Vagabond

Thebes is a very special perfume for me. I have had the pleasure to know Sultan and enjoy many perfume experiences with him. I remember him smelling Guerlain Djedi for the first time, looking in awe and excitement: whoa, what...

A complex amber perfume full of mystery. Like a trip through a souk with wafts of old-style cola, smokey olibanum and curious medicinal balsams. At the same time, there is a sweet floral fleshiness that is elegant and charming,...

Classical orris perfumes often have a cool, grey, rooty creaminess about them. Sohan d'iris by Sultan Pasha broke that mould with a rich, gourmand, musky orris. Irisoir extrait is different again, presenting an exuberant, Technicolor orris: rooty...

Sacred Scarab opens with a luxurious aldehydic veil, taking us back to much more elegant days: charmingly spicy with a touch of civet and bitter green galbanum, yet quite comforting with sweet pink...

Exit the Chinese restaurant, up the moka and saffron stairs, and into an elegant boudoir laden with magnificent roses. The air swirls with pungent, spicy woods... eyes start to close... and, as you go deeper, the narcotic dance of bitter green...

Dewaniya is so gloriously rich that you can smell it before you have pulled the stopper. On application, we meet a dark, handsome prince of an attar, supremely confident and bold… defiant amongst ancient carved walls and intricately patterned carpets. It...

**********Fine-boned, pale rose swooning in a sensuous golden haze, sublimed by a heady, yet supremely graceful, oud. Exquisite, and very sexy**********

Spicy yellow and red earth. Reminiscent of the remains of my Shoyeido incense, but this one is less floral and seductive than what I use. Nankun proposes an extremely contemplative route which is not the norm in perfumery where the aim is usually...

A warm and richly perfumed honey coming from an imaginary land: creamy tonka and sandalwood juxtaposed with bitter almond and red saffron strands. A heady quality that I recognize from such strange beauties as ‘Nectare’ and ‘Rêve Narcotique’....

Thebes is a homage to Guerlain Djedi. To even attempt such a project is huge because Djedi (I have tested the Thierry Wasser vintage reproduction) is such a peculiar and mysterious scent. Djedi is the most atmospheric perfume I have...