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11/21/2022
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The Smell Of Liquid Gold
Taking advantage of the Black Friday discounts, I tempted myself with these three Arabian wonders: Musk Abiyad Eau de Parfum , Dehn Al Oudh Abiyad Eau de Parfum, and Mukhallat Abiyad Eau de Parfum. I took them blindly, not knowing what awaited me. If I am not mistaken, Abiyad in Arabic means white, which would seem appropriate for these three treasures. Freshly released into the air, Musk Abiyad is the gentlest and comes as a fluffy cloud of pinkish dust. Dehn Al Oudh Abiyad is the most faithful and resembles burnt syrup from oud sap. Last, Mukhallat Abiyad is the most rebellious, commanding, filthy, with musty undertones.
Mukhallat means a mixture of essential oils and aroma ingredients like oud, amber, rose, and spices. Every mixture of essential oils and aroma ingredients will vary and give a distinct bouquet, depending on the mixture and the proportion in which the ingredients are blended. Perfumers highly valued the result for its sweet, woody, aromatic and complex scent. If you missed it, people sometimes refer to Mukhallat as liquid gold. The golden colour of the bottle would fit it flawlessly.
Mukhallat Abiyad is an unconventional Arabic fragrance full of musky, leathery, and filth tinges combined with the sappy dark note of oud and the harsh and even semi-bitter nuance of saffron, which is used here mainly as a modifier to soften the fierce oud. I can describe the smell as earthy soft, and with hints of sweetness. The agarwood is a base note, which is better than some creepy and fake oud in some niche perfumes. In this perfume, oud is filth, in its purest spell, evoking medicinal molasses. With my body chemistry, it descends into a camphoraceous, mothball-like, leathery richness. Aromatic scents of animalic musk and flowers round off this fun element perfectly. Mukhallat Abiyad supposedly featured white musk, which has a clean, smooth scent without the noxious notes in the original black musk. The grim saffron and grim is the fitting adjective here, blends with a salty amber, and the result has an ammonia-like tinge with its characteristic pungent smell. Don’t let my description fool you, but that is the sensation I get right off the bat. On me, the musty mothball edge pops out almost immediately to stay up to throughout the day. Besides, if I directly sniff the dispenser, which I have already sprayed previously, I get a smell similar to very ripe banana peel, when dark dots similar to freckles form on the surface.
In the heart, a surprising twist begins with the appearance of two actors; the rose with a hint of incense. The tender dewy florality of rose petals distracts the fragrance from the sparkling bitter shade of saffron, making it more wet and soft. The incense is smoky but not clerical. It does not dominate but smooths out the bitter and pungent edges. I grab the oud, semi-clean, slightly medicinal. Aromatic floral and smoky melodies join the intrusive camphor notes of saffron, underpinned by an omnipresent nuance of clean musk similar to ambrette seeds. The aftertaste of this struggle flows into the base fragrance.
The musks and balms blend perfectly and form an aura around me, which I feel without bringing my wrists near my nose. The mothball-like hue is still alive, as clear and almost dominant as my favourite L'Eau Bleue d'Issey pour Homme. Mukhallat Abiyad concludes with base accords of earthy, dewy, musky, spicy, semi-dirty, lush oud. The drydown still exudes an ammoniacal, bitter and balsamic facet near the nose, like a camphor ointment, while I can barely pick out any sweetness. I would be tempted to say patchouli takes part in the base notes and a huge part of the suaves arome comes from it.
Mukhallat Abiyad might not be a crowd-pleasing and delightful fragrance, and I recommend it if animalic oud and pungent saffron are already acquainted with you. It is exemplary for the evening but also at its best at night. Intoxicating and unsafe for the office, even if sprayed sparingly, and suitable for autumn and winter. It does not project too much but lasts several hours as a skin scent, so both sillage and longeity are moderate on me. Ultimately, this Dubai gem is just too weird. Let's tell the truth. Camphor has a polarizing aroma that can smell very powerful. Some will appreciate its rich, full-bodied aroma, while others will prefer something less robust.
I base my opinion and review on a bottle I have owned since November 2022.
-Elysium
Mukhallat means a mixture of essential oils and aroma ingredients like oud, amber, rose, and spices. Every mixture of essential oils and aroma ingredients will vary and give a distinct bouquet, depending on the mixture and the proportion in which the ingredients are blended. Perfumers highly valued the result for its sweet, woody, aromatic and complex scent. If you missed it, people sometimes refer to Mukhallat as liquid gold. The golden colour of the bottle would fit it flawlessly.
Mukhallat Abiyad is an unconventional Arabic fragrance full of musky, leathery, and filth tinges combined with the sappy dark note of oud and the harsh and even semi-bitter nuance of saffron, which is used here mainly as a modifier to soften the fierce oud. I can describe the smell as earthy soft, and with hints of sweetness. The agarwood is a base note, which is better than some creepy and fake oud in some niche perfumes. In this perfume, oud is filth, in its purest spell, evoking medicinal molasses. With my body chemistry, it descends into a camphoraceous, mothball-like, leathery richness. Aromatic scents of animalic musk and flowers round off this fun element perfectly. Mukhallat Abiyad supposedly featured white musk, which has a clean, smooth scent without the noxious notes in the original black musk. The grim saffron and grim is the fitting adjective here, blends with a salty amber, and the result has an ammonia-like tinge with its characteristic pungent smell. Don’t let my description fool you, but that is the sensation I get right off the bat. On me, the musty mothball edge pops out almost immediately to stay up to throughout the day. Besides, if I directly sniff the dispenser, which I have already sprayed previously, I get a smell similar to very ripe banana peel, when dark dots similar to freckles form on the surface.
In the heart, a surprising twist begins with the appearance of two actors; the rose with a hint of incense. The tender dewy florality of rose petals distracts the fragrance from the sparkling bitter shade of saffron, making it more wet and soft. The incense is smoky but not clerical. It does not dominate but smooths out the bitter and pungent edges. I grab the oud, semi-clean, slightly medicinal. Aromatic floral and smoky melodies join the intrusive camphor notes of saffron, underpinned by an omnipresent nuance of clean musk similar to ambrette seeds. The aftertaste of this struggle flows into the base fragrance.
The musks and balms blend perfectly and form an aura around me, which I feel without bringing my wrists near my nose. The mothball-like hue is still alive, as clear and almost dominant as my favourite L'Eau Bleue d'Issey pour Homme. Mukhallat Abiyad concludes with base accords of earthy, dewy, musky, spicy, semi-dirty, lush oud. The drydown still exudes an ammoniacal, bitter and balsamic facet near the nose, like a camphor ointment, while I can barely pick out any sweetness. I would be tempted to say patchouli takes part in the base notes and a huge part of the suaves arome comes from it.
Mukhallat Abiyad might not be a crowd-pleasing and delightful fragrance, and I recommend it if animalic oud and pungent saffron are already acquainted with you. It is exemplary for the evening but also at its best at night. Intoxicating and unsafe for the office, even if sprayed sparingly, and suitable for autumn and winter. It does not project too much but lasts several hours as a skin scent, so both sillage and longeity are moderate on me. Ultimately, this Dubai gem is just too weird. Let's tell the truth. Camphor has a polarizing aroma that can smell very powerful. Some will appreciate its rich, full-bodied aroma, while others will prefer something less robust.
I base my opinion and review on a bottle I have owned since November 2022.
-Elysium
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