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arevik_sunny – :
I can see the appeal of this fragrance, very high quality. However, it is not for me. I was hoping for the sandalwood, ylang, and tuberose to step forward, but it was jasmine and lily of the valley that ruled with a bit of orange blossom. It had the same effect on me as Amarige though they are clearly not one in the same.
Wearing Ubar is kind of like hearing Mariah Carey hit that high note – lots of quality and talent there but a bit much at times.
Projection – hefty with a dab
Longevity – 5 hrs
Occasion – save this for special occasions in well ventilated areas, especially if you’re heavy handed in application
konstan63 – :
You’re laying on a lacquered wooden bed, outdoors in an Arabian king’s garden. You’re surrounded on all sides by white flowers and women from his harem. They’re feeding you fresh orange slices in between sips of tea while tossing jasmine and orange blossoms all over you. Ubar Woman by Amouage.
DONI_91 – :
i smell orange and/or orange blossom, jasmine, and something akin to ambergris at first. it’s citrussy, a bit salty and kind of airy. a few minutes later, the amber and woods intensify, grounding out the scent. there is a gorgeous note in here that i cannot place, but it seems like a floral note, perhaps the violet leaf? as with every other amouage i’ve tried, this is a gorgeous scent. it’s a bit sheer and very pretty. i know there are many more notes in this, but i’m having trouble picking them out.
xjy788speagoessenda – :
I think I become addicted to Amouage. Which is a very very bad financial idea. I am not impressed by their pastel line as I call it, I think they call it the Garden Collection, but their main collection is a wonder. I went through Lyric (most impressive and unique fragrance in a long while, the dark green rose incense accord is a masterpiece), Fate (I can indulge forever into that one) and Jubilation 25 (serious high octane oriental chypre – although technically it should be either one or another, to me it’s the fragrance that manages to marry both). And now Ubar. The most hard to grasp amongst them. It’s pitch dark, dry like the dessert but intriguing and distant like a queen entering the ball. I think it is as much a white floral (as it is described) as a Tim Burton is a normal cartoon. There are white flowers, of course, but they are white flowers that faded away into the animalic flesh-like decay and hot humid jasmine crushed on a mountain of sandalwood and amber. I also seem to smell some vanilla but very hidden under the blast of dusty sandalwood that comes after the decaying flowers. Beautiful and distant.
мансур – :
Opens with a sparkly citrus but quickly veers into salty animalic territory with hints of florals. Love this! My only disappointment is how short this seems to last on my skin. After about 4 hours I can barely detect it on my skin.
If I could smell it longer than 4 hours, I would definitely buy it, but because it is so ephemeral, I probably wouldn’t spend the $ on it.
7/10
lezhnyuk – :
This fragrance is my favorite of the Amouage lline so far… I am not very well acquainted with the line. I think I’ve only smelled 5 or 6 of their fragrances.
To my nose, this is the least “incency” I have found so far. -As a matter of fact, it has no incense at all.- It still has a lot of character, and it’s centered arround amber, oriental flowers and citrus, which I adore. Great sillage and longevity, and yes … all ingredients seem to be natural as opposed to lab created.
Every time I come across an amber fragrance, I do a comparison test against Must de Cartier (my ultimate favorite amber).
There are a few similarities between the two. But Ubar brings an interesting perspective that is simultaneously Middle Eastern and French. I bought a 3.4oz bottle based on the quality of the fragrance.
Now that I’ve run out of Ubar, I’m posed with the question: “should I buy it again?” The answer is: although Cartier is more synthetic, and was reformulated, I still LOOOOVE Must de Cartier. I find I get more joy out of a bottle of Must de Cartier, than out of Ubar.
Ubar may come back into my collection, but it will be when I find a more moderately priced tester at either Notino Maxaroma or Fragrancenet (all trusted sites).
login2 – :
To Chloeh:
Hi, I was intrigued by your comment where you mention issues regarding Notino’s legitimacy. I thought I might contribute my experience:
I have bought over 30 fragrances with Notino, and my experience with them has always been positive with regard to service and with regard to autheticity.
