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This oily stuff is very very strong and yes is so very close to the Halitosis undertones I have found in some of the Natural Tinctured Ambergris samples I have.

A very tiny dot of this provides a fixative and renders a mille-feuilled mammalian animalic to Rose Otto and Sandalwood.

The Marine tone swish may be difficult for those accustomed to White Musks and Ambroxan synthetics used in Contemporary fragrance.
5th May 2021
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This is essentially a review of a raw material, and as such, won't be as elaborative. Al Haramain produces perfume oils for mixing into custom perfumes or attars as is common in perfume shops throughout the Middle East, selling in bulk or in small 3ml bottles for personal use by themselves. Their ambergris oil (1970), sometimes also referred to as "White Amber Maliki" (as it is an oil often used by clergy in the region), smells just about as real as any other ambergris tincture or infusion I've smelled from the DIY perfumers I've been in contact locally through my friend's niche perfume store. Al Haramin ambergris oil does smell a little too bleached for my liking as an oil on it's own, but it's a fun experience.

Ambergris in it's natural state, which is very much how this oil smells, is ostensibly marine in nature, being salty like an over-chlorinated swimming pool, giving off this nostril-searing freshness like a bleached counter, but also having this "bad breath" sort of musky tone which counters the salty freshness. The mineralic qualities and the amount of "bad breath" musk vary from batch to batch, since one can't exactly regulate what a whale swallows nor how long the ejected ambergris is afloat and dries out before being found. The Al Haramin ambergris oil seems to lean more heavily marine and mineralic/earthy than musky and breathy, although there is still that undercurrent of animal funk in the ambergris that will make fans of synthetic ambroxide-derived materials uncomforable. No wear time or context usage suggestions given because again, this is a raw material.

Compared to other ambergris oils or pastes I've smelled, Al Haramain plays it a bit safe, but safe is very relative because compared to any modern casual perfume fan's perception of an ambergris note in commercial perfume, this is full-on animalic and confrontational. If you're a DIY perfumer and looking for an ambergris oil to mix as a base for something that leans more on the oceanic aspects of ambergris than on the breathy or raunchy musk aspects of the material, Al Haramain may have what you're looking for, and it seems to be not priced unreasonably at that, meaning there may be some degree of synthetic filler here too. Regardless, this smells like ambergris, so an ambergris oil smelling like ambergris is pretty much a win for me, but I wouldn't buy this just to wear. Thumbs up.
8th November 2020
235623