Al Taif Rasasi

Al Taif is an alcohol-free unisex scent from Rasasi. Its notes arrive as a single undivided list, so there is no opening, heart and base to trace and nothing here describes how it changes over the hours. What the materials give is clear enough. Rose is the centre of it, and in an alcohol-free oil that rose reads thick and jammy rather than airy, closer to the petals themselves than to a sprayed floral. Floral notes widen it into a fuller bouquet, and resin sits underneath with a sticky, balsamic warmth that keeps the flowers from thinning out and gives the whole thing a slow, close-wearing weight. The character is a dense rose with a resinous base, sitting tight against the skin and holding on cloth. It suits cool to cold weather, evening, and formal or quiet indoor settings.

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