I recently got some new samples from Sultan Pasha and am very impressed. More refined, more luxurious, more elegant vs some of his first creations, and the ingredients are super high quality. Some of the florals are the same used in super high-$$ JAR fragrances like Jardenia and Bolt of Lightning. Real oud oils, some from Ensar, real musk, taif rose, etc... His blends aren't cheap now, but they will get more expensive as he becomes more well known I'm sure.While I found my happy zone with oud oils, as a diversion, master blender Sultan Pasha's Arabesque Noir is luxuriously self-indulgent:
TOP:
Taif Rose
MIDDLE:
Moroccan Rose, Honey,
BASE:
Muguet Base, organically grown Cambodi oud, Musk Gazelle, Amber, tobacco
Thanks for the info Mr. P, yes I think Ajmal and ASAQ are following the footsteps of western houses with terrible reformulations. I order the Kashmir musk current release description say : “Genuine Musk from Kashmir , produced by ASQ.†But is some flowery muscone mix very weak and no silage at all, I am in a process of returning it this is what the asaq manger response to my return request:The newest batch is not brutal at all but it is barely musky. Some weird sweet flowery synthetic stuff with only the faintest hint of the old musk scent. The stuff from a few years back was indeed very very intense and animalic. Their reformulation (assuming Zahra's sent me the correct oil) is just terrible.
He really makes some amazing attars doesn't he?jalil said:for me attar = sultan pasha
I try samples yes sultan use all natural yes but some of Attars he use some synthetic as he saidjalil said:I have tabac grande / ambre cuir / cafe ambre noir / resine precieuse / incense royale
All are outstanding attar with incredibke scent and longevity
I compare to my Amouage attar tribute and zahwa
Amouage are great but clearly hunder Sultan pasha in therm of complexity and longevity