The Spirit of Dubai - Oud Early Impressions & Areej Le Dore Unboxing  

Thank you. So glad those reached you safely. Can not wait you dive in to them one by one :) Yes sadly many of modern fragrance present us impressions of the ingredients. Not actuall ingredients. Oud. Musk. Ambergris. Even Tonka is replaced long ago with coumarin and other synthetic alternatives that smell much less alive then the real thing. Chinese co2 is a new generation plantation oud oil. Not the one used in Chinese oud. There we used wild vintage oud oil that way more animalic and complex. Co2 from plantation agarwood gives you very simple clean Woody resinous vanilic type of aroma. Simple and affordable oud oil just for your reference. Talking about prices... yes I feel you. I myself sometimes love a fragrance but a price tag stop me from buying it. Not because I can't afford it but because I feel that the brands are not very fair with pricing... :(

Like you said in the last unboxing vid, those Spirit of Dubai samples 👌Quality. But someone who can truly appreciate those oud oils deserves them. You are worthy Ramsey. ✨

HE HAS TAKEN A LIKING TO YOU....He knows you have an inquisitive mind for ingredients...I am sure most you tube reviewers will NOT be getting any kind of gift bag. haha enjoy.because you are the chosen one NIO... AMAZING

I'm glad you got all that stuff. You're going to enjoy smelling the actual raw materials. I have hundreds of them (launching my perfume house in July). It's very good that you'll incorporate speaking about the raw materials into this channel that's growing in uniqueness. Congratulations Ramsey.

Maybe you can do a Live Chat with Russian Adam when you first try some of the oils? Russian Adam did a video on a vintage Russian perfume he bought. Maybe the new release is the one Taha spoke of. Taha does Agar Aura. Ramsey. You could do a Live Chat with Russian Adam and you could both be putting on an oil at the same time. Feel Oud did a sandalwood which is pristine. 1000K I believe. Certain parts of the world, along with older perfume aficionados, like unadulterated sandalwood. So while you're sampling it, Russian Adam can explain it to you and us. I think it would be a great idea. Learning how to do live chat won't be hard. There are videos informational videos, How to Do, plus Eugene and Rich could help you. Koh-i-Noor was a perfume Russian Adam and Nikhil did. Nikhil had an idea, and Russian Adam made the perfume. Nikhil is Exotic Scents here on RU-vid. Good for you mate. Very nice things happen for those who work hard at what they love.

Wow! This is a whole new level, who'd have thought when you started out that such a thing could happen from a highly respected house. Carefully thought out as he knew your stance on free bottles, but this gift is something else. That's a lifetime of materials to train your nose or use as reference. To which all of us will share this in gaining knowledge and enjoyment of such high quality ingredients. Absolutely wonderful! On to those samples, really interesting and such exquisite presentation. Thanks for sharing and thanks to the contributers.

I doubt any other reviewers would receive anything liked these.👍

Absolutely quality content mate

Now that is a care 📦 package! Enjoy!

What an absolute pleasure to get all that from Russian Adam, that was very generous of him. Can't wait to hear your impressions. BTW that is a really good idea using ammo boxes to hold samples! 😁

ive since bought a bottle of this and it is magnificent. ive been using ouds for 30 odd years and this is the best i have smelled. to me smells nothing like the night. the night to me is a westernised oud,it might be strong and fecal compared to other westernised ouds but id still classify it as westernised. while this unapoligetically mid eastern.

Spirit of Dubai Oud is probably in the top 5 from the house for me that I've put my nose on. Possibly top 3. I've been hoarding a precious decant of it for the last year or so lol. Thanks for sharing all this with us Ramsey ✌🏻

Arabic perfumes are just on a different level. Spirit of Dubai have very good quality. The Night is closer to Mukhallat Shams by Ajmal which is a fraction of a price. That animalic oud opening and dries down to a beautiful rose. Although with Mukhallat Shams, it's something you have to spray the night before on your shirt you will be wearing the next day to smell that beautiful dry down. 😅

Another great video Ramsey! Wow, what a generous gift from Russian Adam! Did you make a video smelling all of them?

I am a big fan of Spirit of Dubai's first collection, less so the 2nd one. I really like the Oud fragrance, but like you, although extremely beautiful, I feel that it is over priced. If it was $400 or under, I'd pull the trigger. Fortunately, the other fragrances are significantly less expensive. I purchased bottles of Turath and Rimaal and love them both. Rimaal is a funny one for me as I usually hate sweet fragrances. However, this one comes off as sweet and dry and for some reason or another, I love it. The exception that proves the rule. I think you will like Medan, which has a beautiful heavy leather. I've been thinking about grabbing a bottle of that one, myself. What comes to mind for me is that it is vintage Polo green viewed through a Middle Eastern lens. Also, with the samples, you can slide of the ribbon ring off in order to unroll the scrolls that wrap around the container. Each perfume has its own write-up.

Was gonna say bullet trays work perfect. 👍

Hi Ramsey!!! HUGE THANK YOU to the mysterious benefactor who sent the Spirit of Dubai (sharing with Ramsey is also sharing with us 🙏❤️)! HUGE THANK YOU to Heinke!!! 👀👀👀👀👀👀😮😮😮😯😯😯😯👀👀👀👀❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Russian Adam!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️WOW!!! So incredibly generous! THANK YOU for sharing with Ramsey so we can all learn together!!!

I wish I had access to more artisanal perfumes. ALD seems like heaven for perfume dorks. Can't complain though, im next door to 3 chanel boutiques and 1 of them is in my building. SOTD: Tuscan leather, from a castoreum virgin

That package from Russian Adam 👀- you could probably make your own perfume with all those materials!

got SoD oud for 360 i think it`s kinda worth it.

FIRST!!! THANK YOU RUSSIAN ADAM🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾. Professor, Say I Said The First Time You Received The First Package.. Only You Can And Give Them The Proper Resect .👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾👨🏼‍🎓

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i can get the dubai oud 50ml for the same price as 50ml oud maximus. which would you go for?

☢Just a word of warning ,Please check to see if those raw oils are safe to wear undiluted. Don't want you getting burned.

That's one expensive package 🤤. Do yourself a favor and pick up a bottle of 200 proof food grade alcohol and dilute everything to 10%. Otherwise you'll go through it super quickly and won't actually be able to smell it.

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Raihan is basil in Arabic، 👍

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You know the samples open up like a scroll

Wow wow look at what you got from Adam,serious samples from a seriously true artist of the raw and undiluted unrefined real deal Oud and oil distilling master.Not worthy I heard you say, well now Rams it’s pretty obvious Adam quite definitely thinks you are fella and to my knowledge he has never given such a treasure trove to anyone else .that speaks volumes you nose and his are kindred spirits ,do you not think Adam ,a lover of all that is classic vintage has multiple fragrances from your collection himself and has been listening to you takes on them and from these reviews he can discern you have knowledge in abundance when it comes to a real knowledge of the fragrance art .Plus you rightly called out one of his collaborations ,you know of which I speak and he most probably in his heart of heart knows your truth,so to conclude I really think he now has a constructive critic of which he can trust and instead of maybe second guessing himself can look to a honest second opinion from your good self and he would be so right to do so .He is sending you all these and a sample of a unnamed new release ,imo to put you nose to a final test he will rate what you have to say on his samples knowing already in his minds eye, which ones will get you thumbs up or down and when your opinions concur with what he is expecting you to say ,he will have a top notch second nose to ask opinions on in the future. Of course I am speculating, but if I were him your exactly the perfect person for the job 👍sorry for the long winded comment (not sorry) it’s my truth 🙏✌️