Sharaf Blend
A warm, amber-centric oriental from Zimaya, a Dubai-based house that works firmly in the Gulf niche tradition.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Amber70
- Vanilla65
- Sweet55
- Tuberose
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Nutmeg
- Tuberose
- Vanilla
- Praline
- Tonka Bean
By the editors · 2 min readA warm, amber-centric oriental from Zimaya, a Dubai-based house that works firmly in the Gulf niche tradition. Saffron and nutmeg open the composition — metallic and aromatic, suggesting the spice route rather than the kitchen. The heart turns creamy: tuberose lifts alongside praline and vanilla, reading sweet but anchored by the saffron threading upward through the drydown.
Amberwood, benzoin, and tonka close it out in a long, resinous finish with real staying power. The Sharaf Blend sits squarely in the modern Gulf oriental idiom — ambitious sillage, hours-long projection, and a sweetness that's unapologetic but never cloying. Wears best in cool-to-cold weather; becomes syrupy in summer heat.
Scent twins
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