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skarlett – :
I got 5ml of this to try. I’m not going to pay $800, but every noob needs to start with this one, just so they can skip a long line of boring in the future. I look for ambergris in all perfumes now, kind of like when you watch a Robert Redford movie and then decide to watch another 30 movies with Roberd Redford. Wonder why I chose Robert Redford. Anyway, it’s a killer, stays for weeks too.
supermen1988 – :
امشب رفته بودم شقایق و ایریس گودسیر رو خریده بودم و همرام وازامبا،کویغ عثمان و اوهیرا بود.از این طرف که رفتم ایریس نازارینا زدم و برگشتن وقتی رسیدم پارک لاله یکدفعه زد به سرم او هیرا بزنم و زدم! تا چندساعت بعدش حس خوبی داشتم اما چون قبلا ذره به ذره توصیفش کردم که هر ساعت چه تغییراتی داره ازش میگذرم و درضمن فکر کنم گرچه هوای آخر شهریور و شب سمت پاییز میره اما ابدا جوابگوی اوهیرا نبود و حرومش کردم! نکته دیگه اینکه این عطر حرمتی داره واقعا عصاره ی خون ماقبل تاریخ انسان و زمین و حیف ازش حرف بزنیم واسه همين خوشحالم چرندیاتی که درباره اش نوشتم دال بر بوی ترش مشک و روغن حیوانی و بلوط سوخته و این کسشعرا رو پاک کردم! چقدر ماها گاها احمق میشیم و مزخرف گو?! بدتر اینکه مثل کفتربازا ميخواستم دستریزشو بفروشم همه بو کنند! شایدم دنبال تیغ زدن بودم اونم با غار هرا! خلاصه تجربه های معنوی هنوزم بالانرین نوع تجربه بشری اند ا
qunodolofwawj – :
To me it smells mostly labdanum (rockrose) with florals. There might be ambergris also, but I can’t tell. It is a pleasant fragrance, projecting an ‘amber’ feeling. But I won’t be getting a bottle as the price is stratospheric.
incexicag – :
I had chance to testvit today .its not so sweet its dark amber with smockiness feel to it which I think it belongs to labdanum.
It’s completely wellblended strong dark scent which slightly sweetness st the back.
یه کار امبری تاریک و دودی که کمی شیریرنی در پس زمینه حس میشه.کار بسیار با کیفیت و قوی هست.حس دودی اون برای وجود صمغ لادن هست.
کاملا امبری میباشد که از صمغ لادن گرفته شده که کاملا دودی و بالانس هست.دو سه ساعت اول خیلی قوی هست بعد کمی رام میشه.پخش خفه کننده ای نداره ولی خوبه برای این بویه قوی و تاریک.
hearseLoode – :
عطر عنبري جميل جداً وثقيل
لكن ليس بالعنبر الحيواني كما هو موضح بالموقع
،،
العنبر هنا أحفوري كهرمان
يعيب العطر سعره المرتفع
uliana_kalinina – :
The purest amber fragrance available in the market, this crowning jewel in the SHL collection is mostly resinous, salty, marine ambergris with a bit of fossilized amber, oud and labdanum. Absolutely resplendent and stunning like an exotic diamond, this is for those who demand nothing but absolute pure perfect luxury irrespective of the price associated with it. The beauty is subtle but oh so breathtaking, the juice is rich, warm, powdery, sweet, salty, animalic and smoky. The perfume just wore me down into submission. After satisfying myself for years with samples, I had to break down and obtain a bottle for my collection at a substantial discount over retail. This is the stuff of exotic Arabian Nights tales. Amber lovers and those into exotic Orientals, this is a diamond that belongs in your collection.
Дамирка – :
So this is what pure fossilized amber resin smells like? I had been eyeing the essential oil listed with my online EO supplier and it reports that the aromatic profile is “smoky, resinous, leathery, tar-like, woody-dry notes and hints of pine and balsamic overtones.” Indeed!
This also smells like musky, ambery labdanum with a smoky incense-like character, paired with a little oud showing its darker face of leather and wood pulp — tons of great texture. I don’t get any marine-like ambergris, but perhaps a sexy brush of salty skin.
Is O Hira worth the current retail price of $715 for 50 ml? By comparison, the pure oil is ticketed at $722 for 4 oz. With O Hira you’re also presented with a masterful, proprietary blend in a gold-crowned bottle sporting a dainty Swarovski crystal, beautiful packaging and bragging rights to owning this piece.
