Description
La Yuqawam, in Arabic means Irresistible. LaYuqawam series extends a classic yet modern feel full of elegance, refinement and prestige to oriental perfumery. The series which includes six fragrances has become a classic that never goes out of fashion. The love for this series transcends beyond the originally targeted Arab nationalities to international connoisseurs of perfumes, looking for a sophisticated and modern exhilarating oriental experience.
Ambregris Showers, men fragrance of LaYuqawam III, true to the DNA of the series celebrates confidence, irresistibility and timeless elegance through a highly distinguishing olfactory signature. The perfume pays homage to the famed Middle Eastern tradition of elegant intoxicating fragrant trail; a la scent signature that announces a weaver much before the arrival while leaving behind a mysteriously lingering aura.
Leather accord which is at the core of LaYuqawam’s masculine series culminates into an opus of uplifting freshness quintessential of crystalline aura of ambroxan, made greener and spicier with an Occidental touch of Orris and Galbanum. A heady and intoxicating mix of woody ambrox and sparkling freshness, the scent’s heart is infused with opposing herbaceous notes, creating a differentiating scent signature as intense as crystal. La Yuqawam Ambergris Showers was launched in 2016.
nikolya.7.7.7 – :
Contrary to what some of the other reviewers say, I’d say there is a pretty heavy ambroxan accord in this, especially in its drydown (it gives off a very similar vibe to Sauvage in the dry down).
akkerman – :
Memo Irish leather budget alternative with excellent performance.
Fresh, dark, leathery, no ambergris or ambroxan as the name might suggest.
Projects and lasts and very affordable with decent quality if you are into memo genre, It has the same DNA found in many memo leather fragrances
NeonMaxx – :
I’ve had this fragrance for just slightly over a year now (got it back in August of 2017 from Notino… when it was still online in the US — RIP). Since I got this fragrance, it hasn’t changed one bit to my nose. From day one all the way until now (with multiple wearings and testings), the smell is exactly as I remember it on first impression. Which in of itself is odd, as the vast majority of fragrances I buy and try do change drastically to my nose over time (sometimes changing a lot from month to month). Some I hate at first then end up loving. Some I love, then end up hating. Either way, MOST fragrance I have change to my nose as time passes (likely based on my diet, environmental surroundings, other fragrances coloring the scent, my sense of smell maturing/changing etc etc). But still to this day Ambergris Showers smells exactly the same to my nose from the very first day I received it.
What does it smell like to me? Well, that is a bit hard to explain. Best imagery I can come up with is if you were walking along the beach in a remote area (perhaps on an abandoned island — Think Survivorman) and happened to stumble across an old shipwrecked wooden chest that has been soaking up the humid salty breeze of the ocean for decades. You open the chest and get an antiqued woody oceanic smell that is slightly salty.
Ambergris Showers to me is a photo-realistic woody-oceanic smell without using the common salty accord (like D&G LB Eau Intense) or the dirty-ocean accord (think Bvlgari Aqua scents). It manages to capture an antiqued dry-salty woody smell that perfectly evokes the smell of the ocean in the air (like you are standing near an old wooden shipwreck on the beach that has been there for years). It’s as if you found that old pirate treasure chest on the beach, took it home and smelled the wood after it has dried.
Of all the fragrances I own (which is far too many) and of all the fragrances I have tested, this one is surprisingly unique yet still somehow familiar and totally wearable. It is an accord-style scent, so feel free to layer it to experience a completely different take on your favorite scents.
I live about 15 minuets away from the beach, and grew up here all my life. The smell of the ocean is not foreign to me (wind direction for my city brings the ocean air right over us — Mediterranean climate all year), and Ambergris Showers is bar none the best version of an oceanic smell I have encountered yet. Drift-wood plus salty-oceanic smell as if you were standing right on the beach getting sprayed with the oceans mist at sunset while standing near a bunch of drift-wood or are on a pier.
vasilyeva.tatyana1 – :
This is an interesting one. First of all, La Yuaqawam pour homme is in my top 5 of 300 I own…It’s my favorite leather scent hands down beating out Tuscan leather and golden boy. With that said, I figured I’d try the other two in this line. Now I haven’t had a chance to really try Tobacco blaze enough to make a final decision on it, my first impression is a big NO, but as with a lot of frags you (or at least I) need several wearings before a reasonable judgment can be made.
