Attar Al Makkah Anfar

After recently writing a comment about a roll-on perfume from the UAE regarding its excellent quality, I would like to draw attention today to an affordable perfume oil from Arab lands, namely Attar al Makkah by Oudh am Anfar. I claim it is, on one hand, typically Arabic as it is very opulent. On the other hand, it comes without oud or anything else, but is rather floral and fruity. Please don’t click away just yet! Anyone thinking this is just a sweet licorice-like monotony is mistaken. I would hardly purchase that.
When the fragrance pyramid speaks of berries, it seems to me primarily to refer to blackberries and possibly red currants. The scent opens not with a fruity sweetness but rather with that fruity acidity, as one knows from those two types of berries. At the same time, those fruits appear very floral, without drifting too much into the floral territory. Perhaps the mint helps here as well. I perceive it neither cooling nor particularly olfactorily, but the berries seem to me muted like the tobacco of a water pipe when mixed with mint. Like with menthol, the tobacco tastes more pleasant, or rather the scent possesses exactly that noticeable facet.
The woodier or forest-like element is not neglected either, although it mainly serves to capture and tame the sweetness of the berries that becomes stronger over time. One could say that the fruitiness and the mint fade away. Generally, a familiar pattern: overripe or, in general, ripening fruits eventually correspond to that image.

Overall, the perfume oil is typically Arabic for me. It is very intense, rich, and densely woven, and heavily characterized by musk. This makes it feel filled to the brim with fragrance materials, pouring out its cornucopia symbolically; Attar al Makkah is captivating. But yes, you won’t find rose and oud, and that is indeed a nice change.
Undoubtedly a pleasant change when a linear and, despite its fullness, simpler scent is allowed.