Best Affordable Attars !

Nikhil S

Well-Known Member
#1
The fun of natural perfumery can never be replicated by synthetic perfume material. With more exposure one certainly starts appreciating fine elusive intimate aromas rather than explosive or extrovert scents. However, one cannot acquire and enjoy such precious material for everyday usage. So we need FILLER attar and perfumes. Ones which have good quality of non-irritating material and pleasing aromas. One such unexplored treasure house is ABDUL KARIM AL FARANSI. Excellent attars esp the traditional ones. We are talking about attars better than most commercial ones from ASQ etc. I highly suggest Sheikh al Faransi, Oudh al Amir, Istanbul, Oud Sulawesi attars from them. The only reason is that these are very very traditional. Better stay away from the Oud section. Not convincing at all. Just thought of sharing because I miss these traditional aromas from the mid range and upper mid range from ASQ which I consider benchmark for commercial quality attars. The higher range and private range is a different issue in totality :)
 

kesiro

Well-Known Member
#2
I have all the attars you mention and I fully agree with you Nikhil. These compete extremely well with most commercial brands, if not exceed them. What is mind boggling is the prices. We are talking like $25-$50 for 3 ml in many cases. No, these are not 100% natural but they are extremely well constructed and high quality scents. Unfortunately I have decided against wearing anything which is not 100% natural but these represent a bargain for what they are.