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Watani by Al Wataniah
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Al Wataniah

Watani

12 ml

$24.27

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How it smells

Mapped on twelve accords, from the box.

We haven't put this one on skin yet — no scores, no measured numbers until we do. What the house publishes:

Al Wataniah Watani, 0.4 oz (12 ml). A fragrance in the gourmand woody family. Top notes: Vanilla, Clove, Honey and Lemon. Heart notes: Vanilla, Fruits, Ylang-Ylang, Rose, Saffron and Jasmine. Base notes: Vanilla, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Vetiver and White Musk.

Vanilla / Tonka3
Woody3
Floral2
Spicy2
Sweet / Gourmand2
Citrus1

Decoded from the note list the house publishes.

Top notes

First 15 minutes

  • Vanilla

    Sweet / gourmand

    Cured pod — sweet, creamy, balsamic.

  • Clove

    Spice

    Dried bud — hot, sweet, dentist-warm.

  • Honey

    Sweet / gourmand

    Thick, animalic sweetness with a waxy edge.

  • Lemon

    Citrus

    Cold-pressed lemon peel — sharp, clean, very short-lived.

Heart notes

The next few hours

  • Vanilla

    Sweet / gourmand

    Cured pod — sweet, creamy, balsamic.

  • Fruits

    Fruit

    Fruity note — sweet and juicy.

  • Ylang-Ylang

    Floral

    Banana-sweet, custardy white flower.

  • Rose

    Floral

    Petal-rich flower — honeyed, green, sometimes jammy.

  • Saffron

    Spice

    Stigma of the crocus — leathery, sweet-medicinal, warm.

  • Jasmine

    Floral

    White flower — indolic, heady, slightly animalic.

Base notes

What's left at the end

  • Vanilla

    Sweet / gourmand

    Cured pod — sweet, creamy, balsamic.

  • Sandalwood

    Wood

    Creamy, milky wood — soft and long-lasting.

  • Patchouli

    Wood

    Leaf — earthy, damp, slightly camphorous.

  • Vetiver

    Wood

    Grass root — earthy, smoky, rooty-dry.

  • White Musk

    Musk

    Laundered-linen musk — clean and soft.

Note list as published by the house. Descriptions explain the raw material itself — not how this bottle performed on us.

What our shelf has learned

From 324 bottles and 21 logged wears in our own register.

How these notes have behaved on us across every bottle we've worn — not a measurement of this bottle.

  • Vanillaon 114 of our bottles, 8 worn
    often sits with Musk, Tonka Bean, Bergamot
  • Patchoulion 86 of our bottles, 6 worn
    often sits with Bergamot, Amber, Cedar
  • Lemonon 44 of our bottles, 5 worn
    often sits with Bergamot, Amber, Oakmoss
  • Vetiveron 39 of our bottles, 4 worn
    often sits with Bergamot, Pink Pepper, Lavender
  • Jasmineon 89 of our bottles, 3 worn
    often sits with Musk, Bergamot, Amber
  • Sandalwoodon 57 of our bottles, 2 worn
    often sits with Musk, Amber, Cedar

No measured longevity or projection logged yet.

Counted live from our register and wear logs.