Nebras Al Ishq Wahaj Concentrated Perfume Oil 6ml
Bought by the millilitre rather than the bottle, Rasasi Nebras Al Ishq Wahaj Concentrated Perfume Oil 6ml is a different proposition from a spray and should be treated as one.
A perfume oil is applied, not sprayed, usually to the wrist and the neck, and it stays where it is put. There is no cloud of scent in the first minute and no sharp alcoholic opening either, just a warm, gradual bloom that grows as it meets skin. A 6ml bottle sounds small and is not: oil is used a drop at a time and it will comfortably outlast a far larger spray bottle.
What it holds is rich. Jasmine and damascus rose lead, the jasmine heady and warm, the rose deep and slightly jammy, with orris adding a cool powdery quality underneath them and lotus bringing a clean, watery lift that keeps the flowers from closing in. The middle is where it turns sweet: praline is nutty and caramelised, vanilla is soft and smooth, and patchouli cuts across the pair with something earthy and dark. Musk runs through to hold it together. Oud finishes it, dry and resinous and a little smoky, and in an oil it lasts a very long time indeed.
Nine materials, worn close to the skin, and best suited to evenings and cold weather. It reads as a traditional Arabian composition rather than a Western one, and anyone used to sprays should start with less than they think they need, since an oil this concentrated does not forgive a heavy hand. Applied properly it will still be there the following morning.
Rasasi is a family owned Emirati house that has made perfume in Dubai since 1979, working in oud and the older blending traditions as well as in the Western style.
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