TheScent

Desired is an Oriental without a doubt. It has everything you need in lush measurement and remarkable composition. The first spray immediately makes me think of Christmas cookies. The clove is strong, twirling with the bergamot a bit in the nose closely followed by a heavy bearing saffron butter. The twirling subsides a bit and a dark rose that is about to wilt takes you in its velvety arms. Multi-layered it continues. Saffron, carnation and the fading rose form a pack that is not to the advantage of all three. Cedar now makes a clear appearance and although I appreciate woody notes, extracts from this tree species have always struck me as quite penetrating. The oud plays in a gothic, humid daydream and so the notes spin around in circles like dervishes. The whole thing goes on for about 2-3 hours until finally vanilla and amber give the violent hustle and bustle a little more calm and warmth. The drydown is really the best part of this scent. The head and heart are completely overloaded for my tastes, with some of the notes unbalanced or poorly matched. The saffron-clove-bergamot mix gives me a headache pretty quickly. And the rose-cedar blend that follows hits me right in the stomach. A truly original approach that seeks a way out of the "classic" orientals and goes its own way. I tried to use it as a room scent and I had to tear open the windows after half an hour to let it go. Forever!

I like oud, but the flood of oud and oudesken Oriental sometimes with leather, sometimes vanilla sometimes even more wood bores me a bit. All the nicer to experience once an Oriental, which does without just that popular ingredient. Ambre Khandjar is a gourmand, smoky oriental that oscillates between spice, sweetness and a dry fruitiness. I perceive other dried fruits in addition to the prune. So I clearly perceive the creamy, sweet scent of dried citrus with its underlying acidity. The vanilla here smells like the pod smells when you take it out of the glass tube to bake. Also dry and subliminally noticeable all the time. The woods entering in the course are not clearly smoky, but combine skillfully sweetish freshness with smoky, dark depth.

A rather extraordinary fragrance that is definitely distinctive. He seems noble and daring at the same time. I have a very specific type of woman before my eyes, which would stand the fragrance very well. However, Ambre Khandjar forms quite a masculine aura. And the first gray hairs should already show in its wearer, so as not to look ridiculous on him.

I have worn it now really often and can say that with this fragrance less is more. The sillage is very good but especially with this fragrance all the more exciting when it moves rather marbled around the wearer. The reactions of the environment are really most exciting.