What does Al Ambra Al Rasi smell like?
Al Rasi is floral in every layer. The top is bergamot and cherry, a bright citrus and a red fruit with an almond undertone. The heart is jasmine, ylang-ylang and soft florals: two rich, sweet flowers, one of them tropical and creamy.
The base is unusual, because it contains no wood, musk or resin. The brand lists lily of the valley, a fresh green flower that most pyramids place in the heart, and a warm floral accord. Going by the notes, this is a sweet floral that anyone who likes jasmine could wear, whatever the brand's product title says about the audience.
What Al Ambra says about Al Rasi
The brand describes the direction as sweet, floral and clean, with a slight fruity side. It suggests Al Rasi for spring and summer and for daily wear, casual outings and date nights. The projection is light to moderate, the brand says.
Who is Al Ambra Al Rasi for?
The product title on Al Ambra's website says men; the details block further down the same page says women. Both statements are the brand's own, so both are shown here. What the notes offer is easier to pin down. If you want a floral that never turns woody or musky, the base of lily of the valley is the reason to look at Al Rasi. The cherry at the top suits people who like a fruit note that leans towards almond more than towards juice.
Al Ambra Al Rasi Eau de Parfum, 100 ml: size and concentration
Al Rasi is an eau de parfum in a 100 ml bottle (3.4 fl oz), and the brand lists no other size. That places it among the 21 eaux de parfum in this guide, every one of which comes in 100 ml. On its page Al Ambra gives the oil richness as moderate and the blend style as French-inspired. Neither term is a measurement; both are the brand's own labels.
Al Ambra Al Rasi compared with its closest siblings
Shadow of Rose is the nearest in format: also an eau de parfum in 100 ml. Both list jasmine and ylang-ylang. From there they part. Al Rasi adds bergamot, cherry and lily of the valley: a citrus fruit, a red fruit and a green flower. Shadow of Rose adds rose, tonka, heliotrope and musk, which makes it the more powdery and almond-toned list. Its title says women; for Al Rasi the brand gives both men and women.
With Belleza the overlap is bergamot and jasmine. Belleza is an extrait de parfum for women, Al Rasi an eau de parfum, and both come in 100 ml. The larger difference lies lower down: Belleza rests on vanilla, white musk and cedar, none of which Al Rasi contains. Al Rasi in turn has cherry, ylang-ylang and lily of the valley where Belleza names orange blossom and tuberose. One is a white floral on a soft base, the other keeps to flowers from the first line to the final one.
Black Forest Elixir is one of the scents FragranceGems sells, and it shares bergamot and lily of the valley with Al Rasi. It is a different kind of composition all the same: a 50 ml extrait de parfum listed as unisex, with thirteen notes that Al Rasi lacks, among them aldehydes, white peach, vetiver, ambroxan, vanilla and patchouli. Al Rasi's cherry, jasmine and ylang-ylang do not appear in it. The Elixir is the longer, woodier list; Al Rasi the shorter, almost purely floral one.
Where to buy Al Ambra Al Rasi in Europe
Not at FragranceGems for now. The shop behind this guide is an independent reseller with four Al Ambra scents, and Al Rasi is not one of them. The button below opens its request page, where you can say you are looking for it. A request is not an order, and the shop does not promise to add the scent. Nearest among the four is Black Forest Elixir, which also lists bergamot and lily of the valley, though it sets them among woods, musk and vanilla. Dubai Musk shares only the bergamot and has magnolia as its flower.
Request Al Rasi at FragranceGemsA request is not an order, and it is no promise that the shop will add the scent.
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