Me personally, I would not pay this much for any perfume, not because I don’t believe there is value (real or perceived) here, but because I like creating my own experiments. Those who would, I assume have a well-cultivated appreciation for products with integrity. I would assure that you are buying a very high quality, beautiful fragrance in O Hira.
europa – :
سنگ و سنگواره، از ازل تا ابد
برای نوشتن از اوحیرا، بارها نوشتم و بارها ادیت کردم، بارها ادیت کردم و بارها دیلیت کردم و به اینجا رسیدم که به گفتن این مطلب بسنده کنم که: اوحیرا، عطری ناشناخته و اسرار آمیزه که هر کس، به فراخور برداشتها و نگرشهای خودش، در ساده ترین و صمیمی ترین حالات، اونو لمس خواهد کرد. تناقضی منحصربفرد و پردازشی به باورها و داستانها و اعتقادات که با رایحه ای منسجم، عمیق، لوکس و غلیظ اما آرام، موقر و متشخص به نمایش در اومده.
اوحیرا، در رایحه ای تاریک، موهوم، پر رمز و راز و کهنسال جریان داره که رگه های ترش، دارویی، خاکی و گیاهی حاصل از رزین ها رو، در خاکستری-دودی ترین حالت آکورد عنبر غوطه ور کرده و نتیجه ی اون، رایحه ای از آمیزش و ادغام فضاهای آمبری-رزینی-اسپایسی بر بستری دودی، خاکی، دارویی و کمی انیمالیک هست.
اوحیرا، نزول پرتوها و درخشش های آسمانی، بر زمین خاکی و چین خورده هست. فرقی نداره که از اعتقادات ویژه ای بگه که در تاریکی های حرا متولد شدن، یا پناه بردن پیروان مسیح به آنجلس رو بازسازی کنه. همچنانکه ممکنه اوحیرا، عطر کوه تور و موسی و وادی مقدسی باشه که در اونجا، فرشتگان برای چوپانان سرود وحی می خوانند. هر اعتقاد و مذهب و فرقه ای، بر مبنای سرشت و درونیات انسان شکل گرفته و هر انسان، درونیات و باورهای خودش رو در خلوتگاهی بکر، منحصربفرد و سراسر شگفتی و معجزه کاوش میکنه که از میلیونها سال قبل در غارها و دالانهای زیر زمین به تصویر کشیده شدن، در مقطعی از زمان به کوه تور رسیده، در کوه آنجلس مدفون شده، در حرا پیچیده شده و به هر تقدیر، از دل سنگ نوشته ها و کتیبه ها و سنگواره ها، به عصر ما رسیده تا با رایحه ای سراسر چالش و تناقض و شگفتی، “اوحیرا” نام بگیره.
عطری از صمغ و رزین و عنبر، از دود و خاک و تاریکی، در فضایی صمیمی و ساده و پالوده که در تنهاییهای هر مخاطب، نجواهایی رو زمزمه می کنه که تنها، توسط خود اون فرد قابل فهم و لمس هست…
اوحیرا، عطر من نیست، اما عطر مقتدر و باکیفیت عنبر و کهربا و لابدانومه. عمیق و چند لایه که لایه ها و وجوه مختلف اون در هم تنیده میشن برای بازتاب فضایی واحد و یکپارچه.
اینکه خیلی دوستان انتظار پخش ماورایی و جهان شمول رو بابت چنین قیمتی دارن، باید عرض کنم که پخش اوحیرا، همچون فضای اون، متواضع، ملایم و متفکرانه هست و از هیاهو و سر و صداهای نشر و پخش غیر قابل تحمل در اون، خبری نیست…
کامنت: م.ع
(سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل
barcelona-bmwx6 – :
I would love to sample the fragrance. I usually am not a fan of amber based fragrances. However, after reading the reviews, I feel compelled to try it. Does anyone know if samples are offered? Thanks
poster9111 – :
O’Hira is a gorgeous, smooth, spicy labdanum fragrance very similar to April Aromatics Calling All Angels. It’s saltier and more cinnamon tinged. Quite possibly I prefer O’Hira but they’re still similar enough and O’Hira is pricey enough that I don’t feel any need to own it as well.
Al-Faraby – :
O’Hira.
