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OVambDumbDusy – :
I see that the last review for this frag is from 2 years ago. Based on the reviews I went ahead and bought a 50 ml bottle and have it shipped to US. In terms of delivery they are very quick, it came in 3 days. So congrats on that front.
As for the juice, I am not getting the tobacco. I dont know if it’s reformulated because all I get from this juice is cinnamony, ginsengy, herbal medicinal concoction. I lived in China for 18 years and I just cannot get over the fact that it smells like some of the Chinese Medicine shops back in Guangzhou.
The longevity is not bad, stays with you a good 10-12 hours, but the performance is quite poor. Very close to the skin, I used it on different occasions with a generous 4 spritz. But people around me cannot smell it. With a name like Mecca Balsam, Mecca being probably one of the birth places of medieval perfumery, you expect a really decent performance. And considering that it costed $205 (including shipping), I was kind of disappointed on both smell and performance fronts.
The smell being beautiful or not is a very subjective thing. What I like, some people might not like or vice versa. But performance is the one physical aspect that doesn’t vary immensely under the same conditions (except on some skin). A good performing frag, even if it doesn’t work on your skin, should perform on your clothes. But this one unfortunately doesn’t project anywhere.
But hey the guys were decent enough to send me 3 more samples from the same line in vials and for what is worth, this one is the best one in that line.
Overall for me this is a 6/10. If it costed me say $70 I would rate 7-8 probably. But as it is with this price, when there are beauties like MFK Grand Soir, Interlude etc in the market within this price range, I dont think this one gets the buck.
p.s. Many frag houses unfortunately do reformulations either for commercial reasons or for the unavailability of certain ingredients and the essence of the original product gets lost in the new version. That’s what might have happened with this one.
bonda1992 – :
The perfect perfume! For me it is – so rich and strong, and incense sublime! Beautiful creamy benzoin – oh Heaven in a bottle! I love it love it love it!
DINOMISS – :
مكة المكرمة ما أجمله من اسم سوف اجرب العطر ان شاء الله فقط عشان الاسم الحبيب على قلوبنا
أتمنى ان يليق العطر بفخامة الاسم
What a luxurious name , hopefully the scent can fit the holy name
alis – :
This is the 4th one I’ve tried from the Scents of the Soul series and it’s my favorite! I love tobacco and I love labdanum, but with the addition of incense, it’s just to-die-for. It’s smoky and resinous and the tobacco mellows it out. It really does remind me of when I was on a flight with pilgrims on their way to Mecca from Cairo and they all smelled of incense and tobacco from the hookahs. I love this and it’s completely unisex.
zxcv9506 – :
This may be my favorite fragrance ever. Very rich, complex, dark tobacco and incense scent with light florals that dance in and out. I can’t get enough of it. I love everything I have purchased from this house, including Tabac, Tawaf, and Irham. Excellent sillage and longevity. Highly recommended.
Denisbi – :
deep, dense and cavity-inducing smooth benzoin blending seamlessly with labdenum, incense and tobacco to form one of the more ridiculously sweet and balsamic scent. similar in character to oud malaki, but quite different in make-up. definitely worth a sniff and most certainly worth wearing in special occasions…
markander – :
this one is regal, majestic and utterly divine! a sweet, smooth background with smokey resin in the foreground. cavity-inducing sweet honey (almost caramel) with the sharp smokiness really work well in unison. can’t stop sniffing my wrist!!!
sveshnikov – :
This is one of those fragrances that send me scampering to the web store to start planning my purchase after a few whiffs. It comes out of the bottle strong, thick and unusual. There’s something almost chewy about the opening and a teasing at the edge of memory. What does it remind me of ?! Finally, I decide on the tobacco note in my beloved Field Notes from Paris. It’s very masculine and I would probably prefer to smell it on a man, but since none is available, I’ll happily wear it myself. To me this is primarily a tobacco and incense perfume.
It has good projection for the first three hours then fades to a skin scent. i like this stage less. I think it’s the oud coming out.
fox13 – :
Its for sale at their own web shop!
Cheers
matz in Stockholm
motzent – :
This sounds amazing! Does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks so much!
dron06 – :
Smoke and resins very prominent, but I also get strong whiskey and black pepper notes. Of the incense frags I have tried, BDM is not the most wearable (that would be Etro Messe de Minuit) but the floral notes that emerge in drydown are among the most interesting.
Nightfire – :
Two versions exist. I’ve tried both.
I prefer the earlier non-smoke version.
Aka the Jim Lewis favorite, referred to on profumo.it website where you buy this
The “Jim Lewis” version of Mecca has smooth caramel resinous balsam notes. Never get sick of it.
I detect Balsam of Peru, Benzoin and possibly Styrax ?
Comparing to Tauer Incense Extreme a linear sharp pine resin.
Comparing to Tabac Aurea a lighter, sweeter, tobacco and boozy
Mecca, a favourite.
4.6 / 5