My curiosity was peeked by your comment, so I did a quick search. I found a question posted on Fragrantica’s forum titled: “Is notino legit?” On it, I encountered approximately 20 messages from contributors verifying it’s authenticity. I hope you find this helpful, as to clear up your doubts.
lugov – :
OK, so I should probably start by mentioning that this review is based on a sample I got recently, from Notino.
As there have been some concerns over the authenticity of their perfumes, lately.
Hopefully it’s authentic – it’s certainly powerful in the opening, lasts a few hours and smells of real ingredients.
So, without further ado:
On first spray, it’s simultaneously unusual and yet, strangely familiar.
Boyfriend said he had smelt something similar before, too (as a child).
It goes on super-rich, strong, oily (leaves a visible shimmer on the skin and a slightly sticky feel), with intense amber, tangerine/orange, jasmine and spice notes.
It smells like something someone would wear in one of the hareems featured in old films.
Laurence of Arabia type of thing.
After a while, the ylang ylang becomes more noticable, but the top notes still seem to remain in play until, or even into, the drydown.
Which probably begins about 3 hours in, on me.
The other notes are all there, too – it’s just that the aforementioned ones are, by far, the most intense.
Exotic is the word I would use to describe this perfume.
I think, if the tuberose was more powerful, it would be even more amazing.
It would appear I’m a big fan of tuberose and it is a little underwhelming, in this.
As it is, though, it’s still very nice.
It was, perhaps, a little too woody in the beginning of the drydown, on me.
It seemed to go through an almost totally woody (rather masculine) stage, for some reason, before the vanilla and fairly vague vestiges of the other main notes, fortunately, kicked back in.
That stage was certainly not ideal.
…and in fact, that probably sums up the whole thing – very nice overall, but maybe not quite ideal, for me.
So, I probably won’t be purchasing a big bottle.
I don’t know what the other Amouage fragrances are like, but I will be trying a couple more samples over the next couple of days.
I’m hoping for a bit more tuberose…
Even though this probably wasn’t quite right for me, it’s still really nice to smell something you can tell is made from truly real ingredients, for a change.
dengrim – :
Overall, I’m not a fan of Amouage and find their perfumes very overpriced for what they are but this one is by far my favorite and the only one I might buy a full bottle of. It starts out as a very strong and animalic Jasmine scent. I love jasmine but I usually hate animalic scents, but this one features a warm and beautiful ambergris note that I love. The dry down is even better and reminds me a bit of Narciso Rodriguez for her. This is a powerful scent with huge sillage that lasts forever and is very very sexy. Plus, I haven’t smelled anything quite like it, it’s very unique.
Esossibiakigh – :
I love this stuff. On the opening I definitely get a touch of Amouage Fate which is a pleasant surprise. Its there and then its gone but definitely there all bit it very briefly.
Im not usually that a big fan of ambre gris but I really love it here. The jasmine and resins with some kick from the ylang are a combination made in heaven. A very womanly fragrance. Most definitely a scent for a woman who dresses smartly but not necessarily classic. This smells so rich and opulent so no to casual lol
You get the intensity of tuberose but then you detect the citrus notes which add a little playful sweetness. The amber gris, sandalwood, rosewood and balm make this fragrance last for many hours.
The overall effect on me is of a slightly musky, rich floral oriental. Its like wearing a beautiful ornately embroidered oriental robe. You feel like an Empress!
genamaksimv – :
Amouage’s’ ‘Ubar’ is the scent that my aura has synergised with. I hope it latches onto my soul when my spirit vacates.
To describe it crudely; Imagine a cauldron of Clinique’s ‘Aromatics Elixir’ (I said it was crude, but bear with me) which a Bedouin wizard has mixed in the essence of his lost city mistique, along with the ripest oranges just throbbing seductively in the sun. Don’t get me wrong, this is no way a fruity fragrance, but interestingly, no particular note stands out alone. This is perfume wizardry at its best.
Luckily there is no obvious vanilla (as I detest vanilla), it just balances a perfect blend of aromatic nuances.
Although I have owned various Amouages in the past, I could never quite get on with Amouage ‘Gold’ woman as I always had connotations with Chanel No.5 (another fragrance I’ve loved but have long moved on from) or the same with Amouage ‘Dia’ woman as that too reminded me of Hermes ‘Caleche Soie’ EDP – but Ubar remains completely unique.
