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INGEMEQUE – :
A wonderful,rich and niche perfumery oriental wood fragrance, just a lower perfume is MONTALE in a different bottle, the smell of an autumn forest in which to feel, the bark of trees, leaves, saffron, roses … beautiful unisex with very good durability and projection. The bottle is very cool, classic, and the fragrance is an elixir persevering! I would recommend! Goodman Dubai. I’m delighted!
marko.69 – :
It is cheap indeed, I only paid £ 13 but it doesn’t smell cheap or synthetic. I worn it couple of times but there’s something I dislike at this fragrance: it’s too sweet, I think it’s more suitable for a woman.. It projects pretty well for its price and its longevity, on my skin its about 6 hours.
valenok-89 – :
Top Notes Rose, Geranium, Tagetes, Hibiscus, Spicy notes, Blackcurrant, Passion fruit
Heart Notes Marine notes, Rose, Saffron, Coriander, Ginger, White pepper, Cardamom, Cypriol, Oud, Patchouli
Base Notes Amber, Spicy notes, Mahogany, Sandalwood, Ebony, Gaiac wood, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Musk
An oud base with an aquatic rose !! Very surprised by the quality for such a cheap price….
sillage 8/10 longevity 8/10
DamageBySaw – :
Blindly bought this based on very good reviews.
Rose, rose, rose… and some discreet oud.
I can’t share the enthusiasm of some who reviewed so favorable this perfume. Maybe it’s just me. I hate rose dominant perfumes and not because i don’t like roses, on the contrary, I love them. But the rose note in these arabians is so pungent and, unfortunately, so dominant. Al Haramain Excellent is a strong perfume, at least in opening. The opening really burns nostrils. For me it’s a linear perfume, with an omnipresent rose note. Only in late drydown rose note diminished and a musk-amber faint combination can be revealed.
For lovers of rose note I reccomend Mukhallat Oud Al Mubakhar: it’s even stronger than this.
Absolutely nothing in common with Lapidus PH. Lapidus is heavenly.
EDIT: for compliance I’ll not modify my original review, but I’ll supplement it. I wore the perfume some days and I accommodate myself with it. Its stridency diminished and I could smell also under the harsh note of rose. Now I conclude that the perfume is not so bad, but still isn’t between my favourites. It has good performances/price ratio and it could be a good choice for rose based perfumes lovers.
EDIT no. 2: this perfume is definitely a gem.
Serw – :
Such a beautiful floral and refreshing aroma at this pricepoint.Yeah it is aquatic floral scent. Would be love at first sniff for a vast majority of both niche and designer fragrance lovers. 4 to 5 sprays and you will definitely be heard for the whole day. Ideal for Summer and for me it is literally heaven in a beautiful flacon.
NooK47 – :
Great Fragrance.
Someone in Fragrantica please – do correct the notes!!!
Opening: Rose, Geranium, Marigold, Hibiscus flowers, Spices, Blackcurrant, Passion fruit
Heart notes: Sea notes, Rose, Saffron, Coriander, Ginger, White Pepper, Cardamon, Nagarmota, Oud, Patchouli
Base notes: Amber, Spices, Mahon, Sandalwood, Ebony, Guaiac Wood, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Musk
serega-vip – :
I’m not generally a huge Oud fan but this is something else.At first spray I wasn’t so sure but it grew on me quickly.
I put one spray on my left wrist and believe me when I say it lasted well over 12 hours and when I waved my wrist lightly I could smell the sillage.I got about 15 hours from one spray and a skin scent the next day.
It is on the sweet side probably the saffron and the rose is there with a sweet dry oud,got compliments right away.Nice bottle too.I got mine from E-bay for about $34 CDN funds.
Well worth it !
depozitt – :
Its a unique scent and make you standout from the crowd in a good way. It has a very natural fresh and pleasing vibe. You can wear it to admire the subtle floral feel you get out of it. It is definitely an oudh based rose+ musky+acquatic scent. Extremely versatile especially if you are living in Middle East and Sub continent. The projection and sillage is equally good though its an eau de toilette. i think anyone can safely wear this perfume.
juliatp666 – :
A saffron and flower explosion.. Possibly the strongest saffron centric scent I have ever smelled.
It is interesting on its own, but I think it lis far more feminine than masculine. However I layer it with Armaf Shades Wood, and the result is a near dead ringer for Penhaligons Halfeti, a scent which costs 5-7 times as much. The Shades Wood provides the rose note, and the Excellent the saffron and flowers.. Did I mention the saffron note…. Result- Halfeti, and this blend lasts for hours on my skin…
It is so inexpensive, and worth it to have in the collection, if for nothing else than to layer.
