What does Al Ambra The Pearl smell like?
The Pearl sets fruit against leather. Red apple and mandarin orange open it, both on the sweet, round side of their families. Then the heart brings leather, dry and smoky, together with violet, which is soft and powdery.
Violet and leather are an old pairing: the powder smooths the leather without hiding it. The base is warm, with vanilla, amber, labdanum and woods. Labdanum is a sticky resin from the rockrose shrub that is leathery and ambery at once, so it ties the heart to the base. The brand's name for the style is a modern fruity leather.
What Al Ambra says about The Pearl
Fruity, leathery and amber is the direction on the brand's page. Al Ambra suggests The Pearl for autumn and winter and for evenings, formal occasions and events. It states a moderate to strong projection.
Who is Al Ambra The Pearl for?
Al Ambra addresses The Pearl to men: so says the product title. The list suits someone who wants leather but not the austere kind: red apple and mandarin make the opening friendly, and vanilla and amber keep the base warm. Violet is the note to check against your own taste, since its powdery softness is not for everyone. Those who like fruit scents light and clean will find leather and labdanum heavy company; those who like resins will see labdanum as the main attraction.
Al Ambra The Pearl Extrait de Parfum, 50 ml: size and concentration
The Pearl is one of the 19 extraits de parfum that Al Ambra bottles in 50 ml, or 1.7 fl oz. A larger version is not listed. Its page states a high oil richness and calls the blend a hybrid, French-inspired with an Arabic or niche influence. More on the type is under extrait de parfum.
Al Ambra The Pearl compared with its closest siblings
Spirit of Elegance is twice the bottle and a different type: a 100 ml eau de parfum against the 50 ml extrait of The Pearl. Both are listed for men and both name leather, vanilla and amber. The route to the leather is what differs. Spirit of Elegance arrives through lavender and clary sage and stays with bitter almond, orris and tonka bean. The Pearl arrives through red apple and mandarin, with violet and labdanum as its own.
The pairing of leather and violet returns in Oud Shamayel, which matches The Pearl in type, size and audience: a 50 ml extrait for men. Oud Shamayel is the heavier list. It adds oud accords, patchouli, honey and musk and has no fruit. The Pearl has no oud. Red apple and mandarin orange lighten it, and vanilla, amber and labdanum make it sweeter and more resinous.
Irish Ferre keeps the leather and the amber and drops the fruit. In its place the brand lists juniper berries and maté, dry and green, with tonka bean as the one soft note. It is an eau de parfum in 100 ml for men. The Pearl is the rounder of the two on paper: apple, mandarin, violet, vanilla and labdanum are all missing from Irish Ferre.
Where to buy Al Ambra The Pearl in Europe
The Pearl falls outside what FragranceGems sells at this time. If you want the shop, which is an independent reseller, to know that you are looking for it, press the request button below. It records your interest; it places no order and carries no commitment from the shop. The two nearest scents in the shop have no leather; they meet The Pearl in its fruit and its sweetness. Black Forest Elixir has mandarin and vanilla. Dubai Musk has mandarin too, with musk and white sandalwood.
Request The Pearl at FragranceGemsA request is not an order, and it is no promise that the shop will add the scent.
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