This is my second experience with this house and I can tell you that his scents are expertly blended and smooth. O’Hira shares that aesthetic..and with labadnum leading the way of this traditional amber soliflore. AMbergris surfaces as well as darker resins. I do have to agree this is the definitive modern amber. Its one of the best modern fragrances Ive encountered. Worth a sample or a safe blind buy.
drob 60 – :
I love it…………. another masterpiece from SHL
vasiska4ka – :
This is the holy grail of ambers that I’ve been looking for. To me it is worth the cost, although I did find it for a substantial discount. Excellent sillage, lasts forever, spicy and earthy and animalic. There are far more notes in this than are listed. This is a very complex fragrance and has far more than just ambergris in it, the one listed note. I think it is the real ambergris in it that makes it so costly and so absolutely delicious, though.
It does spoil some of my other ambers for me! None of them will ever compare, although when I just want a clean, simple amber for day time instead of a heavy, detailed one like this, I’d turn to something like L’Occitane’s amber. But this is an evening amber beyond compare.
pavlin67 – :
This is it… Fossil amber (not ambergris) is the only note disclosed, even though there’s more to it (and maybe no fossil amber at all). This is it, meaning, this is THE perfume in my modest opinion. But I do not say that from a subjective perspective: i claim this as a masterpiece. Sweet/Spicy/balsamic/aromatic/dry/animalic. You can touch it, it is solid, it never bothers you though it is always there. It never abandons you, it lasts and you never want it to end. I learned it took 2 years to the perfume to sort this out, to find the pure natural ingredient mix that got to this point and I must say I believe him. When I read the price I believed him even more. He doesn’t give a damn to put this out at 580€ (Italy), whereas all other perfumes of his are way much cheaper (apart a few of them). If you buy it it is because you really got hooked. You’d never want to spend so much for a bottle of 50 ml dark liquid unless you really think this is made for you. Only for you, regardless of how many bottles were sold (I do not think it has flown off the shelves).
Let me get myself together and I will put my hands on it soon, very soon…
I got myself together and bought it. This is a beast, an animal,. Again: THE perfume.
Have worn it for 2 months and words cannot express. I think SHL invented a scent that didn’t exist, one should find a new name-category and link it to this wonder.
zzc950InsuffBooni – :
love it. this is all about labdanum, which is the main ingredient of what we know as “amber”, so we can say that this is all about amber (not ambergris as shown in the notes above).
It is dense and opulent, sure to be made of high quality materials and high concentration, which lead to a multifaceted aroma. Smells rich, leathery, smoky, resinous, with a little incense undertone.I don’t fell any sweetness here.
reminds me Ambre Sultan and Labdanum 18.
The cost is very high but know that you will be acquiring the holly grail of ambers. Entered into my wishlist.
Hoazoldiddimb – :
O Hira is a strange beast. I have heard that this is one of the most hefty amber fragrances, but on my skin it purrs like a kitten.
From my sample, I get labdanum completely drenched in cinnamon; In fact, cinnamon is the strongest note on my skin throughout this fragrance. For me it dries down to nothing but cinnamon, and it dries down quickly in a couple of hours, where at that point it is a barely detectable skin scent.
I just don’t understand why my skin is not playing nice with this fragrance, I almost feel like my personal experience is unlike anyone else’s who has tried this. I want to LOVE this, but as much as I love cinnamon, I can’t justify that amount of money for such low longevity.
I will continue to use my sample and edit this review if it ever changes.
Aerohopleneripce – :
عطر حراء من ماركة
O Hira Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 #SLH777
لأ اخفيكم سراً اني سبق ووقفت على مجموعة من عطور هذه الدار وكانت تجربة غير مشجعة ربما لان العطور لم تعجبني او اني لم اعطها حقها في التجربة لا اعتقد ابداً اني جربت عطر حراء ضمن تلك التجربة لان هذا العطر غير وجهة نظري تماما حول المصمم وعطور هذا الدار.
عطر حراء عطر من تصميم الانف سيتفن همبرت لوكاس اعتمد على قصة غار حراء على صاحبه افضل صلاة وازكى تسليم كمصدر الهام عند تصميم العطر،اختار المصمم احد المكونات العنبرية المشهورة وهو اللابدانوم لتجسيد الفكرة التي يريدها وبالفعل اخرج عطراً شرقياً عنبرياً بخوري بامتياز اعجبني بحق، عطر أجد فيه ميزة تعجبني كثيراً وهو ذلك الاحساس بالقدم تشعر انه عطر لجيل عاش قبلنا مئات السنين والاجمل عندما تكون تلك الرائحة مرتطبة بثقافتك.
