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Parfum Collection

Samharam Arte Profumi 2017

8.2 / 10 80 Ratings

A popular perfume by Arte Profumi for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is resinous-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Resinous

Spicy

Smoky

Woody

Oriental

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense Myrrh

Myrrh

Benzoin

Ratings

Scent

8.280 Ratings

Longevity

8.070 Ratings

Sillage

7.569 Ratings

Bottle

7.852 Ratings

Value for money

6.624 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone · last update on 01/18/2026.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Parfum Collection collection.

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Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/15/2024

10Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

Oliban
11 Reviews

Oliban

2

Journey of Incense...

Samharam was an imposing ancient port of transit and trade of incense in the south of Oman (5th century BC).
It was part of the Arabian incense route, that of Dhofar which sailed towards India...
Thus, I can imagine the imposing and exhilaration atmosphere that must have reigned there. An atmosphere guided by heavy rhythms of incessant coming and going, of incense cracking in burlap sacks and precious spices. Carried by slaves with tanned skin; and, the merchants, these traders holding in the palms of their hands these precious crystals, with shimmering and burning colors, with light, warm, sweet, dry, and intoxicating emanations.

Did they have the time, to tell each other stories from elsewhere, around a fire in the evening, throwing a few stones of these nectars, tears of the desert, into the flames? To soothe, relieve, and elevate their soul, through these divine emanations? Before resuming their trade journeys, on seas imbued with waves of iodized spray, sunlit despair, and bewitched calls, towards abysses full of dark desires or towards shores full of mysteries and promises. The simple hope of touching the horizon...
In the end, were they not, without knowing it, gods themselves? To serve us the intoxication of these resins, we, religious or not, rich or humble, mere mortals.
This fragrance literally transported me, with its dense, raw notes and so many nuances.
An absolute intoxication! The text."

08/13/2022

BobbyGee
230 Reviews

BobbyGee

2

Arte Profumi / Samharam

Samharam (in the area of Khor Rori) is a now defunct ancient and powerful city and port of the historic region of Oman, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
It was one of the 2 major cities and ports of this region associated with
the historic trade route of the ancient and medieval world.
And what was this trail different?
The incense trade, right from the trees of this region. Trade flourished in this region for many centuries, much longer, unfortunately the key Samharam, that is, from the 3rd century B.C. - 5th century CE After this city, there are only ruins left that attract tourists, historians and connoisseurs of incense.
We are talking here especially about Frankish incense, or olibanum - for which this trade route of Oman was famous.
Incidentally, olibanum was used not only as a fragrance in various forms to incense robes, rooms, palaces and temples, but also as a repellent for insects, including mosquitoes. Who has been and slept in these regions with the windows open (because it is hot and there is no air conditioning) knows what can happen at night.

Well, you already know what ingredient we will find in this perfume as the base - OLIBANUM. In addition, we have other RESINS and MIRRA.
If you like incense, I recommend it. The projection is good (it does not overwhelm and does not attack the environment), durability at least good - 6 hours. Oh ... from the similarities to other perfumes - I find in them something that reminds me of RBR-Embers, Norma Kamali-Incense and Ramon Bejar-Sanctum

06/05/2025

9.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Avantcrap
34 Reviews

Avantcrap

1

the wise men were onto something

Straddling the line between incense and amber, this time-traveling triumph revisits the Wise Men’s gifts of frankincense, myrrh, and the (liquid) gold of benzoin, seemingly unlocking genetic memories of ancient trade ports, spice routes, and worship through the ages. This is no soaring, contemporary take on ‘churchy’ incense, but a raw, resinous reversion back to basics; a universal common ancestor of modern incense and ambers. Divine, in more than one sense of the word.

03/11/2022

9.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

SmellsFargo
16 Reviews

SmellsFargo

1

New Game +

Your character is spec'd out to the max; yes even the luck attribute. You spent 50 hours alone on side quests (remember you have to rescue that lady's cat from the tree and it turned out you uncovered a sex trafficking ring ran by A dragon panda bear?) And another 40 grinding the Cave if Foreskin, and 14 spent on the actual storyline, for this exact moment; the boss lair.

After another half an hour of battling waves and waves of the hardest enemies in the entire game (and most difficult to boot) you see it; the boss door. The game tells you that beyond this door you are no longer able to upgrade or finish any side missions afterwards, you decide that you're ready anyway.

Open the door, in a cutscene cues as the camera pans around the room; invaluable paintings thought ti have been lost to time impeccably hung on the walls, a piano made of the finest mahogany and elephant tusk known to man, all the while lost upon your gaze are the cornucopia of people mingling about, from senators, to actors, to regular blue collar folk, just living a life as care free as can be.

