AREEJ LE DORE
GENDA ATTAR

2022

PERFUMER
Russian Adam

Red Champaca (Water distilled)
Mysore Sandalwood

Champa was described by several people I’ve spoken to as the ‘darkest’ one of the Indian Attars collection. I agree on it being the darkest, most gothic and perhaps melancholic scent in the line. I don’t think it translates into a hard to pull off scent; I’d say Champa is more accessible of a scent profile than Tuba was for me.

Champa sets out as a woody and indolic scent, but it’s somewhat neutral. The indols are dosed and don’t have any excrement connection in my mind. The sweetness does a lot here and I really enjoy it.

I get a similar chocolate-y woody sweetness here that I get in Genda (Marigold). I love Adam’s description here of creamy woods and red falling leaves; that’s the vibe I can picture with this one. It’s the most ‘autumn’ scent of the line for me; a bit dark, a bit earthy and the tones are brown and red, but it’s also cozy.

I’d have to try this side by side with Genda to see which I like most between those two and they will follow Gulab, which is my favorite of the five releases in this collection.