Samasamaa

Insane peach+osmanthus and a hidden bit of ajmal oud fragrance, a total unexpected banger.

The blend of the fruits and the osmanthus provides a yellow floral nuance reminding me of tilia, broom, or even elderberry shrubs.

Brought tears to my eyes first time i sniffed it because of that summery nostalgic association. Objectively its very fruity but i cant seem to shake off that florality - and ultimately thats what made me fall in love with it.

Beware of a tad bit of real oud that i believe is unlisted.

The more it sits the better the performance gets. An absolute steal for 40€ /50ml.

Maybe im a castoreum junkie but this is really nice, paralel to being a really really long journey.

I never had tantric sex but this feels like what it should be.

Doesnt quite feel like quick desire and passion, moreso an adult certainty within your body linking up with a compatible other-body.

Moreso a feeling of experience that says “i know a lot but i still want to know about, specifically - you, and i want to know that for hours.”

Objectively yes it is a heavy leather/castoreum fragrance with a creamy finish, a bit like a white cow and its calf - both alive and pooping: ever so beautifully.

Blind buying fragrances is something the majority of us here have come across.

Either we keep doing it, used to do it or try not to do it anymore, from time to time theres this one specific note structure that we become obsessively curious and enticed with.

Looking for tonka fragrances i came across this. “Wheat bran absolute! Wow”

So yeah. This just smells like cinnamon and a smidge of sweetness. Projects but is and feels watery. Like a watered down version of Shaghaf Oud Azraq Eau de Parfum

I try not to be judgemental of designer houses but i should have known better. Still, going to give it 2 weeks to open up better and see if some other notes bloom but very unimpressed at the time.

The major lesson here is: if nobody is talking about it, if there are no reviews whatsoever and the fragrance is over 2 years old, then its not a hidden gem - Its just an underwhelming fragrance.

I never believed too much in tall tales of dramatic reformulations or people stuttering at the differences between bottles of perfume but this is curious.

I get nothing but dehn al oud from this. Citrus? Where? Lavender? No. Jasmine? Never.

Just dehn al oud. Assam. Ajmal style.

Dont get me wrong, i love assamese but this was broadly purposed as a fOUDgere.

Absolutely unfortunate, especially since Amir Two is so distinct and bold.

In comparison, and my two bottles are exactly from the same production date (02/23), Amir Two is tenfold complex, intricate and performative.

A bummer.

Ard al Zaafaran is a very controversial brand to me. It delivered absolute unsurpassable gems like Wafa Liwan Midnight Oud Eau de Parfum and Thara Al Oud Supreme Intense - but then, this same brand has delivered some of my ugliest most disappointing flops - Mousuf Eau de Parfum Dirham Eau de Parfum and last but not least - this.

Either i have a falsification (which i doubt, cause all of the other ones i love came from the same store) or i own a specifically spoiled bottle.

This gives me nothing more than a BEASTLY HORRENDOUS ETERNAL calone-heavy blue ugly lockerroom freshie. The opening is kind of ok-ish (absolutely no lychee or any identifiable GOODNESS) but after it opens up, the seabreeze-salty-dry-male-body-fluid aroma jumps off and makes me want to jump off of my skin as well.

Horrendous. The more time it passes the uglier it gets. I dont know what else to say. Maybe if you enjoy stuff like megamare you’ll like it? Cause youll choke everyone in a sea of dry squids and algae but.. other than that, please dont blind buy.