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Oudh Al Abiyad
White flowers and creamy sandalwood are the substance of Rasasi Oudh Al Abiyad Eau de Parfum 50ml, and it is a gentler fragrance than the name leads most people to expect.
It starts with rose and bergamot. The bergamot is bright and faintly bitter, the rose fuller and sweeter, and the two of them together give a classical opening that could belong to almost any decade. From there it becomes properly floral. Lily of the valley is the clean, green, slightly soapy one, lilac is powdery and soft with a sweetness that always reads as old fashioned in the best sense, and behind them sandalwood and cedarwood supply the creaminess and the dry pencil like quality that hold the flowers in place.
The finish is where it gets its character. Musk is soft and close to the skin, amber warms it, and oakmoss adds a damp, earthy green that gives the whole thing a slightly vintage feel rather than a modern polish. It is balanced rather than loud, with nine materials arranged conventionally and no single one of them shouting over the rest.
That makes it a good deal more wearable in daylight and in an office than much of what this house produces, and it is the sort of fragrance that gets worn down to the last few millilitres rather than admired and left on a shelf. If you want something that turns heads, look elsewhere in the range. As an eau de parfum it lasts through a working day, and 50ml is a sensible size for something to be worn regularly rather than saved. It reads as unisex, leaning feminine.
Rasasi was founded in Dubai in 1979 and remains in family hands, making both Arabian style perfumes and eaux de parfum in the Western manner.
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