There is nothing quite so perfect as Ubar. Ubar has become me.
burmillo – :
I’ll own up: I bought a sample of this because of Luca Turin’s recommendation, but I am starting to realise that although I either like or love most of his favourites, particularly the weird ones, but also chypres and some other classics of French perfumery, I find his picks for the ‘florals’ category least reliable. Maybe because I am not that into ‘symphonic florals’.
And so to Ubar. This is very lovely, complex and oozes quality, but there is absolutely no way it’s worth the money for me personally. Call me common, but I can have comparable effect from Boucheron (not notes-wise but effect-wise, general impression) for approximately sixth of the price.
gmbpw – :
Hot desert sand. Hot desert sand with a breeze of heady, natural, slightly indolic white flowers and a bit of animalic musky ambergris skank. It settles down to an extremely sexy musk that reminds me a bit of Narciso Rodriguez for her edt. The opening can be a bit harsh and animalic (no problems for me there anyway) but just wait. One of the sexiest and most addictive fragrances I have ever encountered. Well worth the price, which seems exorbitant, but not for this. A bomb of a perfume too, the sillage and longevity are out of this world. More than a small spray or two is overkill, so you get what you pay for and then some. Guerlain could learn a thing or two. This is like a throwback to old school perfumes in that regard. Want to smell like a desert Goddess? Forget Tauer, try Ubar. It’s not gaudy, it’s not trying too hard to be an eccentric niche, it is unique, sexalicious and classy all at the same time. A perfect perfume.
turok1279 – :
I don’t know what you people are smelling but this smells Exactly like Chanel no 22 only with a slight variance. Beautiful vanilla powder with a pinch of civet.
This is so much better than no 22. This doesn’t have that dated feel. It appears in a strong citrus civet aldehyde blast. It Disappears for like 20 mins and comes back full force as deep woody vanilla powders that shimmer from your skin like the air above pavement on an extremely hot day.
This and sunshine woman are some of my favorites!!
The sandalwood is superb!!!
nigolap – :
Anyone have an empty box for this they don’t need?
master_kill007 – :
I just want to mention for those who may not be aware, Amouage is heavily counterfeited. Counterfeit testers are commonly sold on EBay and they sell large qualities of it as decants. So, if you’re purchasing from Ebay or random people online, it could be fake. Which could explain why it isn’t as expected. Could also be due to reformulation but they are selling a lot of the fake stuff. They sell Ubar as a “concentrated oil” and then add perfumer’s alcohol to it and sell it as decants. This usually causes a strong alcohol smell when sprayed and it leaves an oily residue. Just a warning.
lewis – :
Ubar 3.4oz tester bottle 2014 formulation (notino)
The opening is true to the posted fragrantica notes. The citrus mingled with the violet leaf which gives it a sunny metallic smelling, green and aqueous note that could give an illusion of a rose. Ive smelled enough violet leaf in different compositions so its very strong in the opening on my skin.
The salty ambergris mixes with the violet leaf and you get a swirling mix of jasmine, orange, violet leaf, ambergris (which to some can produce a bitter celery type of impression) which to me, is more the inner part of the rind of a tangerine. Interesting to note about this fragrance is, if your thinking about a note mentioned by previous reviewers, you do tend to smell it. Just like I could see how others picked up a rose scent. In all great fragrances, its more about the illusion of what is there than what is really in it. A mirage if you will…
A beautiful rosewood surfaces next with a jasmine-vanilla. LOV, ylang and sandalwood melange together into its core identity. The construction is unique with a base note here and there seeping into the heart. Obviously well done. I was expecting a powerhouse animal because I do love animalic driven scents, and got a great black marine tinged ambergris-woody rose-jasmine type scent. Ubar isnt bombastic,or over the top but a sophisticated lady.A true classic that will never be out of style. Drydown: Perfection. Rivals the great vintage Opiums
Its just a beguiling scent in the fall.
Note: 2012 version much better than the 2014.
