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Aswan is a unisex extrait de parfum from Widian, launched in 2021 and created by Ali Aljaberi. It opens with Raspberry, Pink Pepper and Bergamot, reveals a heart of Violet Leaves, Virginian Cedar and Ambrofix, and settles into Leather, Musk, Tobacco, Patchouli, Vanilla and Coumarin. Its character is defined by sweet, leather and fruity accords.
To me this smells like a velvet smoking jacket in a room full of fruit — raspberry dark and juicy in the first breath, pink pepper crackling over it like static. Violet leaves add a green, almost metallic coolness, like the air before a storm. Then the leather arrives, rich and worn, tobacco smoldering underneath, patchouli and vanilla glowing through like the low light of the bar. It is opulent and a little dangerous — luxury with its collar undone. Not for beginners — beginners stay away.
⚠ Not for beginners
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