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Al-Fajr (Dawn) is Olibanum perfection. This one and Sultan Pasha's Ame Sombre are the best compositions that explore the Frankincense accord, at least to me. This one is more on the Orthodox church, cold olibanum smell, backed up by some earthy soft oud in the base, dry vetiver, and moss. I don't get a strong Oud as in Al Layl(The Night), nor the same Hindi fermented type, here it's more of an earthy variety, that is cleverly blended with vetiver and oakmoss. I also don't pick up the rose in here. It very much sings a perfect song about Olibanum, and it also has that oily almost texture to it like you'd burn the resin and pour the oil on yourself. This does absolutely not justify its price tag, but I love it and it does for me. Sometimes is better to let your nose and senses decide rather than the rational part of your brain. Because it's not as animalic nor loud as Al Layl, or Al Waad, this can be worn more easily without offending innocent bystanders.

Extremely boring, repetitive theme, bottled as attar in a gorgeous presentation.
The perfume itself is so boring and basically an attar bottled version of your popular men's cologne, a mix of resins, spices, and aromatic herbs. Meant to smell sexy, inviting, and elegant, but nothing daring or interesting about it. An easy grabber for those who want a boring office scent that doesn't offend. Think Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum from 2012 but in attar format. I'm amazed so many people praise this utter mediocrity. This is not spectacular in any way. The only amazing thing about it is the bottle, which is one of the most beautiful bottles I've ever come across. Pure art. However, I matured as a collector and realized that it didn't make sense to keep a good-looking bottle for a subpar perfume, so I sold it. There are hundred better attars out there and a thousand better perfumes, so don't be crying over this, unless you want to have a nice-looking bottle sitting on your shelf.

Pohadka from Ys-Uzac is an amazing agrestic perfume that smells like nothing else. It feels like a cross between Fougere Bengale and Tabac Tabou, sprinkled with minty Shiso on top. Subtle and long-lasting, natural smelling, and elegant while remaining an artistic exercise in this genre. It blooms in the heat.
The opening is all about minty Shiso, grass, and hay. Bright, invigorating, warm, and green. Like taking a road trip in the countryside and lowering your car window to get a whiff while chewing mint-flavored gum. Shiso is traditionally used in Japanese cuisine and has this sparkling minty flavor to it. A unique touch in this composition that works so well. The best part about it is that this accord lasts well through the heart of the perfume, not just as an opening burst.
Soon, the composition warms up as the Immortelle starts creeping in, lending a beautifully sweet, herbaceous touch. Perfectly dosed and not too heavy. This ingredient can sometimes feel overpowering but here it is light and caressing. The same goes for the Jasmine accord that sides with the immortelle. A mere whisper.
The base displays powdery tobacco and soft brown leather, pairing seamlessly with the immortelle. It settles down like a glowing golden-brown flume, just like the sun sets down the landscape at sunset.
It feels like a trip in the countryside ending at dusk, when the colors deepen over the land just like the perfume settles from a bright, invigorating opening on a richer, brown-hued base. Excellent craftsmanship and an overlooked perfume. One that should be on the sampling list of all fans of agrestic compositions or fans of Cortichiatto's style, as it does hint at the aforementioned Parfum d'Empire compositions while staying original.

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In my opinion, here you have the best use of Siberian Deer Musk in perfumery, so far. I'm a long advocate and lover of the original EO2 parfum, but this one, is better. More complex, more balls, and better blended. Oh, did I mention it's half the price and at a higher concentration? Yes.
Onthamara uses two core materials that lead the composition as a duet, the musk and the amber fossil. They marry beautifully here, the musk with it's animalic, earthy, chocolatey and pissy facets, perfectly tamed by the smokiness, dryness, leathery, and sweet facets of the amber. Around these, you have other notes dancing around, rounding everything. Woods, spices, tobacco. At the end, you get this multifaceted smoky, ambery, musky perfume, that makes people get close to you, and dances around like a hypnotic aura for hours and hours. Perfectly dosed dirtiness, never too much to offend, just enough to intrigue. I love it so much, I had to get a backup. Top 3 ever Prin releases for me.

Danse Lascive is a composition where Rose and Leather dance together till the end surrounded by a big cloud of Frankincense smoke. The smoke accord almost renders a spiritual flair to the perfume.
I'm not a huge rose lover and struggle with smoky perfumes, however, I find the balance Angelos struck here truly captivating. Here we have a smoky leather perfume where Rose is used carefully to balance the composition but never to dominate it. The leather accord makes me think of a black leather jacket, whereas the smoke accord comes across as churchy to me, and appears to be built on the olibanum note. I must say, it makes me think of an Oriental perfume rather than a dance floor. The rose is beautiful, and natural smelling with a slightly green and metallic facet given by the geranium. A masculine rose indeed. I don't quite pick up the tobacco. The vetiver is used to instill a dry texture to the leather. It feels like a dry, almost ashy perfume. In the dry down, the labdanum lends extra leatheriness and smokiness, while the animalics become increasingly assertive. The hyraceum gives a slight mineral nuance while pushing the composition into dangerous territory alongside the civet. As mentioned, I don't get the dance floor association. It makes me think of compositions such as Sultan Pasha's Ame Sombre and to a small extent, Sultan Leather Attar, two perfumes that I adore. Yet, it brings a different flavor to the table and behaves differently enough to find a welcoming place in the collection. One of the best Rose and Leather pairings that I have tried, and the beautiful Frankincense accord is the icing on top of the cake. This was a blind buy for me and a very successful one at that.

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