12/07/2024

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Afgano vibes
Taif Al Emarat is currently on everyone's lips. I recently had the opportunity to test it extensively in Abu Dhabi and taste my way through the range. I have to say - despite my passion for oud and Arabian perfumes for more than 10 years - I wasn't really all that impressed.
Why did I pack something anyway? And then also a supposed fragrance twin of Black Afgano, which I owned myself, enjoyed wearing for a while, but then quickly got rid of again?
Simply because Zayed's year smells great. Sure, it's from the Afgano fragrance family. But this one doesn't give me a headache, it's not brute, but it's clearly perceptible. It is more supple and smooth, as already described elsewhere.
The fragrance itself:
Everything starts with a lush waft of sweet tobacco smoke. Here in wintry Central Europe, I also detect a distinct coffee note, which was not noticeable when I tested it in the mall in Abu. Fits perfectly with it.
There is also oud. I love oud oils, such as those from Abdul Samad, and the oud smells exactly the same here. Slightly spicy, minimally animalic, but primarily smoky. According to the fragrance description on the Taif leaflet, it is "Vaporized Oud" and I can somehow understand that. It smells exactly like smoked oud wood to me. For me, this is also the big difference to Afgano, which smells more like synthetic oud with more sweetness.
Here it is quite smoky and authentic. And then there's an overdose of sandalwood, which rounds everything off, making it almost viscous. But not meant in a negative way.
All in all, a great fragrance which, as I said, comes from the extended Afgano family, but for me is the most pleasant, calm and elegant.
Durability is top. Throughout the day, you get a fine mist and you are noticed all around. But everything is within limits. I cannot confirm the four-day shelf life according to the seller in Abu.
There is actually no scent progression. The thing smells equally good from start to finish.
A few final words about the packaging and the bottle. Fragrances from the GCC Collection come in a leather pouch. Classy, fine and high-quality. The only question I have is whether it makes sense. I want a fragrance and not a bag, somehow. But so be it. I paid the equivalent of €160 for it and also received a lot of incense as a gift. It's more than worth it.
The bottle itself is now solid. Only Zayed himself looks a bit cheap, almost like a comic drawing, but what the heck.
Why did I pack something anyway? And then also a supposed fragrance twin of Black Afgano, which I owned myself, enjoyed wearing for a while, but then quickly got rid of again?
Simply because Zayed's year smells great. Sure, it's from the Afgano fragrance family. But this one doesn't give me a headache, it's not brute, but it's clearly perceptible. It is more supple and smooth, as already described elsewhere.
The fragrance itself:
Everything starts with a lush waft of sweet tobacco smoke. Here in wintry Central Europe, I also detect a distinct coffee note, which was not noticeable when I tested it in the mall in Abu. Fits perfectly with it.
There is also oud. I love oud oils, such as those from Abdul Samad, and the oud smells exactly the same here. Slightly spicy, minimally animalic, but primarily smoky. According to the fragrance description on the Taif leaflet, it is "Vaporized Oud" and I can somehow understand that. It smells exactly like smoked oud wood to me. For me, this is also the big difference to Afgano, which smells more like synthetic oud with more sweetness.
Here it is quite smoky and authentic. And then there's an overdose of sandalwood, which rounds everything off, making it almost viscous. But not meant in a negative way.
All in all, a great fragrance which, as I said, comes from the extended Afgano family, but for me is the most pleasant, calm and elegant.
Durability is top. Throughout the day, you get a fine mist and you are noticed all around. But everything is within limits. I cannot confirm the four-day shelf life according to the seller in Abu.
There is actually no scent progression. The thing smells equally good from start to finish.
A few final words about the packaging and the bottle. Fragrances from the GCC Collection come in a leather pouch. Classy, fine and high-quality. The only question I have is whether it makes sense. I want a fragrance and not a bag, somehow. But so be it. I paid the equivalent of €160 for it and also received a lot of incense as a gift. It's more than worth it.
The bottle itself is now solid. Only Zayed himself looks a bit cheap, almost like a comic drawing, but what the heck.