MiraxGrp – :
I will have to review again. I love the Amouage line, and virtually all the fragrances are power-houses on me. This one smells faintly of jasmine and ylang, with a bit of other white flowers, some LOTV, very little if any black amber. I think I’m anosmic to it, because after five minutes, I simply cannot smell it, and neither can anyone else.
I purchased a 5 ml sample and have been dousing in it, even spraying my shirt, so I could come back and take a sniff of it later, but still, nothing.
It initially is an “alcohol blast” and even burns my skin, but leaves an oily residue behind. Within a few short minutes, faintly pleasant, warmly floral bouquet is left behind, lasting less than 30 minutes.
Silage=0
Longevity=0
Perfume overall: 7 – would rank higher if I could smell it more consistently or longer.
Epic and Jubiliation transfered onto my skin by my just holding the bottle, and lasted for hours. This one I will order a new sample since the notes listed are quite lovely.
dinik88 – :
What a complex beauty! Just got my bottle yesterday. For the first sniff it was the Middle-East itself. The scent of the desert, the smell of the hot sand. 10 minutes later the flowers start to bloom and it will be a powdery, flowery miracle. It is weird but I can smell a kind of oudh as well however it is not among the notes.
On my very dry skin there is no vanilla and citruses at all but very intense sandalwood, amber and tuberose. When it is warmer the freesia feels also and the jasmine just winks out to show some youth and cheerfulness. No lily of the valley at all, but I don’t even miss it.
It is a grown up perfume. I can’t imagine a young lady in her twenties, thirties to wear this. This perfume is able to tell you a 1001 stories about the past, about your past.
zizop10 – :
Ubar is an animalic bombshell fragrance. Positively swoon worthy. Actually this wears fairly linearly on me, its mostly civet, ambergris, jasmine, ylang ylang and sandalwood from beginning to end. But oh, what a stunning accord this creates! Rich, floral, vintage and smooth with an overtly sensual vibe, though at times I also catch a whiff of what smells like a plush nag champa note to me. I agree with those who have said Ubar will lend the wear an aura of mystery.
As I wear Ubar, I notice that it bares a striking resemblance to Samsara. No this is not a dupe, but it is clearly of the same family—built off the same core of jasmine, ylang ylang and sandalwood. If you like one you are rather likely to like the other, though Samsara has a large dose of vanilla in the drydown and Ubar has way more animalic notes going on.
Actually the more I think about it Ubar is the half way point between Jean Patou’s symphonic animalic floral named Joy and Guerlain’s Samsara.
This is a powerhouse, even dabbing a small amount has produced a huge cloud of scent and sillage. DO NOT OVERSPRAY. Less is more with this one.
zero216 – :
أوبار
اليوم رششت بضع رشات من هذا الكنز الامواجي الرائع من أجمل عطور الفلورا الشرقية فخامة وإامتعاً هو موجه للنساء ولكني اراه موجه لعشاق امواج وعشاق الفلورا البيضاء وعشاق الاستمتاع، الفلورا مقدمه بقالب منعش حاد قليلا ولمسات فخمه من الاخشاب وتحديد خشب الصندل الرائع هنا بجانب العنبر البعيد كل البعد عن الجانب الانيماليك بالرغم انه استخدم فيه العنبر الحيواني.
يحتاج تجربة متأنية جدا للوصل لقناعة تامه كما فعلت. وطالما فصل الشتاء لم يتبقى عليه الا اشهر معدوده سيكون هذا العطر ضمن قائمة الشراء دون تردد.
والجميل انه لم يخطر في بالي عطراً شبيها له من دور اخرى.
باختصار اوبار جمال الطبيعه جسدت في عطر.
باذن الله اضع تقرير مفصل حول هذا الكنز الذي اعتبره قطعة اثرية عثر عليها فيه مدينة غابره تسمى أوبار.
ابداً ودائما لاتنس ذكر الله والصلاة على النبي.
ras12008 – :
Soooo very alluring, is my Amouage Ubar. I find it seductive, even mysterious….the stranger in the elevator you think about all day, despite your best efforts to remain unfazed by the encounter. Ubar feels (and smells) like something powerful is happening to you. Something inevitable. I wish I could put my finger on it.
