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Utur Al-Yaqut Rima
Blackcurrant is the material that gives Utur Al-Yaqut Rima Eau de Parfum 100ml its character, and it is used tart rather than sweet, with that slightly green, slightly sharp edge the real fruit has before it is cooked. Jasmine follows it, sweet and heady and rather full, and the contrast between the two is the whole idea; the fruit cuts the flower and the flower rounds out the fruit. Patchouli closes it, earthy and a little damp, and it pulls the scent downward so what you are left with by the evening is darker and more grounded than what you started with. Three materials, each one easy to pick out, and a clear line from the first minute to the last hour.
It reads feminine on most people. Spring and autumn suit it better than the depths of either season, and it has enough fruit in it to feel light while the patchouli keeps it from being forgettable. Two sprays is right. Somebody who finds most flowers too polite and most fruit too juvenile will probably get on with this better than with either. Blackcurrant is used in Rima and in none of the others, which is the real argument for it over the rest of the jasmine bottles in this range; the others set the same flower against sweeter or softer company, so the fruit is what you are actually choosing here. At 100ml, living with it for a season is an easy enough thing to commit to.
100ml is a lot of bottle for something you are unlikely to tire of quickly, and the Utur Al-Yaqut range is eau de parfum throughout, so there is no stronger version to hold out for. Saphir, the Spanish company behind it, dates back to 1940 and remains entirely Spanish owned. Its own lines sit alongside designer fragrances it is licensed to make, and everything bearing the Saphir name is produced at its plant in Zaragoza.
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