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kuul – :
Am I the only one who is getting a skin scent out of this?
Andrey-Igorevich – :
This is one of those confusing Oud fragrances.
For me, it is a sharp floral with no wood notes.
As most users on this board can attest, “Oud” today is a buzzword largely used to sell a mix of synthetic notes.
Nothing wrong with that.
The problem is that “real” Oud can be largely divided into 2 main categories – Flowery or Resiny / Woody .
It is very hard to get to sample actual natural Oud, as most “real Ouds” are stepped on 10 times at least, mixed, cut and adulterated.
For me, I find 3 main categories of Oud – Floral, Smoky / Resin, and Barnyard ( a.k.a. Fecal ) with everything in-between.
I wish I could tell you that Oud from India differs from Oud from Cambodia, but of the 30 “real” ouds I smelled, it was hard to find a particular olfactory margin, rather, most depended on the supplier and target market.
The only Oud that I know is in fact one source, not adulterated, of mid class grading, was given to me by a friend working with sustainable farming in Malaysia. This is Oud from young trees, infected by man by the fungus that causes the reaction producing the resin.
It is not very fruity or flowery, falling more into the Incense / Musk / Smoky / Woody category.
Mokhalat to me is a very strong flowery composition with none of the above notes.
Now naturally, body chemistry is king.
My body smells very different today as compared to 8 years ago, when I was a 2 pack a day smoker.
When I was living in Asia and eating a lot of curry, that certainly affected my body chemistry significantly as well.
The point? I have been wearing this perfume for 3 days now, to see if I like it.
I personally don’t. Synthetic, sharp and flowery, room freshner variety, in an unpleasant way for me.
I can tolerate it cut with Choya Loban oil ( smokey resin ). It will probably work quite well for a cigarette smoker.
Should you try it? Absolutely, at this price.
It just might be a great perfume for you.
I have not had much personal success with Al Rehab, and prefer Oud Murakaz from their Oud lineup.
Still have to try their Oudy perfume by the way.
Overall, Lattafa works a lot better for me.
I have tried at least 10 similar perfumes at the local Mosque bookstore, so this fragrance falls into the cheap Oud category for at least some Arabic noses. It was sad to have the man at the counter try to sell me 3ml “Real Oud” for 12 euros. It smelled quite similar.
Conclusion?
I suggest you add it to your exploration of Oud smells.
Needless to say, this is a synthetic fragrance.
WARNING!
A word of warning about buying Al Rehab – you might think that it is a cheap fragrance ( if you do the math, it is actually in the respectable mid range category ), but there are still many sellers selling fakes.
Many Arabic fragrances are bought in large bottles from the manufacturer, and then poured into smaller roller bottles for retail. The rollers are prone to spillage, so shipping in a large bottle is more practical. Needless to say, there are cheaper knock-off versions of popular fragrances out there.
Al Rehab perfumes come with manufacturer supplied paper boxes. Many of them are printed with gold paint, and are of reasonably good quality to show small-scale print.
Get only those if you want to be sure you are getting Al Rehab.
At the local mosque, all the perfumes at the counter were without packaging, and the labels on the bottles were printed on a home printer.
I would suggest you get the mini bottles with the paper packaging, or go via a reputable supplier.
Alternatively, if buying at a perfume store, ask to see the large bottle they are decanting from.
All the popular Al Rehab fragrances, including Aseel, Zidane, Khaliji, have cheaper copies. yes, I mean 3 euros Al Rehab next to 2 euro 50 cents perfumes without the Al Rehab on the label, but with the same frangrance name.
Oh, the irony.
I bought online, and it came with proper boxes.
anomoharis – :
I have reviewed this before and while wearing this today I realize what it reminds me of: a little bit of Al Rehab Cobra (the Poison dupe) with a heafty dose of oud added to it. Anyone else get that? It could be the incense, the spices or the tuberose.. I don’t know but anyway Mokhalat al Oud is a beautiful little attar on its own or layered with other fragrances. Today I have layered it with an Aromatics dupe and the result was fantastic too.
Wainnajallync – :
A light bright oud fragrance my mind associates with the colour beige. The opening has some very light honey without being too sweet. It settles down into a chypre body lotion like oud on my skin. For my taste, not exciting enough to wear on its own but great for layering. Tried another time, on the dry down I notice a slight floral note almost like tuberose which surprised me. Anyone else get that?
Update: layered with Herbolario 3Roses. Beautiful, a keeper.