Andreyssss – :
I bought this scent from Al haramain store at first floor Madinat Zayed Shopping Centre Abudhabi UAE. I have smelled thousands of different fragrances and for me this one take no.1 spot. I know many people wont agree with me but some how I am in love with this fragrance. It will easily stay for upto 8 hours. It has a very unique cool sweet flavor. Not spicy at all. Best suited for muscular men.
СЦБист опти – :
Wow! Good scent,rich smell I smell flowers and saffron, very long hold and I believe that it is oriental fragrance. I would recommend! great price and smell worth knowing. I have compliments, I think that the whole year.
karlenvirus19 – :
Fás, meleg fűszeres jegyek és rózsa. Ezekkel jellemezhetném a legjobban az illatot, amit a bőrömön érzek. Nagyon tartós illat, ruhán napok múltán is erősen érződik, bőrön pedig 8-10 órát is kibír, nem túl meleg időben. Keleti illatokat kedvelőknek ajánlanám, és korosabb 40+ férfikorosztálynak, de fiatalabbak is kipróbálhatják. Az árát tekintve nem igazán lehet melléfogni vele, az ár/érték arány szerintem kiváló. Nekem az olcsó kategória egyik nagy kedvence az Al Haramain háztól. Ajánlott.
serik42 – :
Top notes: Rose, Geranium, Marigold, Hibiscus flowers, Spices, Blackcurrant, Passion fruit
Middle notes: Marine notes, Rose, Saffron, Coriander, Ginger, White Pepper, Cardamon, Nagarmota, Agar wood, Patchouli
Base notes: Amber, Spices, Mahon, Sandalwood, Ebony, Guaiac Wood, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Mosc
gtg769speagoessenda – :
¿aquatic rose? I think, Pleasures for men by Estee Lauder would be similar …some one compared Excellent by Al Haramain with this one?
2nd part: Finally I bought it, and… I love this scent, for me it is a good mixture. First spray it was quite hard for me, very spicy, but only 2 min after it set down to a aquatic warmy rose. (Estee Lauder its not so warm). For me, the main character its a melony rose with an oudy base. I say melony because the mixture of acquatic notes with frutal reminds me to a melon fruit. And i love it, I think it´s very original, and well blended.
Projection is above average,
Lasts about 5-6h “in air”, then stays only on skin.
Recomiendo a quienes les guste el aroma a rosa que la prueben, por su precio me ha parecido muy buena.
Jeromuradrole – :
A mildly-sweet & floral, musky woody smell.
A unique & beautiful smell! I still recognize it when I smell it on someone that I don’t know in public places despite I only owned Excellent once in 2007!
A very good performance, too!
Excellent is a textbook example of a cheapie gem!
vitalis – :
Bought it after watching review by nikhil frags . Its ok good scent . I have used this from indian season from august to oct. I liked it much . Plus the longetivity is also decent . Overall a value for money scent .
fox-grimm – :
Its top note reminds me about cheapy Montal Aoud perfumes but after 2 minutes it’s more pleasant. A bit sweet floral (Rose – i guess)with synthetic clean & fresh oud note. When dry down it has more sweet & slightly aquatic. For the price, it’s quite acceptable.
ramale – :
Tried this after a YouTube reviewer recommended this and I would caution you all about this sneaky fragrance. DO NOT TRY ON PAPER.
This does start of with very good top notes that make it seem like a fresh summer fragrance but as soon as it settles on your skin all you get is wood and spices with some smokiness. If you like spicy woody notes then go for it but if you want a pleasant summer fragrance then this is not it.
sanya_beliy1 – :
No spicy, nor woody by any means!!! Sweet flowers is what this is! And for the money, great buy if you are into this kind of stuff… Not me 😀
derun.filipp – :
To hell with the notes. This is a sweet floral aquatic scent with african marigold or tagetes with hibiscus and spicy rose, lots of ambroxan and a hint of ginger oud. No skank. Feels like a high class summer freshies. Very potent. 2 to 3 sprays max to the chest. Avoid the neck region. Very humid watery melony scent. Great one at the price. It costs pennies and gives a high quality entry level niche linear pleasure.
KakSkyday – :
heavy spicy rose on my skin, not bad, not outstanding – but for the price (about 10 USD) it´s pretty ok…6.25/10
metroseysuvh – :
Really great perfume I like it more than a high priced perfume . This perfume is little bit heavy but after 15 or 30 mins smells better. Two or three sprays are enough for whole day. I recommend you should’ve try this