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      Qandahaar – The Oil • AL SHAREEF OUDH, ScentAdvice

      AL SHAREEF OUDH
      Qandahaar – The Oil


      Qandahaar – The Oil • AL SHAREEF OUDH, ScentAdvice


      PINE KERNEL
      MINT
      CAMPHOR
      CLOVE
      CARDAMOM
      DRIED ROSE
      MOSSY
      MUSKY
      CEDARWOOD
      SANDALWOOD
      HINDI OUD ASSAM

      ‘QANDAHAAR – The Oil, When crafting a fragrance it is imperative for the composer to have an image in mind – A picture that will form a canvas for the subsequent art to beautify and adorn. The crafting of this Oudh Oil was unique. The imagery in mind was of recounting a tale of striking contrasts: rough but gentle, raw yet beautiful, familiar but mysterious and so it was named QANDAHAAR – an Ode to the city and its people. hen opening the bottle, you are greeted with a cloud of crushed pine kernels, deliciously lingering around the stems of dry fleeing mint…a gust of cool camphor and mint begin to mingle with the pine and then shyly move into the background allowing the tingling clove and cardamom resting on the petals of dried blood-red roses to brashly come forward and debut their presence. Wafts of clove which is amazingly fresh and vivid, brisk and intriguing. The rose petals rise to a crescendo swirling to become more prominent and then – verrry gently comes through the most tantalising barn. A barn that is green, mossy, slightly musky, flirting in the finest rose wood, cedar with  a hint of sandalwoodiness butter. Then that proud and haughty hindi drydown –   ecstasy.‘ – Al Shareef Oudh

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