THEincense and amber, balsamic notes for perfumes with a mystical touchinspired by deserts and stories from One Thousand and One Nights: ideal notes for Christmas perfumes, versatile, which lend themselves to a thousand interpretations.
Amber and incense scents, perfect for Christmas
Middle Eastern perfumes are becoming popular, fragrances that describe the atmospheres of distant places. A strong trend especially on social media, particularly TikTok, where this olfactory family captures interest in intense and fascinating olfactory pyramids.
There main featurebaroque aesthetics aside, of these perfumes? Persistence. Middle Eastern fragrances are so persistent that they leave a trail and last all daya fundamental aspect for some consumers. The merit of such “resistance” is certainly in the type of protagonist notes.
Oud is among the protagonists, but also incense and amber, which often form the basis of formulations. NoFurthermore, in Middle Eastern fragrances, alcohol is often replaced by attar, i.e essential oils obtained from flowers and natural raw materials which have two characteristics: by heating with the skin they “enhance” their aroma during the day and fix the fragrance better on the skin.
Amber, the warm accord for winter perfumes
Warm and oriental, amber is among the notes that best evoke atmospheres One Thousand and One Nights. When referring to this note we usually talk about an agreement, that is Of a set of notes amber, transwith laudanum, benzoin and vanilla.
This agreement is generally warm, powdery and retro. There are different interpretations: the one more oriental style involves spices such as cinnamon, cloves, saffron or nutmeg to enhance everything. If you are looking for amore opulent amber, then you must focus on the accord with vanilla, jasmine and ylang-ylangwhile an amber more contemporary is the one composed of lavender, patchouli and incense.
Ambergris, a different natural note
Amber and ambergris are two different notes. Ambergris is of natural origin, although it can be reproduced in the laboratoryand performs a fixing function of perfumes on the skin, which is why it is almost always found among the base notes. Furthermoregives something clean and essential to the fragrance.
Behind its origin there are different mysteries. Some theories believe that it arises from sea foam, others that it is the fruit of plants that grow spontaneously on the cliffs. The most widespread theory has it that this material is composed of the waste of sperm whales, called in Arabic anbar, from which amber gray originated. These, floating on the surface of the water under the sun, take on the typical scent of this ingredient, in addition to the greyish colour. Being mainly a product of natural origin, for its protection, ambergris has been recreated in the laboratory since the 1950s and is called ambroxan.
Incense, the mystical note par excellence
Also incense is among the most widespread notes in Middle Eastern perfumery. Mystic par excellence, it is connected to ancient religious rites which, yesterday as today, have scented resins as their protagonist. He has one double soul: cold but easily enveloping in combination with other notes. For this reason, noses, who appreciate it very much, use it in more disturbing and mysterious creations.
In the olfactory pyramid, incense it adds a woody and musky touch and lends itself to many interpretations. Minimal accompanied by ambroxan, contemporary alongside plum and raspberry. Everything to discover.
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