Aquilaria Blossom by Areej le Doré X Agar Aura is a woodsy citrus-oud-leather scent that surprises with its simplicity and lightness. Remarkably uncluttered for an oudy scent, and with only minor floral facets (an…
Wrapping up the Oud section of the Attar Guide now with a final set of reviews, this time specifically looking at oudy concentrated perfume oils (CPOs), which run the gamut from the bougiest of…
Oudy Mukhallat Reviews: D-W, covering some of the most beautiful oudy mukhallats ever made and others you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.…
Hera by Papillon Artisan Perfumes is a surprisingly abstract, resolutely non-literal take on the theme of a bridal perfume. As complex and as bittersweet as marriage itself, rather than the picture perfect shininess of…
Reviews of oudy mukhallats A-C, with an aside on cultural misappropriation in the attar or mukhallat world. …
Empire des Indes by Oriza L. Legrand is a soft, spicy opoponax scent that stands out even against the gazillion other opoponax perfumes I own…
Civet de Nuit by Areej Le Doré X Sultan Pasha is a collaboration between Russian Adam of Areej Le Doré and Sultan Pasha - a retro floral bomb with a purring civet and lascivious licked-skin…
The Attar Guide's Pure Oud Oil Reviews: P-Y features great examples of how creative distillation techniques can produce big surprises! From an oud oil by Rising Phoenix Perfumery that smells like a double espresso…
The Attar Guide's Pure Oud Oil Reviews: L-O looks at oud oils that range in aroma from wild mint, baked lamp, and soot-blackened walls to truffles, cèpes, myrrh, aged patchouli, humus, prunes soaking in…
The Attar Guide's PURE OUD Oil Reviews: D-K covers some of my very favorite pure oud oils ever, from the stunning, honeyed Medieval panforte of Agar Aura's Hirta and the honeysuckle floral-ishness of Ensar…