DESCRIPTION
The rose harvesting season in Oman is drawing to a close. For the past six weeks, families with generational ties to the region, young and old alike, have gathered in the early hours to harvest the famed Damask roses of Jabal Akhdar.
But what we have here is not freshly distilled rose oil from the region. This is the Sultan’s own private reserve; a batch of Jabal Akhdar rose aged for approximately two decades.
The result? A rose oil so smooth, so perfectly matured, it wears as a perfume in its own right. Rich, red, and impossibly refined.
I’ve thought about blending this into a perfume or attar, but it’s not right. We won’t be able to replicate this. Once it’s gone, it’s gone as there isn't any more after this.
This rose is extremely smooth and deeply sensual. There are subtle flashes of Ta’ifi-like crystal, but without the lychee notes or the damp earthiness you often get from hydrosol seeping into the final distillation. It has a soft creaminess to it, the kind you’d swear came from the highest grade sandalwood, but there’s no sandalwood here. That depth and roundness is all from the rose itself.
It’s like pressing an entire rose to your face and inhaling every part of it. Not just the petals but the full bloom. Nothing is left out.
If this had been bottled in a Royal $10,000 Henry Jacques flacon, you’d say without hesitation: this is the finest rose perfume you’ve ever come across.
I’ve only been able to source 80ml of this rose. That’s around 300 kilograms of rose petals, hand-picked, harvested, and distilled. To put it into perspective, each Damask rose flower weighs around 3 grams. That means this final 80ml represents the essence of approximately 100,000 rose flowers.
After keeping 1ml for our vault, the rest will go to our discerning followers as part of this years Spring/Summer Collection.
This is what SULAYM is about. Sourcing the finest fragrances from around the world and having the honour to present them to you.
