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…
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…
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. …
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…