Diwan, from The Spirit of Dubai was released in 2017. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. It has the top notes of Agarwood (Oud), Aldehydes, Animal Notes, Cardamom, Dewberry, Grapefruit, Green Notes, Incense, Orange, Peach, Pink Pepper, Plum, Raspberry, Rose, Smoke, and Strawberry, middle notes of Amber, Carnation, Chamomile, Coffee, Earthy Notes, Floral Notes, Geranium, Honey, Iris, Powdery Notes, Rhubarb, and Taif Rose, and base notes of Agarwood (Oud), Castoreum, Cedarwood, Guaiac Wood, Gurjun Balsam, Indian Oud, Leather, Musk, Myrrh, Olibanum (Frankincense), Patchouli, Resins, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, and Woody Notes.
Diwan is a fruity rose-oud which will blow your socks off straight away, this stuff seriously fills rooms. It’s sweet and seductive, airy and floral and yet at the same time dense, smoky and dark. The scent is primarily focused around the dark, smoky growl of thick oud, leather and incense which provides this bitter backbone to the fragrance. To contrast this you’ve got an array of sticky-sweet fruity notes including raspberry and strawberry backed up by jammy rose and saffron. There’s hints of other stuff going on but that’s the general gist of it. This is a gorgeous fruit oud scent but I wouldn’t even consider paying the retail price for it. It’s very enjoyable to wear but it doesn’t stick in my mind for days on end like some of the other SOD’s do unfortunately.