Dahab Absolu

Scent Profile

Top notes: Mango, Tropical Fruits, Passion Fruit, Green Apple, Orange, Grapefruit, Bergamot

Heart notes: Honey, Rose, Jasmine, Lily Of The Valley, Geranium, Black Currant Leaf

Base notes: Cashmere Wood, Vanilla, Caramel, Musk, Oakmoss, Guaiac Wood

Why We Carry This

It made the cut for the fruit-to-gourmand pipeline alone, a rare composition that keeps a dozen competing fruit and floral notes legible instead of collapsing into mush.

Character

Accords: Fruity, Floral, Gourmand, Honeyed, Woody, Musky

Perfumer: Patrick Müller

Patrick Müller stacks nearly a dozen fruit notes into the opening, mango and passion fruit against green apple and grapefruit, before honey and rose take over in the heart. It's a maximalist approach that shouldn't work as well as it does; the black currant leaf keeps the sweetness from turning syrupy while it transitions toward the base.

Caramel and cashmere wood in the drydown push this firmly into gourmand territory, tempered by oakmoss for a touch of bitterness. Wear it somewhere the sillage can breathe; this projects, and in a small space it will fill the room.