Areej Le Doré
Areej Le Doré
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Blackcurrant's jammy darkness collides with bright bergamot, creating an initial impression of tart sophistication before the bergamot's citric shimmer begins to fade almost immediately. The top notes feel deliberately brief, as if the composition is impatient to reveal what lies beneath.
Patchouli and vetiver assert themselves with impressive authority, their earthy, slightly tobacco-like qualities anchoring the pandanus as it unfolds with herbaceous, faintly spiced character. The green accord (88%) reaches its fullest expression here, creating an almost vegetative density that's neither floral nor purely aromatic—simply verdant.
Oakmoss and cedarwood dominate in a muscular, dry, slightly resinous embrace, whilst the iris provides the only creamy counterpoint to an otherwise deliberately austere composition. What remains is fundamentally earthy and woody with lingering traces of that peppery spice, settling into the skin like autumn itself.
Al Majmua announces itself as a study in controlled restraint—a fragrance that refuses the obvious path of its green and spicy accords. The blackcurrant-bergamot opening possesses a sharp, almost tart quality, but rather than fizzing into brightness, it immediately bows to the structural weight of patchouli and vetiver in the heart. This is where the composition reveals its architectural ambition: pandanus arrives not as a creamy sweetness but as something distinctly herbal and slightly animalic, threading through the darker patches with an almost indolic quality that prevents any sense of prettification.
What emerges is a chypre of genuine substance—earthy, verdant, slightly mossy around the edges. The iris-oakmoss-cedarwood base transforms this into something genuinely autumnal, the kind of scent that smells like damp forest floor and weathered wood simultaneously. There's a spiciness threaded throughout (76% spicy accord) that never manifests as traditional pepper or warmth; instead, it reads as a peppery dryness, a slight bite that keeps the fragrance from ever becoming comfortable or contemplative.
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