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Al Saqr Shaheen Athoor al Alam 2001

7.8 / 10 335 Ratings

A popular perfume by Athoor al Alam for women and men, released in 2001. The scent is leathery-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Leathery

Sweet

Smoky

Spicy

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Tobacco

Rum

Heart Notes

Everlasting flower

Labdanum

Honey

Xenophobic Thermostat

Base Notes

Leather

Amber

Frankincense

Perfumer

Julien Rasquinet

Ratings

Scent

7.8335 Ratings

Longevity

8.0257 Ratings

Sillage

7.0260 Ratings

Bottle

7.4229 Ratings

Value for money

7.186 Ratings

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Reviews

22 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/05/2014

9Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Flaconneur
49 Reviews

Flaconneur

Very helpful Review 8

CUIR VELOURS by Naomi Goodsir

Cuir Velours opens with a surly blast of alcoholic molasses, a touch of fruit cake and a hint of moistened tobacco leaf. This certainly sounds like a strange holiday potpourri concoction. Nonetheless, the damp and strangely sweet confection undeniably gets your attention. As the opening notes expire, the end result is a luscious sugary rum and dry smoldering tobacco accord with an unusual underlying incense quality. The remnants of the opening notes comfortably settle on the skin as the heart of Cuir Velours boasts immortelle flower blanketed in a sun-baked hay-like haze. These elements are rather nice neutrals, resting points if you will, in preparation for the waxy and creamy suede-like notes which follow. Powdery labdanum and an unanticipated honey glaze help to weave an alluring gourmand web. In complete contrast, the base is warmed up with a touch of amber, giving us the first glimpse of this fragrance’s velvety personality. Frankincense incorporates a necessary clarifying smoky quality, definitely supporting the tobacco accord earlier in the opening. A leathery, rich, suede note successfully debuts in the heart of Cuir Velours. While detected all along, its scent paints a ghostly still life of antique books and well worn saddles. This creamy combination is a superlative complement to the luscious tobacco and rum accords experienced in the fragrance’s opening. Cuir Velours is reminiscent of some very famous “bad girl” perfumes from the art deco era. Goodsir does a fantastic job of taking the best elements of perfumes of the 1930?s and successfully modernizes the genre.

I openly admit that my opinion can be a bit skewed regarding any fragrance based on leather or suede. My love for this type of perfumes cannot hinder my honest impression of this beauty. I thoroughly enjoy Cuir Velours’ intended velvety lusciousness. From what I’ve gathered, so does everyone else I encounter when I’m wearing it. This fragrance consistently stimulates a great deal of interest. Because of the quality of the product, longevity is excellent and a little goes a long way. People find this fragrance alluring, warm and memorable. Cuir Velours is the perfect oasis in a sea of blustery Midwestern winter days.

05/18/2015

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

6

Cuir Velours

Cuir Velours suffers from the same malady as its sibling, Bois d’Ascèse. The problem isn’t the fragrance, it’s the strategy.

So let’s get the perfume out of the way. It’s a waxy, fruity leather. Less soapy than Serge Lutens Daim Blond, more spiced than Robert Piguet’s revived Visa. A pretty fruit/leather that smokes and drinks. Very nice, truth be told.

But, why? Is niche perfumery strictly about branding. Say you sell a luxury fashion commodity. Shoes, purses, phone cases. Hats. Must a line of perfumes be part of the business plan? The smugness of viewing niche perfumery as a merely a style to be taken up and dropped is certainly nothing new, but the niche version seems dismissive by design. I know that there need to be business opportunities for up and coming perfumers, but is niche perfumery the lapdog of fashion businesses?

The thought that niche perfumery will serve to accessorize fashion is disheartening. Taking the focus away from exploration and placing it on the production of perfumes ‘in the style’ of niche is exactly how the soul is sold.

Niche orthodoxy. It will be the death of us.

from scenthurdle.com

09/06/2022

8Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Holscentbar
106 Reviews

Holscentbar

4

soft like a velvet glove

it starts with a beautiful alcoholic note, almost as if you were sitting in a rough bar filled with smoke and glasses of rum. Gradually, the smoke becomes thinner, as if the windows had opened, and gusts of winter wind brought the smell of dusty leather sofas to your nose. Some fruit notes of some gentlewoman's cocktails float in the air along with everything else. you are tipsy but you will remember those smells for a long time and you will smile

12/12/2013

9Scent

Sweetgrass
35 Reviews

Sweetgrass

Helpful Review 2

Fine leather goods

This perfume lives up to its name. If you know Bottega Veneta's eponymous perfume from 2011, you will probably find some similarities between the two, but where BV is mossy, pungent and haughty, Cuir Velours is like a moment in a well-worn plush antique leather armchair, reading your favourite book and sipping some good cognac.

On my skin, Cuir Velours first smells like birch tar and maybe a bit of smoke -- maybe those are the alleged tobacco and rum notes that I just interpret them differently. Those notes dominate for the first 15-20 minutes and then CV cools down to a sweeter, more incense-y chamois leather. Well worth trying, and I do recommend getting a sample first, because the price for 50 ml is a bit steep for a blind buy. It's attractive, charismatic and truly unisex -- and plush.

08/21/2022

DGouveia
32 Reviews

DGouveia

2

Teenager Party

Very boozy up front and as it dries, it gets extremely sweet and spicy, like someone spilled a bottle of Captain Morgan Spice all over me. To make things worse, it has a gourmand quality to it and on my skin, the smoky suede is so soft, dominated by all the other things that if i didn't know this had suede, i would not notice.
A hard pass.

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