Ornament
The older bottles in this catalogue are often the more restrained ones, and Afnan Ornament Eau de Parfum Pour Homme 100ml, which goes back to 2014, is a good example of that. It opens crisp. Apple provides a clean, slightly tart sweetness, lavandin cuts in with a sharp herbal coolness and geranium adds a green, faintly rosy bite that keeps the top from feeling soft. The middle is where it becomes properly masculine in the traditional sense: sandalwood creamy and smooth, patchouli dark and earthy, and dry amber lending a resinous warmth that has none of the stickiness amber can bring when it is handled sweetly.
The finish is cedarwood, musk and oakmoss, which is about as classic a masculine base as exists. Dry wood, clean musk and that faintly bitter green oakmoss together produce a scent that reads as tidy and grown up. Nine materials, well behaved, nothing showing off. A working day of wear with moderate projection is what it gives, and it is noticeably less sweet than most of what the house has released since. That makes it useful: an office fragrance, a daytime fragrance and one that an older wearer will find more comfortable than the newer sweet compositions. Autumn and winter suit it best, though the apple and lavandin keep it usable in spring. It is sold for men and wears that way without any ambiguity.
Afnan was set up in 2007 in the United Arab Emirates and runs its own perfumery there, which is unusual for a house at this price, since it is neither licensing a designer name nor buying in finished juice. Its own promoted favourites are the 9 AM fragrances and its lines include Turathi, Supremacy, Kiaana and Bouquet.
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