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  • Attars & CPOs Cult of Raw Materials Mukhallats Review Sandalwood Single note exploration The Attar Guide Uncategorized

    The Attar Guide: Sandalwood Reviews P-S

    Part II of II: The Attar Guide's sandalwood reviews from P to S, covering everything from an exceptional Ava Luxe take on the classic Guerlainesque animalic-wood of Jicky, a couple of surprisingly satisfying sandalwood-like…

    28th March 2022
  • Attars & CPOs Cult of Raw Materials Mukhallats Review Round-Ups Sandalwood Single note exploration The Attar Guide

    The Attar Guide: Sandalwood Reviews 0-M

    Part I of II of reviews of sandalwood attars, mukhallats, and CPOs. Everything from Mysore marketing shenanigans in the indie oil sector to slightly dodgy souk oils and the real deal from artisans like…

    24th March 2022
  • Attars & CPOs Cult of Raw Materials Mukhallats Sandalwood Single note exploration The Attar Guide

    Sandalwood: A Primer

    A primer on sandalwood - what makes it smell so special, the different types, the availability of Mysore sandalwood, alternatives to sandalwood, and the role of sandalwood in attar perfumery. …

    23rd March 2022
  • Ambergris Attars & CPOs Cult of Raw Materials Mukhallats Review The Attar Guide

    The Attar Guide: Ambergris Reviews G-Y

    Chapter 28 of The Attar Guide: Ambergris Reviews G-Y, in which we explore ambergris attars that smell like everything from fruit rot and coconut to resin and mucked-out stables.…

    4th March 2022
  • Ambergris Attars & CPOs Cult of Raw Materials Review Single note exploration The Attar Guide

    The Attar Guide: Ambergris Reviews A-E

    Chapter 27 of the Attar Guide takes us reviews of ambergris-focused attars, mukhallats, and CPOs from A to E, and from stinky fishing tackle to the silkiest white chocolate souffle and even a roll…

    2nd March 2022
  • Ambergris Attars & CPOs Cult of Raw Materials Mukhallats Single note exploration The Attar Guide

    The Attar Guide: Ambergris – A Primer

    Chapter 26 of the Attar Guide, and we're talking about ambergris. First a primer. to be followed by reviews of ambergris-focused attars, mukhallats and CPOs. An attenuated version of an article first published by…

    28th February 2022
  • Attars & CPOs Floral Mukhallats Review Rose Spicy Floral The Attar Guide Tuberose Vetiver Violet White Floral Ylang ylang

    The Attar Guide: Floral Reviews (T-Y)

    Chapter 25 of the Attar Guide: Floral Reviews (T-Y) - the last of the Floral Reviews and the last of the Attar Guide in 2021 - compares, inter alia, several Abdes Salaam Attar attars…

    17th December 2021
  • Attars & CPOs Chypre Floral Green Floral Jasmine Mukhallats Review Rose Saffron Spicy Floral The Attar Guide White Floral

    The Attar Guide: Floral Reviews (S)

    Chapter 24 of the Attar Guide: Floral Reviews (S) takes us from a room-busting 1970s-style rose chypre by Al Rehab that costs peanuts to the rare Sultan Pasha attar that got the better of…

    15th December 2021
  • Attars & CPOs Floral Green Floral Jasmine Mukhallats Orange Blossom Patchouli Review Rose Saffron Spicy Floral The Attar Guide Violet White Floral

    The Attar Guide: Floral Reviews (P-R)

    Chpater 23 of the Attar Guide and we are in the P-R section of the Floral reviews, so gird your loins for lots and lots of rose this and rose that (and a couple…

    13th December 2021
  • Attars & CPOs Floral Floral Oriental Green Floral Mukhallats Orange Blossom Review Rose Spicy Floral The Attar Guide White Floral

    The Attar Guide: Floral Reviews (M-O)

    Chapter 22 of the Attar Guide: Floral Reviews (M-O), featuring, inter alia, a very passable Noir de Noir dupe, a feral narcissus attar that may cause sexual hysteria and a perfume pretending to be…

    10th December 2021
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