Azman Perfumes Majnoon

Azman‘s Majnoon beckoned to me from the moment I read its notes. Coffee, tobacco, leather, rich spices, champaca and rose, two different kinds of oud, incense, patchouli, and amber were just some of the materials holding great promise. There was also the fact that the famous artisanal perfumer, Prin Lomros, was the nose.

I couldn’t wait to try it. For someone with my particular tests, it was bound to be hit, right?

Well, things did not turn out as anticipated.

Azman Perfumes Majnoon. Photo: Azman.

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Mallo SEZ

Let’s take a scented trip to Spain today through Mallo Parfums and its limited-edition SEZ. The small artisanal house was founded by Antonio Lasheras, who is also the nose. He describes his brand’s mission as follows:

Mallo is a project about memory and forgetfulness. This gambling game consists in storing memories and time will be responsible for buring them. This war between exceptional crops and strength of nature. A long search for something able to carry us to our more primitive origins or to some different kind of life.

Materials that mankind and earth created and that are not available anymore. Methods and techniques in order to create a few bottles to host lights and shadows within them.

Mallo SEZ banner. Source: Mallo.

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Calvin Klein Obsession: Vintage, Modern & Men’s

For perfumistas above a certain age, the name “Obsession” typically carries a host of memories. Maybe you wore it or maybe you were just assaulted by it from every corner. Either way, you’re bound to have some scent memory of the fragrance. Today, I will share with you reviews of three different versions.

Obsession for Men, vintage version

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Pekji Zeybeck, Pekji Battaniye, and Pekji Ruh

A look at three fragrances from Pekji‘s first collection: Zeybeck and Battaniye, plus a mini review for Ruh.

Pekji Collection One sample set. photo: my own.

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