Amouage
Al Shomukh
Oriental Attar · 2011
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
A dark silver oud threaded with Taifi rose, where davana and musk lend an animalic, almost fermented edge. Vetiver grounds the richness, giving a dense oriental floral that fills the air with weight and shadow.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Slow Depth
A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.
Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.
See your own Taste Map →How Al Shomukh smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Al Shomukh carries across a room and announces itself, and leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears.
Al Shomukh sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 68th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Al Shomukh carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Al Shomukh sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 96th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Al Shomukh leaves its components exposed, shifting as it wears. That is 96th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Al Shomukh carries sweetness without letting it define the scent.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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