Upon first application I found this to be quite possibly the worst synthetic chemecial mess to ever traverse my olfactory. It was something I recognized as a familiar scent, not from a cologne but from something else like a cleaning chemical or paint product. I had to scrub. A week or so later I decided to give it another go, and wow, it was night and day, an instant love.
From this and many other samplings, I had concluded that my chemistry plays tricks on me thus requiring multiple wearrings before being able to decide if I like a fragrance or not. I don’t know how to describe it, it is for sure a unique scent and I don’t see any comparison to do Dior Fahrenheit whatsoever. it is definitely one you want to pick up if you like the original pour homme, though they share no similarities they’re both masterpieces especially for the price point 9/10
praktik55 – :
Top notes come across orange zesty shower fresh that interwinds with the leather vetiver base coming off unique and very much inline with the other LaYuqawams homme and Tobacco blaze. Masterpieces.
Now for the savage part as I only got that reaction from the first application from my bottle, very bizzar as all i get now is a orangy jaffa cake zesty mess mixed with leather that lasts minutes before completeley dying down into a leather skin scent. Unsure if it is just bad skin chemistry but that first spray was what i was expecting from this, maybe my bottle is just a bad batch (Aug 2016) fake (was bought from official eBay Rasasi Uk) or a reformulated mess as I’ve heard Rasasi Armaf etc are now following suit to western perfumery by watering down their fragrances and ruining them.
GlocKDani – :
I am delighted to see a 2nd review for this wonderful creation. I blind bought Ambergris Showers and picked it up from the courier today. I decided to order based on the votes/the 1st review below from @TheFragrantPrince likening it to Memo’s Irish Leather. Thank you kind people for voting, and commenting! I tested Irish Leather a month or two ago and was really impressed with it but sillage and longevity were not that great – having in mind Memo’s price tag, I was wondering if there’s any point in saving up and buying it. Then I read about Ambergris Showers, searched for videos on Youtube (1. they were not that many; 2. they were not that enthusiastic) and… finally decided to order, come what may! This is one of my best blind buys ever! I am so thrilled to have found something as good, if not even better than Irish Leather. To me, Ambergris Showers has a bit more depth, a bit more character and definitely better sillage and longevity as compared to IL (I can still detect it on my skin after taking a hot shower). It’s hard for me to describe the scent itself, I lack the vocabulary for such an evocative and unusual (at least to my nose) fragrance – it’s dry, clean, bitter and herbal but in a very refined way – it just keeps a perfect balance – it’s ‘perfumey’ enough but still naturalistic. It fills my lungs with air – I attribute this to the galbanum. 🙂 It has a bit of a non-sugary, flowery sweetness about it as well, I suspect the violet leaves have that softening quality. Is it a safe blind buy for ladies? Probably not – as it might not cater for the needs of those searching for a decidedly feminine, voluptuous type of fragrance. It’s perfect for me though – I find my peace and quiet in it. 🙂 I guess it might be easier for gentlemen to wholeheartedly embrace it even though I would not say it’s necessarily better suited for men. 😉
10/10 in my book as well!
Madja – :
This is similar to Memoir Man by Amouage, except this is not so harsh. Memoir Man is brilliant, but Ambergris Showers is a great substitute and gets compliments. Apart from compliments, it is a great fragrance in itself. In my opinion, it is very underrated, which I believe is because it followed Tobacco Blaze etc.
10/10 in my opinion.
nikidron – :
The mate in this, as well as in Memo Irish Leather, is up front. It reminds me of no. 2 pencil wood and graphite. Somewhat fresh. Different, but not as leather-heavy as its counterpart. I like AS but I have pure ambergris and see absolutely no similarities between this frag and ambergris. There is no ambergris in this. If there is ambroxan in this it’s not noticeable (and I also have pure ambroxan). Again, it is good. I like it.