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Tymnthenele – :
I’m completely new to Arabic perfume oils, so excuse the clumsy attempt at a review.
I blind bought this and “Manal” (also by Rasasi) for a crazily low price because I’ve recently fallen in love with all things saffron, plus I was curious to try something very different to what I normally go for (“Western” niche perfumes, French classics etc.).
Here are my impressions: Attar Al Oudh Red is very long-lasting, almost melting into the skin after applying it (I kinda massage it in a little, feels like it helps the scent develop at it warms up). For someone who’s not used to attars, it smells distinctly different to what I normally wear, but in a good way. I get a huge floral note, something sweet that goes beyond the bit of vanilla I pick up, and a whole lot of woodiness/oudh. The saffron note is not as prominent on my skin as I wished it would be. Overall, it’s a tad too sweet & floral for me – on me it lacks the depth and smokiness of “Manal” (which I absolutely love).
My verdict (on my skin only – I think oils develop so differently for different people): it’s nice, but not exactly what i expected and I feel it’s lacking some oomph. Too sweet, a bit shallow even but definitely not unpleasant!
11sam69 – :
Deep high saffron scent!!!! I m not sure I like it!!!! as always I love everything about it the bottle the art but I only get an everlasting saffron smell overpowering the other notes (I can smell roses something woody and a spicy note ) i m not a great saffron lover!!!!!
But I m happy to have it and maybe as the time goes by I ll appreciate it more and wear or more often!!! That happens to me all tha time!!! We change with time we age and our senses are changing too! 2 years ago I wouldn’t imagine wearing a chypre and loving it so much!!!! So I ll give it time and I ll be back with a renewed review! Once again I would like to say without any profit that Rasasi is an outstanding perfume manufacture
And I m glad that I ve discovered a small place in the center of athens that sells those little fragrance jewls!!!!
wsk – :
@Sam, you give great reviews. I am starting to get into the Arabian perfumes/oils. You seemed so well versed in all those types of perfumes and oils. I tend to gravitate to amber, vanilla, musk, cinnamon etc fragrances. I wish you could recommend some good ones to get started on. I have one already by Rasasi and it’s great but seems not to last long, maybe it’s just me. Thanks for all your reviews. I’ve been reading them. Pat
meneger28 – :
What drew me to this is the syrupy sweet rose note (not listed above). You will need to like sweet roses and saffron for this. I prefer the initial stages but not keen on the dry down which changes and is more bland.
Extremely long lasting on clothes and monsterous sillage.
I once wore this on the train and a lady was saying to her kids how sick she felt of a smell – how embarrasing that i never wore it again, must say i did put loads on….hmmmm must go back and smell this in small amount now….