Black Aoud

Montale

Nose: Pierre Montale

Type: Floral, Woody, Musk

Strength: Eau de Parfum

Notes: Rose Petals, Mandarin Orange, Labdanum, Patchouli Leaves, Musk, Cambodian Oud


Mandarin Orange and rose petals mist from this lovely aluminum flask as you depress the spray. They melt into a wreath of patchouli leaves, woody, earthy and warm. Musk warms up on the skin fresh and clean to lighten the notes while leathery labdanum softens and rounds out the notes. Precious Cambodian oud appears to have entered the scene to complete the opulent richness of this fine Eau de Parfum. 

Black Aoud is a very red rose heightened by mandarin orange, encircled by woods, musk and leather. 

Sophisticated eau de parfum to wear with confidence. Dark and mysterious, however hard to ignore. Beautiful sillage and long lasting. People around you will know you are wearing a rose parfum, but to the untrained nose, they will marvel at the surrounding scent. Black Aoud is a parfum in which these velvety rose petals are undoubtedly center stage dusted with mandarin orange. Simply sleek and beautiful. 

May be purchase at Parfumerie Nasreen

$170.00
3.3 oz./100 ml.

Red Vetyver

Montale

Eau de Parfum

Type: Fresh, Woody, Citrus

Nose: Pierre Montale

Notes: Grapefruit, Elemi, Red Cedar, Patchouli Leaves, Vetyver, Black Pepper

Red Vetyver starts off with a citrus burst of grapefruit and a hint of pine and lemon from elemi. These are quickly joined by a forest of red cedar, crisp and clean along with earthy green and woody vetyver. Further enhancing the woody flavor are patchouli leaves. Rounding out this composition is a hint of black pepper for that slight spicy nasal punch. 

This Eau de Parfum is a classy, fresh and crisp signature scent. Wear it as if it is your own natural scent. It is what you smell like...always. Red Vetyver is long lasting with nice sillage. 

May be purchased at Parfumerie Nasreen.

$170.00
3.3 oz./100 ml.

Violet Fumee

Mona D'Orio

Type: Floral, Green, Woody, Spicy

Strength: Eau de Parfum Intense

Top Notes: Mediterranean Lavender, Calabria Bergamot, Balkan Oak moss

Heart Notes: Egyptian Violet Flowers, Egyptian Violet Leaves, Turkish Rose, Pipe Tobacco, Clary Sage, Saffron, Vetyver from Haiti

Base Notes: Opoponax, Myrrh, Cashmeran

Beautiful! Very feminine but not overly floral. Starting with a burst of Calibrian Bergamot, Mediterranean Lavender and Oak moss from the Balkans, the start is earthy, creating the perfect bed for the upcoming notes to rest on. This combination of notes alone lets you know that this will be a very deep and velvety violet. As the dark purple violet scent emerges, it is fumed with pipe tobacco. Along with this note arrives the violet leaf note. The leaves add to the composition a damp mossy feel. The leaves generally add an aquatic, metallic freshness that I personally love and here it is no exception. In this composition the leaves keep the prior and following notes from becoming too dark and too deep. Turkish rose, also fumed with pipe tobacco adds its lovely essence, while Haitian vetyver adds another fresh yet woody note. Herbal clary sage and spicy saffron add spicy, herbal facets to this ever blooming parfum.

Now entering this already beautiful composition are the base notes. Somalian Myrrh and Somalian Opoponax, and spicy, amber, musk aroma of cashmeran. The olfactory joy is that every note dances around the dark velvety violet which is ever present from beginning to the very end. This is not a loud fragrance but certainly isn't a shrinking or shy violet either.

Violet Fumee is velvety, mossy, spicy woody and warm. It is long lasting, not over powering and is 100 % Lovely!

Violet Fumee may be purchased at Parfumerie Nasreen.

$330.00
3.3 oz./100 ml.

POUR LE SOIR

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Cologne 

Pour le Soir for Evening

Notes: Siam Benzoin, Bulgarian Rose, Iranian Rose Honey, Incense Absolute

A beginning of sweet vanilla from Siam Benzoin. Add Bulgarian Rose to add a very nice rose floral and sweeten just a bit further by the addition of Iranian Rose Honey for an edible rose. Five minutes along the development of this parfum, Incense absolute adds a mild smoky flavor. 

