Ashram

Ashram by DSH Perfumes
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7.3 / 10 7 Ratings
A perfume by DSH Perfumes for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is earthy-floral. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Earthy
Floral
Resinous
Woody
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Nag ChampaNag Champa
Heart Notes Heart Notes
AmberAmber Australian sandalwoodAustralian sandalwood Benzoin SiamBenzoin Siam Champaca absoluteChampaca absolute East indian patchouliEast indian patchouli
Base Notes Base Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense Brazilian vetiverBrazilian vetiver Himalaya cedarHimalaya cedar MyrrhMyrrh

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.37 Ratings
Longevity
6.65 Ratings
Sillage
6.35 Ratings
Bottle
6.52 Ratings
Submitted by Lilienfeld, last update on 08.04.2024.

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Scent
Floyd

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Top Review 42  
Ashram Fétiche
RELAX!!! Zachary winced. His guru's eyes were bloodshot, twisting in all directions like a chameleon's. Dazed like a boxer, the bearded old Indian staggered on his meditation cushion. Relax Considerably quieter this time, almost feeble, Sanji's voice lurched through the small ashram in Jaipur in a desperate attempt to remain conscious.
Zachary breathed the smoke of the incense sticks, that Indian blend of sandalwood and sweet blossoms, they painted soft ripples on sunbeams that poured through the windows like brown amber, flowed into bowls of dark benzoin, and interwove warmly with incense work.
Then a soft gong sounded, an abhu blessing the sandal room with beguiling drops of sweet champaka, which soon danced into the amber with the smoke of Nag Champa paisley patterns. Sanji slept deeply as the dusk settled around the light like dark patchouly, blending gently into the meditative pattern, into a tapestry of earth, benzoin and amber, balsamic incense and sweet nag champa, slowly growing quieter and quieter until Zachary finally found the void, after deeply relaxing hours.
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Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, of North Boulder, Colorado, works her fragrances in the fluid borderlands between perfumes, bespoke, aromatherapy, and collaborations with artists. "Ashram" is a fragrance for meditation and tranquility, creating a link between the classic hippie scents of India shops and warm amber incense patchouly perfumes like Ambre Fétiche, an Ashram Fétiche in other words.
38 Comments
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PBullFriend

308 Reviews
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expensive "eau de head shop"
Because I like yoga and many of the foods of India, I ordered this from a sample service a while back. I put off trying it because all I smelled in the sample tube was nag champa incense.

Today, I finally dabbed some on, and all I got was.... nag champa incense. Nag champa has a very distinct smell that evokes "head shops" selling marijuana pipes and papers, embroidered peasant shirts, and peace symbols in psychedelic colors. Like the Indian food seasonings asafoetida or amchoor (pomegranate powder), it's quite distinctive and adds a special touch in small quantities. But you wouldn't want a mouthful (or noseful) of it.

You know how there are some perfumers you just don't "get?" I don't "get" Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, and I especially don't get how this costs $60 US for a 1 ounce (30 ml) bottle when nag champa incense is inexpensive and easy to find in the US.
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