Sapphire Collection

London Widian / AJ Arabia 2018

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Ranked 8 in Unisex Perfume

8.9 / 10 1873 Ratings

A popular perfume by Widian / AJ Arabia for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is leathery-fruity. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Leathery

Fruity

Sweet

Oriental

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Oud

Cypress

Violet

Heart Notes

Raspberry

Lily of the valley

Base Notes

Leather

Musk

Vanilla

Amber

Perfumer

Jordi Fernández

Ratings

Scent

8.91873 Ratings

Longevity

8.91794 Ratings

Sillage

8.51773 Ratings

Bottle

9.21701 Ratings

Value for money

7.11457 Ratings

Submitted by Michael, last update on 25.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Sapphire Collection" collection.

Reviews

42 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/19/2018

7
Bottle 8
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

julsten
1 Review

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julsten

Top Review 38

What was that that got me?

Well, this is my first comment. Why with this scent? Well, because it fits: After the 1st test, I felt like after a very intense OneNightStand, which you can still find next to you in the morning. Now I looked (sniffed) at the situation. Do I want to get to know him better? It was explosive attraction, fascination, self-abandonment almost.... I never really would have taken a guy like that home with me! ...but do we fit together in the future?
The second time was more natural. We knew each other. But this time I felt like I had to make up my mind. Do I stand by him? Shall we try it together? He's so different. I'd stand out with him. With him, maybe I wouldn't be myself.... so we went for a walk... i couldn't let him and he couldn't let me! This attraction makes me excited, adventurous, sexy. If I get too close to him, he will hog me completely and utterly... Why am I so into him? I was always looking for something to calm me down, flatter me or support me. He's not one of them!
He's driving me crazy. I'm exhausted at times, turn away if I have to. But after some time we get together again and it is every time an adventure with him.
Maybe I should confess to my husband?! ...I'VE BALLED OVER 200€!!! AAAAAAAAAH what's been riding me???!!!!

09/16/2018

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

MrGaunt
19 Reviews

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MrGaunt

Top Review 24

Best soft leather scent with twist?

As a confessing AJ Arabia / Widian fan I have the problem that the scents for my taste are mostly great class, but for something difficult in general use such as work. They often have a great creaminess, but also a certain "funkyness" due to the oud notes or a too strong sweetness in the Velvet Collection. Unfortunately, this restricts them for everyday work.

Now with London comes a fragrance that starts the Sapphire Collection and takes a different direction. In contrast to the other series, the oud seems to stay more in the background here and, after the Velvet Collection, moves a little further away from the more oriental scents of thee Black and Gold Collection. I look forward to the other fragrances.

But now to the fragrance.
Here especially the comparison to Tuscan Leather is drawn by the combination leather + fruit. It's been a while since I had it as a test, but I still think I can say that the comparison is not too accurate. I also call La Yuqawam pour Homme my own which is very similar to TL. Both scents are clearly more angular than London.
Other leather fragrances on the market are also difficult to compare directly, because either they go in the robust direction of the "leather jacket" in various elegant versions (motorcycle jacket with Dark Rebel Rider vs. fine but still quite cool leather jacket with Bottega Veneta pour Homme Extreme) or in the direction of "grandpa's leather armchair". That's generalized, but you understand what I mean.
Royal Leather" by Charriol is a leather scent that unfortunately receives too little attention and takes up the subject of leather + fruit very finely. A very fine leather scent, super office suitable but not boring.

London is now going in a slightly different direction. It starts with a strong dose of leather and raspberry, not very subtle but quite pleasant. Can one or the other certainly put on the first sniffer under "boring, I already know". Oud plays a background role, but is noticeable.
After a short time, however, it takes on a direction that I have never seen before from other leather fragrances. A very soft leather base remains, as does the fruit, along with very light floral components. But the fragrance gets a pleasant modern unsticky sweetness.
And that sweetness is hard to describe. No gourmand, not even fu*dry, very modern. The vanilla certainly does the main work here, supported by amber and musk. It occurred to me that I would rather expect the fragrance in the form of Geza Schön composed by Ormonde Jayne as a sister fragrance to Nawab of Oudh or Montabaco. Who knows the style of Geza Schön may understand what I mean by modern here. Probably they also work with Iso-E-Super, Ambroxan or other components in London, which is fine for me because it works very well.

After the leathery-fruity start, a fragrance that finds a great balance with restrained leather, some (raspberry) fruit and delicate flowers and a very pleasant sweetness remains after approx. 30-60 minutes. This combination really lasts for a very long time, after 12 hours I can still perceive it well on the skin even if it certainly no longer radiates far.
A very pleasant and generally compatible fragrance, yet without boredom with its own charisma of fine notes. Modern. I really like it. What I particularly like: I can imagine London very well dosed carefully as an office fragrance, with two more splashes it becomes more present in private use and in the first few hours the soft station wagon is quite a bit louder.
For certainly not a few perfumers, the fragrance might seem too untraditional, perhaps even designer. I still find it rather niche. Especially for fans of Geza Schön with his slightly different concept of fragrance creation certainly worth a test. *ClickGoodsBasket*

10/24/2021

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

LuiOs
5 Reviews

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LuiOs

Helpful Review 27

Simply WOW!

Wow!
I bought the Sapphire London blind. The reviews have spoken for themselves, just like the fragrance notes.

