Aurum d'Angkhor 2014

Aurum d'Angkhor by Sultan Pasha Attars
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8.3 / 10 48 Ratings
A popular limited perfume by Sultan Pasha Attars for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is spicy-woody. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
Limited
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Main accords

Spicy
Woody
Floral
Resinous
Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
SaffronSaffron Persian rose ottoPersian rose otto Jasminum auriculatum absoluteJasminum auriculatum absolute
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Honey absoluteHoney absolute TobaccoTobacco Bulgarian damask rose absoluteBulgarian damask rose absolute HennaHenna Orange blossomOrange blossom
Base Notes Base Notes
Tobacco absoluteTobacco absolute BeeswaxBeeswax LabdanumLabdanum LabdanumLabdanum Siam benzoinSiam benzoin AmbergrisAmbergris HennaHenna MuskMusk Mysore sandalwoodMysore sandalwood PatchouliPatchouli Persian saffronPersian saffron SandalwoodSandalwood Spanish saffronSpanish saffron Cambodian oudCambodian oud

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Scent
8.348 Ratings
Longevity
9.238 Ratings
Sillage
8.237 Ratings
Bottle
7.730 Ratings
Value for money
6.713 Ratings
Submitted by MiaTrost, last update on 05/22/2025.
Interesting Facts
The oud used for Aurum d'Angkhor is said to be an exceptionally rare Cambodian oud called Encens D'Angkhor by Ensar Oud.

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4 in-depth fragrance descriptions
ClaireV

731 Reviews
ClaireV
ClaireV
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A masterpiece pure and simple
Aurum D’Angkhor is special. Every time I wear it, I marvel anew at its depth, complexity, and beauty. It contains a small amount of the famous Ensar Oud Encens D’Angkhor in the basenotes, a fruity Cambodi oud oil with cozy wood nuances. But the ‘Aurum’ in Sultan Pasha’s remix means ‘Golden’ and indeed, that’s the color that comes across in this blend. Aurum is a love poem to the golden dust of saffron, polished oak floors, smoke, honey, and henna, a shady haze backed by a velvety floral richness.

The topnote of Aurum D’Angkhor showcases the oud, and for a few minutes, it has a dark barnyard character that some might find startling. This accord is not, to my nose, unpleasantly animalic. It never approaches, for example, the sour, bilious honk of a raw Hindi oud. However, there is definitely something there that recalls the aroma of cow slurry, a smell so hotly liquid that it seems to ooze across the room like ripe Brie. One’s reaction to this type of aroma depends on one’s level of exposure to farmyard smells during childhood. I grew up around cows, so for me, the smell of cow shit is literally part of the air I breathe. In other words, I’m fine with it. You very well may not be.

The cow pat note dissipates quickly, however, allowing a soft, spicy brown leather to take shape, threaded with drifts of faintly indolic jasmine. Saffron plays a pivotal role, called upon to bring out all its strange facets at once – the leather, the exotic dust, the sweetness, the faintly floral mouth-feel, fiery red spice, and a certain medicinal, iodine-like twang. The oud and the saffron create a deep multi-levered scent profile suggestive of old oak floors, spicy brown leather, and dusty plum skin. In short, Aurum showcases the depth of real oud, but past the fecal twang of the opening, none of its more challenging aspects.

The smoke in Aurum is chimerical, sometimes manifesting as little more than a faint tingle of far-off woodsmoke akin to a needle prick’s worth of birch tar or cade oil, and sometimes appearing as full-on smoke from a censer full of resins. The smoke component is similar to that of Balsamo della Mecca (La Via de Profumo), which is primarily a labdanum-focused scent dusted with the clovey, balsamic bitterness of Siam benzoin and frankincense. Backing the smoke is always a layer of dusty, medicinal henna powder and the golden sheen of honey-glazed woods. Nothing, therefore, feels out of balance, not even when the smoke is rolling in.

Aurum dries down to a dark, treacly resin that smells predominantly nutty, but also kind of gritty, like coffee grounds sprinkled with sugar – probably a side effect of benzoin mixing with the cedar and ambrette musk. There’s a moment in the drydown that reminds me of the sawdusty, almost granular sweetness of wood pulp and suede that is the primary feature of Tuscan Leather-style fragrances. Many soft leather scents, like Tom Ford Tuscan Leather itself, Oud Saphir (Atelier Cologne), and Tajibni (Al Haramain), use a combination of a vegetal musk like ambrette, saffron, and cedar to create a musky, resinous suede effect, and that might be what’s happening here in Aurum. However, Aurum is far more complex than these soli-suedes, deploying as it does a layer of resins, oud, and henna to jostle and thicken the sueded musk.
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Perfumisto

