Myckat – 2022-06-26:

5 out of 5

Very 20 Carats Cologne/Opium/Youth Dewy.
Smells old/vintage, which I LIKE, but it’s pretty hard to pick out notes from an old bottle. I got an 8 oz cologne splash, which I put into a smaller spray bottle.
I don’t get anything animalic, leathery, or oakmossy– which is a bummer. But it’s a resin/incense/spicy/woody mixture that I do like!
A good amount of sprays on my skin/chest/clothing lasted all day, and into the next morning. It’s a light cologne on skin, but with enough– it will last and last. However, I don’t think it’s a people pleaser today in 2018. Haha.

Халид – 2022-06-26:

5 out of 5

I bought a sealed bottle of “Emir” cologne (colonia) and found Suzanne S’s review is exact— her listing of notes and overall scent impressions is perfectly accurate, and the reference to “Opium’ makes sense. Think of older “Opium”, with a more vintage 30s vibe, and you’ll have a reasonable sense of what “Emir” smells like. It actually reminds me very much of “Youth Dew”, or even more so, “Secret de Venus”, but lighter. It is completely unisex. Sensual, rich, earthy, and not girly; I can easily see Frida Kahlo choosing this scent. Like the rough-cut but weighty necklaces and homespun but heavily embroidered folkloric dresses she favoured, it has a hefty, sparky, artistic beauty to it.
Sillage is close but discernible, and duration I’d call weak to medium. It blooms a bit more in heat. I would call it an Oriental, as its name might suggest; but like many old Orientals, it flirts with Chypre, if that makes sense. I’d love to smell the extrait formulation of this some day… If “Emir” were still in production (and not bastardised like so much else, especially the oakmoss driven compositions), I’d wear the hell out of it.

клеопатра – 2022-06-26:

4 out of 5

It seems a lot of us are here to know how used to smell Frida Kahlo. Nice!!! Anybody know if this perfume is still on sale?

InvignApentee – 2022-06-26:

4 out of 5

Frida kahlo brought me here. Curiousity strikes. Wants to know the notes breakdown.

Andrew1113 – 2022-06-26:

4 out of 5

New old stock freshly opened bottle of the lotion formula.
Bright fresh citric aldehydes open the fragrance with heart florals of rose jasmine and carnation behind. Spicy clove cinnamon give this a lighter slightly soapy frrsh feel of opium edt when its in the heart phase. As it drys down the leathery oakmoss and balsams take over with the ambergris lending itself to brighten and amplify the heart and the civet to augment the florals as well. Its a beautiful daytime scent that straddles the center of leathery chypre and oriental spices and insence. Jean Carles is the nose.
This is expert vintage perfumary to create something beautifully cohesive to straddle both genres. Its gorgeous.
Top notes of aldehydes, citronella, lemongrass, bergamot and camphor; middle notes of coriander, Bulgarian rose, iris, ylang-ylang, frankincense, jasmine, carnation, galbanum, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, lily of the valley; and base notes of orris, incense, vanilla, labdanum, tolu balsam, leather, musk, sandalwood, benzoin, patchouli, oakmoss, vetiver, cedar, civet and ambergris.

Psevdo – 2022-06-26:

5 out of 5

Herculano—- That is EXACTLY the reason I came to this site. I was trying to find the scent Frida Kahlo had worn. I was so curious what it smelled like. 😉

vaspupiy – 2022-06-26:

5 out of 5

I saw an article today that included pictures of some very personal treasures and other belongings of the late iconic artist, Frida Kahlo.
Among the items was a half used bottle of Emir Dana.
Reading the few reviews here, it makes sense she would have worn this one.
Ive never sniffed this, but I thought I would let people know about this interesting historical connection.

MR_VINTAREZ – 2022-06-26:

3 out of 5

Another estate sale find for me. My bottle starts with a sharp biting leather, oakmoss, carnation and spices, but after a few minutes it mellows and I begin to also smell rose, vetiver, musk, amber, frankinscence, jasmine, cloves and honey. It is a thick, syrupy, feminine fragrance for the woman who walks to the beat of her own drum, she’s worldly and down to earth. I wouldn’t say it’s an oriental although it could be, but I think maybe more of a chypre leather floral. Gorgeous.

Lutichek – 2022-06-26:

3 out of 5

embers is correct; this is less oriental and more woody chypre. On me, it does not last though I have vintage. It goes on a very dry, sharp chypre that is soapy and sits close to the skin.

саша65 – 2022-06-26:

3 out of 5

I was bestowed a small bottle of Emir extrait. I had no idea what it was or any of the ingredients. This “dragonfly in amber” had to come from the 1950s. It shouts vintage in every sense of the word-old, dusty and above all classic. I think the nose was Jean Carles, a legend who is now all but forgotten.
My grandmother who was born in 1894 used this brand before any other. Vintage Dana somehow was her style. She was a character and could pull all of these classics off. Her signature was 20 Carats. I don’t remember her ever wearing Emir but it was in her long forgotten stash that I recently discovered.
All of these early Dana classics seemed to behave like Tabu. Emir is all about dark woods and musky amber. There is a little civet in here. The floral notes take a back seat, yet they are there. So is plenty of hard core oakmoss that reminds me of dry parchment.
Its more like classic Arpege or My Sin if anything. This house needs more respect and those of you curious enough should rediscover this once epic house. Before it became a catchall for defunct houses, it was as bright as Chanel or Lanvin. Now if the database could include, Bolero, Platine and 20 Carats I could continue this conversation.

GrooveH7 – 2022-06-26:

3 out of 5

Yes, but the Emir vintage bottle is the same. It’s a woody chypre with rose, spices, vetiver and jasmine.

kata – 2022-06-26:

4 out of 5

That’s a bottle of Ambush.