Taj Attar Perfume Oil 12ml

Jasmine is named twice in Al Haramain Taj Attar Perfume Oil 12ml, once at the top and again in the middle, and that repetition is the clearest statement a note list can make about what a fragrance is for. This is a jasmine attar with oud underneath it.

The opening pairs that jasmine with mandarin orange and violet. Mandarin orange is soft and sweet rather than sharp, violet is powdery and slightly green with that faint sweet dustiness it always carries, and between them they make the first few minutes gentler than the base would suggest. Jasmine is already rich at this stage and gets richer.

In the middle, cedarwood arrives dry and sharp and oud comes in beside it. The oud here is handled on the softer side, more resinous and dry than medicinal, which keeps it from swallowing the flowers whole. It is the material that gives the oil its depth and its staying power, and it is the reason this smells like an attar rather than a floral perfume.

Underneath, musk is soft and skin close, amber adds warm resin, patchouli puts earth beneath everything, and vanilla sweetens the last hours. Nine distinct materials, built to be worn on the skin rather than sprayed into the air.

Applied with the rod to wrists and neck, it projects very little and lasts a great deal, which is what an oil is for. It reads unisex, it suits evenings and cold months, and a 12ml bottle used this way is a long term purchase. The house was started by Kazi Abdul Haque in 1970 and oud is its signature material, the one that pulled him into the trade in Makkah and Madinah in the first place. Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman, his son, took the perfumery forward from there.