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This reminds me of the Agarwood Shammama from Lupus & Vega.

Very warm, saffronic, and peppery. Has lots of notes of various herbs, spices, and roots. Has an aquatic scent to it as well. I would say this Shammama goes above L & V’s Shammama. This one is more refined, more complex, and has more ingredients. Very beautiful .

Contains:
Ceylani Oud 2014
Cambodi Oud 2016
Malinau Oud 2008
Ceylani AlSafwa Oud
Burmi Kashin Oud
Artisanal Prachin Oud
Gold Distillation Burmi Oud ( I don’t know WTF Gold distillation means)
Hindi Oud with ambergris
Ceylani Artisanal oud
Rare Filipino Oud

The review:
This is one of the best blends I have ever had. It feels like there is some French perfume in there but I can’t be sure. I think it’s just tricking my mind that I’ve been having their blends with HJ in it for the past few weeks.

Smells really clean initially, with a strong cognac and woody note. The ambergris starts to kick in later with an animalic marine scent. I can’t describe this. It simply takes you in so many directions but I’m really happy with it.

Really nice and sweet. Smells soapy 🧼. Like really high-end hotel 🏨 toiletries. Woody, buttery, and creamy. I think this is the first time I try a SW from the African continent. Very beautiful.

This classical style blend just arrived. It smells like potent green tea woven with vetiver, roses, oud, a slight tobacco note, and saffron. It’s really strong but pleasant. I’m getting this vegetal note from both the Green and Madagascar vetivers present, along with petrichor, blue lotus and lemon peel. Very clean and lovely. If you like vetiver and citrusy-floral profiles you’ll love this.

Consists of:
- Rare Special Filipino Oud
- 30 year old Cambodi Oud
- Henry Jacques Concentrated Composition oils

The Review:
Well, the Ouds are definitely more pronounced here than the HJ oils. It’s slightly sweet and really fragrant. Notes of apple 🍎 , cherry 🍒 , banana 🍌, and a soapy high-end shower gel 🚿. It’s a really well-composed blend but I feel I will blend this oil with an oud I deem suitable enough to take that extra French-style note off. “General” and “Kehailan” are still the best blends I’ve had that follow this Oud/French structure.

I’ve been intrigued by this attar ever since I read about. “Can be used as a base for an attar”. Hmmmm..interesting. I applied this expecting to get a sweet Mysore smell. Instead, I can smell more of a plant root and think to myself that there is more to this than I thought 💭. It goes well the Mysore but has a more complex scent profile.

Well, the scent profile is definitely not one where I would use this on its own, but would use this in a custom attar. It’s cool, smooth, carrot-y 🥕, and vegetal. I think this would help bind the ingredients in a custom attar and give it some backbone. That’s what I’ll be using for in the future. That would be a first from Sulaym for me - using something as a base rather than as the finished product (which they are masters at).

Having acquired a nice dark color from the aging, this beauty gives off ozonic notes. Fresh, vegetal, woody, and slightly leathery. It also has a rock mineral quality about it. Very beautiful.

This oud house takes the same twist on some of their blends as Bourhan Oud and blend French-style perfumes with exotic ingredient like oud and ambergris. This one is composed of 30 year aged Cambodi Oud, SQ Oud, raw ambergris, and Henry Jacques Oud Jebreen.

I’m getting marine salty notes of the ambergris that enhance the overall profile of the other ingredients. It smells of sweet patchouli and cinnamon. I really wish I could get more of the oud notes. There’s a warm and cozy feel but I prefer other blends I have over this. I might just blend this with a quarter tola of “General”. Needs another application on another day to come to that judgement. Overall, I’de give this a 7.5/10.

This has to be one of the best attars I have ever had. It’s lemony, creamy, fresh, rosey, and I could swear it’s Sandalwood but there was more to it. I looked up his IG, and it contains: Mysore SW, Rose Abs, Frankincense, Green Mandarin, Vintage Orris, Green Kyara, Borneo Camphor, and Ambergris.

I certainly didn’t expect it to have this many ingredients but it is a work of art! I smell fresh like a garden of citrus. It’s very cooling too.

