Description
“Ruh recreates the smell of my office first thing in the morning. As I enter through the wooden doors, I am greeted by the smell of freshly brewed Arabic coffee (gahwa) along with the accompanying milk tea (karak) that is brewed for a long time with lots of cardamom and the distinct fizziness of saffron. I was literally in awe on how he had basically head-spaced a place in which he had not been to prior. RUH (soul in Arabic) is absolutely bursting with life and splendor. I haven’t smelt anything like it before.” – a note from the perfumer.
Ruh by Pekji is a Oriental fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Ruh was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Ömer Ipekçi. Top note is saffron; middle notes are rose and cardamom; base notes are coffee and woody notes.
Sanek055 – :
Ruh is most probably the crowdpleaser of the whole line. A very solid take on the oriental-rose theme. It opens with a decadent but not overly opulent jammy rose accord immediately joined by the most realistic and vivid green cardamom note I’ve experienced in a while. There’s a transparent quality to this opening that preserves the fragrance from taking the *heavy* route. Saffron is perfectly merged to rose providing a dark yellow / orange hue while a roasted coffee accord together with oud play baritonal notes. The fragrance revolves around a benzoin / amber bone structure with woody notes thickening the base.
Immediately likable, smooth and effortless in its beauty. A piece of work that reeks of perfection.
Rating: 8.5/10
romariores – :
It has been ages since I tested “Ruh” -Pekji has only recently been added to the Fragratica database- but what I gathered from the 2 hours I wore it on my skin (and it was the only scent from this line I would even try wearing), it was a thick, jammy rose and cardamom, with a musky, sweet base.
It struck me as being quite raw and unrefined, there was nothing delicate about the way it smelled, despite the ‘pretty’ sounding ingredients. The texture was stodgy and the layers planked on top of one another, not especially well blended at all. It dissolved into a rather unremarkable rose scent after 30 minutes, nothing special.