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7.6 / 10 41 Ratings
A popular perfume by Abdul Samad Al Qurashi for women and men, released in 2006. The scent is oriental-resinous. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Oriental
Resinous
Sweet
Spicy
Animal

Fragrance Notes

MyrrhMyrrh RoseRose AmbergrisAmbergris Weathered PopsicleWeathered Popsicle
Ratings
Scent
7.641 Ratings
Longevity
8.535 Ratings
Sillage
7.935 Ratings
Bottle
7.339 Ratings
Value for money
6.813 Ratings
Submitted by Apicius · last update on 10/21/2025.
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Parfum Collection collection.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions
BobbyGee

230 Reviews
BobbyGee
BobbyGee
Helpful Review 2  
Arte Profumi / Harem Soirée
A scent that stuck in my brain and haunted me, very mesmerizing. I don't know why someone classified it as female, because it is not - unisex, yes. Harem evening / Evening in the harem is strong, dark and salty amber combined with the resin of myrrh, a bit incense. Added to this was a pinch of short-sounding (thank goodness) pungent rose, which is essentially a metallic rose. At some point this metallic note started to remind me of steel, sharp, surgical (scalpel?) - and I started to have associations with Blood Concept AB, but ONLY associations. As soon as we sense the slight scent of a rose ... it disappears so quickly, leaving behind a slight hint of metallicity, and mainly myrrh begins to dominate, a beautiful and strong scent of healing resins with the addition of the above-mentioned. ambergris. Ambra here not sweet, but salty ... as if it lay after many hours on the beach, thrown by the waves and all the salt water evaporated from it under the influence of the sun, leaving only salt crystals on it (I do not know how they did it) .. .. while the sun is already setting and the air temperature is no longer too high. I also smell some spices, but with such a strong smell of myrrh, I can't tell what.
I perceive the fragrance as very sexy, mysterious and mesmerizing. I recommend .... women and men. A real gem.
The durability is very long.
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Ussichan

6 Reviews
Ussichan
Ussichan
1  
Harem Soirée: A Velvet Rose Enshrouded in Smoky Incense and Amber Mystique
A harem night or shall i say a gossiping evening in an Andalusian palace by some beautiful women.

This fragrance open as a balsamic and vinegar-like explosion of patchouli with a sour and musty taste accompanied by a large amount of menthol (it gives the vibes of the warming gel used by athletes).
A perfume with an explosive start and a very charming progression.

If it weren't for this patchouli, what kind of world would perfumers really be in.

Harem soirée evokes an Arabian atmosphere, rich with firelight and myrrh.
The moist and heavy smell of rose petals on a glass of wine.
The perfume. Formulated with very heavy molecules. The play of the olfactory pyramid in this perfume progresses slowly.
The heart of the perfume feels slightly sweet with an earthy and musty patchouli, and the natural salty ambergris although there is nothing really marine, the scent takes on an almost very special salty mineral and resin accords display a strange charm.

A very beautiful point is the role played by the rose. You can feel the scent in the corners, but it does not play a central role.
The rose scent is very delicate and moist and does not create a harem feeling at all.
That is, I fell in love with the patchouli scent with a green, earthy, and moldy base in this perfume.
The smell of straw and hay like mold + ambergris + rose is very reminiscent of Jove's psychedelic scent. But the details are different. Psycho is much sweeter.
Harem Night creates a dirty and deep patchouli + ambergris that I don't feel much, it creates a slightly salty feeling.
The drydown of the perfume, while maintaining the original atmosphere, adds a resinous state of myrrh.
This scent is liqueur, salty, balsamic, sticky, dense, dark, intense.
The quality is extremely excellent and amazing
The performance is excellent.
Updated on 02/09/2025
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Zella

4 Reviews
Zella
Zella
2  
Decadent
God, I love this perfume.
There are only 3 notes listed, but somehow this fragrance manages to be everything - warm, rich, and resinous, a little spicy, a little sweet, with a sensual rose undergirding the myrrh and ambergris. Grownup, sexy, and classy, I've found myself reaching for it over and over again throughout the winter. I'm not sure what I'll think about it in the heat of summer, but during the chillier months it's a definite go to.
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Satago

27 Reviews
Satago
Satago
1  
I finally understand
I used to read "smells like coca-cola" reviews without understanding, because to my nose the smell of myrrh is nowhere near the smell of a can of soda. But with this perfume, I finally understand. Perhaps the salty ambergris is combining with sweet myrrh to create this impression... Who knows. Because the rose, which in my opinion has nothing to do here, smells rotten so the promising perfume it could have been on paper turns sour immediately out of the atomizer (and yes, I tried it on a paper strip and on my skin).

Just not for me, I guess !
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KleineHexe

78 Reviews
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KleineHexe
KleineHexe
Helpful Review 11  
Today on Offer: Harem Lady Fresh from the Smoke!
A harem is a secluded area within a house reserved for women. A soirée is an evening event in the bourgeois, upper-class society.

Now I could be pedantic and claim that the women of a household gathered in a closed area of their residence with the women of another friendly family to practice children's songs together and exchange the latest cooking recipes.

Marketing a perfume with this fantastic background might not be entirely easy. Therefore, Arte Profumi is likely to rely more on the fantasies and myths surrounding an Ottoman harem in the minds of many Europeans - that is, a bunch of half-naked, lascivious, seductive women ready for love services in a private evening gathering. This is a much stronger selling point.

Sex sells. Well then …

At first, I thought I had grabbed the wrong tester. A huge cloud of incense hit me right in the face. A glance at the label dispelled any doubt - Harem Soirée.

What came towards me felt little oriental, rather like a full blast of incense of the Roman Catholic kind. Arte Profumi is also from Italy. If I should be wrong about the incense classification, please forgive me. I am with the competition.

What is this scent supposed to express? A harem in the bishop's palace? - Interesting line of thought.

For the eroticism and the feminine aspect, the perfume offers a bit of rose: intensely perceptible now and then through the much too strong incense fog, a brief hint like in Fate Woman, but not really beautiful. I had expected better from a “Harem Soirée.”

Incense, amber, and myrrh exist in many compositions and can be more pleasant. In my opinion, Amouage processes such ingredients more elegantly. Even Jubilation 25 Woman, which certainly does not skimp on incense, comes across as more bearable for me.

Those who can endure Fumoir will also manage with Harem Soirée. For everyone else, this is likely to be a short night.
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15 days ago
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One of my winter favorites. Plush, syrupy resin, salty rose…I smell some patchouli. Not easy but so amazing.
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Warm resinous myrrh with salty, sweaty ambergris and a subtle hint of metallic rose. Sensual, carnal, and a little dirty. Not sure.
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This is what Ariel from The Little mermaid smell like when she was going through her experimentation phase in Ocean college, Yktv
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A bold, heavy amber scent with rich rose and myrrh. Long-lasting, but complex and polarizing—definitely not a blind buy.
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Exciting for true amber lovers. The base is basically Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan with more spice, sweetness, depth, and heaviness.
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I don't understand the negative review. Very beautiful resinous spicy-balsam. Amber. Reminds me of Ambra Aurea and Marquis de Sade ELO.
Sensual!
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Heavy, oily, not particularly complex or refined, more like hippies in a harem than 1001 nights. Rose in the background. Sexy eco-store scent.
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Mix of smoke, old stale incense in musty walls, a bit of slightly musty myrrh + very synthetic roses.
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Sour and bitter, powdery and warm,
"This can't be a perfume, are you kidding me?
Stop that, do something real."
"Too late" ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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