Ostoorah
Ajmal (2013)

Incredibly soapy with an incredibly floral opening that's dominated by huge red Roses with a slight Jasmine and Tuberose nuance in the background, with an even further off Agarwood and Sandalwood. The Oud in this mix is by no means skanky or medicinal, just woody in nature and ever so smoky which the warm and gauzy Amber trail helps push it along, until around the 8 hour mark when the Roses `subside` a tad to allow the funky side of the Oud and Musk to poke through. Overall, I thoroughly like this juice, it's very natural and very potent, almost nauseatingly so, which you've really gotta like some big fat Roses to pull this juice, because the center stage, almost from beginning to end is giant, juicy, red Damascus Roses, and then some, which is leaning far more towards the Ladies side of the comfort spectrum, and they're so unbelievably potent, that they almost begin to come across as synthesized (which at this pricepoint, I'm sure that there's a healthy amount of synthetics involved, but I could be incorrect) due to the über concentration. If you layer a good Oud under Ostoorah, it somewhat tames those thick and sticky florals. I think it's the sillage that's throwing me off here, because although this composition is overtly floral, almost Glade® Plug-In floral, the sillage on this juice is huge! I barely touched the applicator stick to one side of my neck, and the projection was never ending. It smelled fantastic, but I was almost uncomfortable, you try it and be the judge.