There’s so much going on with the notes here, yet it is the FEEL of the fragrance not so much the individual notes pushing all my olfactory buttons.
–Black Amber/Ambergris is most prominent. I don’t ever think I’ve experience it so elegantly presented. It’s responsible for Ubar’s warm, slightly dated, sweet, animalic (with a dash of civet) appeal.
–Sandalwood also presents strongly and earlier than I would have expected to my nose. It’s its wonderfully woody self.
–Floral combo. Unlike most of the voters, I can’t say it’s jasmine I detect most prominitely. For me, it’s a combination of a variety of thoroughly blended, feminine and very sophisticated florals.
I think I’ll spray Ubar again, head for the elevator…and wait for the inevitable 🙂
gazendeck – :
Tons of civet in this. Not sure if Amouage is trying to be PC by not listing it, or what. There’s more civet in this than in any other currently produced perfume that I know of. So if you like that sort of animalic, look no further!
Easy to overdo though; one too many sprays and you’re … well, you should probably just stay home. I’m guilty of wearing too much of this to a concert once. The lady seated next to me seemed slightly repulsed. Oh well. 🙂
Lugar – :
Amazing, gorgeous perfume. An instant love. A strong, sophisticated scent that is not overly sweet but keeps you bringing your nose back to it – totally addictive. Rich, complex and heady– VERY narcotic. I’m not detecting much, if any indoles or skank in this, but that could just be me. I get mostly jasmine and some lovely rose from this, along with something I’m not sure how to describe, but it’s sweet and animalic (maybe the ambergris?)
For some reason, Gold or Dia wasn’t right for me even though they do have some similarities to this.. but this one is perfect for me. I would definitely recommend it to all floral lovers, especially those who aren’t afraid of powerhouses or vintage 80s chypre/floral aldehydes fans 🙂 Then again, I haven’t found an Amouage yet I would say isn’t worth at least testing!
idn901InsuffBooni – :
5:00 PM While in my car and right before driving, I applied a bit of this to the back of my hand from a recently purchased sample vial. Initially weird.
5:05-5:30: Eau de port-a-potty! Albeit a clean one, with that chemical freshener scent that comes out of the bottom of it on a hot day. Needless to say… GROSS! A hot port-a-potty with sweaty bodies mixed in. I do not currently have a sweaty body, so it must be Ubar. Ubar, the invisible sweaty man in my back seat, has actually transfigured my car into a port-o-potty on wheels. He didn’t include a sink though, so I can’t scrub him away. Damn.
5:30 to 6:15: Less disgusting, but still a far cry from enjoyable. I feel a bit out of sorts from the prior sensory overload. I think this has changed from toilet (not toilette) water to grandma’s bathroom. Grandma was at least usually clean, powdered, and over perfumed. I’m a little embarassed to get out of the car and go inside the store.
6:15 to 7:15 The big sillage has faded to no sillage. Maybe Ubar got offended by my vocal expressions of contempt for him during our car ride. We got off to a bad start. After 7:15 (just over 2 hrs) he completely ran out on me; there wasn’t even a trace left on the back of my hand.
Did they possibly put the wrong juice in my sample vial? I did not get ANY of the notes listed above, with the exception of amber. It smelled very dirty, and not at all as described in the great reviews. It looks like this one can change though, so perhaps I’ll try it again on a day I’m feeling very brave.
Edit: I put this on paper instead of myself and it smells divine… I guess it’s a chemistry thing.
Weloattaido – :
I love many Amouge scents, and have a lot of admiration for some others that just don’t work on me. Ubar falls into neither camp. On me, it reads as a rather ingenue rose–very odd since plain old rose isn’t even in the scent notes. It also comes across as the single most linear Amouage I’ve tried. Must be a chemistry thing. Most definitely not for me.
eva5555 – :
Ubar is an exquisite jasmine perfume that does not remind me of Chanel No.5. For starters, it lacks the aldehydes. Chanel No.5 is the perfect blend of prudent rose, sterile iris, and jezebel jasmine. Ubar would have been downright scandalous in the 1920s with its unceasing, intoxicating clouds of jasmine from the Far East. It is a lusty floriental. One drop on one wrist projected up to my nose all day long. With a strong amberesque base and a naughty animalic heart, Ubar is so alluring it will make your lover dizzy with desire. This is a perfume that keeps going and going–all night long and into the morning.
abc сba – :
Yes, I know, I get it, this is a heavy jasmine perfume, but what I smell is rose. An evolution through three different roses, in succession, and then lily of the valley and jasmine, and much later in the dry down I get that honey/civet wire crossing in my head that makes rauchy notes in perfumes smell irrestable to me.
