Âme Sombre Grade 1 Sultan Pasha Attars 2015
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Spiritual
Ame Sombre is my favorite take on the Frankincense theme. Supposedly inspired by the legendary attar from Amouage, Tribute, which I have not tried, and I'm not sure I want to since I can't imagine anything better than this. And since Amouage was always sort of mediocre to me, I'll probably never hunt it down. When I can just get more of this.
Ame Sombre strikes me as a highly spiritual blend in which Rose and Frankincense dominate. On paper, it looks redundant, something that has been done before. But it is unlike anything that I've tried. The balance and the way the ingredients work together, it is supreme. Clouds of frankincense wafting from the thurible, lush, sweet rose petals on top of clean, warm, and slightly mineral ambergris. I can't detect much oud in here, it is not a prominent note. The saffron is a major player as well, especially for the first half of the perfume. It is a light attar compared to others in the line. It wears delicately around yourself. Like fumigating your clothes with bakhoor. Every note is in tune. There's no moment when I sense a lack of harmony in this. The smoke is soft and ethereal, never intrusive, the rose is lush and sweet but never jammy, and the ambergris is crystalline and warm, only embracing the blend in a warm veil.
Elegant, mysterious, and poised. A triumphant attar and one of my favorites from the house.
IG:@memory.of.scents
Ame Sombre strikes me as a highly spiritual blend in which Rose and Frankincense dominate. On paper, it looks redundant, something that has been done before. But it is unlike anything that I've tried. The balance and the way the ingredients work together, it is supreme. Clouds of frankincense wafting from the thurible, lush, sweet rose petals on top of clean, warm, and slightly mineral ambergris. I can't detect much oud in here, it is not a prominent note. The saffron is a major player as well, especially for the first half of the perfume. It is a light attar compared to others in the line. It wears delicately around yourself. Like fumigating your clothes with bakhoor. Every note is in tune. There's no moment when I sense a lack of harmony in this. The smoke is soft and ethereal, never intrusive, the rose is lush and sweet but never jammy, and the ambergris is crystalline and warm, only embracing the blend in a warm veil.
Elegant, mysterious, and poised. A triumphant attar and one of my favorites from the house.
IG:@memory.of.scents
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