Arabian Nights

7 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• Boy.Capel

  April 17, 2013

  

  Finally, a different scent. A spicy fragrance; closing my eyes, I’m transported to ‘The Tea Street’ in the Albaicín neighborhood in Granada, Spain; I also imagined the Alhambra Palace. The scent left me in that state of heaviness in the eyes and nasal congestion, excited (it’s hard for me to get excited). You can feel the citrus notes, competing with the moss and wrapped in the silk of musk. The spices mingle with the wood and vetiver that gives it freshness. I can also perceive a very intense patchouli. Since I like them, it’s not a perfume for everyone; if you like traditional scents, don’t even think about it. After a few hours, the scent simplifies, leaving mainly a creamy citrus.

• luisnisa

  May 24, 2013

  

  It’s a very strange perfume; sometimes I hate it, other times I’d eat my own arm.

• Bofifa

  February 17, 2017

  

  First off, I don’t understand the name much; there’s nothing in Bogart’s ‘Arabian Nights’ that reminds me of an exotic or Middle Eastern perfume, rather it seems like a full-on powerhouse with eighties aesthetics and exuberance, and I’m glad about that. The opening is certainly difficult and aggressive, with a sweet part and another more animalistic, in any case, shrill to no end. I love it for its audacity and ‘in your face’ exhibitionism, especially since after about an hour it relaxes and starts showing the virtues behind that extravagant fireball. It was just past an hour and a half when someone told me: ‘You smell like baby powder.’ Indeed, its development passes through a talc-heavy and woody phase, and over time, a use of patchouli and vanilla very similar to Davidoff’s Zino becomes quite noticeable. Being so strong, it causes a bit of olfactory fatigue. As is usual with Bogart, projection and longevity are well above average. A daring, distinct, geeky, and eighties scent that makes you want it. Note: 9/10.

• Josesan

  August 14, 2017

  

  Jacques Bogart fragrances, and Ted Lapidus to a lesser extent, are two clear examples of mid-range perfumes with an incredibly high quality-to-price ratio, better than any Chanel or Dior. ARABIAN NIGHTS is difficult, very difficult, similar to KOUROS by Yves Saint Laurent. Its opening is an animal, almost fetid, nearly halitotic slap. In the following minutes, the petit grain, cardamom, and caraway gradually mellow out; very marked and not simple aromas, but very interesting. I don’t feel any oud, rose, or saffron, basic characteristics of Arabian perfumes, but I repeatedly sense similarities to KOUROS, its originality and difficulty. I don’t know who created Arabian Nights, but clearly they had KOUROS in mind. Moreover, anyone who can’t afford Kouros can buy this Bogart version and get a very close idea of what that one smells like. In my case, like with Kouros, I love that both exist, but they don’t fit the type of scents I feel comfortable with and want to wear. SCENT: 7 PROJECTILE: 9 LONGEVITY: 9 PERFORMANCE: 9.

• wildkatzen

  January 14, 2018

  

  Let me start by saying it’s possibly a sexual scent, it’s extravagant, talc-heavy, woody, and hard to describe, creamy and nocturnal with exquisite intensity. Watch out, it has nothing to do with Kouros; I don’t know why they mention that, it’s pure confusion. I tried this perfume and it brought a smile of joy to my face; I said: ‘Finally something different that smells so good.’ Arabian Nights of many scents mixing to give this final rare and particular effect. Rating 10/10, it meets everything and the 3 Bs.

• jerry drake

  March 7, 2020

  

  I could review Arabian Nights thanks to a good sample I kept in a drawer, a gift from the excellent Bofifa, and needless to say, deciding not to write more left a significant void. On my part, I will always appreciate his extreme simplicity and kindness, his generosity and immense expertise that have allowed me to discover or rediscover true perfumery masterpieces. I wore Arabian Nights almost all day, staying home, with several applications to try and assess it correctly, saving some to wear after the quarantine ends and see the effect on the neighbors. This scent starts as a muscular fougère bordering on sweet with an incense-cardamom tandem right in the middle of the mix. I perceive vetiver, moss, and cedar very subtly. In my opinion, it’s a very peculiar proposal, dark, intriguing, with a strong sexual charge. A room where you’ve satisfied your curiosity about the unknown, where lust and desire have mixed, unrestricted sex, and the sheen of consumed pleasure remains on the sheets after an ecstatic night. I don’t smell a similarity to Kouros aromatically, if not in the sensations it provokes olfactorily, with YSL’s being much more potent as a trail, although Arabian is quite perceptible. As for transitions, I could categorize Arabian Nights as a linear scent since all the players are on stage from the initial explosion. The base is there too, arriving more or less once the others fade in intensity. Arabian Nights is a scent very different from what we’re used to, charismatic and provocative like a sexy woman with an angelic face who hypnotizes you with her gaze, and you know you’ll be lost irremediably if you kiss her. This Bogart version is strange, but very pleasant, extremely penetrating, sensual, and sweet, not for everyone, but with a very, very different charm.

• nneestorr

  October 1, 2023

  

  Thanks to Jerry Drake, I finally got to try this Bogart fragrance that had been so intriguing to me. Unfortunately, a floral note stands out too much, acting as the core of the scent from start to finish. The Fragrantica notes must be wrong again. I’ll keep the sample for another time, maybe for the colder winter days, to see if things change. What I’ve learned is that with Bogart (and Lapidus) scents, it’s always worth giving them a second chance.