Attar al Ghutra Swiss Arabian 2014
8
Very helpful Review
Nobility without "Blue Blood"
There are fragrances that you test, and immediately there’s a "wow" effect! From simply reading the fragrance pyramid and the comments, I do get some initial (internal) impressions, but SMELLING is something entirely different (see my blog....)
I have already experienced that fragrances from "Swiss Arabian" are usually very good through my own nose. However, "Attar Al Ghutra" is (for me personally) rated a few notches higher.
There is the intense rose, which is spiced and underlaid with a fresh citrus note. This gives me a beautiful "powdery" impression. Then there’s the smoky and fine aura that surrounds it, infused with just the right amount of delicate floral fruitiness. A part of the fragrance reminds me of fresh earth, forest floor, and grass. Another aspect has something almost "royal" about it, solely from the way the fragrance ingredients are composed. Nothing is too sweet or too scratchy; everything is very well distributed in the scent, "alive," as a perfume should be in my opinion. There’s no rigid progression according to any specific scheme, but rather it’s good for forever new olfactory surprises. Frankincense, woods, flowers, resins, nothing is fixed, everything "vibrates".
I have smelled significantly more expensive fragrances, all "noble" and very "fine," but some of them had no greater development. Something was missing... namely "liveliness." Like a perfectly crafted wax figure in Madame Tussaud's cabinet...
This "brand" and this perfume do not belong to the "royal" market stallions (in the upper price range and subjective "value," which again depends on... )
And yet it is a "royal" fragrance; it does not need to hide behind THOSE brands!!
I have already experienced that fragrances from "Swiss Arabian" are usually very good through my own nose. However, "Attar Al Ghutra" is (for me personally) rated a few notches higher.
There is the intense rose, which is spiced and underlaid with a fresh citrus note. This gives me a beautiful "powdery" impression. Then there’s the smoky and fine aura that surrounds it, infused with just the right amount of delicate floral fruitiness. A part of the fragrance reminds me of fresh earth, forest floor, and grass. Another aspect has something almost "royal" about it, solely from the way the fragrance ingredients are composed. Nothing is too sweet or too scratchy; everything is very well distributed in the scent, "alive," as a perfume should be in my opinion. There’s no rigid progression according to any specific scheme, but rather it’s good for forever new olfactory surprises. Frankincense, woods, flowers, resins, nothing is fixed, everything "vibrates".
I have smelled significantly more expensive fragrances, all "noble" and very "fine," but some of them had no greater development. Something was missing... namely "liveliness." Like a perfectly crafted wax figure in Madame Tussaud's cabinet...
This "brand" and this perfume do not belong to the "royal" market stallions (in the upper price range and subjective "value," which again depends on... )
And yet it is a "royal" fragrance; it does not need to hide behind THOSE brands!!
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