A mission impossible completed. 💛 Discontinued Amouage Ubar is finally in my hands. (Creations Aromatiques 1995) This is very unisex. So beautiful vintage style white floral. Nothing like white florals nowadays. Very sensual. Intoxicating. Elegant. Very oriental with balsamic and ambery base. All those flowers are dipped in them. As glorious as I was thinking it is. ✨✨✨ Thank you @profumeriezanon in Udine, Italy making one of my dreams come true. They had amazing collection of Clive Christians btw. Top: lemon, bergamot, lily of the valley, tangerine, orange, litsea cubeba and violet leaf Heart: jasmine, damascene rose, orange blossom, ylang-ylang, tuberose, freesia, and palisander rosewood Base: civet, vanilla, sandalwood, patchouli, vetiver, copahu balm and black amber In-depth review later. 06/24 Unfortunately I haven't smelled the original perfume, which was released in 1995 and discontinued later. It has been described to be even richer and woodier than the version which was released in the new bottle in 2009. Mine is the new version which has a magnetic cap and therefore it differs the most from the original being anyway more floral and having less incense in it like non magnetic cap version as well (what I have red). Ubar is an amazing beautiful vintage style white floral. It's nothing like white florals are nowadays and it can't be compared with them at all. I do see the point why it was discontinued since it's challenging, it's not crowd pleasing at all and it smells a bit outdated even if it was reformulated already into easier version. But for me all that complexity makes it so special. It's so multi layered, it's so amazingly blended and every time I wear it I can find new things, small little nuances, different kind of emotions. I love the fact that I can't separate first that overpowering Tuberose which has been made in the same kind of ways in too many perfumes and that heady Jasmine which has nothing new to offer. This is like a time machine to the past. It's very sensual. Intoxicating. Elegant. It's passionate and somehow sinfully lustfull. It's deep and it's strong like many perfumes before mid 90s and it's even a little bit more of everything. The scent is very oriental with balsamic and ambery base. All those flowers seem to be dipped and soaked in them, for a long time. Uber is as glorious as I was thinking it is but I can't stop thinking about the non magnetic cap version, or even the original one. Regardless, I will enjoy my journey with this one since it's stupendous. I just have to be careful with it, no over spraying like with most of my perfumes. Some day when I'm in the right kind of mood with her, I will analyse more the scent itself. She deserves all my attention. Thank you for reading and if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
I have to start by saying that Ubar is the most expensive fragrance I own. After draining a couple of large decants I knew I had to have it. The thing is I can barely detect the notes. It's so well blended and crafted that it just smells... amazing! I get a lemony feel which I'm guessing is the bergamot and Lilly of the valley, followed by rose. This I most definitely get! Big, bold, beefy and jammy like no other rose I've smelt before even though it's not listed! It just takes my breath away. The skankyness I get it's probably due to the indoles in jasmine, or maybe civet. It's not listed, but it's animalic growl is unmistakeable and I'm pretty sure it's in the basenotes. Ubar evokes places, far away exotic lands, where kings and queens live in the most extravagant luxury. It smells rich but not in the sense of money. It's the richness of using the best ingredients to create a piece of art. It smells vintage in the best possible way. Nothing sugary or fruity here thank god! Too bad they don't make 'em like this anymore. It could have been created in the 20s as far as I can tell and it wouldn't feel out of place. I don't find it particularly unisex, though skin chemistry is a weird little thing! I'm guessing that the rich floral and musky woody base would work amazingly on the right guy as long as he doesn't assign labels to perfume. I know I don't. Ubar is one of the richest floral fragrances I own but at the same time is not heavy. Sillage is massive but airy, like a fluffy cloud surrounding you without screaming. Real ladies don't shout! Longevity around forever on my skin. Bottom line, I love it. I get the deepest, richest rose, an animalic growl on a bed of sweet sandalwood, and the best sillage in town. What more can I ask?! One of the best fragrances from Amouage and one of the finest I own. Recommended to all!
Big white opulent oriental floral! Like they don’t make ‘em anymore. Like even Amouage doesn’t make ‘em anymore with their new direction. 2009 edp review. Non magnetic cap. Ubar, just like the lost city, it’s a lost jewel. I have no idea if they’re still making it and if they do, if someone is buying it. But Ubar is a wonderful big perfume in the opulent style of Boucheron, Ysatis, Gala… Dramatic white florals that merge in a spicy base rich in resins and incense, with just a whiff of yellow florals that add a naughtiness to the scent. There’s a slightly acidic touch of civet, that keeps getting bigger as the scent wears, and only adds more dimension to the rich jasmine, ylang, tuberose and orange blossom, making them even more narcotic. So rich and buttery that they become unctuous. The merging or spices, resins, incense tears and sandalwood brings it on par with vintage gems, and although not a chypre, it smells very similar to Patou’s magnificent 1000. This could be its Arabian sibling, dousing 1000’s chypre beauty with lashings of smoke and secrets. A tale of two cities, a tale of 1001 nights. Ubar is stunning! It smells rich in a way others don’t. It stands out from Amouage’s lineup, and feels absolutely cut from the same cloth that the original Jubilation 25 and Gold are. It has that same opulence, that same potency and sillage that never winds down, but adds a more discernible animalic base that brings it just a tad close to making the above 2 blush. It skips the fresh top notes, (other that brief lemony glimpses of the litsea cubeba) and brings it right on. You really should be into big and bold dramatic 80’s stunners to fully enjoy it. It’s got an old money feel to it, and it kicks the new nouveau riche lines out of the water without dropping a sweat. And I love it all the more for it!
