Afnan Perfumes
Afnan Perfumes
745 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
That blackcurrant-apple combination hits like a glossy magazine page, all high-shine fruit with bergamot adding a fizzy, Earl Grey-ish brightness around the edges. There's an almost vinyl-like quality to the opening, synthetic and proud of it, with just enough tartness from the cassis to keep your attention before the sweetness becomes one-note.
The lavender emerges as the fruit recedes, but this isn't soapy lavender—it's the aromatic, slightly camphorous sort that slots perfectly into the oakmoss and patchouli developing beneath. The smokiness becomes pronounced here, that oakmoss bringing an almost tobacco-like dryness that contrasts beautifully with the herbal elements, whilst the patchouli adds a dark, earthy rumble underneath.
Saffron's metallic-leathery bite mingles with a soft, skin-like muskiness that's been building since the heart, the ambergris providing just enough salinity to keep things from going powdery. What remains is surprisingly intimate: a smoky, musky-woody skin scent with the faintest ghost of that opening fruit, like the memory of something bright now filtered through hours of wear.
Supremacy Not Only Intense plays a fascinating sleight of hand, opening with the kind of fruity, bergamot-laced brightness you'd expect from something far more conventional, then promptly veering into altogether smokier, earthier territory. That blackcurrant and apple duo arrives sharp and unapologetically synthetic in the best possible way—think the gleaming, lacquered fruit of a modern aromachemical rather than anything pulled from an orchard. But it's the heart that reveals the fragrance's true character: a lavender-oakmoss-patchouli triumvirate that feels surprisingly vintage in its construction, the kind of mossy-herbal backbone that recalls classic men's fragrances before everything went aquatic and bland. The saffron in the base adds an almost metallic, leathery facet that amplifies the smokiness, whilst the ambergris and musk create a skin-close, slightly animalic warmth that keeps the whole composition from floating away into abstraction.
This is for the person who wants the attention-grabbing sweetness of a crowd-pleaser but refuses to smell like everyone else at the office. It's got that Dubai-market boldness—unsubtle, confident, designed to project—yet there's genuine complexity here if you bother to pay attention. The oakmoss grounds what could have been cloying fruitiness; the lavender keeps it from tipping into gourmand territory. Wear this when you want the olfactory equivalent of a sharply tailored overcoat in an unexpected colour—familiar enough to be approachable, distinctive enough to make people lean in and ask what you're wearing. It's unisex in the truest sense: not neutered or safe, but genuinely wearable regardless of who's spraying it on.
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