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After thick black musks, heavy woods and deep resins, not to mention the heavy hitting fougeres and chypres from Swiss Arabian, it was nice to find a lighter scent arrive today.
Surrati al Khaleej
It's a citrus aromatic/musk to put it in western terms. As an oil, once on the skin there's a burst of citrus, lemon and bergamot, and not that they go away but the musk and the florals come through: white musk and white flowers, then on the back of the citrus, it's all deep floral, particularly violet, green coriander also.
Think the light side of Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel - you know how that's more a fragrance that you taste, spritzy with citrus carrying the violet, but not heavy with oakmoss and vetiver, light and airy with the white musk giving the deep notes.
Fun! One I'll weave in somewhere ...
I also mocked up a little blend this morning: rooh al misk (a deer musk which settled down to almost chocolate and vanilla), dehnal oud (one with a civet-like beginning that sweetens to beeswax and rises in bitter smoke) and Bulgarian rose (not as floral as Turkish or Taifi, more strength). Lovely!
Spread on a piece of cardboard and left for the day under an upturned glass, I removed the glass this evening to be met with a wonderful Dark Rose. Dark Rose, like C&S! It's a blend that worked well, as each scent was both subdued and yet boosted by the others; they were not competing, but working well together. I tried the same musk with a different oud and an Indian rose the other day and it was just not right - like that chocolate coated Turkish Delight! A nice idea, but two distinct tastes which just don't go together, same with that blend. It just didn't work. Awkward, whereas this blend is a saucy little menage a trois and one I might well put together a ml to let settle for a few weeks together.
Now, when my ambergris arrives ...
Surrati al Khaleej
It's a citrus aromatic/musk to put it in western terms. As an oil, once on the skin there's a burst of citrus, lemon and bergamot, and not that they go away but the musk and the florals come through: white musk and white flowers, then on the back of the citrus, it's all deep floral, particularly violet, green coriander also.
Think the light side of Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel - you know how that's more a fragrance that you taste, spritzy with citrus carrying the violet, but not heavy with oakmoss and vetiver, light and airy with the white musk giving the deep notes.
Fun! One I'll weave in somewhere ...
I also mocked up a little blend this morning: rooh al misk (a deer musk which settled down to almost chocolate and vanilla), dehnal oud (one with a civet-like beginning that sweetens to beeswax and rises in bitter smoke) and Bulgarian rose (not as floral as Turkish or Taifi, more strength). Lovely!
Spread on a piece of cardboard and left for the day under an upturned glass, I removed the glass this evening to be met with a wonderful Dark Rose. Dark Rose, like C&S! It's a blend that worked well, as each scent was both subdued and yet boosted by the others; they were not competing, but working well together. I tried the same musk with a different oud and an Indian rose the other day and it was just not right - like that chocolate coated Turkish Delight! A nice idea, but two distinct tastes which just don't go together, same with that blend. It just didn't work. Awkward, whereas this blend is a saucy little menage a trois and one I might well put together a ml to let settle for a few weeks together.
Now, when my ambergris arrives ...