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If Widian London is too linear for you, but you still love the raspberry-leather combination, ASWAN is the answer! Completely underrated!
I would like to mention at the outset that I own both fragrances - the "Sapphire Collection - London | Widian / AJ Arabia" and the "Sapphire Collection - Aswan | Widian / AJ Arabia". IMPORTANT: I pay for my fragrances myself, accordingly very objective and neutral. Both fragrances I could now test over the last few weeks very extensively and I must admit; the Aswan and London are top fragrances from the house Widian. Since the fragrances are very independent, but still share a great common basis, I would like to focus more on the differences between the two in this article. About the brand itself I do not have to say much; who knows Widian, knows about the high quality; the DNA is unmistakable!
Now, where exactly are the parallels and differences between Aswan and London?
- The parallels are explained very quickly; namely in the drydown! While the London starts with the spicy-sweet raspberry-leather combo and very similar / linear decays, the Aswan develops into the exact same base from my point of view. Fine differences, but not perceptible to the "normalo". The tobacco, which is still additionally in the Aswan, is perceptible, but now not earth-shatteringly decisive in the perception.
- The differences lie in these two fragrances mainly in the opening; here the Aswan was added by the bergamot a clearly perceptible freshness, which makes this beautiful raspberry-leather combo really work again very special and gives the fragrance a certain depth and complexity. Already at the first spraying on comes to one not the "heavy" London DNA, but an extremely pleasant freshness, which also makes the fragrance far more suitable for everyday use, but somehow also very special, because there are very few fresh leather-raspberry fragrances. A really creative composition, and I have to say that the Aswan is unfortunately given far too little attention in view of how ingenious the fragrance actually is.
- The H/S in the Aswan is of course not as strong as in the London due to the additional added freshness, but you just have to expect that when you add citrus fragrance components; even if the drydown smells very similar. Is this a bad thing? No, absolutely not! Exactly that makes the Aswan also a great alternative for everyday life or for work, office etc.
Overall, you really have to note that the Aswan is unfortunately given far too little attention. This is really creative and relies on the successful building blocks of Widian London, but that's exactly why the fragrance could just unfortunately stand in the shadow of his big brother!
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