5
Beautiful scent, but...
...based on the reviews here on Parfumo and through numerous perfume influencers on YouTube etc., I expected something completely different.
First of all: This is the first one from the Swiss Arabian Shagaf Oud line that I have smelled so far. The line is highly hyped, which raised my expectations. I love oriental perfumes, and this one is fundamentally a really great oriental scent.
It starts off surprisingly oud-like with a hint of cinnamon and honey. The patchouli adds some edges and contours that really benefit it and set it apart from many other oriental oud fragrances. Vanilla and leather only join in later during the scent development. In my opinion, the vanilla could have been incorporated much more strongly; it would do it good.
What is indeed surprising is its performance: longevity and sillage are more than above average. I applied it in the morning after showering and could still distinctly perceive it in the evening after more than 12 hours. Nothing new for an oud fragrance, but with Azraq, you can still clearly perceive all the scent components. With many other oud fragrances, in the end, only a musty-woody note remains, which often feels similar.
Now to the big BUT about Shagaf Oud Azraq: Unfortunately, I cannot discern the alleged similarity to PDM Oajan at all. The two differ quite significantly, which leaves me puzzled as to why so many draw parallels between the two perfumes. Oajan is much spicier and sweeter, has less of the oud note of Azraq, and in my view, goes in a different direction. This is not to say that Shagaf Oud Azraq is not a less good release. Both are special in their own right and really great perfumes. However, if you expect a scent similar to Oajan, you will be bitterly disappointed here.
First of all: This is the first one from the Swiss Arabian Shagaf Oud line that I have smelled so far. The line is highly hyped, which raised my expectations. I love oriental perfumes, and this one is fundamentally a really great oriental scent.
It starts off surprisingly oud-like with a hint of cinnamon and honey. The patchouli adds some edges and contours that really benefit it and set it apart from many other oriental oud fragrances. Vanilla and leather only join in later during the scent development. In my opinion, the vanilla could have been incorporated much more strongly; it would do it good.
What is indeed surprising is its performance: longevity and sillage are more than above average. I applied it in the morning after showering and could still distinctly perceive it in the evening after more than 12 hours. Nothing new for an oud fragrance, but with Azraq, you can still clearly perceive all the scent components. With many other oud fragrances, in the end, only a musty-woody note remains, which often feels similar.
Now to the big BUT about Shagaf Oud Azraq: Unfortunately, I cannot discern the alleged similarity to PDM Oajan at all. The two differ quite significantly, which leaves me puzzled as to why so many draw parallels between the two perfumes. Oajan is much spicier and sweeter, has less of the oud note of Azraq, and in my view, goes in a different direction. This is not to say that Shagaf Oud Azraq is not a less good release. Both are special in their own right and really great perfumes. However, if you expect a scent similar to Oajan, you will be bitterly disappointed here.
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Still, it’s a nice fragrance, just absolutely not what I expected.