Al Hareem Sultan Pasha Attars 2014

In a sampling cycle like the Sultan Pasha Attars, I usually proceed chronologically. Exceptions were only the recommendations of a good friend, which I prioritized. Now I am at vial 4 and Al Hareem.

The scent is by far one of the most beautiful and natural rose ouds I have ever smelled. While pure rose oil fragrances have often been too opulent for me and simply not my type, this one fits almost like a tailored suit. Here, truly beautiful oud is used. High quality. Complex. No synthetic layers.

I would at most attribute a slight animalic note. So skillfully polished by the rose that it still fits like the tailored suit. This fragrance is on its way to becoming a reference for me.

Sultan Pasha portrays an Arab love night in the twilight of the moon with this scent. It is about desire and eroticism. About closeness and physical love. About the interplay of light and shadow, of darkness and color. And the union of these poles.

Every oud sounds different. Depending on its maturity, its development, or even its composition. And we perceive all fragrances in wonderful but also personal ways. This subjectivity is precisely what is exciting. Each tester could find their own words and impressions, thus adding another layer to the fragrance.

And yet you have not tested it by reading the comment. Experienced what it does to you. Could do. :)

I have resolved to write only about fragrances from this sampling cycle that touch me. Al Hareem is one of them. I can only agree with Uwki and JuWe in their assessment. The slight animalic note from oud and hyraceum never reaches barnyard levels or worse.

It plays a love song on my strings.

This fragrance is beautiful and for me the tailored suit of rose ouds.