Scents of the Orient: East/West fusion in Niche Perfumery, Traditional Oud/Aoud, Attars

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Here's a place where we can discuss Eastern influenced niche perfume as well as traditional arabian perfumery. Discussion of oud, sandalwood, ambergris, rose and related oils used in creating such... » More

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post #1 of 20
2/18/10 at 3:47pm
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post #2 of 20
2/18/10 at 5:22pm
you got your old job back?
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post #3 of 20
2/18/10 at 5:28pm
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post #4 of 20
2/18/10 at 8:09pm
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Right now I just put on some Al Qurashi Ambergris Spirit with Annick Goutal Ambre Fetiche EDP I just got in the mail today :-)
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post #5 of 20
2/18/10 at 11:49pm
thanks for the invitation, pepper - and good luck with the new discussion group.

I think I'm going to wear pure vetiver bourbon oil today.
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post #6 of 20
2/19/10 at 12:18am
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Thank you Phibess!
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post #7 of 20
2/19/10 at 4:01am
Agaraura cambodi calambac and amouage molook... And a little agarscentbizaar agarmusk
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post #8 of 20
2/20/10 at 8:47am
Amouage Al Shomoukh today.
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post #9 of 20
2/20/10 at 10:46am
Right now I'm wearing the last smidgen of your mysore sandalwood+rose blend on my wrist, hirch. Any idea where I could find at least 3ml of a sandalwood attar of comparable quality?
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post #10 of 20
2/20/10 at 1:10pm
Phibess, I wore that the other day too. That aged mysore is amazing isn't it? It basically had two drops of it in 1/3ml total mixture and it smells strong! There is no replacing that stuff sadly.

I think you could get quite close if you bought some Mysore of reasonable quality (Aqua Oleum?) and some of the same rose otto I used from there. The rose absolute was just from a chemist selling aromatherapy oils - quite good. They have it in the health food shop you visit up here near where I live.
Other than that I put a few drops of 20% conc. madagascan vanilla in it - I could give you a little of that - it adds a little smoothness and sweetness and a bit of mobility because of the small amount of alcohol.
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post #11 of 20
2/20/10 at 2:06pm
Yes, the smooth and warm sandalwood drydown is the part of your blend I like best. The rose otto is beautiful too, I wonder how his mysore compares to the aged oil. Here's an informative article on sandalwood from Lawless if anyone's interested.

http://www.aqua-oleum.co.uk/news.php
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post #12 of 20
2/20/10 at 6:27pm
thaqeel
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post #13 of 20
2/20/10 at 8:01pm
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Tell us about thaqeel Dred! What's it smell like? How does it compare to ASAQ's camboudi muttuaq, 16 year old camboudi muttuaq & mubakher and agaraaura Camboudi Ateeq and Calambac? I want to live vicariously until I receive my own little bottle :-) How is the viscosity is it more like molasses or melted mozzarella cheese?
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post #14 of 20
2/20/10 at 10:42pm
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Right now I'm wearing Montale Crystal Oud. I think this is my favorite so far but I'm still working my way through my samples.
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post #15 of 20
2/21/10 at 11:25am
Thaqeel is pretty amazing....there are alot of notes the same as the cambodi mattak.....but its more like the presentation of the whole thing....first off I wouldnt leave the house till I had it on for a couple hours. one milliswipe and it stays wet in that spot for hours! its thicker then molasses....it takes an hour or so just to start melting on your skin...thats the only way to describe it...it like starts to melt in that spot then starts looking like regular oil....thats when it kinda has the mattak smell.........
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post #16 of 20
2/21/10 at 11:28am
then after it binds with your skin its just amazing....the smell is so sweet creamy....trust me if I was a millionare or even a hundredthousandare I would want to smell like this everyday...well almost everyday.....the only thing is I would be affraid to put it on then run out the door....thaqeel and yourself need time alone together to bind together.....you would need at least 2 hours or more a day to put it on and just sniff and wait for it to bind with you.....it really was incredible.....the little bit I have I cant wait till next week when I have 10 hours to sit there sniffing it on me again.
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post #17 of 20
2/21/10 at 11:29am
when I first put it on I jumped the gun and said this smells just like the cambodi mattak.....but little did I know what was going to happen 4 hours later...it blew my mind!
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post #18 of 20
2/21/10 at 1:08pm
great you love it so much, dred. To me Thaqeel goes through 3 main stages - the 1st is lots of smoke and 'hard' wood melting very slowly into buttery soft wood (stage 2); and stage 3 - light and subtle woody sweetness that lingers on and is devoid of any smoke. Actually, I find the first moments and the smoky bitter edge most irresistible..

I wore Homage from a generous sample today. Still not sure if I really like this oil.
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post #19 of 20
2/21/10 at 2:52pm
I like homage.....I like taifi jasmine combo.

you might like the ASAQ aged smoked cambodi....it has a smokey that lingers pretty much throughout.
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post #20 of 20
2/28/10 at 6:20am
Prince Bandar by Agarscents bazaar.
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