اللابدانوم هو مكون راتنجي ينتمي لعائلة العنبر والبلسميات وهو قريب نوعا ما بالعنبر الحيواني و المتحجر او الكهرماني الا انه يفرق عن الكهرمان في النوتة السويتيه ورائحة الانيمالك الحسية فيه مع تلميحات ليذرية حلوه، الحقيقة مكون معقد ويحمل ملامح متعدده، ولهذا نجد اللابدانوم كثيرا الاستخدام في عطور اليوم وخاصة العطور العنبرية او تلك العطور التي ترتكز غلى الجلود والبخور، المكون هذا بارز ويمكن التعرف عليه في عطر صحارى نوار من توم فورد وعطرنا هذا ايضا
عطر حراء يرتكز كما قلت على اللابدانوم وقدمه المصمم بقالب شرقي عتيق مع مكونات عريقة مثل اللبان والتوابل والاخشاب والجلود.
“الوصف المختصر عطر يرتكز على اللابدانوم السويتي مع بداية للتوابل الجافة قريبة في شكلها بعطور امواج، وقلب عنبري ممزوج برائحة اللبان والجلود المدخنة اقرب لعطور مثل عطر كيور من مونا دي اوريو وتربيوت من امواج ونهاية بعد فترة طويلة اكثر نظارة برائحة خشبية مسكية عنبرية قريب لعطر ديب عنبر اتمنى تكون الامثلة من العطور التي ذكرت قد جربتها.”
الوصف المطول الذي احبه واعتذر مقدما على الاطالة. 🙂
بداية العطر رائحة من التوابل الدافئة الجافة الحامضة ! لا اريد ذكر تخميناتي حول تلك التوابل حتى لاتعطي انطباع لا اريده …، تلك التوابل الجافة يشاركها بروز تدريجي متصاعد لرائحة اللابدانوم واللبان والاخشاب المدخنه. البداية ذكرتني بعطور امواج او بتوابل امواج الرائعه، وذكرتني ايضا بعطر هواء الصحراء المغربية وكذلك بتلك اللمحة التابلية الجافة في عطر بلاك افقانو،مع احتافظ العطر بشخصيته المميزة والرائعه.
المرحلة التالية تفرز لنا راتنج اللابدانوم بوضوح والذي يفوح من أعماقة رائحة بخورية من اللبان وروائح الاخشاب الجافة التي امتزجت مع الجلود لتعطي رائحو دخانية بخورية جلدية تشعر معها انك امامك مدخنه تفوح منها تلك الرائحة اللبانيه العميقة وتشعر معها بحرارة ودفئ الجمر! هذه المرحلة هي جوهر العطر ومن وجهة نظري ان لم تعجبك فلن يروق لك العطر هذا الجميل للاسف.
هذا المرحلة موجة لمحبي الجلود واللبان والعنبر المحاط بتلك النوتات. باسلوب شرقي عتيق. وذكرتني ببعض ملامح النوته اللليذرية ملامح وليس تطابق بعطر كيور من مونا دي اوريو مع الفارق في اجواء العطر وكذلك عطر تربيوت من امواج.
الملامح البخورية هنا لك ان تصفها انها قريبة من رائحة اللبان، المعمول،الجلود المدخنه.
قاعدة العطر هي استمرار لخطى اللابدانوم ولكن بعد ان تبتعد عنه تلك التوابل واللمحات البخورية وبعد ان يفقد بعض من ملامحه الرئيسة بحيث تكون الرائحة اكثر نظارة مع لمحات مسكية ناعمة ليست بتلك الرائحة المسكبة الرخيصة القادمه من احد مكونات المسك الشائعه الاستخدام وانما القادمة من اللابندوم نفسه وربما بعض المكونات الاخرى التي وضفها المصمم ولم يفصح عنها. قاعدة العطر تذكرني نوعاً بعطر بعطر ديب عنبر.
خلاصة القول تريد عطر عنبري بقالب بخوري ليذري يعطيك الاحساس بالفخامة والقِدم جرب هذا العطر
بالنسبة لي من اجمل العطور الشرقية التي جربتها وربما يكون الأسوء بالنسبة لك. النقطة السلبية في هذا العطر هي سعر
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هذا مالدي رطب لسانك بذكر والله وصل على النبي.
