Shamama
SHAMAMA or SHAMAMATUL AMBER smells spicy, herbaceous, woody, saffronish niche type oriental which is hugely popular in the Middle Eastern world. SHAMAMA is an important component for making Mukhallat and Bakhoor fragrances. No less liked by the Indians as a fragrance and widely used in making incense sticks and tobacco compounds. It is also used for external application as a winter perfume for its warm character.
Knowledge of the SHAMAMA making process is a carefully guarded secret and has been portrayed, at best, as one in which a number of aromatic herbs, spices, roots, flowers, seeds, woods, essential oils have been combined and hydrodistilled to produce the characteristically potent oriental fragrance.
Olfactory - reddish tinged amber tinged liquid displaying an incredibly rich, complex, earthy, mossy, musky, precious woods, tea-like, spicy, animalic, resinous bouquet of outstanding tenacity