Amethyst

Amethyst stands out among the other fragrances in the Bade'e Al Oud line for its charm, refinement, and longevity. It is a classic rose fragrance with the oriental warmth of oud, and it is very well executed. It smells of a sweet, deep rose enriched with resinous accords that beautifully enhance its character. Longevity on fabric lasts throughout the day, while the sillage is initially strong. The fragrance does not evolve significantly, but it does not need to. It is classically beautiful just as it is.

I think this is a fantastic perfume. from the start the phenomenal rose-oud duo explodes right in your face and keeps doing that. other specific notes I can pick out are definitely the pink pepper, which acts almost as a super strong saffron. the similarity with montale immediately came up and where I like, love, ALL montales oud-roses it is not difficult to see that I love this perfume too. there is real oud in it. only if you sniff your pulse right away you smell as well a band-aid note, gasoline, a barnyard note and rubber. when however you let the beam (this isn't a sillage anymore), the superbeam project almost horizontally from off and up your pulse right into your nostrils and cranium, it gets a very chic total radiation of this rose-oud mixxology with pepper and I guess jasmin, amber and vanilla acting in a supportive amberish ground for the two rebels. especially the two negative reviews (at which I had to laugh very very loud) made me race to (I think it was the notino website). the two reviews of the angry guy who had a mitraillistic aubade of rage against anyone who would buy, wear or smell like this perfume. such deep hate for me always work as a sign to have the perfume. and the lady who wrote that on a given moment it seemed she was locked in a purple painted room and couldn't get out anymore. these two reviews were so good. (other) only now this perfume came fully into its own right. I had two flacons, the first I gave away to my Straight Twinbrother, not because I disliked it. yet what now becomes clearer, is my newly gained capability to smell fruits ... [after 50 years of 'Perfumery', 1974-2026] and here I can discern the Bergamot & Pink Pepper clearly. Notes which merely always flew me by. then [this second Flacon, bc I missed this perfume when away] seemed to be inhabited with a 'softer' yet at the same time sufficiently abrasive Vibe, where I can smell the quality of the used Turkish & Bulgarian Roses and at once, the slightly Medicinal, Band-Aid, Rubbery Oud which also introduces a Sharp Saffron note, or so it feels. the Jasmine & Vanilla give the Floralcy a more Opulent Character while the Amber fills out the Basic Fight-Danse between Oud & Rose. a Brilliant Perfume. the notion of Dupe-Perfume never crosses my mind. it is a great perfume in a fully own Athmosphere .