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12/04/2023
DrB1414
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A perfume fit for a Maharaja.
A true Oriental perfume composition. Every corner of it, each turn, and sight is saturated with Oriental elements, making it a conveying experience. Exotic spices, florals, Indian Oud, Indian Sandalwood, ambergris, and plenty of musks. The entire perfume is saturated in them, as if they poured their best efforts into making this, as most fans of the house would agree.
Greeting the wearer with a fleeting burst of citruses and spices, warm and succulent, shortly before the lush florals enter the stage. I have to say, after several years, the citrus notes in the opening have been pushed back by the ambergris, which is now probably the major player here, next to the oud, making its presence known as soon as you spray the perfume.
Following the opening burst the florals sing a most beautiful Oriental song. Champaca and jasmine are the main floral elements, the rose barely supports them, which I love as there are already so many rose-drenched Oriental blends. The champaca-jasmine duo brings a different flavor to an overdone genre. The heavy base pushes the entire composition of the skin and provides the core built of it. Indian Oud with some leathery, hay, medicinal, and barnyard facets, Indian sandalwood to tame the oud a bit, plenty of musks, and the most gorgeous ambergris to drench everything in. The ambergris is so potent that it feels like they used ambergris tincture for the carrier. They might very well have, I don't know, but it smells that way. That and the use of choya nakh provide an oceanic saltiness to the blend, while the ambergris teams up with the other animalics to render the desired animalistic quality.
It might sound like a beast of perfume and a rough one at that, but it is not. And that's the brilliance of it. Somehow, the darker tones are perfectly balanced by the lighter ones, and every rough edge is smoothed out by its counterpart. Hence, it comes together as a perfect, true Oriental melange of very high complexity, managing to mix the most sought-after flavors of the Indian tradition. A perfume fit for a Maharaja.
IG:@memory.of.scents
Greeting the wearer with a fleeting burst of citruses and spices, warm and succulent, shortly before the lush florals enter the stage. I have to say, after several years, the citrus notes in the opening have been pushed back by the ambergris, which is now probably the major player here, next to the oud, making its presence known as soon as you spray the perfume.
Following the opening burst the florals sing a most beautiful Oriental song. Champaca and jasmine are the main floral elements, the rose barely supports them, which I love as there are already so many rose-drenched Oriental blends. The champaca-jasmine duo brings a different flavor to an overdone genre. The heavy base pushes the entire composition of the skin and provides the core built of it. Indian Oud with some leathery, hay, medicinal, and barnyard facets, Indian sandalwood to tame the oud a bit, plenty of musks, and the most gorgeous ambergris to drench everything in. The ambergris is so potent that it feels like they used ambergris tincture for the carrier. They might very well have, I don't know, but it smells that way. That and the use of choya nakh provide an oceanic saltiness to the blend, while the ambergris teams up with the other animalics to render the desired animalistic quality.
It might sound like a beast of perfume and a rough one at that, but it is not. And that's the brilliance of it. Somehow, the darker tones are perfectly balanced by the lighter ones, and every rough edge is smoothed out by its counterpart. Hence, it comes together as a perfect, true Oriental melange of very high complexity, managing to mix the most sought-after flavors of the Indian tradition. A perfume fit for a Maharaja.
IG:@memory.of.scents
