#1 King of All Saffron (Attar Based Perfume) 1 ml Per customer

My time running Anomalous had been just short of 2 years but little to everyone knowledge, I use to also blend attars for friends and few clients here and there over instagram for almost over 4 years and had been blending for nearly 5-6 years and above in total maybe? Not too sure on the no of years but lets talks some bit on what inspired this attar and the materials that went into its process.

This attar was inspired by a Ghaliya I wore back in Saudi Arabia in 2013, during Ramadan prayers. It was the kind of oil usually applied by older uncles during prayer — they would roll the oil onto you as a gesture of blessing, warmth, and generosity..some liked it and some didn't but who would say no to these uncles and have their wrath be unleashed on you in front of everyone. I know I did once for saying no and I would never forget the experience later but this wasn't that attar. It was something that immediately stood out and made me sniff my hand so much during prayer, I was asked to go stand at the last row cause I was disturbing everyone around me.

A Side Note
A lot of Middle Eastern oil perfumes — even the ones selling for $100 or more for just 3ml usually contain a pretty heavy amount of synthetics. Many of these oils are built on a foundation of materials like Galaxolide, fruity musks such as helvetolide, ambrettolide, amber molecules such as Norlimbanol, strong doses of Ambroxan, and plenty of Iso E Super. And honestly, it makes sense. They are affordable, they smell good, they give performance, and if people enjoy wearing them, then why not?
And to be honest, those synthetics do play a big role in how the fragrance smells and performs. I am not a natural perfumer and I don't avocate against synthetics. They help us create accords that would be impossible to create using natural. As someone on base note once said, if naturals are the bone then the synthetic counterpart is the skin. 

But King of Saffron wasn't built on that foundation. This is an attar that was created to mimic that same attar but based on a 100% natural foundation of oils. No fake musk, no iso e Super, no DPG and most importantly 100% natural. The Attar was initially created to be a personal oil rather than being sold to the market. Something I would dab generously all over myself during the super winter nights in Ramadan 2 or so years ago before the prayer. Something that gets your vibe or mood checked before entering the mosque. Something that gets you smelling your wrist after every prayer break. Something that puts you in a mood or what we like to say Khushu during the prayer and something at least for me made me stand in humility in prayer. My love for this oil has been so generous that a 100ml batch was reduced to almost 20 or so ml in 2-3 years. so let's talk about the blend.

Take a few carefully selected ingredients, bring them together, and voilà — you have a ghaliya. But in reality, this was one of the most time-consuming blends I have ever made. Not because of a long ingredient list, but because of the process behind it: the maceration, the slow infusion, and the constant temperature-controlled stirring needed to pull everything into harmony. What we have is a Semi Vintage Sandalwood oil douched with the highest quality Kashmiri and Spanish saffron. Supported on a bed of the finest finest finest co distilled (Hindi Oud X Mandarin) rounded with so much homemade castoreum absolute that Canada would thank me for my service and PETA arrest me for the atrocities pun intended. All of this rounded with the finest deer musk money can buy.
Below you could see some of the saffrons used, grinding and pulverising them into the blend
 

Ok now skipping the nitty gritty, how does the oil smell? On first swipe, you have the super oudy hit almost as if someone is performing lobotomy on your brain with a sharp knife. Some people say it's too strong, some enjoy oud for the same very reason,  some love the dry down of the smoke. Some hate it some love it. Me? I love it. It's the note that makes a good oud stand out. The starting is very nutty or saffron like almost as if you're smelling ghee or heated butter. From the saffron, the scent transitions to kinamic oud immediately. You got the smoke, saffron, a bit of rose, castoreum and birch tar. From the Saffron to the main transition to oud, you do have a barnyard smell but it quickly transitions to something so beautiful in smoke, you will forget it ever existed.

So who is this for? Someone who wants to enjoy oud but couldnt before due to how pungent few variants of oud can get? Someone who wants to get into pure oud but can't fork the expensive price tag per ml? Someone who just wants to get it for the same reason I made it? someone who enjoy saffron in all its glory? someone who likes and wants to go from normal mainstream scents to something a bit maybe higher quality? someone who wants 100% natural? Maybe you want to stay away from your partner thinking it's too pungent idk.
Maybe you're just my friend and want to support me or you just don't care and want everything in the world I don't know and good on you if that's the case. 

I could sell the whole lot if I wanted to just one of my clients but I would love if more people got to try this as opposed to me saving money on shipping customs etc. It means more to me if people appreciated more of the finer things I create than be sold off for a profit like I did with the micron stock but there's that. So this will go out as 1 ml only. Not 3 , not 2 just 1 ml. 

But Zack, you're telling me we are only getting 1 ml and you're charging us this and that? 
1 ML is plenty juice, and remember for oils like this a small dab goes a long long long way.


A whole breakdown on notes
1- Vintage Mysore Sandalwood Oil
2- Hindi Oud x Mandarin (Co- Distillation)
3- Homemade Castoreum Absolute
4- SIberian Deer Musk Grains 
5- Canadian Castoreum Tincture
6- Russian Birch Tar
7- Deer Musk Maceration Oil