What does Al Ambra Shadow of Rose smell like?
Shadow of Rose names its flower twice. Rose opens the scent with jasmine and ylang-ylang, two rich, sweet flowers, and rose returns in the heart with tonka and soft floral accords.
The base is where the scent turns from flower to skin. Musk is soft and clean. Heliotrope is powdery, somewhere between almond and vanilla. The brand adds a creamy accord without naming what it is made of. Tonka in the heart points the same way, since it too has an almond and hay tone. So this is a rose surrounded by powdery, almond-like notes rather than by fruit or wood.
What Al Ambra says about Shadow of Rose
Creamy, musky, floral and soft is how Al Ambra describes it. The brand gives the projection as light, names no season, and lists date nights, special occasions and evening wear as occasions.
Who is Al Ambra Shadow of Rose for?
The brand sells Shadow of Rose under a title that says women. It is for the rose lover who prefers the flower soft, with no citrus to sharpen it and no patchouli to darken it. People drawn to the almond and vanilla side of perfumery will see tonka and heliotrope as the attraction. A fresh, green or lemony rose is not on offer here, and the two rich flowers beside the rose, jasmine and ylang-ylang, push it the other way.
Al Ambra Shadow of Rose Eau de Parfum, 100 ml: size and concentration
For Shadow of Rose the brand lists a 100 ml bottle (3.4 fl oz) and the type eau de parfum; a smaller size is not offered. Al Ambra labels the oil richness as moderate and the blend as French-inspired. This guide counts 21 eaux de parfum against 28 extraits, so it is the less common of the brand's two types.
Al Ambra Shadow of Rose compared with its closest siblings
Cecil and Shadow of Rose are the same kind of bottle, a 100 ml eau de parfum for women, and both pair rose with musk. Their powder comes from different places. Cecil gets it from violet and names no sweet note. Shadow of Rose gets it from heliotrope and tonka, which lean towards almond and vanilla, and it adds jasmine and ylang-ylang. Cecil is the drier, plainer rose; this is the creamier one.
The brand lists Al Rasi for men, yet it shares the two richest flowers of Shadow of Rose, jasmine and ylang-ylang, and the same 100 ml eau de parfum format. Al Rasi has no rose. It adds bergamot, cherry and lily of the valley, so it is the brighter and fruitier list. Shadow of Rose has the rose, with tonka, heliotrope and musk, and no fruit or citrus.
In Musk Ambra, a unisex eau de parfum in 100 ml, rose and musk appear again. There the rose is paired with oud, its classic partner in Arabic perfumery, and sweetened with praline and vanilla. Shadow of Rose has no oud and no named wood of any kind. Its sweetness is the quieter sort, tonka and heliotrope, and its extra flowers are jasmine and ylang-ylang. One is a rose with oud, the other a rose with powder.
Where to buy Al Ambra Shadow of Rose in Europe
If you are looking for Shadow of Rose in a European shop, you will not find it at FragranceGems for now. As an independent reseller the shop chooses its own range, and the request button below is how to ask for this scent. Asking orders nothing and guarantees nothing. Rose is on neither of the lists that come closest in the shop. Both are musk scents: Dubai Musk, whose flower is magnolia, and Black Forest Elixir, which pairs musk with orange blossom, lily of the valley and vanilla.
Request Shadow of Rose at FragranceGemsA request is not an order, and it is no promise that the shop will add the scent.
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