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01/16/2024
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the smoke of extinguished matches has never been so noble
So here is my first review. First of all, a warm hello to everyone.
I had been thinking for a long time about which of my favorite fragrances it should be, and then it became a fragrance of which I only had a small sample.
I had treated myself to My Oud from Royal Crown as a blind buy, which came with five samples. When I first tested it on paper, I immediately liked four of the five samples better than the My Oud I had ordered.
Then today I put on the Sultan, sprayed on the entire 2ml sample, give it to him. Total enthusiasm at first, I immediately thought of the Christmas season, but not of gourmands or spices like cinnamon, instead I associated a memory from my childhood. When you light the candles on the Advent wreath with matches and then blow out the match or even the candles: that smokiness in the air always fascinated me as a child. I know several smoky fragrances; from the coarse Air Tiger, to the almost identical but more moderate PM by du Bois, to the Complex by Boadicea and several other wood smoke fragrances, incense fragrances etc.
But this one has something very special, a warm, noble, enveloping homeliness. However, after the initial enthusiasm, I quickly became disillusioned again, as I no longer noticed the fragrance on me after a short time. I thought well, a top note king and luckily I didn't buy it blind. But when I got into my boyfriend's car half an hour later, he said "oha, what have you sprayed on today?" and I hadn't even closed the car door yet. I was really surprised and said "what do you smell that? And what do you think of it?" To which he replied, of course, very clearly. To him it smelled of chocolate, roasted hazelnuts, he associated it with Nutella; notes that I didn't perceive at all, to me it was light smoky and dry woody. I was surprised that our perceptions could be so different, so I had a look here at Parfumo and discovered a comment that also mentioned the blown-out candle. When we were back home from shopping and I was sitting on the sofa, I perceived the scent much more intensely than before, it crept up on me and embraced me, and I became more and more enthusiastic about it.
I get the smokiness of extinguished matches and blown-out candles, underpinned by unsweet dried fruits, I get a lot of wood, but very dry light woods, probably the cedar and sandalwood mentioned, nothing dark and moist. I also think I can detect Palo Santo in places, but it is not present. At least on my skin and with my nose, I didn't notice much of the indicated flowers in the heart note, I think they underlined the woods and the smoke in the background and ensured that they came out light and creamy. Later on, the vanilla probably came through, then I could also interpret the roasted hazelnuts (possibly the smoked date could give this impression) and a slight chocolateiness, but again no milk chocolate, rather dark bittersweet, so for me at no time a sweet gourmand. A very noble, enveloping, creamy, warm and seductive ingratiator, always in a balance between wood, unsweet dried fruits, warm vanilla and a smoke that I have never smelled anywhere else. And if you are afraid of oud, there is nothing to fear here, there is no animalism whatsoever.
I have to revise my initial disappointment in terms of durability and sillage, as I was still able to enjoy this treasure nine hours after spraying it on. It will definitely have to find its way into my home.
All in all, Royal Crown is a really very interesting house from which I will have to test a few more fragrances. The other samples I received were already very promising.
I hope one or the other can do something with my first review, I would be delighted.
I have many more treasures in my collection, which I would like to report on bit by bit.
I had been thinking for a long time about which of my favorite fragrances it should be, and then it became a fragrance of which I only had a small sample.
I had treated myself to My Oud from Royal Crown as a blind buy, which came with five samples. When I first tested it on paper, I immediately liked four of the five samples better than the My Oud I had ordered.
Then today I put on the Sultan, sprayed on the entire 2ml sample, give it to him. Total enthusiasm at first, I immediately thought of the Christmas season, but not of gourmands or spices like cinnamon, instead I associated a memory from my childhood. When you light the candles on the Advent wreath with matches and then blow out the match or even the candles: that smokiness in the air always fascinated me as a child. I know several smoky fragrances; from the coarse Air Tiger, to the almost identical but more moderate PM by du Bois, to the Complex by Boadicea and several other wood smoke fragrances, incense fragrances etc.
But this one has something very special, a warm, noble, enveloping homeliness. However, after the initial enthusiasm, I quickly became disillusioned again, as I no longer noticed the fragrance on me after a short time. I thought well, a top note king and luckily I didn't buy it blind. But when I got into my boyfriend's car half an hour later, he said "oha, what have you sprayed on today?" and I hadn't even closed the car door yet. I was really surprised and said "what do you smell that? And what do you think of it?" To which he replied, of course, very clearly. To him it smelled of chocolate, roasted hazelnuts, he associated it with Nutella; notes that I didn't perceive at all, to me it was light smoky and dry woody. I was surprised that our perceptions could be so different, so I had a look here at Parfumo and discovered a comment that also mentioned the blown-out candle. When we were back home from shopping and I was sitting on the sofa, I perceived the scent much more intensely than before, it crept up on me and embraced me, and I became more and more enthusiastic about it.
I get the smokiness of extinguished matches and blown-out candles, underpinned by unsweet dried fruits, I get a lot of wood, but very dry light woods, probably the cedar and sandalwood mentioned, nothing dark and moist. I also think I can detect Palo Santo in places, but it is not present. At least on my skin and with my nose, I didn't notice much of the indicated flowers in the heart note, I think they underlined the woods and the smoke in the background and ensured that they came out light and creamy. Later on, the vanilla probably came through, then I could also interpret the roasted hazelnuts (possibly the smoked date could give this impression) and a slight chocolateiness, but again no milk chocolate, rather dark bittersweet, so for me at no time a sweet gourmand. A very noble, enveloping, creamy, warm and seductive ingratiator, always in a balance between wood, unsweet dried fruits, warm vanilla and a smoke that I have never smelled anywhere else. And if you are afraid of oud, there is nothing to fear here, there is no animalism whatsoever.
I have to revise my initial disappointment in terms of durability and sillage, as I was still able to enjoy this treasure nine hours after spraying it on. It will definitely have to find its way into my home.
All in all, Royal Crown is a really very interesting house from which I will have to test a few more fragrances. The other samples I received were already very promising.
I hope one or the other can do something with my first review, I would be delighted.
I have many more treasures in my collection, which I would like to report on bit by bit.
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