Al-Khat

EN I discovered this company at the fair Fragranze 2012 in Florence Italy. It wasn't easy to find then the store that sells fragrances to the regular customer like me, but in the end I was able to buy the whole line from the site ausliebezumduft.de I must say that there is a system to buy perfumes Xerjoff paying the relatively low price (the normal price of the bottle of 50 ml is up to US$ 260-325). Since the Shooting Stars line and the Oud Stars line are the masterpieces of artistic perfumery, it is worth to buy the Shooting Stars - Discovery Sets - Part One and Part Two and Oud Stars Collection - Discovery Set that cost US$ 208 for each of the first two sets and US$ 254 for the Oud collection set. Of course there are the Discovery Sets for XJ17/17 Collection (US$ 331) and XJ Casamorati 1888 Vintage Collection (US$ 182), but personaly I do not like the last two lines, so I didn't order them. In each set there are 6 fragrances of 15ml each and therefore the price for a volume of 50 ml drops to US$116 for Shooting Stars collection and to US$142 for Oud Stars collection instead of USD$ 260 and US$ 325 for full version bottles. IT Ho scoperto questa casa di profumi alla fiera Fragranze 2012 a Firenze. Non era poi facile di trovare il negozio che vendesse i profumi ad un mortale come me, ma alla fine sono riuscito ad acquistare tutta la linea dal sito ausliebezumduft.de Devo dire che c'è un sistema per comprare i profumi di Xerjoff al prezzo relativamente molto basso (il prezzo normale della bottiglietta di 50 ml arriva a circa €200-250). Visto che tutta la linea Shooting Stars e la linea Oud Stars sono i capolavori della profumeria artistica, vale la pena a comprare il Shooting Stars - Discovery Sets - Part One and Part Two e Oud Stars Collection - Discovery Set che costano €160 per ciascuno dei primi due e €195 per la collezione Oud. Ovviamente esistono anche i Discovery Sets per XJ17/17 Collection (€255) e per XJ Casamorati 1888 Vintage Collection (€140), ma quest'ultimi a me non piacciono. Nel ciascun set ci sono 6 profumi nelle bottigliette di 15ml e quindi il prezzo per un volume di 50ml crolla a €89 per Shooting Stars collection e €109 per Oud Stars invece di €200 per Shooting Stars e di €250 per Oud Stars.

What a perfume!!? I love Xerjoff creations but this one stands out because of how similar it is to Arabian perfumes. As many have mentioned, it smells animalistic and I completely agree with that. What I disagree with most is that this smell is only due to the Indian oud notes, which smell barn-yardy or faecally. There is another note that you get if you smell goat or sheep hides, this is the smell of ghazal musk (most likely its aroma chemicals here). Most people in the western countries did not have a chance to go to crafts shops where these hides are prepared, which are abundant in certain areas of the Middle East and North Africa. the smell is very animalistic and that's what ghazal musk smells like. There are other sweet notes to tame this down, and as expected they are florals and in this case, it's the jasmine oil added to this gem. I am waiting on the dry down to finish this review and will update accordingly. Update: The dry down is less animalistic and the vanilla can be better smelt there too Update 2: I was just going through the notes breakdown here and noticed they included cashmeran, so what I was describing as ghazal musk is actually the smell of cashmeran, and here is what I found on it from wikipedia "Although cashmeran has been described by some as a polycyclic musk, it is neither primarily a musk odour ingredient, nor does it belong to the polycyclic musk group as defined by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA). Although there are woody-musky notes to Cashmeran, its odour is complex[3] with notes that are: rich spicy, fruity, chypre, balsamic and vanilla, overall intended to convey the soft sensuous feeling of cashmere (hence the trade name Cashmeran)"

#516 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Some of these reviews are so nuts that they must be a coordinated hit job on Xerjoff. "Fecal notes?" "Barnyard notes?" Nonsense! The oud here is very mild. People if this oud smells like manure to you, stay away from oud scents because this is at the very conservative end of the scale. God help you if you spray on Reminiscence Oud. So you know that bergamot note in so many orientals, and frags like Invictus and Code Profumo that smells like Kool-Aid Lime powder and Pixie Stix candy? That's going on here, so the listed scents under "smells like", which have no citrus component whatever, are so way off it's like they've never actually smelled this fragrance at all. But like all citrus it disappears in the dry down. All the notes you see listed, you can pick every one of them out. How often does that happen? Once in every fifty fragrances? I'd wear this all day any day. So I like this, but probably have a half dozen scents with this profile already so I don't feel like I have to run right out and buy a bottle. It's a good scent for casual wear in moderate to warm climate. Warm summer night date scent, beach wear. Kinda if Tommy Bahama made EDPs instead of only colognes. But "fecal notes?" "Barnyard notes?" "Horse manure?" You've never been in a barnyard or near an actual horse. "Difficult to wear in warm weather?" Maybe you're over-spraying? This is a good scent though Xerjoff has better. If you don't already own Alexandria II and XJ 1861 Naxos, buy those first.

I was being morbidly curious about those "barnyard" fragrances so I did some reading up on the subject and found out that this one is as dirty and poopy as Satan's seventh anus. Ordered a sample vial, closed my eyes, and sprayed my wrist... This is fantastic. Opens with lovely jasmine and vanilla on a very feminine way which quickly fades into musky oud. Which lasts forever and ever. One tiny spray and it will stay with you for the rest of the day. A warm, rich, fragrance; regal and dignified. You'll feel like a prince in his harem of beautiful women. Or a princess in her harem of beautiful men. Or a prince in his harem of beautiful men. Or a princess in her harem of beautiful women. You get my drift. If I press my nose to my wrist, ascend to a state of oneness with the universe, and inhale deeply... I get a whiff of sweet and pungent manure. It could be the indoles in the jasmine or some other note. It's there but only of you actively look for it. Who would wear this? Aforementioned royalty with a hedonistic streak. Someone bold, mature, but also playful. They know their privileges and responsibilities and they're always follow through... but there's always time for some fun. So this endeavor turned out to be both a loss and a win. I wanted to be grossed out but I found a new favorite. I guess I'll have to look further for the disgusting ones with sweaty crotch, public toilet, leaky ass, and neglected petting zoo. tl;dr – 10 out of 10 decadent bluebloods

This opens with bergamont and jasmine giving the scent that Summer freshness. Then the skanky Laotian Oud comes in to the mix and it does have that barnyard stink. Thankfully this only lasts for ten minutes tops and mostly disappears and you can only smell it ever so slightly. It does add a carnal sensuality under the Summer fresh jasmine accord which dominates and after a while it dissappears. So if you can get past the first ten minutes its not a issue. After a few hours the vanille comes into play and slightly sweetens the jasmine accord without it losing that Summer freshness. The fragrance projects strongly and lasts and the ingredients are top notch. The thing I like about this fragrance which for me makes it stand out is the floral fresh jasmine accord which is perfect for the Summer. Most fragrances have lemon, orange or citrus which makes this one a pleasent change. Though there is no denying that this is more on the feminine side of unisex. Those who are looking for a Oud dominanted fragrance will be disappointed me thinks as it disappears completly forty minutes in. So to sum up a Summer fresh jasmine dominated fragrance which has the skanky Oud for the first forty minutes then disappears completly. Its floral and gets sweeter without losing that freshness which leans towards the feminine side of unisex. I have to say this would smell great on a woman.