That sweet, slightly burnt-sugar amber a lot of people now recognise: that's what Mazhar 540 is built around. It follows Baccarat Rouge 540 and lands close to 93%. Saffron and jasmine open it, but it's really about the amberwood-and-ambergris heart over a woody, resinous...

The idea behind Blackrain was contradiction: take a bright, fresh opening and drop it straight into something dark. It's one of Mazhar's own creations, and one of the more unusual things we make. It opens almost sporty, pineapple and bergamot with a crack of...

If you've smelled a really good attar at a Lahori wedding, you already know roughly where Navab is going. It's our reading of Ormonde Jayne's Nawab of Oudh, and a close one at about 96%. Bergamot and a little green open it, but the...

Xerjoff's Erba Pura is one of the most copied fruity scents in the world, for good reason. Amber Delight is our run at it, around 90%. Oranges, lemon and bergamot open it juicy and bright, a sweet fruity heart keeps it cheerful, and white...

Mazmala works up close rather than across a room, and that's the whole charm of it. It's our take on Thomas Kosmala's No.4, around 94%. A little citrus opens it before it warms quickly into amber, soft spice and woods, then a smooth ambroxan-and-musk...

Same Baccarat Rouge idea as our Mazhar 540, tuned a touch softer and more floral. Fareeda follows MFK's Baccarat Rouge 540, about 93%. Saffron and jasmine open it, an amberwood heart gives it that famous glowing sweetness, and cedar and fir resin hold the...

Kamhill is an evening fragrance, plainly and simply, and one of our closest matches at roughly 94% to Dunhill Desire Red. The opening is almost playful, apple and lemon with a touch of bergamot, before it warms into rose, teakwood and patchouli. The base...

Gissah's Imperial Valley earned a real cult following among Arabian-fragrance fans, and this is our take on it, about 92%. It opens bright and a touch peppery with bergamot, pink pepper and davana, then drops into an oud, white amber and rosemary heart, finishing...

This is the most Middle Eastern thing we make, and also one of our closest matches at around 96% to Marj by Al Maghrabi. It's warm and sweet without tipping into gourmand: amber and soft spice on top, a resinous woody-floral heart, then a...

Black truffle and dark chocolate are not normal perfume notes, which is rather the point of this one. Nori follows Tom Ford's Black Orchid, about 90%. It opens earthy and a little strange with truffle and ylang-ylang, the heart is the dark chocolate, orchid...

For the man who keeps it low and close rather than loud, Imrani is our take on Armani Code, sitting at roughly 92%. It's an evening scent, really. Bergamot and lemon open it cleanly, but the heart is where it earns its name: that...