Swiss Arabian KOHL AL AYOUN, 3.4

This is a nice quality parfum and the presentation is absolutely gorgeous. This fragrance is something new for most western noses. The oud in this fragrance is extremely animalic, fecal like and carries throughout the duration of the fragrance. It is not for everyone. If you like pungent oud in the Middle Eastern tradition then this is a terrific value. I would say this is a masculine scent for animalic oud lovers. It is not for the faint of heart. It is strong, extremely long wearing, high quality, beautiful presented. Not a good blind buy.

I love Swiss Arabian cologns and this line is very very good. This particular cologne seems like the mix is just a bit off and a bit sharp or pungent smelling; however, you really need to let it lay down for a while. The smell when first sprayed was just not good, howevere after about a half hour the tone mellows a bit and whats left is a deep oudish base with interesting light top fruit, floral spice tones. I think it probably varies a lot by each individual chemistry, so the scent carries differently. For me its very nice aft er it settles in.

This is the least favorite in this swiss Arabian collection for me. Mind you I’m a woman and I can tolerate some oud but this is something different. Very masculine and there’s this weird note that I can’t pick exactly what it is but it’s not good