Une Nuit à Oman

Ambre Khandjar 2019

Ambre Khandjar by Une Nuit Nomade
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7.8 / 10 316 Ratings
A popular perfume by Une Nuit Nomade for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is spicy-resinous. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Resinous
Oriental
Sweet
Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Black plumBlack plum Mandarin orangeMandarin orange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Labdanum absoluteLabdanum absolute Orris absoluteOrris absolute VanillaVanilla Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang
Base Notes Base Notes
PatchouliPatchouli BenzoinBenzoin SandalwoodSandalwood

Perfumer

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Scent
7.8316 Ratings
Longevity
8.1274 Ratings
Sillage
7.5272 Ratings
Bottle
7.6230 Ratings
Value for money
7.6151 Ratings
Submitted by Ergoproxy, last update on 24.04.2024.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "Une Nuit à Oman" collection.

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Parfümlein

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Top Review 28  
This night is only for men
Une nuit à Oman - that can hardly be an invitation to me. The scent is so dark and smoky that I instantly like to remember that I am a girl (or what is left of it, ok). Exactly - I think of lilac, daffodils and roses, of peaches and dragées. Honestly: I'd rather play female and wear a mainstream flowery-sugar-scented dress than to lean out of the window in such a masculine way. Because perfume should be fun! And here I have the feeling that I'm stuck in an incredibly difficult test and want to hand in an empty hand. I just can't do this! Where do you expect to find something fruity in this perfume? Of course, there's a plum, yes. But it's so heavily alcoholized, so dark and tearful that the Chinese plum brandy turns out to be good-night cocoa. And it's immediately covered in an incredible amount of resinous smoke. Dark and dangerous, without ever being erotic - the scent is a clear statement: "I don't want to please anyone here, only myself," he shouts to me. An oriental night, an elderly, white-robed, world-experienced sheikh, with a cigar, after an opulent meal, the sweet fruits still on the chased silver tray, yes, I can imagine. But the fruits are not for the sheikh, he has to watch his line and therefore he gets hazy at the many smoky oil lamps, which smell of resin, to dampen his appetite. This is what this nuit à Oman looks like. For those of us who stayed at home, who love a minimally fruity start and like it only too much when it is briskly overlaid by darkest labdanum, which only slowly lets a woody touch shimmer through between the tangy-smoky resinous swaths, while vanilla and even patchouli are protectively thrown under the swath - for us, this fragrance is perfect for the very coldest days of the year. When I let go of the Oman fantasy, I see this fragrance in the crazy cold winter, in the frost, when the chimneys are smoking invitingly and candles are in the windows. That moment when the fireplace is lit, this dark, bitter-serious ensemble of burnt wood notes comes quite close to the scent or, what is actually more appropriate anyway, the scent of a good, high-quality incense cone, which robs any sweet cookie smell in the smoking man's Advent rooms at the speed of light. Such a cone of incense, which smells more than just smoky, which has light fruit notes in it, is very well comparable with Ambre Khandjar. Therefore the scent fits best into the winter. To me it fits, although it looks very noble, unfortunately not so well. But that does not matter. I still find it very successful for those who like these aromas
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Top Review 16  
The Heat is on ...
... it's humming on the radio.

Yes, we already know that - only how to switch the heat off?

Maybe you should take a look at the weather conditions in Reykjavik ?

Aha on the island of the fairies and trolls 16 degrees prevail - predominantly sunny.
I would like to have the breeze blowing around my nose on a comfortable Icelandic horse.

But maybe an oriental scent harmonizes me with the hot temperatures ?

And Ambre Khadjar immediately puts me on a noble camel that walks with me majestically.

The air flickers over the desert sand - but on the horizon a sea fata morgana appears.
This vision carries tart mandarin and soft plum with it.
Smooth vanilla is gently powdered over by iris - and despite its warmth, Khandjar doesn't make me sweat.

Of course it is not cooling down, because the patch glows golden brown in the background.

A real, valuable Oriental, which doesn't bother me - but still belongs in winter.