تحياتي
سعد.
Thank you Mr. Lucas about this stunning oriental fragrance
RUSSAK – :
In my opinion the gold standard of the fantasy note “stone amber” (as opposed to ambergris. Layers upon layers of glowing and nuanced labdanum amber reveal themselves during an olfactory tour de force metarmorphosing from resinous to honeyed to toffeed to caramel to almost like liquorice to leather to woody and back. Pretty much the antithesis to the loveless, dense, non-dynamic and synthetic ebanol-style sandalwood bases of Signore Gualtieri that he applies like layers of paint.
Ô Hira is authoritative, meditative and spiritual. Insanely priced, yes, but a work of art that is wearable and stands for something.
Outstanding longevity, initially strong then moderate projection.
Dmodus – :
this smells good. yes it does. if someone gave it to me I would wear it. but the thing that bothers me is the price for what it is. for 800 dollars I want glamour and originality not something that is already out there. to me this has that ‘niche’ smell that has been done by others. I cannot remember exactly which ones right now but I have had this experience. I smell amber some cinnamon and a little dusty vanilla and yeah maybe labdanum. if I want labdanum I’m gonna get some paste for 10 dollars. maybe it is april aromatics that has something similar now I am going to have to go through my samples. I would buy it for 200. it was worth the sample and I will meditate on it some more.
test – :
I have a few of the Stephane Humbert Lucas line and they all do smell like an Indian bazaar spice market, it is like resinous woods, Myrrh Frankincense and spices. All things which to European noses they claim are offensive. Many frags, that have Indian spices, like cardamom, Cinnamon, Bay, Black Pepper, seem to offend English noses. The English allegde that they like more sophisticated scents, like Lime, Lemon, Synthetic aldehydes and mints, ozonic elements, so if you are certainly in England, you do get some very negative comments if your are a male wearer of the fragrance, assuming the frag is unisex and generally they seem to be nowadays. But I guess that the darker your skin tone is and also the more ethnic your accent is,the worse the chemistry must be, as the exact same fragrance on a white skinned person gets a totally different reaction, to the point where women will swoon or say I could eat you alive. So what actually gives? Is it the melanin which reacts with constituents found in Indian spices which makes the smell unacceptable or horrid, or is it the fact that like most things it is about what society that deems the fragrance palatable based on the looks of the wearer or is the look and appeal of the fragrance related to how society portrays the wearer of the fragrance? I can guarantee if an Indian male wore a fragrance and Indian female wore it, it would provoke a different response from the audience. Always negative in the case of a male wearing it, and always positive from a female wearing it, unless she happened to be a black woman with an Afro. How sad!
buywowgoldfki – :
I luurrve resinous ambers, and true to expectations this stuff is gorgeous. It’s buttery, resinous, dusty, smokey, and about every other dream amber descriptor going. In terms of colours it’s of course amber, but more specifically it’s built around umber/ochre clouds billowing dynamically, backlit with golden yellow rays highlighting the cloud edges with their radiance.
The whole affair is long lasting and fairly linear, and maybe not something a non lover of ambers would really appreciate, but if you’re like me, this is grail material. Yeah, the price is beyond silly, but hey that’s a story for another day. For the juice itself, yes it’s outstanding.
PaulaHillm – :
My favorites in order(from what I’ve tried) Black Gemstone/Oud 777/O’ hira/Une nuit a doha/Qom Chilom.
How do you like your whale intestines? Medium rare, well done perhaps? Let’s go ahead and get this out in the opening: No one’s gonna say this is worth the asking price no matter if they like it or not. This fragrance IS likeable, even I found solace in this ambery situation. I like O’Hira but it smells like a big fat lie. Is this labdanum, amber or maybe ambergris? At 800+ dollars, I find myself caring about the truth as much as I care about if this smells great. Since i don’t know what note im truly sniffing, I’ll identify it by its accord: Amber. The “amber” here is deceptively smokey but wears like a darkened bonbon. Generously flavored, this is shaped and accented by aquatic influences but still governed by a brackish texture throughout. This has the same colorful sparkle found in Black Gemstone which i also found to be somewhat “clean.” Longevity was solid and clocked in at about 6 good hours for me. This is not a projection bomb but it’s not a skin scent either. In closing, you’re clearly buying into the novelty. You have a choice: Either purchase O’hira or save a whale by purchasing something different. 82 million dollars for an Elvis painting. Is that good business? Think about that question when you consider purchasing O’hira.
