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Orencerog – :
I absolutely adore Hamdani! That beautiful natural smell. Imagine walking thru damp forest, smell of soil,leafs and wet fresh sawdust. Dark? Yes, but at same time very uplifting and positive. This would be easy mi signature scent but! ( and now negative energy arrived ) it’s very shy in performence. I have to overspray myself to get just half day from it. For £200 ? Bad joke. With Cerutti for twenty smackaroos will get more fun.
voloshuk0104 – :
Many know that a very important historical period of perfumery was the period of the eighteenth century during the court of King Louis XV, also known as the Sun King. King Louis XV was in love with perfumes just like us, to the point of requiring a different perfume every day to his rooms and to the point of having an exclusive perfumer. What few know, myself included, is the fact that Louis XV was also in love with Horses, dedicating one of the castles of France, the castle of Marly, to their well-being. Joining the two worlds then comes the Parfums de Marly, with an intriguing proposal: to dedicate and interpret each of the perfumes to a different Horse.
I decided to find out more about Hamdani and discovered that this is a horse breed from Africa and raised in Arab territory and was probably one of the races that the king of Tunisia offered to King Louis XV to his castle of Marly. From what I have learned, it is a noble, special, muscular-sized breed of horse that needs time to earn its friendship and trust. Hamdani’s Parfums de Marly perfume tries to capture these characteristics in its aroma while at the same time pays homage to the Arab perfumes.
Hamdani is represented by the aroma of leather and agarwood and in Hamdani tje leather is a blend of various nuances. We have the phenolic aspect used in flowers like narcissus, the animalic aroma of catóreum, the smell of more classic and smoky leather of styrax and the medicinal aroma of honey and carnation complementing the scene. The opening is practically an ache of agarwood and animalic notes making the leather paper. Once the scent begins to settle on the skin, this wilder aspect is gone and the scent assumes a muscular stance, a strong woody oud, with the root aroma of the cypriol and the dry, subtly smoky woody scent of guaic wood. It is a fragrance that does not soften in the aroma, powerful from beginning to end and that you must be careful when spraying yourself to not create a sickening experience. I see that its more animalic Arabian beauty is certainly not for all, but for the one who appreciates more defiant perfumes it is worth trying this noble horse of the perfumes.
ddeni777 – :
Hamdani is the worst of the lot here so far. It literally smells like a monkey cage. Seriously—everything is there; the stale peat; the animalic musk; the dampened hayish aroma in the atmosphere. If you look up Hamdani, I guess the parody becomes very obvious, and I even found a number of other images it’s very entertaining with. But otherwise, this is an absolute abomination for a fragrance. It has absolutely no appeal to it whatsoever.
– Monkey-horse hybrid
– Even a small decant is way too much
– Zoo is free on Mondays
Traildwelmerm – :
a dark incense leather. great scent dark, perhaps among the best. but the performances disappoint. 7/10
price is really too high.
Puerko.Q21 – :
Parfums de Marly Hamdani defines what a woody scent should be:resinous, sweet,balsamic,camphor, leathery .The camphor is radiant and evolves the whole perfume like VICS balm. This is a black horse running wild. Love it or hate it. Very challenging to wear but so far the best intense resinous woody scent.
rtYorik – :
So the combination of notes; Myrrh, Frankincense, Honey, Clove, Benzoin, Leather, and Sandalwood gives this fragrance a strange aroma. The verdict is still out if whether or not this is bottle worthy.
The opening is as some have mentioned very barnyard-like. Very much so leathery and dark, and smoky! A very different LEATHER than say, Camelia Intrepide or Rendez-Vous by Atelier which those have a more fruity or fresh leather smell to them. Again, this has a dark smoky leather.
As this fragrance mellows out, there is something surprising that emerges that is kind of nice, yet strange. You have to wait quite some time before the beauty comes forth and I am not sure if the wearer is patient enough to wait for its goodness to arrive after the initial spray.
Hamdani has this medicinal airy aura that is quite potent, even a little greenish and woody. I think the mixture of notes in this fragrance are very different; In this difference, those notes together create this weird blend.
Again, there are some nice pleasantries with this one however, it just takes too long to get to it.
