little kid. Every evening I would brew a delicious infusion of this herb for my parents. Its called wild thyme or breckland thyme and it has a strong lemony aroma with a herbal backbone. I am pretty sure it is the lemon and sage from the top notes, because the head definitely is citrusy-herbal 50:50. After some 15 minutes the citrusy-herbal notes fade a bit and what you get is a balsam-leather-tonka HEAVEN! When writing this review, my nose was quite fatigue as I tested all the three frags after getting home from a freezy cold winter out there, so I cant really tell you what the sillage and longevity is, either way, this is a warm weather fragrance, so I will update this soon. EDIT: so I can confirm the performance is quite good. The sillage is above average, but longevity is better, I can smell it on my wrists 14 hours after application as a nice skin scent. I believe sillage will increase and longevity decrease in warmer weather Btw the bottle is sooo beautiful For now, the scent gets 9 out of 10, 8.5 if Im not sentimental. This is another Arabian gem

Al Basel is Excellent Perfume from Swiss Arabian Perfumes. Its Citrus, Spicy & Ambery are Words to Describe it. It starts with Citrus & Spicy then transforms to Spicy Ambery. longenvity is V Strong. Its a Underrated Summer Gem. I call this Gem a Citrus Bomb from Swiss Arabian The Top begins with a Citrus as it has Lemon & Sage note followed by a Spicy, It has Balsam, Cardamom, Cinnamon & Praline as Heart Notes and Base of Woody Ambery as it has Rosewood, Patchouli, Leather & Amber as Base Notes. It smells Strong Citrus & Spicy in Beginning & Ambery, Leather is not strong and Price is Little High compared other Middle Eastern Perfumes of these Range, My Opinion is its should be little less so that i can take more market share. Projection & Longevity are V Good. Presentation & Bottle is V Good. Sprayer of Perfume pours out Decent of Juice. My Rating is 4.0 out of 5.

Very fresh; it is green, herbal, fruity "mainly mango that I smell" & a tiny bit of woods, sprayed it around 7:00 am this morning; it is 2:00 pm and I can still smell it, I love it.

Indeed , it's too synthetic. A pain for the nose, impossible to focus on any note. Shaghaf Oud (& Abyad) doesnt have this overdose of Ambroxan or same bleech note and is even pretty good.

A very animalic version of Black XS. Not for the faint of heart. Not a blind-buy. Very niche crowd oriented, but not my niche kind of crowd. Update 10/2025: Gifted this to a friend that was looking for a "Black XS - Rabanne" clone. I remembered this one was sort of a Black XS inspiration with added animalics/leather. He loved it. And I have to admit it smells better on him (away from me). Cemented a lesson from this one, a lesson that I tend to forget every so often when reviewing scents: every scent reacts different to different body chemistry - and what is hedious for some could be delightful to others.

Al Basel is a great summer fragrance for anyone who does not want to fade into the cloud of Acqua Di Gio, Sauvage and Aventus. Very pleasant blend of slightly sweet lemon and botanicals. Gives the impression of walking through a spring or summer garden, while sipping on iced lemonade. The cardamom and cinnamon come on at the drydown to lend a light caramel scent that ends up dominating after 2-3 hours. But the first two hours set this apart from the crowd. Would not hesitate to wear this for both casual and formal occasions. Performs as good or better than most in this category. Stock up.

Good fragrance. The scent is typically Arabic (oriental), but it would be easily appealing for people used to wear western perfumes too. Very good longevity and projection. I think it will be best to wear in the spring or autumn (not for too hot or too cold weather).

incredible !!! one of my best discovery for 2016!!! unbelievable sillage and projection, really strong and ferm, longevity 20 hours!! 30 us dollars per 100 ml -best summer frag ever!!!!

This one is too synthetic for my nose at my recent visit to Swiss Arabian booth in Dubai. My two favorite scents are Casablanca and Valencia. I rate this 6.9/10

Dont buy it- get kind of incense, smokey tobacco vibe!! And poor longevity sillage!! DEFINITELY SKIP

I have it and its a crowdpleaser

I have it and its a crowdpleaser