Utur Al-Yaqut Hub
There is a classic shape to Utur Al-Yaqut Hub Eau de Parfum 100ml, and shapes become classic because they work. Bergamot opens it, bright and bitter and gone fairly quickly. Rose and jasmine are the centre and the point of the scent, the rose full and a little jammy, the jasmine sweeter and more insistent, the two of them together giving the scent its whole character, rich and a little old fashioned. Patchouli and vanilla carry the end, patchouli earthy and slightly damp, vanilla smoothing it over, and the effect is to set the flowers against something darker so they do not drift off into perfume counter prettiness.
Five materials and all of them doing something obvious, which is a compliment at 24 euro. It reads feminine, though the patchouli gives it enough grip that it is not only that. Evenings suit it, cool weather suits it, and it has more presence than the price suggests, so go easy to begin with and add a spray if you want it louder. Rose and jasmine together is the oldest idea in the business and the range pairs them only here. Rima sets jasmine against a tart fruit instead, and Batal puts rose underneath a cold opening, so the three overlap on paper and smell nothing alike; Hub is the one that commits to the flowers and lets them lead.
This is the lowest of the three prices the Utur Al-Yaqut bottles carry, and for 100ml at eau de parfum strength that is a lot of wear for the money. Saphir has been in this trade since 1940. It started as a family warehouse in Zaragoza called Almacenes Corinto and grew into a company that makes and distributes fragrance across its own lines and under licence for designer names, with the Spanish ownership intact the whole way through. A bottle like Hub is the clearest demonstration of what the company says it is for, which is perfumery priced to be bought rather than saved up for.
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