When I received the order, I was very excited about what to expect.

Incredibly beautiful packaging and presentation, the bottle is massive and very high quality with nice details.

I was aufjedenfall directly excited.

Now came the moment of truth, the first sprayer.

WOW! A fragrance that immediately enveloped me, the interplay of raspberry and leather and a great oud has left me speechless. Widian has managed to combine these notes so buttery and elegant as I have never smelled it so.

A very sexy and impressive fragrance that is not at all comparable to Tuscan leather. TF unfortunately does not come close to this quality.

The fragrance is also constantly evolving and becomes even softer and sexier as at the opening.

The durability is extreme, as is the sillage, you fill with it rooms but in a positive way without being intrusive, so you are definitely the star in the room.

Thank you Widian for this masterpiece!

12/02/2023

7
Pricing 9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

Luwa
8 Reviews

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Luwa

Top Review 30

Loud favor from the leather-raspberry sector

London. A shooting star in the perfume community, very well known and loved by many. It has become even more popular in the last two years. It is now also in the top ranks of the unisex list. It is by far the best-known fragrance from Widian, a brand that has become very well known thanks to it.
Nevertheless, in my opinion, London is somewhat out of the ordinary compared to other fragrances in the top 100 lists. Hardly anyone knows the perfume house unless they are familiar with it on Parfumo. Few perfumeries stock it, it's not available online in many stores either, and if it is, it's usually sold out for half the year.

I think I first became aware of London through a YouTube video. Presented in one of those "with these 10 fragrances you smell different!" Videos. I heard the name, saw the notes on Parfumo and quickly bought a bottle to test. I was already familiar with the forerunner of today's leather-raspberry faction, Tuscan Leather. At the time, it was still a little too extreme for me as a fragrance, as I was still at the beginning of my fragrance addiction. In contrast to the Tom Ford fragrance, I found London took some getting used to at first, but it was still more wearable and pleasant.

From today's perspective, a few years later, London smells a little different again, and I would like to elaborate a little more on the current perception here. London has been in my home as a bottle for over two years now. I don't use it that often anymore, but the bottle will definitely stay around for a while.

For me, the brand's flagship is a real party fragrance, very intense, for some quite intrusive and with a strong projection and special fragrance dna that you don't often smell outside of Parfumo, leather-raspberry is not really common. London wants to be smelled, you stand out with this fragrance. The leather alone gives it something striking, but the raspberry also gives it a fruity, sweet appeal. So it is loud, attractive, dark and exciting due to the two contrasts. Therefore a perfect fragrance for going out.
It will also be a loud irritant to the nose for many people who like things more natural and classic. You have to get to grips with the fruity, sweet raspberry, and you should be able to cope with the artificial leather compared to real leather fragrances. For me, London is ideal for under-30s.

The main players are raspberry and leather, but I rarely read in the reviews how the top notes are perceived by others. I can also smell oud briefly at the beginning, really only briefly, rather artificial, but still easily recognizable, this gives a nice dark start. The London also seems a little scratchy and becomes rounder and rounder towards the drydown. Violets and cypress also give a soft spicy-floral note, which fades immediately after a few minutes.
Immediately afterwards, the beautiful combination of raspberry and leather extends over the other notes, and it stays that way until the late drydown.
In fact, over time, after about 3 hours, the fragrance also becomes softer and also much sweeter, which will be due to the musk and vanilla. Both do not emerge as recognizable notes themselves, but provide for this soft and sweet development. Although leather is the most dominant, it is rounded off in a sweet and soft way. The sweetness is not sticky and not too overpowering, but makes the fragrance a little more supple and rounded.

London stands for the dominant leather-raspberry combination, which starts a little edgy and becomes rounder, sweeter and more pleasant over time. An ideal fragrance for going out with good staying power. In my experience, it is very pleasing around people in their early 20s. It also commands a decent price, sometimes you can get it quite well in the sale if you snap it up before it sells out again.

11/16/2023

6
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Nutmeg
18 Reviews

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Nutmeg

Princess Himbifee

"You smell like a princess from a thousand and one nights.

Rented camel and perfume connoisseur Fufu stretched his soft snout into the air and sniffed like a vacuum cleaner.

"The scent is unisex and I smell masculine. I replied, determined not to be annoyed.

"Definitely very good. Blind chicken and corn and stuff.
Leather and some fruit.

"Raspberry.

"Aaah, I told you princess. But he's got real wums. Princess wums, so to speak.
Pleasantly soft and round. Lies well in the nose. You can't smell the leather very quickly and the raspberry is present throughout.

[SCHNÜÜÜÜÜÜFF]
Fufu still took a good breeze.

"If anything, I smell like a sheikh.
Well-groomed, noble, masculine.
Women want me and men want to be like me.

The camel made a noise like it was laughing. I was pretty sure that camels can't laugh.

"They smell like oud, the best of the best. Not birch tar and fruit. You Europeans have strange ideas.

"There's oud in there too. I explained with a huff.
"That stuff was expensive and it makes me feel like Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia.
That beast of burden could be really nasty.

"Omar Sharif played a harem girl?

"Um, yes. With a veil and a crop top. I groaned.

"He must have smelled of raspberries too.
Fufu explained with a connoisseur's expression and trotted off into the sunset.

He praised me, I thought with satisfaction.

I should rethink my priorities.

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