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Inspired by the reviews I have me a bottling Ambre Sultan come. In the first moment after spraying, a fruity-vanilla cloud comes to me. I think of vanilla ice cream with hot cherries or red fruit jelly with eggnog. This disappears after a few minutes and I perceive a strong herbaceous note.
This is supposed to be an Oriental? Again and again I smell disappointed in it and wonder where I know the smell. Now it comes to me! It smells like a neglected backyard on a hot afternoon in full sun. The half-dried wild herbs give off a tart smell, somehow it smells like rusty metal and in the back corner a dog had surely peed. It smells somehow wild and uncultivated.
After 20 minutes develops very slowly a warm, soft and balanced fragrance. He envelops me like a silk caftan. But the wild, animal remains in the background and reminds me that life is not a Hollywood movie, but multilayered and uncontrollable. Really ingenious!
By the way, I do not understand why many think such fragrances fit only in the cold season. I was in Dubai and Southeast Asia. People there wear these fragrances even during the day. And I found them magical in dry heat and even more so in humid heat. Ambre Sultan is also a summer scent. Give it a try!

When I ordered the bottling I didn't expect to be so reminded of my last visit to Cafe Sacher in Salzburg. The heavy, spicy sweetness immediately made me think of a punch cake with lots of cinnamon and cloves. I think there are red plush sofas in the Sacher, but in the fragrance I smell well-groomed leather upholstery. and a gentleman in a suit comes by who had recently smoked.

Unlike many Orientals, which I have learned to appreciate through my travels in Asia even in the heat, this fragrance is definitely only suitable for the winter months. For the time when you dream of a beautiful Christmas season without worries and problems.

I think I need it. Especially at this time!

Fortunately, I was able to get hold of a bottling here in the community and test Black Tie.

The fragrance is wonderfully composed. The rule Black Tie at your invitation means long evening dress and tuxedo, but no big evening dress. For this, the fragrance should probably be appropriately elegant and restrained. It definitely fits the daytime wardrobe as well. I imagine a petite, elegant person with a penchant for fashion classics. The composition of Black Tie is finely balanced powdery, but not too sweet.

I'm currently testing iris fragrances and this one would be perfect if it was a bit louder and more long lasting. This is too subtle for me even for the day and at quite a steep price.

Infusion d'Iris by Prada would be there my alternative. It is indeed somewhat more tart than Black Tie and also not so easily gourmandig, but just as discreet and noble, but for half.

I definitely need more Wumms!