viktoranatol – :
it is an older sister of Mona di Oreo Cuir when it dries down, completely identical although the top note is quite different and better than Mona di Oreo but later it will settle to be the same.
honestly i’ll never pay 800$+ for 50 ml of this one, nothing special about it and it doesn’t worth it.
btw Hira is the small cave name that prophet Muhammad was questioning himself inside by looking at the stars, the sky and how life is and the same place that Jibril (the angel) first shown to prophet Muhammad and recital to him the first ever script in the Holy Quran 🙂
edit (31th dec 2014): this is completely complex and never one note only, and i can definitely sense Stephane’s stamp in it which is the bitter almonds. i was wrong about it being not that special… this fragrance is amazing and truly it has similarity with Cuir by Mona di Oreo when it dries down but different in away that makes me think of it seriously. the only drawback is it’s price.
pedbafendealmtl – :
While the note breakdown for Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777’s Ô Hira has been kept veiled, it’s not too difficult to pull out the main player in this earthy, resinous blend: labdanum. The fragrance itself is quite sparse, inviting deep concentration on the resins at hand and instantly pegging Ô Hira as a high-brow, complicated affair. Pitched as an oriental, Ô Hira is really more of a reference labdanum and I’d even place it as a touchstone of dark, resinous perfumery. For all its simplicity, the materials are captivating and the scent might be described best as a showcase of sorts.
There are really just a couple of things going on here. First, and most prominent, is the labdanum that dominates. It’s pristine and three dimensional—chiseled down from the more unwieldy raw material into something polite and tasteful on its own. Much of the grit of labdanum’s bottom end and the shrill turpenic nuances of the top have been equalized, rendering the note as smooth and somewhat ghostly. I’m certain that there’s ambergris in this—and quite a lot of it as well. This sits alongside the labdanum and can be identified by a subtle marine aspect—almost brine-like, but quite tame. It’s rich and prominent, so either the perfume is using a generous amount of the good stuff, or there are some nifty new synths being deployed as to perhaps support a more holistic amount. When placed against the labdanum, it adds a musky sweetness that counters the resin perfectly.
Apparently, there’s fossilized amber in this, but I don’t pick up on much of it if it’s there. This material is essentially the resin of ancient conifers and is often known as a terpenoid. While rarely used in perfumery (and never used in commercial perfumery), fossilized amber bears no resemblance to the warm fantasy note common in oriental perfumes. Yet it’s a material that’s readily available for about $200 per ounce and is best described as smoky, leathery, and a bit rubbery too. I have a small amount of this material myself and it’s far from pleasant, but it’s certainly evocative. Really, the only other perceptible items are some other resins (myrrh, styrax, perhaps) and some spices (mainly cinnamon, from what I can gather). It’s all intertwined and really does require some analytical sniffing to make out the individual components.
Consequently, Ô Hira wears like a clean, refined labdanum with turpenic undertones. It’s both subtly sweet and subtly smoky with trace amounts of sappy green too, but much of this comes from the labdanum itself. These facets are incredibly delicate and hard to detect, reaffirming that the scent is more of a meditation than a fully-fledged perfume. Also, there are sour and bitter aspects that conjure up the kind of feeling you get when you lick a battery or perhaps a copper penny. It’s ever so slightly metallic, bringing up, for me, images of metal gates covered in creeping ivy and branches, or perhaps those beautiful deco wrought iron entrances to the Paris subway. It doesn’t transition much, but it does seem to smooth over any residual harshness from the resins, spending the remainder of its life as a smooth, crystalline labdanum. It’s engaging and beautiful, but it’s really not a traditional amber oriental and there’s not a lot to it.
This retails for $825 for a 50ml bottle. Is it worth it? Well, that’s relative, but I’d harbor that even though it does use a few exceptional materials, this pricing is outlandish. While not quite as obnoxiously priced (per ml) as another recent oriental Dead of Night, Ô Hira just doesn’t offer enough to warrant its price tag. This is a really a scent for those who adore resins and have the patience to spend some time getting to know them a little more. It’s a very good representation of labdanum, but even at half the current retail, it’d already be an imposition.