Verdict is, I am not a fan of this one. For some, this is a nice gem to have but for me a pass!.
igrinasensornom – :
Leather, dry wood from the guaiac and papyrus, a soil/earthiness from the styrax, benzoin and myrrh. Hamdani has an almost medicinal quality from the cloves. I get Vicks Vapo Rub at the opening. Benzoin gives it an incense vibe. Dries down to a smokey wood and leather. To my nose this smells like something old; as Fausto74 said: a vine cellar, medieval abbey, catacombs.
Sillage and projection seem good but it only lasted about four hours before becoming soft. Mature, “masculine” and for cooler weather. I would be simultaneously intimidated by and attracted to a woman wearing this. More formal though I’m not sure what occasion this would be good for. It’s not traditionally sexy and might smell a little weird to your coworkers. This fragrance is very interesting to me. Ingredient quality is there but it should perform a little better at this price. Hamdani might be a little difficult to wear but sometimes I like smelling difficult to others. Very nice!
mors1k – :
Potent
Masterful
Black
No idea what kind of woman could wear this frag
It has younger brother btw – Figment from Amouage
Кристина – :
Most “Cryptic” fragrance I know so far. Dark smokey incensey leathery mouldy…Similar to Tauer’s “Incense flash” and to “Monsieur” by hautieme perfumes but mutch better. No connotations with stables and horses. It’s rather vine cellar in medieval Abbey In Toscany from “Name of the Rose” movie, or catacombs. Love it1 worthy its price (if you fishing in Internet on rare occasions you can buy it under 100£.
Stalker2011 – :
Can’t say I’ll ever wear this and that’s sad, because it could be a great fragrance but not for me. Very animalic.
nased – :
I can smell fresh soil, old antiques, and well worn leather. So earthy and masculine. Smells like a hard day at the farm, then retiring to your old Chesterfield couch with a cigarette. This is absolutely gorgeous. It’s going right into my top ten.
Immopyncpoege – :
I’d imagine someone who works in a stable with horses all day cleaning their shit and grooming them to smell like this… very leathery and dirty.
ohu486bedyWelty – :
reminds me of Hard Leather by Laurent Mazzone. Very middle eastern in personality. The notes do not boast any oud but it does remind me of some good ol barnyard, armpit, S H I T. There I said it.
se – :
This is serious smokey oud without the sour feet smell. Lovely.
110493 – :
خیلی غیر قابل تحمله این عطر، واقعا غیر قابل تحمله
میشه به عنوان بوگیر توالت ازش استفاده کرد
antonio2000 – :
not a bad fragrance, actually good but I would never ever wear it.
Марсель 007 – :
Potent. Just smelled this and was reminded of what a horse would smell like in its stable.. very natural. If i was a horse, id wear this with pride otherwise nah.
EDIT: a few hours later and I can be a little less brash but the statements above reflected what I can almost guarantee a western woman would think after smelling this on her man within the first hour. It smells very strong and, yes, it might be intriguing and to us frag lovers (why else are we on this site right?) but the overall concept will not be praised by most others not visiting fragrantica. This might be perfect for the Middle Eastern man as the culture is accustomed to such powerful hits of polarizing scents but upon initial application and about an hour later, this scent has strength but also smells very similar to a horse in a stable.
PaShu – :
I sampled this and it’s a really intriguing, masculine fragrance. The notes are smoky, wood, leather, no sweetness at all. The uniquess of Hamdani might fool others when they smell it on the wearer, for in some regards this fragrance does not smell like a cologne/perfume, but rather, something the wearer “picked up” (visiting a leather clothing store; going camping and being near a bonfire). There’s a slight synthetic accord in this; I think another reviewer mentioned “camphor/terpenoid”? Even still, that’s not off-putting given the strength of the natural notes and accords in Hamdani, all of which work together to produce one of the most unique perfumes I’ve encountered.
пончик – :
این اصیل زاده فقط می تواند همیشه وهمه زمان مرتب وبا وقار خود را احساس کند ولی اگر از درون این شیشه رایحه این شخص در فضای اطراف پخش شود چنان پیچشی دارد که شما را غرق در فضای اشتیاق استشمام کردن ودر شنوندهای مختلف چنان جذب خود خواهد نمود. چه این شخص یک مرد و یا خانم که درونش را
شخصیت یک مرد خفته است را بیدار خواهد نمود
در اطراف این رایحه حس زیبائی انواع چوب جنگلی و طراوت خوشمزه گی بوی تازگی عسل را نیز درورودی بینی احساس میکنید.
zodiak777 – :
Immediately reminiscent of Imaginary Authors’ A City on Fire to due its main spicy and smoky notes, Hamdani combines the strong incense pair of myrrh and frankincense with leather and smoke to create a dark, masculine creation that is much less sweet than any of the other Parfums de Marly men’s fragrances that I’ve tried previously. It becomes less acidic after the opening, as is generally the case, but apart from that, I don’t observe much evolution.
