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51236 – :
This is a fragrance oil I wholeheartedly love and have very little idea how to review! But I’ll try…
To start off, Dehn Amber (meaning richest, finest amber?) is almost as much about oud as it is amber. Meaning that western amber lovers ought probably to look elsewhere. The ‘gasoline’ aura here will surprise you. To me it smells vaguely of rubber tires and hardware stores, I kid you not. And I LOVE it!
The amber rounds it out and keeps it gorgeously unisex. That touch of amber sweetness rescues it from merely masculine territory. Though I understand that many will consider this amber neither feminine nor wearable! It’s an acquired taste.
Bottom Line: If you’ve never been a fan of oud then give Dehn Amber a pass, but if you’re exploring budget ouds with enthusiasm, DO give Al Rehab’s take on amber a go. To me, it’s a marvelous bargain!
gmoney – :
@Bob Marley: seriously?!? The boxes from my Al Rehab oils list one ingredient: “concentrated perfume oil”.
On the other hand the box from my Lanvin Avant Garde (on your have list), for example, lists the following: SD alcohol 39-C, parfum, water, limonene, butylphenyl methylpropional, hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, coumarin, linalool, ethylhexyl salicylate, alpha-isomethyl ionone, benzyl benzoate, cytral and geraniol”.
If you wear Avant Garde I hardly think you have anything to worry about with Al Rehab’s “concentrated perfume oil”.
Vegearolley – :
I ordered this hoping for a rich amber. Not having much experience with oud, I knew that this couldn’t be the very finest for the price ($6.50); still it was pretty harsh. Strong, medicinal wood scent with just a whisp of amber. I happen to take valerian for insomnia and it smells like dirty socks to me: happily I get no valerian in this but it still isn’t a yummy scent at all. I get less earthy and more wood with time, but it still is not something I would wear by itself.
But oh boy! Try layering this with Al Rehab Choco Musk and it transforms into something divine. I heartily agree with NebelGeist that this scent layers very well; oddly enough I hadn’t read the review before I layered the two Al Rehabs, my bottle of Choco Musk just happened to be on the counter. I can’t wait to try layering it with other scents, I suspect that the Al Rehabs are really meant to layer. So I was also very happy my money wasn’t wasted, next I’m going to layer it with Al Rehab Soft to see if I can redeem that obnoxious one as well.
Prometey1983 – :
I received the Dehn Amber in a 3ml rollerball flask from a dear fragrantican. So my review is about the cpo version.
My first impression of this oil was
oops?!?
The smell wasn´t at all how I expected it. It was somewhat scaring even. As the oil based perfumes often need more time to develope on skin I kept waiting. But did not get any amber, just a harsh dark oud, that didn´t even smell like a regular oud, and not at all like the common oud substitutes. Just somewhat gross.
I kept trying it for a few days and it didn´t appear that disgusting as my first date with dehn amber. What I smelled was spicier, more aromatic, and more balsamic than at first try. But it smelled not like amber and not to much like oud, but reminded me strongly on the aromatic earthy balsamic smell of valerian (Valeriana officinalis) roots, cut in pieces for medicinal tea. And like the valerian roots, it is not to pleasant. But it developes into a more balsamic and less harsh scent on the skin over time.
It IS kind of interesting on itself. But hardly something I´d wear to go outside my home.
But:
When it appears like a strange fruit from hell on itself, it blended more or less well with every fragrance I´ve tried to layer it with, making the result darker and balmier. I´ve tried it even with Eau Aimable and it didn´t smell nearly as bad as I expected.
As a layering scent it´s surprisingly versatile! Doing especially well with with caramel notes.
Maybe this perfume will behave better on your skin than it does on mine. But even if you dislike it on its own, try to layer it! It´s inexpensive, so not much zu lose anyway.