Utur Al-Yaqut Siraj
There is nothing sweet anywhere in Utur Al-Yaqut Siraj Eau de Parfum 100ml, and if that is what you have been looking for it is worth a closer look. Bergamot opens it with a bitter citrus bite. Mint and sage follow, and this is the interesting part, the mint cold and almost toothpaste clean, the sage herbal and dusty and a shade bitter itself, the two of them making something that smells like a cold morning rather than like a dessert. Cedarwood sits underneath the lot and dries it out further, clean and sharp in the way a newly sharpened pencil is. Four materials, all of them cool or dry, and not one of them sugary.
That makes it an unusually easy thing to wear. Hot weather does not bother it, it holds up fine in a meeting room, and it is thoroughly unisex because none of the four materials lean either way. It is also a good first fragrance for someone who has disliked everything they have tried so far, since what people usually object to is the sweetness. Reapply at midday if you want it noticeable all day, because the opening is the loudest part. Sage appears in Bariq too, set there against softer and sweeter company, which makes a rounder thing of the same material; here the mint keeps everything cold instead. That is the comparison to draw if you are choosing between the two. Four materials at the middle price in a 100ml bottle is sound arithmetic for something you will reach for on ordinary days.
The range is made by Saphir, a Spanish firm that has been producing and distributing fragrance since 1940, when it was a family run warehouse in Zaragoza trading as Almacenes Corinto. Affordable perfumery is the stated aim and the Zaragoza plant, research centre and all, is where the Saphir branded bottles are still filled.
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