Das Ziel Schwarz
Al Haramain Das Ziel Schwarz Extrait de Parfum 100ml is the dark half of the Das Ziel pair, and it goes about as far from its daytime counterpart as two scents in one line can go. Six materials, all of them serious, and no fruit or flowers anywhere in the composition.
Incense opens it, dry and resinous and smoky, the smell of a cold church rather than a lit candle, and pine sits alongside, sharp and green and sappy, like a branch snapped in winter. That pairing sets up an austere, outdoor first impression that is unusual at any price. Beneath it, patchouli is dark, damp and earthy, and labdanum brings a sticky, leathery sweetness that is the only concession to warmth in the first half of the wear. The close is vetiver, rooty and bitter and a little smoky itself, with amber glowing underneath to stop the whole thing from going cold.
At extrait strength the oil load is high and the wear is long. Expect it on skin all day and on a coat for far longer, and apply it with restraint, because a scent built on incense and resin does not need help carrying. It sits closer to the skin than its weight suggests, which makes it rather more sociable than the description implies, and easier to wear to dinner than to a morning meeting with the windows shut. Winter, evenings and cold dry air suit it; summer does not. It reads as unisex and it will appeal most to people who find conventional fragrance too sweet. Al Haramain has made perfume since 1970, founded by Kazi Abdul Haque on a small group of stores in Makkah and Madinah and developed into a Gulf wide maker and retailer by his son, Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman.
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