Wisal Dhahab

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Thus the aromatic and juicy freshness of the fruits, the blossom beauty of the flowers and aromatic-spicy hedges marry with the scents of the spices from the various chambers. The blending here is solid IMO. Not sure if Nazir Ajmal is the nose behind all of Ajmal's scents or just some of them, but if he composed this, I think he balanced all the notes pretty admirably considering how many synthetics he'd have been working with. The bottle is... goofy, but it's got a fun charm to it, and performance is solid but not outrageous. It ends up landing in the general zone of Zaharoff's Signature Rosé, but Wisal Dhahab is a much better value. What made it more special was I get compliments when I wear it which gave me more reason to use it often. It became my spring 2016 signature scent. I loved this fragrance a lot, I often use this especially on special occasions because my husband, friends and family love the fragrance on me. It has in a way become my scent for a good year. 2017-2019 I went on a rapid fragrance journey- tested, tried and bought lots of fragrances and so my Ajmal bottle sat quietly inside my perfume cabinet waiting for me to notice it again. I occasionally use it but the other new fragrance discoveries always get my attention.

The fruity part is short-lived. You can include these fruit notes all you want, but these top notes come and go in 10 secs before being occupied by synthetic rose (+ huge amount of geranium), musk bomb, some sweet florals, and some red fruits. I find the scent to be overwhelming, one-dimensional, and stuffy, especially when it's all about rose. This is more powdery and musky than woody. I believe it has synthetic ambroxan or something that makes it project like crazy. Sillage is huge that it causes me a headache sometimes, so 1-2 spray is more than enough, although longevity on 'my skin' isn't greater than sillage. So slowly, too, the cooling winds from the distant snow-capped peaks of the mountains are awakening; bringing coolness and thus life. To be fair, I'll start by saying that this is wonderfully built. The accords are very well executed with the woods and the rose standing out, and some flowery notes floating within this incredibly warm composition. Perhaps I chose the wrong month of the year to try this, but I can tell you it is not my cup of tea at all. Not at all. As another reviewer on here pointed out, it's a love it or hate it scent for sure. All this is reflected in the surfaces of the pools of water, and makes the drops of many a fountain shine like little coloured crystals. At first I didn't care too much about this scent. But the more I wore it the more it seduced me into liking it. On my skin the peach is more prominent than what the note votes above made me expect. There's a powdery quality, I don't know if it comes from the rose, or the woods, or the combination of both. It feels like a very dry vetiver. This makes the freagrance feel like an ashy peach, in the best way possible. Or like if you could feel the fuzziness of the peach, I like the experience.It’s my second time owning this. The first time was about 7 years ago, I like it, but it didn’t hold my interest enough. I remember Wisal being very similar to Roses Musk as both are atmospheric kind of hairspray scents that are easily worn and non-offensive. So when I wanted something cheap but long lasting to use ‘n’ abuse for work days, I started thinking about Wisal again. At the time I also got Wisal Dhahab but wasn’t a fan of the sweet pear. I liked how neutral the original silver bottle was. But you’ve got to wonder why things in the past were rejected… I was introduced to Ajmal about five years ago and I immediately fell in love with the brand. My first Ajmal perfume was Faihaa. Although I love Faihaa they stopped producing it and the scent was very much a winter fragrance of florals, oud and safron. I was also adventurous in trying other Ajmal fragrances and so I ventured out and got a bottle of Wisal Dhahab, that was spring of 2016. Everyone was just starting to get into the deep oriental bandwagon at that time and W.D. was for me very special.

