Kemi’s Kemi and ‘ilm layered (In depth reviews later): 🔥 ‘Ilm’s exceptional bold and edgy character is balancing Kemi’s sweet and a bit gooey Caramel. This combination is brash! It’s all about oud with sickly sweet synthetic Caramel but it works. 🔥 Notes of ‘ILM mentioned earlier (and now from Xerjoff’s web page) TOP: Aged Indian Assam Oud (Gurjum Balsam From Thailand , Australian Sandalwood , Oud Buaya From Laos) MIDDLE: Bangladesh Oud (Cedar From Atlas , Ambergris , Oakmoss , Oud Buaya From Laos) BASE: Laos Oud (Amber , Oud Buaya From Laos) This mine is really Oud, Oud and Oud and it’s hard to believe that the scent would be totally same. I’m so curious to get the samples of new ones and compare them. 🔥 And KEMI TOP: Cedar from Atlas, Laotian agarwood (Oud) MIDDLE: Gurjum Balsam, Caramel, Castoreum, Civet BASE: Australian Sandalwood, Vanilla from Madagascar, wood notes Mentioned notes differs now surprisingly: There is not anymore mentioned Caramel at all which is so strange and there is Cedar From Atlas in the middle notes as well.

KEMI BLENDING MAGIC Owner Sergio Momo Nose: Chris Maurice Discontinued Relaunched under Xerjoff’s K Collection, they differ (at least these ones) from the original ones. There seems to be even less the real Oud if any and for example one of the main notes - Caramel - is not even mentioned in the notes of Kemi in K collection. Some perfumes which I love in summertime. I know, the most of the people don’t wear these kind of heavy ones in hot but on my skin these are best on warm weather. 🔥 KEMI(released originally 2014) Top: Cedar, Laotian agarwood (Oud) Middle: Gurjum Balsam, Caramel, Castoreum, Civet Base: Sandalwood, Vanilla, wood notes I have some obsession with caramel notes in summertime and in this concoction, I just can’t resist it. It’s so amazing now when it melts on my skin. This smells exactly how you can imagine because of the notes: woody, oudy, sensual, animalic, soft, sweet and addictive. It’s well blended and enjoyable. 🔥 ‘ilm (2014) Arabic word for “knowledge” Very challenging and barnyardy Indian Assam oud Oud from Bangladesh Oud from Laos “It is an unfathomable combination of different types of oud wood with their heavy, brown, earthy, and slumbering smell, evoking a sense of age and wisdom. ‘ilm opens with the fruity dimension imparted by the loudness of oud wood. The fruity dimension also imparts tobacco-like features to the solid and mystical oud and makes it enchantingly mysterious. Dark, yet bright and promising, heavy, yet full of passion, like knowledge that is unattainable, which once possessed bestows to its bearer all the secrets of the universe.“ ❗️And no, I don’t believe or think that this is real Oud. There is a little hint of those and the rest is something else but I enjoy it regardless. Real Ouds and synthetic blends are totally different categories for sure. My thoughts on “Ouds” is well said in Ensar Oud website: “The perfume industry has flooded the market with synthetic oud aroma chemicals, watering down and convoluting the legacy of oud with their shallow and linear plantation ouds.  To be blunt, most brands starting to use the term are just milking the cash cow that is the growing trend and vast market of wealthy Arab and Middle-eastern nations given their affinity towards everything oud, and nothing to do with appreciation of the fine aromatic.  The use of oud as a term has never been more widespread, nor has the quality ever been so low. For commercial purposes, oud is any ratio of the lowest grade ‘agarwood oil’ in combination with any other oil, be it of natural or synthetic origin.” Thank you for reading and if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes