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Utur Al-Yaqut Ruh
Sweet scents are the ones people either love immediately or cannot be near, which makes 30ml a shrewd size for Utur Al-Yaqut Ruh Eau de Parfum. At 24 euro you can find out where you stand without a large bottle sitting unused, and the small one travels and tucks into a bag.
There are four materials in it and every one of them is on the sweet side. Caramel comes first, cooked rather than raw, with a touch of burnt sugar at its edge. Honey builds on that, heavier and waxier, closer to the comb than to anything poured from a jar. Vanilla and white musk hold the rest of the wearing, the vanilla warm and broad, the white musk clean and soapy, and it is that last material which keeps the other three honest. Take it out and the scent would be too much; leave it in and the whole thing reads like warm skin.
It belongs to cold weather and close quarters. It does not shout across a room, so if that is what you are after this is the wrong bottle, but for being pleasant to stand next to it is hard to beat at the money. One spray, and reapply later if you want it rather than doubling up at the start. Anyone who gets complimented on sweet smells will know within a minute whether this is for them. Honey is in this bottle alone across the whole range. Caramel and white musk both come back in Shujae, where far darker materials sit on top of them, so Ruh is the only one of the set that puts sweetness at the front and leaves it there. There is a 100ml bottle when you are ready for it.
Saphir has been making and distributing fragrance from Spain since 1940, and all of its own branded product is made there, at a Zaragoza plant with a research centre attached. Perfumery at a price people can afford is what the company says it is for, and the small bottles in this range are where that is most obvious.
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