Then he will unfold his cuddly cosiness perfectly.
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4ajbukoshka

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Winter fairy tale and homelessness
He sauntered. Slowly. Leisurely. Not "through the Omani market" (MCPS), but through a small town, his town. And to the limits of his being. It was just after midnight and from the last shop, the shisha cafe, which had now closed, he had just been kindly escorted out the door. He frowned. People seemed a little afraid of him. Or was it disgust? He wasn't sure as he let his nose wander unobtrusively towards his armpit. Did he stink? The day before yesterday was the last time he'd had a chance to shower. To stink would be hell on earth for him. (He didn't believe in a hell in heaven anyway.) Other than that, he didn't care about almost anything. As he walked on, lost in thought, towards the city forest, looking for a warm place, a familiar face came closer and closer to him. Karl, on his way to his park bench, had apparently stocked up once again. Karl was an alcoholic, but one of the kindest and friendliest people he'd come across at this hour, when he'd better not be seen outside. Who knew where he'd be sent. (He knew, and he was determined not to go there. One day, he was firmly convinced, everything would be better anyway and there was no way he would end up like Karl) He paused for a brief moment, lifted his head and waved at Karl. "Hey little one! I didn't even recognize you, it's so dark out here!" he apologized. (Little one. If he heard that already. Hopefully no one else heard that.) "I brought you something." he pulled a can and a bottle out of his backpack. Karl's eyes twinkled and a third probably couldn't look as fast as he put on and drank the potion. "You don't know what you're missing. Boy boy, it's cold as sh*t out here." He knew that. He was incredibly cold in his jacket, which he didn't take inside with him to anyone's house for fear it would reveal where and with whom he spent his nights. He'd like to be that one guy who didn't freeze in shorts in the winter. But he wasn't. Karl gave him a hint as to where he should go now. "What about you?" - "I'm not welcome there. But you can say I sent you. They know." Poor Karl. One more time he rubbed his hands together over Karl's little campfire that the had made in a metal public trash can. Then he sauntered on. The snow didn't stay yet. But it was still freezing. The plumes of smoke rising from the chimneys spoke for themselves-and against a mild winter. It would be his last out here. First and last. Arriving at the address Karl had given him, he took his hands out of his pockets for the first time. No frostbite. It wasn't that bad yet. He knocked the appointed beat and an older gentleman opened the door suspiciously. "What are you doing here? Looking for someone?" - "Karl sent me. He said I could stay here."
He was eyed up and down.
"Little one, how long have you been out there? And why, anyway?"
He was about to leave again. Who knows if these people could be trusted and he could get a wink of sleep tonight. Better not. Karl had forgotten who he was sending where. He looked around and was surrounded by hulking figures. And he could give them nothing. I wish he hadn't given all the provisions to Karl.
"Now leave the poor child alone. Come on in. Here, we have some soup. Eat, child, eat."
He didn't take two words for that. He was given food and a blanket. A soft blanket. The fact that he was still scared was probably evident on his face. When he was done, heavy hands suddenly rested on his shoulders. Hopefully he wouldn't just fall over. He wasn't going to keel over. He lay down to sleep, using his backpack as a pillow. That way no one could take anything from him. He thought. The next morning he woke up. His head hurt a little, his back as well, and he was suddenly far too warm in his jacket. One of the gentlemen was sitting by the fireplace, grinning at him as he carried the contents of his backpack into the fire.
"I don't know what you're dragging these things here for, but without the plastic covers, the booklets make good firewood." How could anyone have pulled his backpack out from under him during the night? "Those are my school books! Give them back to me please, I have to go now."
He grabbed his belongings before the older man could even say "School? How old are you anyway?!" could cross his lips.
He was seventeen. It was the 23rd of December. Christmas was just around the corner. It was winter. Perhaps the most humble winter of his life. He set off, heading for the school where the janitor had washed his clothes together with the rags the day before yesterday. They should be dry by now. Then he would change and no one would think of noticing where he was coming from.
Arriving at the school as arranged, the janitor opened the door to the large auditorium for him. He still had pastry pieces left over from yesterday. "Don't you want to know what it is first?" laughed Sir Hausi, a little embarrassed.
No, he didn't care. He didn't care about anything. Tomorrow was Christmas and the school would be closed. There had to be a solution.
Because real life was not a fairy tale. In his case, it told the story of a young person who was a little too old for his age.
And yet he continued to believe that everything would be all right.
One day
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TheScent

