Al Shomukh
Oriental Attar · 2011
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Long
- Reported sillage
- Strong
- Typical occasion
- Romantic/Evening
- Typical season
- Winter
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Modelled profile
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.
How Al Shomukh smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Al Shomukh carries across a room and announces itself, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Al Shomukh sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 72nd percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Al Shomukh carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,283 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 5,283 scored fragrances.
Al Shomukh feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 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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