The Absolutes Blessed Baraka

Blessed Baraka starts off nice and ambery. It’s got a nice sweetnes ms with sown sandlewood mixed in. The first whiff of it I was like damn this smalls great. But it does remind me of the same wheel house of blonde Amber. It has that same style Amber DNA off the first rip but it’s not completely the same. This one has some added musk sandlewood white florals and vanilla. Blonde amber is Amber tonka dried fruits tabac florals biter orange and tubarose. So some notes are similar but as you can see they go in different directions. This one I feel sits closer to the skin along with many of Initio brands scents seem to be. But that’s not a bad thing. This scent profile is addictive and will make someone want to get closer to you to get whiffs of this. It’s creating a nice scent bubble around me that I’m able to constantly pick up. I’m currently at the 3 hour mark with the wear . Over all I’m very happy with the Scent profile and would highly recommend people getting their nose on it for the cold weather. And I don’t think it’s redundant complety if you own Blonde amber. But I will say the Amber accord smells like blonde Amber off first spray to my nose so if you have either I would get your nose on the other before blind buying the other to make sure you feel the same way as I do. I could see some saying it’s not worth having both. And not wanting two of the “same “ style scents in your collection.

A simple but very well crafted composition by Alberto Morillas. The White Flowers are most prominent during the first hour, and they imprint sweet, Cherry/Red Berry nuances, probably coming from Heliotrope and Freesia. After the first hour, the floral accords take a back seat, and the rest of the notes (Amber, Musk, Sandalwood and Vanilla) become more discernible. The Amber accord is very resinous. From this point on, the fragrance is quite linear, but I don't see this as a drawback. Although this is a Fall/Winter fragrance, I would wear it all year round, since I spend most of my time working in AC environments. It's masculine leaning, long lasting and noticeable, but not cloying or overwhelming if you're careful with the number of sprays. Test it, if you like oriental, spicy and woody fragrances.

Quite lovely! Fairly similar to Khamrah Dukhan in that it's an intoxicating blast of cinnamon, wood, frankincense, and musk, but Blessed Baraka has a smaller sillage and dries down to a little creamier, lactonic vibe, while Khamrah Dukhan's sillage lasts a bit longer and dries down to straight ambroxan (think Not A Perfume by Juliette Has a Gun). For slightly better performance and a wayyy cheaper pricetag, I would personally choose Khamrah Dukhan and recommend I'd moreso as a safe blind-buy. This type of scent profile is popular for a reason, and personally I like it, but I can also understand those who think that it leans fake-cinnamon or cinnamon-scented-broom-at-a-craft-store xD

One of the best western takes on a true oriental this has depth character and boldness.This has a lot going on but at the same time it's very smooth despite the synthetics used.It is an amber fragrance which flirts with being gourmond yet has woody/oudy facets a beautiful warm sexy amber dried fruit accords like peach plum dates and also a smokey vanilla.This smells like money imo from all the Initios I've tried this is the most impactful when paying for a niche scents I don't want a wall flower.I want a blooming garden which intoxicated and seduces all that crosses my path which is why this is a must buy for me.As soon as it hits my birthday later this year I'm buying it

This is a big scent. People say powdery and that is one way to describe the effect, but reader, do not misconstrue this as baby powder or talc. Blessed Baraka blooms and expands like a cloud. I am in a personal expansive purple cloud. It's heady, it's deep in a way, softwoods and yes I get the white florals mentioned in the above notes but the overall effect is giving nocturnal flowers for me. The black fruit note people mention is not wrong either but to my nose that accord is riding in the back. Definitely not a photorealistic or sweet fruit thing.