Nearly a cordial note of alcohol, but another sniff of the wrist and I note a definite whiff of the incense, yet still sweet, edible rose with the vanilla and rose honey. Delicious!

May be purchased at Lucky Scent, The official site for Maison Francis Kurkdjian and many more.

Attar Tribute

Amouage

Notes: Frankincense (Omani Silver), Saffron, Jasmine, Taifi Rose, Leather, Tobacco, Cedarwood, Patchouli, Vetyver

Launched: 2009

 "I am Queen Nefertari of Egypt and have just received the most precious of gifts from the Omani Empire. It is a small white box, the home of a beautiful crystal bottle. Contained within this bottle is the most precious parfum in the world and entirely royal. It graces my course over marble floors amid the marble columns of my palace. I am completely a Queen."

Dreaming aside, Attar Tribute is heavenly and positively regal! If you are someone who has been reading this blog, then it is no secret that I love a well done rose. The damask rose being my favorite, now has competition. The Taifi Rose! The Taifi Rose is from Taif, one of the oldest cities in the world. Taif is located in the western part of Saudi Arabia and situated on the eastern area of Al-Sarawat Mountains. It is known as the summer capital of Saudi Arabia, as people escape the summer heat and flock to this cool, lush city which offers beautiful scenery in a relaxed atmosphere.

My beloved Omani silver Frankincense is the one note I look forward to and expect in all of my Amouage Parfums and is very precious to me. Each and every note of this beautiful ruby of a parfum warms harmoniously on my skin. Spicy Saffron, the warmth of Leather, tabacco, fresh woody cedarwood, earthy patchouli and fresh vetyver. I am in complete awe. I don't know what I would say to the House of Amouage except: Thank You from the depths of my heart for this creation.

I am very grateful to Nasreen for these precious golden drops.

Beloved

Amouage

Type: Floral, Chypre, Leather

Top Notes: Lavender, Jasmine, Rose, Clary Sage, Camomile, Clovebud, Cardamom
Heart Notes: Immortelle, Violet, Ylang-Ylang, Patchouli, Benzoin, Olibanum
Base Notes:  Musk, Sandalwood, Cedar, Vanilla, Castoreum, Maltol, Civet, Leather, Ambergris

Slightly spicy notes dance around these florals like little bits of fairey dust on petals adding a hint of warmth here and there. Moving along a slight earthy, woody note with drops of vanilla emerge with light hints of new leather, before the emergence of smoky ambergris. Somewhere between dawn and dusk, light feathers of white musk mingle with the composition.

This is a chypre, clean, floral with a metallic pop. Dry greens of powdery jasmine, sweetened by purple roses and soapy ylang-ylang. Sophisticated and easy to wear. This classy lady is not apologetic but very confident in all she is and does. Beloved is yet another beautiful parfum in the collection offered by the House of Amouage. Quality Parfum fit for Royalty. 

May be purchased at Parfumerie Nasreen.

100 ml./3.3oz $430.00

LES NOMBRES D' OR ROSE ETOILE DE HOLLAND

Mona d' Orio

Type: Amber, Floral, Spicy

Notes: Calabria Bergamot, White Peach, Heliotrope, Bulgarian and Turkish Rose, Geranium from Egypt, Clove, Patchouli, Atlas and Virginia Cedar, Vanilla, Benzoin, Amber, Baume de Perou.

" Launched as a salute to Mona d' Orio's life and work as a perfumer, Rose Etoile de Holland is the culmination of Mona's study of a special rose that climbed the walls of Maison Sainte Blanche in Cabris, France. Rose Etoile de Holland is no ordinary rose: powdery, spicy with a round, lush white peach note lifted by aldehydes and sprinkled with clove. 
   Heart notes of warm cedar, earthy patchouliwh and a sly leather note adds to the scintillating heart while a hint of powdery heliotrope conspire to create an innocent, yet joyously carnal scent.
   This parfum manages to evoke a rose at once regal, joyous and sensual, its progression from top notes to base notes gathering depth and beauty as it progresses." 

I can think of nothing to add to this description already provided by the parfum house. This eau de parfum
is nice for special occasions.

May be found at Parfumerie Nasreen.

$230.00
3.3 oz./ 100 ml.