Except that the next time I tried it, I smelled jasmine with a bit of orange and a funky unclean but not sweaty smell that I thought, from the description, might be black amber, since it’s a whale-gut product. Later it was a massive powder, animalic, with a touch of beeswax; except for that other time I tried it an found the dry down to be herbal with vanilla.
I wore Ubar for a week and never got the same perfume twice. Certanly all the Ubars shared characteristics, most notably being enormous florals, but the thing that really makes Ubar interesting is its chameleon nature.
HAZZER – :
I really love this perfume. It may not be so modern, but hey, if this works with your body chemistry, that’s all what matters. This is a big perfume, it envelopes you from head to toe in a delicious cloud. It works well with my body chemistry, so I use a tiny bit and I get a big, wonderful cloud of mostly orange, jasmine, vanilla and sandalwood. This perfume reminds me of Creed’s Jasmin Imperatrice Eugenie. I love them both, but I feel Ubar is fresher. Also, there is something special in Ubar’s drydown, a special note I don’t know what it is, may be the ambergris, but it is gorgeous!!! I see a full bottle in my future, my wallet is very sad, I’m extremely happy ……
Katrin2079 – :
Ubar is an amazing quality fragrance. It is simply gorgeous. Makes me sad that these type of fragrances are out of fashion and the level of mastery, that took to create them are no longer appreciated, but to me, this mix is a party to my senses.
I will probably never own it, simply because it’s not my style and I will not find too many occasions to wear it, but I will always admire it very much!
atavis – :
When I wear Ubar I sometimes smell a barrel of overripe apples. This usually signals that the perfume contains rose but there is no rose in the list shown. It’s a mystery.
RIBAK2011 – :
I tried the reformulated version, and it’s difficult to decide where I stand on this. It very much has a vintage feel to it-its a rich, immaculately blended quality fragrance. It’s warm and smooth but to me its overpowering. I don’t get much of a citrus top note, its lily-of-the-valley and then all jasmine and tuberose to me, notes I don’t particularly do well with and which give me a headache. I also got a spicy peppery note mixed with smokey whiskey, such a masculine note that I went back and checked the bottle to make sure I wasn’t mixing it up with something else. After about an hour it became rather more feminine with rose and wood and a hint of vanilla. The dry down was far more approachable with a lovely powdery note, but this is again overpowered by patchouli. All in all, this is obviously a gloriously luxurious, rich fragrance created and blended with skill, but its not for me.
yaugen8 – :
Ubar is a stunning, confident woman in a floor length golden gown, entering the room with grace and dignity, just as the elegant bottle suggests.
With juicy soft orange and the senusality and glamor of jasmine, the opening is supported by pithy lemon notes of litsea cubeba and scant dark green violet leaf.
The heart introduces indoles of jasmine and some dirty amber(gris) that give Ubar its classic allure. Secondary floral notes of ylang-ylang and lily of the valley are gentle and warm. Tuberose adds a little “come-hither” while wisps of freesia offer a playful tease.
Classic wood notes in the drydown of sandalwood and vetiver give the Ubar woman her confident stride with a touch of patchouli as she brushes knowingly past her admirers.
Remarkably elegant and masterfully blended, Ubar stands among the classics with dauntless beauty.
* Note: There is no civet note according to the Amouage website at the time of this writing.
FYLHTQ1981 – :
Look at the cast of any of the Bravo housewives at a post-season reunion. Consider the degree of wardrobe, hair, make-up and custom-spanx before your eyes. What is the difference between this execution of gender and drag? Physiological sex distinctions seem minor. The issue is the extremity of the presentation. If what you see on those reunion shows isn’t drag, I’m not sure what is.
