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Dark Matter Elixir Attar 2023

8.5 / 10 51 Ratings

A popular limited perfume by Elixir Attar for women and men, released in 2023. The scent is woody-smoky. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Smoky

Spicy

Resinous

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Clove

Cardamom

Omani green frankincense

Sichuan pepper

Blackcurrant Saffron

Saffron

Calabrian bergamot Ginger

Ginger

Violet

Heart Notes

Champaca

Deer musk

Red champaca Date

Date

Taif rose

Honey

Jasmine sambac

Lavender absolute

Ylang-ylang

Jasminum grandiflorum

Base Notes

Castoreum

Bengal oud Civet

Civet

Indonesian oud

Labdanum

Vietnamese oud Benzoin

Benzoin

Mastic

Oakmoss

Opoponax

Styrax

Ambergris

Patchouli

Sandalwood Vanilla

Vanilla

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

Ahmed Mostafa Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

8.551 Ratings

Longevity

8.643 Ratings

Sillage

7.943 Ratings

Bottle

7.736 Ratings

Value for money

6.327 Ratings

Submitted by EnomisCVD, last update on 09/25/2025.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Elixir Attar x Katana - 1001 Nights

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/24/2025

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Seacoins
43 Reviews

Seacoins

1

Dark Matter is a scent that captivates your senses and leaves a lasting impression

Dark Matter is not just a fragrance. It's an experience that leaves a lasting impression.

Dark Matter is the perfect choice if you're seeking a scent that embodies sophistication or offers a comforting embrace. Trust me, you will find this fragrance as enchanting and addictive as I do.

The fragrance is very dark, earthy, woody, warm, incensy, smoky, musky, balsamic, spicy, and slightly animalic. Animalic profile that is utterly irresistible.

To me, this fragrance is a modern interpretation of traditional Arabian perfumery, featuring high-quality materials such as Bengal Oud, Maroke oud, wild Nha Trang agarwood, Dates, resins, Hojari Frankincense, Castoreum, Taif rose macerated with Sultan Qaboos Kashmiri deer musk, and vintage Sultan Qaboos myrrh absolute, etc.

As a fan of Elixir, I can't believe I slept on this fragrance for so long. Dark Matter truly is a masterpiece

07/02/2025

9.5Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

mrprofumo
15 Reviews

mrprofumo

1

A staple among the best ghalias ever made

This fragrance teleports me to ancient times, when perfumes were anything but oily balms, to be used in sacred rituals and ceremonies.
Needles to say that this is for me like a drug. It’s very hard to find another dense, dirty and animal Oud like this. But this creation is not only that.
The best naturals, deer musk, civet and ambergris as carriers, lead the way to the finest selection of taif roses, cananga, champaca and Jasmine flowers, with just a chiaroscuro of sweet, airy and fruity aromas, courtesy of blackcurrant, lavender, violets and honey tinctures, not to mention the crunchiness of peppers and hojari frankincense, just to take a beathe before diving into the darkest sea you can imagine, with a superb smoke mélange of Na Trang, Merauke and bengali ouds, intertwined by great oriental balms, such as Benzoin, opoponax, styrax, labdanum, sandalwood, vanilla, oakmoss, patchouli, castoreum.
Dark Matter has next day longevity and impressive sillage.
One of the best ghalias ever made and a staple in my collection.

04/13/2025

10Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Markblackink
20 Reviews

Markblackink

2

Dark sexy and good

I ask my friend Mr. Profumo if this might be considered a Chypre, because of its stunning opening and incredibly sexy heart.

This might just be the dark Chypre:
Beautiful, masculine, sexy, unique, made with great raw materials, uncommon, and elegant.

It opens with pepper and clove, and I immediately sense castoreum, labdanum, and excellent oud.

Then it settles down into a floral and musky heart, always carried by that incredible oud.

Longevity is great, and projection is solid—

But that’s not even the most important thing.

What matters is that it feels rich, natural, and raw in the best possible way.

I just love it.

06/12/2025

9.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Floyd
574 Reviews

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Floyd

Top Review 51

The Room Where We Lose Ourselves

This room, where we lose ourselves, is carried by thoughts from dark matters. From blurred traces of black soap. Comets with incense stick tails. Wandering in spheres of dense resins. Stars of cinnamon and cloves burn out. A silver streak from Szechuan. The cool breath of the everlasting root. On warm worlds of pheromone furs. Heavy flakes of fleshy silks. They float from the chalices of champaca flowers. Dark spring falls on rough grounds of smoking barks and sandalwood sticks. Moss-brown earths. Rose shadows in mists. Tissue fibers of sleeping animals. Remaining under the skin.
**
Elixir Attar from Los Angeles claims to be constantly searching for high-quality raw materials from the Asian region. Allegedly, they also utilize long-standing relationships in royal circles to obtain particularly rare materials. The small team relies on both traditional and modern knowledge in the creation of their fragrances.
"Dark Matter" initially seems as elusive as dark matter itself. Only gradually do the swirling spicy-hot (Szechuan pepper, cardamom, ginger, saffron), sour (blackcurrant), bright-resinous (Omani frankincense), and flowing dark (deer musk, labdanum, oakmoss) aromas organize themselves, associating at times with black soap (oakmoss, oud ash) and soon with sandalwood incense sticks (sandalwood, champaca). Soon, fleshy flowers (jasmine) seem more present, then again warm pheromones (deer musk) in a dark-resinous (labdanum, styrax, benzoin, opoponax, mastic) universe, which carries subtle vanilla-tobacco traces, but above all countless clove sparks like twinkling stars. Occasionally, delicate roses appear in a veil. Gradually, the resins dry into woody-smoky oud chips, into earthy mosses, until after many hours only animal-leathery tissue remnants remain. A small masterpiece, clearly to moderately projecting and filling the evening, in which there are always new facets to discover.

(With thanks to SirLancelot)