Perfume Parlour 2014 EDP

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Sinai City

Name: Sinai City Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Sinai City is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2014. Sinai City opens with Sea Water, Oud, and Incense, settles into a heart of Woody Notes, Pepper, and Saffron, and dries down to a base of Amber, Nutmeg, and Cumin. Perfume Parlour's Sinai City carries a Statement verdict, a musk-led wear.

Sinai City chases MiN New York's Dahab - that deep aquatic-incense opening turning into spicy saffron, oud and smoky woods. Wearers call it a solid likeness that lasts about as long as the original, though the Dahab stays a little more airy and elegant where the dupe leans heavier and earthier.

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Mysterious
Sophisticated
Bold
Grounded
Sensual

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Inspired by

Dahab by MiN NEW YORK

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Dahab the original Sinai City inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Incense39%

Oud34%

Sea Water27%

Heartas listed

Saffron36%

Pepper33%

Woody Notes31%

Baseas listed

Amber37%

Nutmeg33%

Cumin30%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Moderate

Intensity

Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Fall Winter

The smoky incense, saffron and oud are firmly cold-weather territory and feel heavy in heat.

Best Occasions

Also Works:

Date Casual Formal

Bold and ritualistic - it suits evenings, formal occasions and dates over daytime or sport.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Sinai City opens cool and atmospheric: a smoky incense and oud lifted by an unexpected sea-notes freshness, that distinctive dark-aquatic start the MiN New York is known for. The heaviness of the incense soon takes over, joined by a fiery saffron, black pepper and exotic woods that pull it into spiced-desert territory. The drydown is warm and a touch animalic with nutmeg, cumin and a soft amber. Set against the Dahab it imitates, this Perfume Parlour version captures the incense-saffron-oud-aquatic story faithfully - reviewers find it smells very much alike and wears about as long - but the original stays a fraction more airy and refined, where the dupe sits heavier and earthier, with the synthetic oud a little more obvious. It is still a bold, distinctive, ritualistic scent - mysterious and grown-up - making a striking cold-weather evening option that delivers Dahab's spiced-incense character at a budget price.

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