Smack in the center of the above gender question lies Ubar. Again, the issue is the extremity of the presentation. Ubar doesn’t care a whit about what your crotch might hide. Ubar is all eyelashes, nails and bling. Drag or television-femininity, the similarity is hypergender and the differences are unimportant.
(Is it me, or does Andy Cohen not come off like a court eunuch sitting in the midst of all that regalia?)
kondr123 – :
If all of your favourite perfumes were created before the 90’s , try Ubar and you will not be deceived . It has a vintage quality , it is very intense , longlasting and wonderfully smelling . A big elegant , refined , fullfilling , symphonic floral . Smell this and you will throw away many modern mainstream florals with no regrets . It is worth its price , unlike other niche perfumes .
Better have a few bottles of excellent quality than a crowd of bad ones 🙂
eldas – :
Ubar… a scent from a different era, more than a different part of the globe IMO. I don’t get the Eastern vibe here. I smell more of a ’20s rich and elegant lady in pearls and silks.
I must admit that I am not used to wear perfumes of this top quality and in such strenght.
This is a plus for sure, as you only need 1 spray with all Amouage. 2 sprays were enough to kill my brain during a 1 hour travel in my car.
Ubar is no easy perfume to wear. I cannot tell a note from the other, maybe for lack of education in this field, but it all seems so blended up. Well, maybe an indolic jasmine is the main note that raise its head on others, then a vaguely dirty sandalwood and good dose of amber… Floral? Well… no, not a floral as we mean it in mainstream and if you love pure florals, even thick florals, here you will find a lot of skank for your likes. Ubar is skanky indeed.
This is why I said it makes me think of a different era, because it remind me of something very vintage, a typical skanky floral of older memory.
I’m not usually up for so much skank. Anyway Ubar possesses an addictive property. It made me smell my own shirt all day long. 1 spray, only one on skin on the middle of my chest covered by clothes.
1 spray and the room was done for 1 hour. Anytime I passed by the exact point where I sprayed it, I smelled this hypnotic animalic flower and thought “wow”. It blended well with my skin. In spite of its concentration it didn’t leave that hideous plasticky film that lasts for hours as many commercial fragrances do on my skin. It was “drunk” and no oily film was left.
I don’t think it can be a crowd pleaser, actually more of a crowd scarer if overapplied and maybe even in small amounts.
So I sprayed once and covered with clothes. Then I went out in warm weather, for sure I sweated a little. I was not aware of the perfume any moment because it was hidden. After many hours I came back home, I changed my shirt and now after more than 12 hours not only Ubar is still there in that spot of skin but it managed to cling to my new shirt!
God, it still smells like animal! A good animal, but powerful! This is how, based on note description in reviews, I hoped that Kiehl’s Musk would smell. Too much of an optimistic expectation, that was plasticky skank on me.
For some unknown reason I feel enticed by Ubar, it is real perfume, even if I don’t like it in the same way as my other faves, I feel attracted. It’s not pretty at all. Nothing delicate, nothing clean and prim, nothing even gentle. There is lot of wild elegance here.
For other unknow reason, smelling this from my shirt makes me want to smoke a cigarette again, after quitting 3 years ago. It’s a silly idea, because smoke actually has an awful smell and taste, but there should exist fine luscious expensive cigarettes somewhere with an ambery aroma.
I only own a big sample of this and I will keep it closed in a drawer for a while, because I have a doubt that if I get intimate with this I will need a giant bottle, that I cannot afford for sure and it doesn’t even smell a bit of pretty. Just a bit of it and less animal would have made it a decent enough scent to wear around and enjoy for myself.
EDIT. in the end came a beautiful lily-of-the-valley and will stay on my shirt until next laundry
mad4ik – :
I have to start by saying that Ubar is the most expensive fragrance I own. After draining a couple of large decants I knew I had to have it. The thing is I can barely detect the notes. It’s so well blended and crafted that it just smells… amazing! I get a lemony feel which I’m guessing is the bergamot and Lilly of the valley, followed by rose. This I most definitely get! Big, bold, beefy and jammy like no other rose I’ve smelt before even though it’s not listed! It just takes my breath away. The skankyness I get it’s probably due to the indoles in j