Aran
อรัญ
Prin 2019

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8.1 / 10 45 Ratings

Aran is a popular perfume by Prin for women and men and was released in 2019. The scent is earthy-animal. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Earthy

Animal

Spicy

Woody

Green

Fragrance Notes

Fir balsam

Goat's hair

Spikenard

Tobacco

Leather

Nagarmotha

Oakmoss

Cardamom

Castoreum

Civet

Frankincense

Mushrooms

Vetiver

Jasmine absolute

Oud

Saffron

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Prin Lomros

Ratings

Scent

8.145 Ratings

Longevity

8.241 Ratings

Sillage

7.541 Ratings

Bottle

7.835 Ratings

Value for money

7.114 Ratings

Submitted by multiple users, last update on 28.03.2024.

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/19/2022

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

BobbyGee
220 Reviews

BobbyGee

Prin / Aran

Perfume for fans of heavier and dark fragrances like the works of Josh Lobb from Slumberhouse (especially the Norne, Sova climates). Personally, I consider Prin Lomros an outstanding creator, who think that if he is not already, it is a matter of a short time (if he does not crumble) until he becomes a cult creator in these areas. Personally, I support him very much and classify him in my perception in the 3rd best of the best fragrance makers who move me. He has tremendous gift and skill, and he makes great use of them.
In Aran, Prin explores his favorite style (animal-incense) and invites us to a charmingly dark journey deep into the jungle of Aran อรัญ (Thai word for forest), or more specifically Himmavanta, the mythical forest surrounding the sacred Mount Meru (the center of the world in Buddhism). From a few excerpts quotation: 'This forest is inhabited by mystical monsters, demigods, and will also be the place where the Nariphon tree is found, which bears fruit in the form of young girls.'
It is a journey into a dense fantasy land full of creatures and plants that have never been seen before.
Beneath the lush green canopy lurks the leather scent of unparalleled animalism, with powerful doses of cybet and castoreum enhanced by real goat hair extract - animal lovers, this could be the new holy grail. The raw flesh is perfectly balanced with both the wild, herbaceous and earthy green notes and the strong, spiritual richness of incense, warm and uplifting. In its blend of nature and supernatural, flora and fauna, comfort and danger, Aran is like an ancient folklore to wear - a fragrance with deep mythical power.
Aran is strange, dark and brings back primal memories of cavemen.
The fragrance refers to the beastly shadows of the thickest forests. ”The fragrance contains goat hair extract, civet, oakmoss, oud, mushroom extract, tobacco and more.

06/04/2021

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Oshii
3 Reviews

Oshii

Spin-off for Aranyaka

Aran is a slighlty less complex, less deep version of PRYN -Aranyaka (which I adore so much). Aran is clearly a great perfume, very well blended, and without any doubt inspired by Aranyaka, but somehow it lacks the 'magic' that Aranyaka has.

09/26/2020

8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Chizza
273 Reviews

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Chizza

Top Review 24

The moor and the animals

Prin Lomros. In certain perfume circles, the name stands for quality even if not every one of its fragrances may be an olfactory highlight. But he offers a variety of fragrance experiences, mostly very intense and not at a knock-down price. The line Prin is now his line to introduce his favorite notes, his favorite fragrances, which should not be trimmed to be pleasing. I don't know all of them but the perfumes I know from the line allow me to conclude: Yes, I can confirm that.
Aran is now again a kind of dark green/brown perfume, similar to Mriga but also similar to Häxan. The latter is clearer, in terms of colour only green and thus more pleasing, somewhere rather the juicy green meadow. Aran is the bog. That's quite good, because the bog swallows everything it gets hold of. Be it the goat (goat hair) which has lost its way here and carries Aran significantly, be it the green around it, which becomes very pale due to the insatiable bog, becomes rather muddy.
What does Aran smell like? Actually, this scene, because it's animal, but not too strong. It's dominated by earthy, muddy tones. Oak moss is the base, incense is in the background and underlines the melange more like a ceremonial place of worship in the middle of a swamp landscape where incense is gently smoked. Nagarmotha or Cypriol is known from many of his creations. This ingredient provides for a very earthy appeal, it provides for the swamp character.
Of course, other notes also play a part in this. Fir balsam, for example, loosens up this deep earthiness a little and gives the fragrance that certain something. It smells like moist earth when it is complemented by an ethereal and balsamic note. Fascinating. While Mriga plays for me in colder forests, perhaps snow-covered, Aran takes us to swampier, warmer landscapes; it's not the moors of England, that much is clear.
With time, the animal kingdom breaks down. For me civet does not penetrate constantly but always for a few moments. Here the cardamom also resonates and complements the animalics in the right places without appearing too much in the foreground. Really great arrangement. At this point the forest elements retreat, the focus is now on the animals plus a slightly mushroomy smell, here it is quite possible that not everyone is going with the scent. But this fades away, because the swamp reclaims the protagonist role. The animal has inadvertently entered the swamp and can no longer make it out.
In conclusion, I can say that Prin has once again created an olfactory work of art. Certainly not wearable every day, which was not the goal. Aran is an honest, authentic scent of swampland, of the animal kingdom living there. I'm kicking you out of here now, I'm going to stay a little longer myself, because the durability is good as usual.

02/17/2020

7
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Yharnam79
63 Reviews

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Yharnam79

Helpful Review 14

Shaman in a bottle

Usually I tend to write very rambling comments. This time I try to avoid metaphors and meaningful comparisons (as much as I can). The scent itself is so abstract that I fear it might otherwise not be tangible at all - insofar as a subjective review of a scent can make the scent tangible at all...

If you don't like it hearty, not animalistic, not to a certain extent natural-dirty, not ethereal or earthy, you might turn up your nose and give Aran a wide berth. Aran is all of it, including wooded, mossy and musty in a very pleasant way.
Aran is a powerful and yet not overly loud fragrance.
The goat's hair is there from the very beginning and also has a decisive influence on the fragrance during the entire time. You could call it furry-sweaty, but the word sweaty would have negative connotations and would not do justice to what I mean. I therefore try to describe the animal kingdom: If we take Hyrax or Stercus as (parade) examples, I would speak of dirty animalism. The one in Aran is not less animalistic but much cleaner. Like freshly groomed (I don't know if you do that with goats) goatskin. And damp leather. Familiar, interesting. Of course, but not unpleasant.
Paradoxically, there are also ethereal notes, which I explain by the saffron and fir balm.
Flowers of any kind I can't perceive at any time, but I don't miss them in the least.

Aran smells of forest, moss, earth and yes, really mushrooms. It smells of (incense) smoke and wood and stone. It smells of nature and animals. And all in the same breath.

Aran is a complex and truly exceptional fragrance.
It must be a challenge.
To me it is a small, rather expensive masterpiece.

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