It could happily be used to soften another oil, or lend a romantic side to another favourite oil.
When I was first exposed to these oil, some of them were literally undecipherable to my western nose as I had absolutely no starting point to understand many of the scents. While there are (now) many western frag houses delivering these eastern scent combinations, their delivery is still entirely different to middle eastern oils. It's the oil that makes the scent and permits the individual notes to release in an entirely different manner to western (alcohol) frags. In many respects, any given oil can be quite different a second or third time ... and romantically, I see that as a sort of evocation of sand dunes. Ever changing, ever shifting. More so when oils are put on day after day, sometimes a note from a day or so before becomes a living memory within that later scent.
It's addictive once you start to look into these oils ...
One that I still think is such a way out there scent (for westerners) is Majmoua. It's just wonderfully puzzling to western noses. To be frank, I recognised the signature note from many years ago when I used to enjoy a Paan liquere with coffee after a more high brow Indian meal < not a "good old mucky Bradford curry". Jannatul Firdous remains a clear favourite of the classic blends, which I find to be very much akin to powerhouse fougere frags. Think Van Cleef & Arpels Tsar or even Puig Quorum. Green, fresh and soapy; also dark and musty.
