Description
With a 60-year-long tradition, Ajmal presents a very special and luxurious Signature collection which includes three extraordinary fragrances based on wood: Amber Wood, Hatkora Wood and Santal Wood. The name of the collection is W Series and it provides three niche compositions as additions to the current rich offer of the house of Ajmal, which will provide top quality raw ingredients to customers in the Middle East. Amber, Hatkora lemon and sandalwood can be found in the ingredients of the three new perfumes and they originate from the countries best for their origin, ensuring additional value for fragrance connoisseurs.
“We are proudly presenting the W series to all fans of Ajmal. In accordance with time and growing needs of our customers, we initiated the Signature collection. It is a result of a blend of the best raw material used in developing new fragrances. Our Signature collection is testament of our constant research and innovations regarding ensuring the best and high quality fragrances for our clients,” stated Abdulla Ajmal, CEO of Ajmal Perfumes!
The third fragrance of the collection is Santal Wood, created of the finest sandalwood oil from India. Top notes of the composition provide a fusion of flowers and spices (marigold, caraway and cardamom), leading to the heart full of jasmine, rose, ginger and cedar wood, leaving a floral-woody imprint. The base is creamy and cuddly, created of the finest notes of sandalwood combined with deep flavors of patchouli and out.
The fragrances will be available on the market starting from June 2014, as 100m l Eau de Parfum in black flacons with name tags in gold color.
gjv536Diobtetty – :
I keep it simple if you’re in to sandalwood fragrance then look no further…buy it and you don’t get disappointed from this masterpiece.
simple-poker – :
My second try from Ajmal after Amber Wood, Santal Wood is a nice, reasonably-bodied woody entry that has spicy, sharp, and sweet hints, with an underlying layer of rose that is exposed nicely as the fragrance dries down.
It consists primarily of sandalwood and cedarwood with some interesting additives–most notably, cardamom providing spiciness, ginger providing sharpness, and rose providing, well, its signature florality. There are also wee hints of patchouli and oud, but even several hours into the wearing, these are not prominent.
It’s mainly a woody fragrance, though, still, though the rose, cardamom, and ginger all provide hints of interest that prevent it from being too safe. Still, there’s something about that it that is rather generic and non-distinguishing.
Despite Amber Wood seeming to be the recipient of more of the hype and love, though, Santal Wood seems to me to be the more well-rounded fragrance.
$169 for 100ml (FragranceX, in North America) is nevertheless a bit high of an asking price, even on the secondary market, on account of Santal Wood feeling somewhat generic. Its utility is not to be denied by me, though. It makes for a very reliable cold weather day-and-night scent, leaning masculine slightly but kept unisex particularly by the rose.
I quite like but probably wouldn’t consider buying it at its price point–it feels more like something that should be well under $100.
7 out of 10
mama2510 – :
This is what I have been looking for. To me it is as close to perfection as may be possible. I wore it for the first time on date night and noticed a lot of people were turning around to look. No compliments but a lot of looks. To me when you put this on you go straight into Alpha mode. This may not be the best choice for everyday wear or clubbing but it is a great choice for a person above 35 who impresses. For the top notes I get floral cinnamon and maybe mace. For the middle notes I get smoke, ginseng and floral. The base notes are sandalwood and oud. I will be getting another bottle of this while I can. To me this is way better than the really high-end offerings.
kn0xv1lle – :
Top notes are flowers and spices jasmine, rose, ginger and cedarwood, leaving a floral-woody. The base is notes of sandalwood combined with deep flavors of patchouli. I still believe it will not be issue as other in the series have much on common HATKORA/WOOD ROSE OUD.
AKMAK – :
I would not call it a true sandalwood scent but a perfect blend of oud and rose and sandalwood with sandalwood as the major note. Also as someone mentioned it is still available and not discontinued.
svetluimag1211 – :
Dare I say the finest sandalwood based scent ever created? This is a superb masculine Oriental scent with the most natural sandalwood accord I have seen in modern perfumery having actually been in possession of a few ml of directly sourced Mysore sandalwood. The perfume opens with notes of caraway, marigold and cardamom before proceeding to a heart comprised of jasmine, rose, ginger and cedar and finally settling into a dense base of really nice sandalwood with hints of patchouli and oud. Beautifully blended with pronounced projection and sillage and very long lasting, this is one of the best kept secrets in modern perfumery. Track it down if you can, this is swoon worthy sandalwood. Enjoy!
vladi.vaisman – :
Fragrance – Santal Wood Ajmal
Bottle from – 2016
He’s got that alluring and a bit passionate vibe going on.
