How does Maison Asrar Italian Leather smell?
Saffron brings a dry, golden, slightly bitter spice, thyme adds a herbal, savoury green note, and raspberry gives a tart, jammy fruit accent that is unusual next to the other two. The heart is short: olibanum, which is frankincense, smells resinous, peppery and a little smoky, and jasmine adds a rounded floral warmth. The front half reads as dry and spiced, with a berry flash that keeps it from feeling stern.
Ambergris, leather and oud form the base. Leather gives a supple, slightly smoky, dry note, oud adds a dark, resinous, faintly medicinal depth, and ambergris smooths the join with a salty, skin-like softness. Together the list suggests a dark, dry scent in which leather is the focus and the saffron, thyme and resin supply the detail. Because the heart has only two notes, the move from spice and herb to leather and oud is likely to be fairly direct.
What Maison Asrar's own page says about Italian Leather
Maison Asrar's product page for Italian Leather gives its family as woody and leather.
It also puts words of its own on three of the notes: leather (warm, rich, elegant), jasmine (floral, elegant, luminous) and saffron (spicy, warm, opulent).
Who might like Maison Asrar Italian Leather?
A reader who wants leather as the main event, and likes it dark and dry with a little herb and berry at the edges, is who this list is written for. Other Maison Asrar scents that combine leather with oud, saffron or resin share the same backbone, so those are the ones to compare note by note.
Italian Leather and the rest of the Maison Asrar range
With Maison Asrar Mohra the common ground is saffron, leather and oud. From there it turns to cinnamon, cocoa, suede and praline, while Italian Leather has thyme, raspberry, olibanum and jasmine.
Maison Asrar Basma and Italian Leather meet in saffron, raspberry and oud. After that the first lists nutmeg, rose, sugary and musk, the second thyme, olibanum, jasmine and ambergris.
Both list saffron, leather and oud. Maison Asrar Khayal goes on with bergamot, cardamom, geranium and cumin; Italian Leather with thyme, raspberry, olibanum and jasmine.
Where to buy Maison Asrar Italian Leather in Europe
Maison Asrar Italian Leather is not in the FragranceGems range at the moment; the shop's Maison Asrar page shows what is available. Among the scents the shop sells, Maison Asrar Vanguard shares ambergris and leather with it and Maison Asrar III Thriller shares saffron and leather with it.
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