You can be sure I will be procuring a large amount of this when it’s released. Absolutely amazing!

Edit: it has 2 types of Irani rose Otto as well.

Continuing on what Bourhan Oud loves to do by making these over the top blends. This blend contains the following:

- Bourhan Special Oud Oil
- Old Kalimantan Oud
- Cambodi Oud 1986
- Ceylani Oud Special cooked
- Amouage Oils (Suede Ibri, Tonka Misfah)
- Henry Jacques (No 8 de HJ)
- Henry Jacques (Laura F)
- Henry Jacques (Rose De France No1)
- Henry Jacques (Angelique)
- Zoba’ah Oil
- Nadirat Neshan
- Nadirat Jebreen
- General
- Fahad Blend

Review:

A bit disappointing as I want to experience the smell of the oud oils but all I’m getting is the smell of the perfumes. It’s smells beautiful, floral, divine, but I’m not getting any scent of any of the Ouds. “General” was a better buy in my opinion.

The Oud smells cool, crisp, clean, and slightly nutty. I’m getting slight notes of natural rubber, camphor, green vegetal accents of a damp rainforest, and an unmistakable woody resinous accent. Also, present is slight leather and floral undertones. The nuttiness initially felt turns into a smoked amber quality. This oud feels really simple yet is complicated under the hood. Absolutely beautiful Oud.

My vision isn’t as good as it used to be and my 10-year-old daughter read the name off the bottle and decided to sample it first and gave it the “Ok” nod.

Surprisingly, it’s deeper, smokier, and more rich than the 20+ year aged Cambodi. But that doesn’t mean I prefer it over the latter. Notes of the usual suspects, leather and berries. But this has a note I’m happy to have put into writing - smoked dates and honey molasses-like scent of fig. Very strong tamarind accent as well. Overall, very lovely.

I got this spray after reading a review. I had bought some Ouds from Munzar before but I was still in the anti-barn phase.

Fast-forward to today and views change. Qahir is a really potent Hindi forward perfume. It has a slight note of barn from the Hindi Ouds but I also think this spray has castoreum. I might be mistaken about that. I do get the boozy and fruity notes described. This is a really beautiful parfum with notes of rose 🌹 , lemon🍋, with a touch of clove, and cinnamon. I love the spiciness of it and 2-3 sprays are enough. 2 on the skin and 1 on the clothes. This would be very suitable for the winter. Really beautiful artisanal parfum.It develops into a really complex melange of beautiful notes with the dry-down.

It’s beginning to look like this fellow’s stuff is a serious contender for top-notch market oud. It smells like fermented grapes 🍇. Slight medicinal quality covered up with some jamminess. Not your usual sweet jam type. More like how wine goes with cheese type sweet. It’s like a heavy liquor and the oud has undergone a “hair of the dog” type 2nd fermentation stage. It has a soft quality to it, polished wood, and a slight leather tone. I’m sure this is how much most people apply in order to enjoy an oud. But I apply more which gives me more room to describe the notes. It’s not a cop out. I’m just sayin’ . Really beautiful.

Every time I think I have too many Trats in my possession, I’m reminded by the reason for that by Ouds like this one. This elicits notes that are zesty, citrusy, woody, dried plum, berry, with a rich sweetness and cherry-like accord, it has a warm oaky and woody depth to it. Very happy this morning to be wearing this.

I’m halfway through this 1/2 tola and I never can get enough. It’s medium-bodied and has notes of butter and maple syrup. In addition, it has this slight grassy and diesel aroma. It’s so enjoyable all I can say to describe how amazing it is, is that it brings me calm before a flight.

This is a 20 year old blend claimed to be a SQ collectible with the ingredients not fully known. But I can tell you for sure I can detect the aromas of gazelle musk, ambergris, Oud, and a beautiful floral bouquet. I think it has Hojari frankincense oil as well. It smells like the perfect blend of ingredients with the perfect ratio. It’s pretty heavy on the musk and ambergris. Very animalic and marine saline accompanied by a good dose of flower power and a light bodied Oud. Very beautiful. It has a homemade feel to it but regal. Heavily projection and sillage.