Top Notes 
Geranium
Ylang-ylang
Heart Notes 
Amber
Floral notes
Base Notes 
Sandalwood
Gurjum balsam
Musk
Resins05/20/2025
ClaireV
969 Reviews
ClaireV
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Musky rose-ylang
Hajar is a standout in Al Haramain’s lower-priced range of mukhallats, which come charmingly packaged in cigarette box-style cartons. Hajar stirs a sharp, musky rose and a spicy, leathery ylang ylang into a bowl of sweet-soapy sandalwood, musks, and amber. It is all a bit Readers’ Wives, but for the price, it smells really, really good (especially at a distance). I should mention here, in the interests of transparency, that Hajar is my husband’s scent of choice. Yes, despite the priceless bottles of oud, high-end niche, artisanal indies, and even my precious bottles of Siberian Musk (Areej Le Doré) and vintage Jubilation XV (Amouage) I have gifted him over the years, a €4 bottle of Hajar is what my husband chooses to wear pretty much every darned day.
Hajar opens with a musty, medicinal aroma, which is probably a slug of henna or saffron (though neither are listed). This creates a pinch of woody sourness that momentarily suggests oud, as was intended. The rose is strong and almost bitter, honed to metallic intensity by a geranium leaf that will draw saliva to the mouth. But framed by the creamy, musky sandalwood body, most of the sharp edges are drowned in a bath of cream before they have the chance to emerge and stick in your gullet. At a distance, Hajar smells like a strong rose-oud mukhallat. The ylang ylang is initially only recognizable by its leathery ‘boot polish’ gleam, but later on melts into the creamy woods and soapy musks to reveal a steamy, custard-like tonality that feels like Guerlain’s Samsara returned to her Indian heritage. Highly recommended.
Hajar opens with a musty, medicinal aroma, which is probably a slug of henna or saffron (though neither are listed). This creates a pinch of woody sourness that momentarily suggests oud, as was intended. The rose is strong and almost bitter, honed to metallic intensity by a geranium leaf that will draw saliva to the mouth. But framed by the creamy, musky sandalwood body, most of the sharp edges are drowned in a bath of cream before they have the chance to emerge and stick in your gullet. At a distance, Hajar smells like a strong rose-oud mukhallat. The ylang ylang is initially only recognizable by its leathery ‘boot polish’ gleam, but later on melts into the creamy woods and soapy musks to reveal a steamy, custard-like tonality that feels like Guerlain’s Samsara returned to her Indian heritage. Highly recommended.
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