Dubai - Meydan The Spirit of Dubai 2015 Eau de Parfum

I ride through the endless expanses of the Dubai desert in the scorching heat. Energetic, proud and powerful, I make my way through the rough dune landscape. I can see every sinew of my Arabian stallion's leg muscles and how they powerfully drive us forward. I haven't been on the road long today. I can smell the rough leather of my saddle beneath me more and more strongly, but also the fresh fruit - grapefruit and apples - in my tobacco spice bag. The ride will take hours, maybe even days. I continue to spur the animal on with my lavender reins. Sand is stirred up under the hooves whipping on the soft desert ground and obscures my vision and senses. I see an oasis of flowers in the distance, but I can't make out exactly which ones. Perhaps rose geraniums and jasmine or is it all just a mirage? I ride on and have no destination, but I know I'll get there eventually. I see warm, slightly fragrant vanilla gardens in my mind's eye. Tonka beans sprout from the ground and in the middle is a leather greenhouse where eaglewood trees grow from which a little oud gently flows.

Not many people understand me, but for those who do, a world opens up.

To summarize:
Anyone who can test this fragrance should do so urgently. Preferably several times and of course, but especially important here, on skin. One of the most complex fragrances I have ever smelled. The notes are all interwoven so incredibly well that it becomes difficult to perceive anything in particular.
The common thread that runs through the fragrance is definitely the leather, but you notice new nuances every time. From tangy/citrusy grapefuit or saffron at the beginning, to indefinable floral notes, tobacco and finally vanilla, tonka bean, warm woody ambery nuances and oud in the DD.

For untrained noses, the opening in particular is very special and challenging. Usually only the leather is perceived. For all its complexity, however, it is not obtrusive and does not remain room-filling forever like at the beginning, which in my opinion gives it a certain elegance despite all the brute force that one expects from such an oriental and even makes it suitable for the office for me
Despite the fact that it does not project mercilessly, it remains present and easily perceptible and lasts an incredibly long time. It stays in my hair for several days and is still slightly perceptible even after several showers. I would wear the fragrance all year round.

For me as an absolute leather lover one of the top 3 leather fragrances. If not THE leather fragrance for strong characters and more than signature worthy.