For Colour Collection, the famous bottle is presented in five different colors for the first time, referring to five types of precious gems. Each bottle comes in a luxurious amethyst box with the Guerlain symbol of the sun. The gemstone-colored bottles contain five different fragrances selected from the Les Exclusifs collection: the sapphire bottle contains L'Heure de Nuit (2012), the ruby bottle features Amber Brûlant (2008), Santal Royal (2014) comes in a green bottle that represents emerald, amber is the color of Spiritueuse Double Vanille (2007), and amethyst is the color for L'Eau de Parfum du 68 (2013). This is a more powerful and slightly more fruity take on Al Madinah Al Haramain and Amber Rose Al Rehab. Both of these are - if still available - considerably more affordable in the west, while Wisal and flankers are easily to be had and quite a bit less expensive in the middle east than here. It may logically depend on your geography as to which you prefer! The original Wisal in the silver bottle starts off more unisex and metallic and pretty much stays that way. Wisal Dahab starts with fruity-rose-oud with some powder and then loses the fruit altogether. Both of these are laden with Iso-E-Super as the woody note, making me understand comments about how Wisal smells common or chemical. A small grove of apple and pear trees are also already bearing fruit, some already overripe, playing their part in the fruity concert of scents that impregnates the air and is made so alive by the water features.

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The opening is a blast of juicy fruits- pear, apple and the faintest hints of the mandarine orange engulf you. But this is only for a moment as the rose glides in and settles quite wonderfully with the richest sandalwood you could desire. This sandalwood has an incense vibe that becomes pronounced in the dry down, it is a true sandalwood note, oriental in its bearing. Durability and sillage are very good and almost too much in midsummer. Now in September it is better wearable. This is not a beast-mode fragrance, you can surround yourself with four sprays, but it is so long lasting that I don't see why you'd need five. This is also a versatile fragrance- any season, any time of day. Wisal Dhahab is a wonder that clings to you and evokes dreams of being a 5 ft 10 elegant, white collar woman posing for a fashion magazine front cover... yet it is somehow unisex.

Guerlain presents the new collection of fragrances in Colour Collection Flacon Quadrilobé, featuring five fragrances from the exclusive offer. The new collection is a response to the challenge of creating associations and synthesis between certain colors and scents. The iconic Guerlain Quadrilobé bottle was created by Baccarat in 1908 for Jacques Guerlain’s perfume Rue de la Paix. The bottle, which is now produced by Verreries Brosse, is used for private and exclusive collections. If this is called a rose/wood combo, then it would not be telling you the full story of whiffs of geranium and jasmine that you can fully experience if spritzed on ones warm skin, or the musky, woody dry down and that faintest bit of cedar that remains on your skin. The patchouli troubles nothing, it is tamed by the musk.First, I'm surprised that the very first spray the fragrance is not bombed around my ears. This happens to me otherwise with almost all fragrances so, they are in the sequence also still so discreet. No, not here, I have to start right away with my nose over the sprayed skin. It is fruity, I think I recognize the apple. Then, unfortunately, it becomes musty, I wonder if it's the interplay of peach and pear? Then follows for a while something that I can't describe but almost makes me nauseous. I feel reminded of "Amira Gold" by Al Haramain, there is also such a phase for me. Finally, the grapefruit emerges, which accompanies me until the end of the fragrance, it is unfortunately not particularly appreciated by me.... It definitely moves on a fragrance base, but on the one hand it is very weak and on the other hand I can't decipher it. Only now, about 15 hours after the last time I sprayed it on, can I detect a hint of woody base. I have to bring my nose directly to the sprayed skin for this, but there is still so much fragrance that I hesitate to apply a new scent. The woody, ashy, heavy side makes it feel more masculine. But the peach and florals keep it close to unisex. To me, the opening rides the line between a dark, mysterious, and very attractive male, and something my aunts might wear, settling on the former as the freagrance dries down. Pluto writes that with "Wisal Dhahab" the head notes are completely undercut to her, well, with me they are persistent, as head notes rarely are. And so I can also report almost only from them: This spiciness is combined with dark red velvety roses. Oud is certainly also indoors (albeit artificial), which gives the fragrance a slight smokiness, but rather subtle. I don't like it too smoky anyway. This is complemented by slightly woody bonds. I can't see any other flowers. It finishes with a subtle musky note that is very pleasant.