When compared to the other frankincense/myrrh-noted fragrance that I tried yesterday (Habdan), Hamdani is a little weaker with respect to projection and longevity but overall still decent for an EDP. Still, I’d be remiss to point out that a very similar fragrance in IA’s A City on Fire (that is even more sharply spicy) is stronger and less expensive ($85 for 60ml, contra PDM’s stamdard $275 for 100ml), so I’d certainly recommend opting for that in lieu of Hamdani, though there may be some merit in trying both.
A useful entry for PDM, but nothing overly special in the realm of spicy/smoky since A City on Fire came out the year following Hamdani (2014 vs. 2013).
6 out of 10
Serega777 – :
يعتبر في نظري من العطور الدخانية المميزة والمنفردة جداً
لإحتواءه على مزيج شرقي من خشب العود والصندل
والمواد الراتنجية كالمرة واللبان بالإضافة إلى القرنفل
.والعسل والجلود
رائحة العطر ثقيلة الوطأة على اصحاب الأنوف المرهفة , وقد لا تروق لهم
بسبب ثقل مكوناته المتوقدة .
مستوى الثبات والفوحان متوسط
amalito – :
I love it warmly, deeply, desperately. Go out of your way to find it, but beware, out of the bottle it’s senseless. Let it sit on your skin for at least half a day and discover what a true masterpiece can do for you: it not only changes the way you smell, it changes the way you feel about your own smell. It gets inside of you and lifts you up, takes you places you had forgotten about.
And as far as seduction goes, this is not perfume anymore, it’s an assault weapon.
😉
borovik76 – :
Parfums de Marly Hamdani
عطر همداني أو حمداني من بارفام دو مارلي
كثيرا ما اشتريت وجربت عطور العود لماركات وشركات النيش والديزاينر على حد سواء
والمحصلة أنها إما رائحة اخشاب العود تارة أو بخور العود تارة أخرى
لكن من يعرف دهن العود الطبيعي ويستخدمه
فحتما سيوافقني انه لم يصادف عطرا له عبق دهن العود
ولكن عطر حمداني كان له رأي آخر على الأقل بالنسبة لي ولتجاربي السابقة
وأعتقد أنه سيكون بهذا الشكل يمثل مفاجأة ونوتة جديدة للمستخدم الغربي الذي لم يحظ بتجربة التطيب بدهن العود وكذا المستخدم الشرقي الذي يشترك مع الغربي في هذه النقطة
عطرنا حمداني هو ببساطة وفي عبارة واحدة “دهن العود الكمبودي المبخر”
اللاعب الأول: مع البداية بخور المر واللبان المكثف
اللاعب الثاني: حتما سيكون خشب الأنبياء
اللاعب الثالث: النوتة الدخانية
وأجزم أن خشب الأنبياء والنوتة الدخانية هما المكونان الرئيسيان في هذا العطر
هذه الأجواء معا هي التي أوصلت العطر لهذا التطابق مع رائحة دهن العود الكمبودي المبخر
بعض القرنفل لزوم الخلطة لأن الكمبودي لازم يكون “مشعوط”
العسل غير المكثف سيعطي لمحات جميلة للعطر
بعض الجلود وخشب الصندل وأوراق البردي ما هي إلا عوامل مساعدة
سؤال.. هل اقتربت يوما من أستار الكعبة خاصة بعد تطييبها؟؟
هل جربت عطر حمداني؟؟
هل تطيبت بدهن العود الكمبودي المبخر؟
الأسئلة الثلاث تبدو لي متقاربة
الفوحان والثبات جيدان جدا وقد يزيد الأمر ليصل لدرجة الامتياز
العطر رجالي ذكور شتوي بامتياز
bond77 – :
I tested in Fragranze 2013 (in Florence) and these are gorgeous odd incensed spicy dark fragrances (all the black bottles I Mean) unfortunatly this unpronunciable and similar names make me confuse about the best one.
I will test again.