Oud Faten Attar by Dukhni | Refreshing scents blended with Oud | Authentic Arabic Fragrance Oil | 100% Pure, Alcohol-Free, Halal | 1 bottle x 6ml

This is an excellent product. It only needs a spot on the skin to do the job.

It should costs less and doesn’t last longer

This scent comes in a lovely cardboard box which opens like a coffret and has a magnetic front flap. It also has a transparent plastic cover that wraps around most of the box. As soon as I took that off I smelt the scent which is really strong. There are geometric Arabic shapes either side of the box on a light background to contrast with the dark green of the rest of the box. There is a gold line and branding on the front and Arabic lettering in spot UV varnish. There is some general blurb (ie brand’s heritage) in gold on the reverse of the ‘lid’ when the box is open. It seems as if some of the scent spilled onto the reverse of the lid as it looks wet/greasy. The inside of the box is covered with a black fabric that feels a bit like velours and has the middle section cut out so that the bottle fits neatly inside it. The bottle has an octagonal shape and metallic base and screw on top (the latter having some delicate geometric Arabic design in filigree). This gives the bottle some weight; it doesn’t feel flimsy at all. The bottle hasn’t got a spraying nozzle but you dab the scent with a glass wand built into the screw on top. Info on the back of the box says that contents have been made in India and should be used within 60 months of opening. Furthermore ingredients (concentrated perfume oil, parfum concentre) haven’t been tested on animals and are 100% vegan. The scent is intense and long lasting with warm and smoky/musky notes, tinges of dampened wood.

I have a background in aromatherapy, and some very brief training in perfumery and I have mixed a lot of fragrances for myself over the years.This fragrance oil is POTENT! And it’s glorious. It’s such a nuanced blend, I can’t even begin topick out the different notes.Given the tiny (6ml) bottle and the glass dauber, and the potency of the oil, it would be easy to over do it and end up with a headache inducing amount of fragrance (and go through the bottle quickly), so I decided to make this into an eau de toilette.I mixed the 6ml bottle into 50ml of pure perfumers alcohol, so just over a eau de toilette strength dilution.It’s still more potent than any other perfume I have. I’d say this is most certainly a unisex fragrance and so will be fighting with my husband over who gets to use it, as he also thinks that it’s one of the nicest fragrances he’s smelled.The little bottle is very pretty so I’ll be repurposing that for something. The box it came in also makes it gift-worthy, although sadly I won’t be keeping the box - these just isn’t the room to hold on to packaging.I do think that this is rather pricey for 6ml of perfume oil, even if it is 100% pure, but the brand is pricey in general and known for quality fragrances.

This is beautifully presented in a box with Arabic calligraphy decoration (I don't know what it says as I can't read Arabic), which folds open to reveal the tiny glass bottle mounted on a black velvet background.Unfortunately, the luxurious impression was somewhat marred for me by indications the bottle may have leaked. The box lid was stained at the exact place it rests over the bottle, and the bottle felt a little bit greasy/tacky on the outside. I don't think I got short measure of the perfume, as the bottle still looks pretty full, so it might simply be that there was slight spillage on the outside of the bottle before it was packaged. Nevertheless, it shouldn't happen.Perfume is such a subjective experience, varying even with the body chemistry of the wearer, that I feel sad and almost guilty to admit I don't much like it, as if it were my fault.For me, it has quite an abrasive, lemony opening, which is unfortunately reminiscent of household cleaners. After a time, it does calm down to be sweeter and softer, with more of the woody and resinous notes I was expecting, but I'm still not wowed by it.Ironically, I think it's the concessions to Western modernity that spoil this scent. They've tried to make it more appealing to Western markets, but in the process added notes that manufacturers of cleaning products also use to appeal to those same markets.In general, I like Arabian perfume, but I don't think this is a classic example. I would consider a more traditional blend from this same manufacturer.

Not long lasting

This is very nicely packaged, the box opening up to reveal a lovely little bottle of oud.The oil is applied by a glass stopper and you really only need the tiniest drop. I added one to the upper part of my hand near the bottom of the thumb as I find in this spot I get nice wafts of scent throughout the day, so always test in this place.Initially, even with the tiniest touch of oil I thought this might be a bit to strong for my taste, I think there is quite a strong lime or citrus scent that when you first apply it really stands out. But over the course of about an hour, the smell really settled and I found it quite lovely. A few hours later and it was even nicer and I could still smell it subtly while reading in bed, 6 hours after applying it.It is a very unisex scent, leaning towards the masculine, but definitely nice enough that I will happily continue to wear it. It is a small bottle as is usual with such oils, but it really will last a long time. So the whole product gets a thumbs up from me, the box is lovely, the bottle quite stunning and the scent itself is very good.