Santal Wood opens on my skin with a seductive,moderatly sweet and warm spices with dominant cardamom laying on top of a creamy sandalwood and with a wisper of a bit earthy patchouli lurking at the edges.
During mid development,bouquet of flowers,with dominant rose,starts to emerge.At this point,in the middle,it is all about spicy flowers with a nice touch of woodiness and patchouli.
This all leads into a well blended base with dominant sandalwood and oud and with the tender trace of patchouli and spices.
Santal Wood has some similarities to Intoxicated By Kilian.
Longevity – 10/10(11+ hours)
Silage/Projection – 9/10(heavy projection and silage for the first 3-4 hours)
Weather -best in autumn,winter and early spring.
Age – 23+
Compliments – 9/10
Scent – 9/10
Main notes according to me –
sandalwood,patchouli,cardamom,oud,rose,cumin.
The drydown is a bit creamy and woody and I get some -sandalwood,patchouli,oud,spices and cedar.
Emotions -passionate,alluring,intoxicated,seductive,love,
romance,warm.
Occasion -perfect for romantic evening,date,intimate nights and nights out.
You’ll get compliments with this one.
Danehaxykoqwx – :
Why the hell they discontinued this one
I had a chance to buy the last bottle 3 months ago but I got a card problem
So next month when I was at airport, I searched for it but shocked when they told me it is discontinued
Instead they produced a crappy scent with a higher price!!
Kominivan – :
I’m wearing an attar/oil based version of this, and I have to say… it’s a very smooth and creamy sandalwood, perfectly balanced. I get a very creamy sandalwood as if the oil is tempered by some very light powdery aspects.It’s a really great experience. Not a harsh or blunt woody smell but a very soft, velvet like experience. Maybe if velvet or satin could have a smell this would be it. I get the musk (a soft, white musk) and the woods are working in tandem and in harmony with all the other notes, nothing jutting out harshly or overpowering. I don’t know how applicable this experience is to the eau de parfum version of this, but it must be wonderful.
svetik_101 – :
Hello everyone!
I was looking for great perfume with Santal , because I do really like this smell and finally Ive found it. I mean – I was not testing a lot of different kind of perfumes which contains Santal , but in my mind and heart I knew what Im looking and when I was testing this one for a first time in a shop – I realise that this perfume is exactly what I need.
This perfume you cant actually compare with Santal Majuscule by Serge Lutens. SM is much more subtle, much more elegant, much more light, soft and delicate;
Santal Wood by Ajmal it is a smell of wisdom. its a smell of self-comprehension. Finally its smell of India with all its history : gurus, mahatmas, great people and so on.
It is a deep, earthy, a bit of sweet perfume in the end. Actually I dont know how to describe it but If you want to touch a beauty of Santal – you have to try this perfume. This perfume not for those who are in confusion. This perfume for those, who are clear in their approach to life. Its not just a perfume, its way of living.
Awesome perfume. Its all what can I say and its enough I guess.
Rasta_Lex – :
I have 3 of the fragrances in the W series, Santal, Amber, and Rose Wood. A very strange olfactory illusion with all of them. At first, they all seemed to dissipate in 10 minutes and you get the feeling that the longevity is not good at all. Then, suddenly, on the 3rd or 4th wearing, something magically happens and BAM! they are in full bloom and the sillage and longevity on all of them are stellar. These are some of the best fragrances in my collection.
serrnikks – :
The best Sandal scent money can buy. Way better than Tom Ford or SL sandals. Very long lasting. Qr.500 for 100ml, the bottle and presentation are work of art.
aqws441 – :
This is an amazing fragrance. Well done, perfectly balanced. A true representation of high quality Indian Sandalwood. Earthy, ethereal, transcending……9 out of 10 for quality.