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“الجبل الأخضر وقت موسم الورد؟ كأنك عايش في لوحة، بس أحلى لأنها حقيقة و واقع .

Nose: Cécile Zarokian

notes: cumin, cinnamon, pink bay; Damask rose, tea, geranium, jasmine; oudh, olibanum, patchouli, amber, sandalwood, guaiac wood, vanilla, orris, musk

Epic Woman smells pretty much like you'd expect from the notes: a big, fruity, ruby-red damask rose, almost like rose jelly, with a dark spicy edge.

The spice here is mostly cumin, which is distinctly savory (not sweet), making Epic different than your average "spicy rose." Rose scents tend to smell melancholy to me; the grounded, savory, slightly dirty base here makes Epic feel more satisfying. A little wicked fun to relieve the tragic preciousness of the rose.

Half an hour in, I start to get the oudh, smoothly blended with dry, scratchy frankincense. Here the oudh/incense chord is a dark, steady, smoky presence, rather abstract and hazy and still very much an accompaniment to the rose.

Here we go... a list of the Top 25 best perfumes of the century so far. -- Are your favourites here?

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