Enchanted Jasmine: Taifi Mélange

Taifi Mélange is one of the finest vintage rose-oud melanges I’ve smelled. Dating back to the early 1980s, the sheer time the oud and rose have been fusing alone makes it irreplaceable. But it’s not only the half century of aging it gives you, but the quality of the oud and the rose in the first place. It’s well know that the freshest, prime harvests of Ta’ifi rose at the time were commissioned by and spoken for by Sultan Qaboos, after which he used his in-house sinking-grade oud oil to blend with the rose to create his signature fragrance.

It may sound strange to zoom in on the rosy facet of this jasmine bespoke perfume, but rose and jasmine are easily two of the most beautiful aromas in the floral kingdom and they’re so often showcased on their own, separately. That’s why, for the EO RoseFest, we’re letting these two beauties tango on the same floor. That, and to showcase the only royal jasmine-rose perfume of its kind in existence.

Rose is inherently diffusive, which works really well with oud, and particularly well with dark-profiled ouds where the contrast makes the scent pop. Jasmine, on the other hand, is a much denser aromatic that requires a more piercing, sparkly oud to dance with. And that’s just what Taifi Melange gives you: A jasmine perfume – with a diffusive, boozy rose-oudy pitch that makes edition of Enchanted Jasmine just about the most exquisite floral fragrance you could wish for.

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There’s a long history of rose-oud attars and perfumes, but for some reason you hear far less, if at all, about jasmine-oud perfumes. 

This started off as a semi-bespoke perfume project we worked on three years ago, but was never brought to fruition. That concept grew into an attar. The attar, in turn, became the bedrock to continue building what finally became what we wanted to be the ultimate jasmine fragrance…

Jasmine has always been a staple in EO attars and perfumes, but with Enchanted Jasmine we set out to create the jasmine/oud perfume with EO’s DNA in full force.

The heart of the aroma aims for an exquisite burgundy red. Hints of raspberry and strawberry are only featured to subtly influence the two stars of the composition: Vintage jasmine (from the 1980s) and a rare unreleased mélange that makes jasmine smell even more exquisite than you thought it could.

It’s pretty simple if you think about it: Use the finest jasmine and oud money can buy, and you’re good to go…

Of course, finding those two is a tall order. 

But that’s what you have here. Rare, high-grade agarwood resin crafted in the exquisite fashion of a timeless olfactory pagoda, infused with forty-year-old jasmine, direct from the royal vault.

You could compose a simple jasmine/oud duo and call it a day, but with Enchanted Jasmine the duo is the cornerstone upon which we took artistic license to add some EO flair to the SQ collection. 

Who wants another boring floriental when you can have everything that makes jasmine so stunning, decked out ghalia fashion, drenched in the most incredible vintage rose-oud mélange that opens the fragrance as the lush vintage jasmine core moves more and more to the front as the minutes go by?

Smell that old-school Burmese oud incense slowly beginning to smoke up your scarf until the drydown comes and the resinous agarwood tangoes with smooth sandalwood and mango-sweetened jasmine opening that drips with bourbon vanilla, all whirling in a musk-amber-oud trifecta that lets your spritz pop and bedazzle you and everyone around you.

TOP
Mango
Raspberry
Lavender
Basil

HEART
Jasmine SQ
Jasmine Grandiflorum
Jasmine Sambac

BASE
Taifi Mélange
Sandalwood
Bourbon Vanilla
Royal Musk SQ
Grey Ambergris
Orris Root