15 Reviews
Perfumisto
Perfumisto
1  
High Orientale richness And complexity
Perfume goes through four phases
Phase 1 :
A violent dry and dense start, with oud, saffron which lasts 20 min,
Phase 2:
The oud dissipates and the appearance of a tobacco, hay and honey accord, with a floral side, we still feel in the background the woody but light side, a labdanum which is present but light which gives the perfume an amber side -resinous but light in this phase, the composition is complex and rich.
During this phase, the Chergui perfume from Lutens crossed my mind, so there is a vibe of resemblance for the tobacco, honey and hay accord, at Lutens it is sharper because that is the issue of the perfume unlike Aurum of Angkhor.
Phase 3:
It's my favorite, it's the cross between phase 2 and a resinous side which intensifies, everything is perfectly balanced, there, the perfume is at its peak of smell, complexity and richness.

Phase 4:
The resinous side seems to take over the tobacco, hay, honey phase, this phase lasts a long time and marks the dry down of the perfume, there, I know the accord and which resembles other perfumes for example Pineward Costwald which I 'ai, this phase doesn't bring me anything new.
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DrB1414

239 Reviews
DrB1414
DrB1414
2  
Oriental Wealth
One of the most bewitching and complex, everchanging compositions that I have come across. Sometimes it's spicier, others more honeyed, but for the most wears, it unfolds as this lush exotic floral bouquet with a huge Jasmine leading the way, Oud, Tobacco, and Ambergris in the base, Honey, and Rose to support the Jasmine, and Saffron and spices on the top. I've searched forever for a perfect Oud and Jasmine composition, and although this one is much more than that, it really plays that combo for the most part, I'd say Jasmine-Oud-Ambergris. My favorite use of Jasmine and Oud pairing for sure. Truly royal and opulent.
It starts off very spicy, with Saffron leading the way, and a very high-quality one. A very spicy and hot, fiery opening. Very soon, the Jasmine hits you. Big, assertive, a bit green and creamy, with its narcotic flavor. The Rose and the Honey only provide support and help to round up the Jasmine's profile. The base is a thick, heavy melange of Tobacco, Shamamah, Cambodian Oud, and Ambergris. The Shamamh and the Ambergris play a huge role here, and the Ambergris becomes more prominent as time goes by, almost taking over the Oud and Tobacco. An attar that exudes Oriental wealth and luxury. This is a HUGE, NUCLEAR blend. Might just be the strongest perfume material I have ever tried. You only need a tiny dot of this to nuke an entire house. Therefore, it might be difficult to wear around people. I believe the price is very much justified, given the quality of this attar, and performance. A bottle will last for generations, especially if you are a collector, or own over 50 perfumes. In my opinion, one of the best Oriental perfumes ever created.
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JackHunter33

89 Reviews
JackHunter33
JackHunter33
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A Fragrance Fit For Royalty
Now the oil on first application I noticed was thick as I applied it to my wrist and rubbed the scent onto my other wrist. The first note that greets you is a woody incense rose with the rose smelling luxurious and deep red. As the scent unfurls other opulent notes like saffron, ambergris, jasmine, tobacco all dance around this main rose accord. It smells very beautiful and fit for Royalty, the ingredients are breathtakingly beautiful.

After about two hours the scent transforms into a dark resinous woody accord and this is where the magic happens. The Oud has come out to play and It's like your smelling a fragrance in 3D, you have dark resinous woods that are radiating spices. At the same time when you smell it you get the uplifting fruity aspect at the top end with the honey aspect and the back end with the resinous spicy woods at the centre. And because you are smelling all of the above at the same time it gives the Oud a multidimensional aspect to it's nature. Wow!

To digress a little I was given a incense stick on a Sandalwood order from Pure Incense and was given this incense stick called Oud Safi and it had the same multi dimensional aspect to it. It had a uplifting candy sweetness on the front end and a deep resinous woods on the back-end but when you smelled it you smelled it all at the same time giving the scent that 3D depth effect. I hope you get my meaning.

Anyway other notes start to come and go like a bloom of Jasmine, saffron out of the resinous multi dimensional Oud and it smells amazing. Eventually it transforms again and you have a swirling melange of soft spices, and this is where the Mysore Sandalwood enters centre stage and takes a bow. This swirling symphony of exotic notes mixing in with the creamy mysore is heavenly to the nose. Really holy grail material and the best smelling fragrance I have smelled in my life. And as a fragrance enthusiast it has been a honour to smell the the highest form of fragrance art, if this scent was a painting it would be a Rembrandt, if it was a musical composition it would be one of Beethovens symphony's, you get the picture.

Anyway eventually the dark resinous woods come back to the forefront and dominant.

A amazing achievement and absolutely gorgeous and even mystical like. Wow, I have enjoyed every moment wearing this and will guard my 1ml bottle like it's a precious rare diamond.
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