Vendor: Al Absar
Melted Spell
soft lavender-vanilla dusted with spicy powder and woody warmth

Al Absar Shahoor Intense comes across as warm almond cake with espresso and a hint of spice. It opens with amaretto and coffee, moves into creamy notes and vanilla and settles on ambergris and sugar. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum is best in spring, fall and winter and is an evening scent. It suits casual days, the office and date nights. Released in 2025.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Discussed by 11 people across the fragrance communities Scendira tracks.
Around $50.
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Al Absar has 32 perfumes indexed on Scendira, all launched between 2022 and 2026, making it one of the newest houses in our catalogue. Across the 33 mapped perfumes in our data, sweet is the top accord (76%), followed by powdery (67%), vanilla (61%), musky (52%), and citrus (52%), giving the house a clearly gourmand, dessert-leaning signature. Vanilla, musk, and jasmine lead on notes. Prices run $19 to $54.99, with a $29.99 median, keeping the whole range in accessible territory. The catalogue leans unisex (61% of the mapped range), with feminine (27%) and masculine (12%) filling out the rest. By community mentions, Dahab leads with 9 mentions, closely followed by Hasaa, Shahoor Elixir, and Rania, all at 8. Filter by note or vibe below, or ask Dira to match a specific Al Absar perfume to what you actually want to smell like.
Best for: shoppers who want an affordable, gourmand-leaning house under $55, with a clear vanilla-sweet signature and a mostly unisex range. Sample first if: you're sensitive to strong vanilla or sugared openings, since sweet and vanilla dominate the accord profile. Skip if: you want an established house with a long mention history; Al Absar is new (2022 onward) and community data is still building.
By community mentions across Scendira's data, Dahab leads Al Absar with 9 mentions, closely followed by Hasaa, Shahoor Elixir, and Rania, each with 8. Shahoor Intense, Melted Glaze, Muhit, and Melted Sugar trail close behind. Mention volume across the house is still small and tightly clustered, a sign of a young, fast-growing catalogue rather than one or two runaway hits. Each has its own page here with real community sentiment and the honest downside.
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It smells like warm almond cake with espresso and a hint of spice. It opens with amaretto and coffee, moves into creamy notes and vanilla and settles on ambergris and sugar.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is an evening scent. It suits casual days, the office and date nights.
It reads unisex.
Honest, community-verified perfume matches. Not marketing.