You then start to hear the clacking noise from upstairs; the sounds of footsteps. The camera zooms up a long flight of marble stairs, only to see a young man standing there. The camera pans him up and down; hair impeccably slicked back and yet in a coif, a black suit tailored to die for, a bulge that's reminiscent of someone trying to smuggle a carton of Parliament lights, and a pair of burnt orange shoes so shiny that the wicked is which asked who's the fairest of them all.
As you get ready to challenge the final boss, he cuts through the tension in the air and asked if you want a bottle of water, with the caveat being "hey sorry my assistant called out sick so I haven't had anyone to run my errands so you're going to get handed a bottle of Costco bottled water and I hope that's okay"

You're mentally disarmed as this guy is sinister, dare I say satanic, yet he's incredibly suave profusely amiable and his charm attribute is definitely maxed the fuck out.

Let him know that you're there to kill him to avenge the destruction of your village and to save the world, and in return he rebuffs your challenge and says that there's no need to fight, when you get a shockingly strong sense of sincerity coming from his voice. He said that it's all a big misunderstanding, to which you will have nothing about.

After your repeated denial of his advances of friendship and amicable parting, he begrudgingly sighs and agrees to your duel. "But before we begin do me a favor will ya? Take your scimitar and just slit your own throat for me"; as you laugh at his suggestion you notice that your arm is uncontrollably lifting said scimitar and just slides it across your neck. Your character bleeds out as the boss utters "we didn't have to do this" in an utterly somber tone while the phrase"you're dead, stupid" is plastered along the screen, realizing he hit you with his mind control attack.
Sam Haram is for those who wish to be the final boss instead of the hero of their journey.

08/10/2024

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

ElAttarine
92 Reviews

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ElAttarine

Top Review 47

Magical Incense, Desert Beings, Fireborn

“Sunlit wadi walls pushed forth and receded ever deeper into unknown distances. Views opened up to bizarre bulges, cracks, and hollows in the slope, not unlike the fairy-like shapes of the old cities and castles on its outcrops. We had recently heard all sorts of strange things. The city of the sorceresses was said to be found there, all in black and silver, as beautiful as they were dangerous. We were also warned about the valley of no return. It was said to be so deserted because all who ventured there would emerge in another, long-past time, lost forever. And in general, it was not advisable to move too far east, into the Empty Quarter, for there were still djinns and fireborn.”
Thus describes Jens Petersen, a great-uncle of mine, the region of the incense caravans in present-day Oman and Yemen. When he embarked on this journey through a previously forbidden land in 1965 as a young man, he was aware of the risks of his undertaking. Previously, he had worked as a graphic designer in Algeria and learned Arabic before setting off into the desert, where he encountered semi-criminal, dangerous, and completely inexplicable things. He returned, but as a different person, embarking on further long journeys to Mexico and Guatemala, and became an artist.
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When I immerse myself in this scent and surrender to it, I too land in another, long-past time…
The ancient incense port of Samharam lies in present-day Oman next to the lagoon of Khor Rhori in the Dhofar region. Unfortunately, I have never been there. In ancient times, there was a shallow, open sea bay here. It provided good protection against pirate attacks. The port of Samharam was built in the 2nd century AD, when the region still belonged to the Yemeni kingdom of Hadramaut. As early as the late 4th century BC, the ruler of Shabwa had established the largest colonial settlement of the Hadrami in Dhofar here. It was a fortified stronghold that later received its own port. The background of the colonization was the flourishing incense trade, which the rulers of Hadramaut tried to bring under their control.
From Samharam, incense and myrrh were shipped to Yemen and then further north over the Red Sea. The archaeological site, which can still be visited today, is popularly referred to as the palace of the Queen of Sheba, who lived much earlier.
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Magical incense… thousands of years old… archaic… I breathe in... where and when am I? A scent that reaches into the depths of the soul, myrrh-bitter yet benzoin-soft. It is as if I am sitting before ancient times by a fire, and with me, in the flickering light of the flames, I can feel their presence: desert beings, spirits, djinns, fireborn…
Samharam, the scent, is fundamentally quite simply constructed. Only three notes are listed: incense, myrrh, benzoin. It begins almost harshly with very typical Somali resinous incense of very authentic and good quality, slightly sharp-medical - I immediately associate this with Arabic smoke shops, where something is always smoldering and smoking at the door, and where it smells just like that upon entering - slightly medicinal-resinous and very mysterious to me. Along with it comes a distinct bitter myrrh. Benzoin takes a little time but then adds a slightly sweet and surprisingly dry “desert-like” note.

I can very well imagine how this scent mixture accompanied the caravans that traveled from Yemen and Somalia to the incense ports and through the deserts. And in the evening, the fires burn and cast flickering lights on the faces of the camel drivers… And whoever moves out from the circle of fire, who knows what beings he meets waiting there…
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Jens Petersen: The Crescent Amulet. 200 Days in the Regions Right of Staying. 2014. (Reissued in 2019 with the subtitle: 200 Days in Ancient Yemen)
Part of the information about ancient Samharam can be found at
https://www.oman.de/landeskunde/archaeologie-ausgrabungen-oman/samharam-weihrauchhafen-unesco/

The sound to go with it:
Sahalé: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4gR8lRQGQs

Updated on 08/10/2024

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