Ashfaque
Jonoon al Oud
Tuberose Dream
The star of this attar, as the name suggests, is tuberose - my other half's favourite flower. So I thought why not make a tuberose centric 100% natural attar as a gift to my wife, suitable for both! I wanted to highlight it’s sweet, somewhat buttery, velvety and evocative smell. So to highlight and complement its various odours facets, I added bergamot, elemi, blood orange that together welcomes the wearer to a muted citrusy opening.
It then opens a little bit more with a refreshing smell with a help from orange blossom. At this stage tuberose is assisted by a floral bouquet of ylang ylang, Egyptian common jasmine, jasmine sambac, roses from Iran, Turkey and Morocco. I also wanted to add some resins to augment 'some' incensy vibe to it – more specifically to highlight the lactonic, sweet and somewhat ambery/resinous facets of tuberose. So in goes wild massoia bark, tonka bean, elemi, frankincense, myrrh, sweet myrrh, styrax, and my favourites labdanum and benzoin.
To make the whole concoction a bit ‘moody’ and long lasting, I added 3 ouds (a Cambodian, a Sylheti and Manek II from AgarwoodAssam) Haitian vetiver, castoreum and white/grey ambergris at the base, none of which springs out loud as it would ruin the tuberose. In small quantity they seem to do the trick pretty well. Lastly, all these beautiful oils are on a beautiful base of two Santalum album - from Bangladesh (organic) and Southern India.
I now want to add civet, saffron (my favourite) and a few more things but not sure if I should. My wife told me not to add civet. Don’t tell her, but I want to (, provided I don’t screw up)! Your suggestion is always welcome.
Regardless of adding more or not, I’ll now have to let this attar mature for at least 2-3 weeks to see how it changes – a difficult exercise for me!
Notes
Top: Bergamot, blood orange, elemi, Tunisian neroli
Middle: Ylang ylang abs, Ruh of Jasminum sambac, Egyptian jasmine abs, Persian rose otto, Turkish & Morrocan rose abs, frankincense
Base: Sandalwood (Bangladesh and India), massoia bark, white/grey ambergris, castoreum, Manek II (AgarwoodAssam), Cambodian and Sylheti oud, Haitian vetiver, Venezuelan tonka bean, labdanum, myrrh, elemi, benzoin, styrax, tobacco abs and civet.
Notelist updated on June 9
The star of this attar, as the name suggests, is tuberose - my other half's favourite flower. So I thought why not make a tuberose centric 100% natural attar as a gift to my wife, suitable for both! I wanted to highlight it’s sweet, somewhat buttery, velvety and evocative smell. So to highlight and complement its various odours facets, I added bergamot, elemi, blood orange that together welcomes the wearer to a muted citrusy opening.
It then opens a little bit more with a refreshing smell with a help from orange blossom. At this stage tuberose is assisted by a floral bouquet of ylang ylang, Egyptian common jasmine, jasmine sambac, roses from Iran, Turkey and Morocco. I also wanted to add some resins to augment 'some' incensy vibe to it – more specifically to highlight the lactonic, sweet and somewhat ambery/resinous facets of tuberose. So in goes wild massoia bark, tonka bean, elemi, frankincense, myrrh, sweet myrrh, styrax, and my favourites labdanum and benzoin.
To make the whole concoction a bit ‘moody’ and long lasting, I added 3 ouds (a Cambodian, a Sylheti and Manek II from AgarwoodAssam) Haitian vetiver, castoreum and white/grey ambergris at the base, none of which springs out loud as it would ruin the tuberose. In small quantity they seem to do the trick pretty well. Lastly, all these beautiful oils are on a beautiful base of two Santalum album - from Bangladesh (organic) and Southern India.
I now want to add civet, saffron (my favourite) and a few more things but not sure if I should. My wife told me not to add civet. Don’t tell her, but I want to (, provided I don’t screw up)! Your suggestion is always welcome.
Regardless of adding more or not, I’ll now have to let this attar mature for at least 2-3 weeks to see how it changes – a difficult exercise for me!
Notes
Top: Bergamot, blood orange, elemi, Tunisian neroli
Middle: Ylang ylang abs, Ruh of Jasminum sambac, Egyptian jasmine abs, Persian rose otto, Turkish & Morrocan rose abs, frankincense
Base: Sandalwood (Bangladesh and India), massoia bark, white/grey ambergris, castoreum, Manek II (AgarwoodAssam), Cambodian and Sylheti oud, Haitian vetiver, Venezuelan tonka bean, labdanum, myrrh, elemi, benzoin, styrax, tobacco abs and civet.
Notelist updated on June 9
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