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Shaghaf Oud Ahmar is a 2023 unisex Eau de Parfum from Swiss Arabian in the Shaghaf line. A fruity-floral gourmand that opens on melon, peach, bergamot, freesia and iris, with a heart of apple, amber, rose and tonka bean over amber, vanilla, musk, sandalwood, cedar and oud. Playful, creamy and youthful, closer to Erba Pura DNA than a traditional oud.
Don't let the Shaghaf name fool you — this is the fruity one. It opens like a fruit chaat bowl: juicy peach, melon, a fizzy bergamot lift, softened by iris and freesia. The heart turns creamy with apple and tonka over roses, and the dry-down is warm amber-vanilla musk with just a whisper of oud and sandalwood underneath. It's cheerful, easy, and very wearable — the Shaghaf line's crowd-pleaser. In Indian summers this works surprisingly well; the fruit keeps it fresh. Beginners: very safe, one of the easiest blind buys in the whole Shaghaf range.
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