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Utur Al-Yaqut Najm
A 30ml bottle of Utur Al-Yaqut Najm Eau de Parfum is for people who would rather own several scents than one big bottle of anything, and at 24 euro that is an easy enough proposition. It is small enough for a bag, a desk drawer or a weekend away, and the liquid inside is eau de parfum, the same as everything else in the Utur Al-Yaqut range.
As for what it smells like, pink pepper starts it, dry and rosy with a slight fizz to it. Vanilla and chestnut arrive next and they are the heart of the thing, the chestnut nutty and a bit starchy, which is a genuinely uncommon material and the reason Najm is not simply another soft vanilla. Sandalwood and amber take it home, creamy and resinous in turn, and the finish is warm, close and comfortable rather than showy. Five materials, all of them on the gentle side of warm.
It suits cold months, soft jumpers and close company. People who like sweet smells but are bored of plain vanilla tend to take to it quickly, and it does not read as particularly masculine or feminine. Spray it low rather than at the neck and let your own warmth lift it.
Chestnut, sandalwood and pink pepper are used in Najm and in nothing else across the range, which is a fair reason to choose it over the other warm and sweet bottles in the set. The same scent is sold as a 100ml bottle if you find yourself getting through it, and the strength does not differ between the sizes, so the only question is how much you want to own and whether you want it in a bag. Saphir says its purpose is affordable perfumery, and a bottle of this size is the least painful way to test that claim. The company is entirely Spanish owned and has been trading in fragrance since 1940, with its own research centre and filling plant in Zaragoza, where everything under the Saphir name is made.
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