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I have never been to Makkah ...
... and I will never get there (especially not in torn jeans).
And if the Prophet does not come to the mountain, then in this case the Holy Place comes to my home.
For a long time, I had Meeqat Blend on my wish list, primarily because of the bottle. It represents the Mecca Royal Clock Tower Hotel in Saudi Arabia, which stands right next to the Holy Mosque, containing the holiest of holies for Muslims.
I have thought a lot about what this fragrance might smell like, this relic of the holiest place in Islam. Oudh, okay, that was clear; nothing goes without Oudh at ASQ. Good, but what will it be mixed with?
Rutting musk oxen and lush blood-red roses with lustful jasmine - the well-known old combo of most oud fragrances? Never!!!
Not with a fragrance that bears the name Meeqat, which loosely translates to: "a deeply rooted place, a place in the hereafter, within" and also refers to the entry points to the holy site of Makkah or Mecca.
Almost reverently, I unscrew the clock tower adorned with bling-bling stones. In the real Clock Tower, the largest clock in the world, there are clock faces on all sides of the tower, each with a diameter of 43 meters, illuminated by 2 million LED lights. You can read the time from up to 8 km away. Above the clock faces, another 21,000 white and green lights form the flag of Saudi Arabia. They blink 5 times daily during prayer times. The (walkable) minute hands are 23 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, and weigh 7.5 tons. The hour hands are 17 meters long. Unimaginable for my small brain.
The first scent perception surprises! I perceive lemons, refreshing lemons for the spirit, soul, and body! What a brilliant idea!
After a short time, the lemons (unfortunately) blend into and with a bouquet of flowers - I guess spicy, clear, slightly honey-sweet hyssop, a hint of clarifying sage, and a little immortelle.
Woods join in, East Indian sweet-heavy sandalwood, a bit of smoky cedar, the inevitable musk grains, and the even more inevitable amber note. Oudh is hardly noticeable, really just a minimal hint.
In aromatherapy - and the Arabs are indeed professionals in this field - these essences are used to lead inward, to one's own center. Fits!
Meeqat Blend is a subtle fragrance; nothing pushes itself to the forefront. Nothing hammers outward. Everything is light, calming, stays in the background, and never steals the show from the "Holy Place."
The longevity is like life: relatively short; after about 3-4 hours, only a trace of softly sweet ambered sandalwood remains, the fragrance has disappeared with the soul inside, in the Meeqat.
I generally wear all my Arab fragrances - even the heavy oud hammers - in the height of summer, never in the cold, musty dark months of Germany. That is murder to the fragrance for me. Meeqat Blend is thus a change for me when it should be a bit fresher and fluffier, when life should be as it actually should be but is not always so.
And if the Prophet does not come to the mountain, then in this case the Holy Place comes to my home.
For a long time, I had Meeqat Blend on my wish list, primarily because of the bottle. It represents the Mecca Royal Clock Tower Hotel in Saudi Arabia, which stands right next to the Holy Mosque, containing the holiest of holies for Muslims.
I have thought a lot about what this fragrance might smell like, this relic of the holiest place in Islam. Oudh, okay, that was clear; nothing goes without Oudh at ASQ. Good, but what will it be mixed with?
Rutting musk oxen and lush blood-red roses with lustful jasmine - the well-known old combo of most oud fragrances? Never!!!
Not with a fragrance that bears the name Meeqat, which loosely translates to: "a deeply rooted place, a place in the hereafter, within" and also refers to the entry points to the holy site of Makkah or Mecca.
Almost reverently, I unscrew the clock tower adorned with bling-bling stones. In the real Clock Tower, the largest clock in the world, there are clock faces on all sides of the tower, each with a diameter of 43 meters, illuminated by 2 million LED lights. You can read the time from up to 8 km away. Above the clock faces, another 21,000 white and green lights form the flag of Saudi Arabia. They blink 5 times daily during prayer times. The (walkable) minute hands are 23 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, and weigh 7.5 tons. The hour hands are 17 meters long. Unimaginable for my small brain.
The first scent perception surprises! I perceive lemons, refreshing lemons for the spirit, soul, and body! What a brilliant idea!
After a short time, the lemons (unfortunately) blend into and with a bouquet of flowers - I guess spicy, clear, slightly honey-sweet hyssop, a hint of clarifying sage, and a little immortelle.
Woods join in, East Indian sweet-heavy sandalwood, a bit of smoky cedar, the inevitable musk grains, and the even more inevitable amber note. Oudh is hardly noticeable, really just a minimal hint.
In aromatherapy - and the Arabs are indeed professionals in this field - these essences are used to lead inward, to one's own center. Fits!
Meeqat Blend is a subtle fragrance; nothing pushes itself to the forefront. Nothing hammers outward. Everything is light, calming, stays in the background, and never steals the show from the "Holy Place."
The longevity is like life: relatively short; after about 3-4 hours, only a trace of softly sweet ambered sandalwood remains, the fragrance has disappeared with the soul inside, in the Meeqat.
I generally wear all my Arab fragrances - even the heavy oud hammers - in the height of summer, never in the cold, musty dark months of Germany. That is murder to the fragrance for me. Meeqat Blend is thus a change for me when it should be a bit fresher and fluffier, when life should be as it actually should be but is not always so.
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