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A noble Oriental
I like oud, but the flood of oud and oudesken Oriental sometimes with leather, sometimes vanilla sometimes even more wood bores me a bit. All the nicer to experience once an Oriental, which does without just that popular ingredient. Ambre Khandjar is a gourmand, smoky oriental that oscillates between spice, sweetness and a dry fruitiness. I perceive other dried fruits in addition to the prune. So I clearly perceive the creamy, sweet scent of dried citrus with its underlying acidity. The vanilla here smells like the pod smells when you take it out of the glass tube to bake. Also dry and subliminally noticeable all the time. The woods entering in the course are not clearly smoky, but combine skillfully sweetish freshness with smoky, dark depth.

A rather extraordinary fragrance that is definitely distinctive. He seems noble and daring at the same time. I have a very specific type of woman before my eyes, which would stand the fragrance very well. However, Ambre Khandjar forms quite a masculine aura. And the first gray hairs should already show in its wearer, so as not to look ridiculous on him.

I have worn it now really often and can say that with this fragrance less is more. The sillage is very good but especially with this fragrance all the more exciting when it moves rather marbled around the wearer. The reactions of the environment are really most exciting.
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Luwa

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A beautiful Christmas present
I received this beautiful bottle here for Christmas last year. Of course, I immediately tested it "blind" that evening and didn't quite know what to expect. I was only told that it would be fruity and resinous, which I always like.

After spraying it on, I would definitely have guessed plum, which is very darkly fruity, somewhat wicked and dense, but not too sweet. The spicy notes of the fragrance come more from the labdanum, which accompanies the entire fragrance. I don't really recognize the mandarin, and the floral notes are also lost. Later, some patch and benzoin are added. However, the plum remains for a long time and adds a subtle fruitiness to the base of the fragrance.
The fragrance evolves from fruity-resinous and slightly oriental to spicy-sweet and somewhat woody.
For me, plum and labdanum as well as benzoin are wonderfully wintery notes that almost always work for my nose in cold temperatures. From the first spray to the late drydown, this fragrance is warm, somehow invitingly special, absolutely pleasantly thick and resinous, softened by benzoin as it progresses, truly a wonderful scent. Slight oriental traits also shimmer through from time to time. You have to like plum here, as well as the dense, resinous-sweet, captivating scent. But thanks to the not-too-strong performance, I don't find the dense cloud of fragrance around me exhausting.
For me, it also has gourmand traits, just through this plum note, a slightly gourmand-resinous and also resinous-smoky oriental, I would say.

Plum is one of my favorite fruity notes, especially in cold temperatures. From very sweet, candied, with floral or fresh notes, or as here with resinous notes, I like almost everything. With such dark plum notes in fragrances, it sometimes comes across as plum liqueur, in Plum Japonais, for example. I don't have that here at all, and this kind of dark plum is really terrific.

The fragrance will always be special to me, even though the bottle has now left my collection, but a large bottle was of course allowed to stay. Since I got it for Christmas, I prefer to wear it to get-togethers with the family, so it will always remind me of that from now on. But I don't need a bottle for the rare appearances.

Sometimes a warm robber stick note comes through in the base. I could also imagine this fragrance very well as a scented candle, I would definitely buy one.

I like the fragrance very much, a winter fragrance with depth, also with some Christmas associations, dark fruity through the plum, resinous labdanum, sweet warm soft benzoin and something spicy and not earthy patch. It also has good persistence without being too intense or overpowering.
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SamuelGustavSamuelGustav 4 years ago
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Smoky plum goodness in a bed of amber and woods, just beautiful
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