Kiara#3-#5 Feb2011

I rode Kiara on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. I am kind of addicted to this place. In fact, i am riding this place more this week than i ever done in combination over 5 years!
Perhaps it is a good thing. After all, Kiara is 3km ride away.
I rode Thursday and Friday myself alone. Was kind of worried and I do not know the trails well. Only familiar name that i can think of is Twin Peak, 2K, Kampong and Carnival.
The two rides i did with RoLance has made me re-think my HRMax, or maximum heart rate. The typical formula is 220-Age. This will give me a theoretical HRMax of 185bpm. A more accurate representation would be for someone to push themselves to the (thin fine line of cardiac arrest or to the) point of fainting. This is how VO2Max is measured as well.

As one gets fitter and stronger, the can push themselves to maximal effort with very controlled HR (or effort). Many factors will change/influence this, which includes temperature, humidity and even altitude. In a controlled environment (usually in a sports lab where a person's VO2Max or HRMax are measured), one can safely obtain this vital information.
So, what do one do when they do not have the privilege of a sports lab or know people that could actually do this for a small token fee?
They do Kiara.
After riding at Kiara twice with Roland, i thought it's time for me to attempt it on my own. Kiara#3 mark the ride i did on my own. Not knowing much where to go, i try to recollect the route that Roland took me.
Apart from a few dead-ends and climbing back to the last known junctions, i did not get lost too far.
Distance :11.61km
HRMax : 170bpm

Really struggled up TwinPeaks. Took 4 attempt to get a clear photo as the other 3 blurred as my hand shakes. HRMax170bpm right here!

Finished the ride by doing the 2K loop and back to carpark a happy man with no fall!

The next day, i decided to ride Kiara again. Kiara #4 was a more confident ride (both routes and technical riding) as the previous Kiara#3 gave me some guts again.

Cleaned the drops and hairpin corners

Elated and perhaps it was without Roland pressuring from the front (as in i have to chase him) helped a bit. I posted a good improvement in timing too over the same route.

Singletracks mostly. This is an easier portion with no roots on ground to topple you over. But if not careful, your butt will end up down the cliff on the left.

My heart rate went up the roof in yesterday's ride. 172bpm was a nice feeling. It makes you feel alive. Yeah right. 

"hypeventilated at 172bpm. Heart wanted to jump out. Diaphragm contracting to assist lung. Lung gasping for air. Sphincter muscle threathen to give way...but no fainting feeling. There got to be an EASIER way to determine your Max Heartrate!!!

Distance : 9.28km
Today, i did Kiara#5. Thinking this will start to be a walk in the park for me after two successful "fast" ride. With me planning to push my HRMax beyond 172bpm. I got to find my absolute maximal heart rate. It has become sort of obsession.
With me for the ride was Roland, Terence Law, Jason Phua, Kee Yeow, Dex and two other person that i did not introduce myself with. Perhaps it was anxiety on my side.
Once the route has been decided (2K-Apollo-Mission), Jason and Dex lead the way. Naturally, i followed through. And within 20seconds, i regret doing so. Those two were going down 2K at breakneck (and break legs) speed! I lost sight of them slightly under 30seconds and my meter read 25km/h; DOWNHILL. My average ROAD SPEED is 25km/h!
With 4 others right behind my back, i have to keep up the speed. Adrenalin does funny things to your mind and balls.
I missed one switchback (or hairpin) and decided to let everyone else overtake me. Down goes Roland into what these Kiara freaks call Terrace (at 2K). Roland cleaned the first drop and then fumbled as he fell. I was right behind him, cleaned the first drop...and in my attempt to avoid him (and fighting gravity), i went over the bar again. I swore i saw the whole thing in slow motion.
Body over bar. Legs in midair. Eyes saw a tree i can grab to stop falling.Missed it. Darn. Ugghh. Umphhh. Rolled over. Hey maybe can stand up. Nope. Went rolling second time. Saw legs again. Oppffh. Shit, whats that cracking sound?. Stopped.
I landed about 5meters away from my bike, at the bottom of the terrace. Terence had a good sight of me falling and Roland too had first class view.
Bike ok. Ride on.
The previous bruises and healing wounds from Kiara#2 was bruised/wounded again. The layer of dried skin peeled and in addition, a deeper cut on right side of knee cap. The embarrassment of the fall was not painful. The pain from the painful healing wound was painful. I scraped by elbow too.

Discussing how to fall prettily.

Perhaps it was a good fall or instinct told me to roll around to break the fall. Better than face first definitely.
The rest of the ride was pretty much very cautiously done. As the adrenalin wears off from the fall, pain started to come in. we finished off Mission and back at the crossroad.
It was then up TwinPeak - down Dirty Deeds - Traverse Snake&Ladder - Up TwinPeak again - went Around The Mountain - Carnival.

I bumped into a colleague of mine. He is doing his last Kiara Farewell ride. He has requested to be transferred to Australia.

I believe he rode all the trails there are in Kiara Hill - and only not managing to clear two trails due to the ride gradient.
At Carnival, i pretty much pushed my bike down. Can't risk more fall. I might get turned off. Perhaps.
Distance : 11.12km
HRMax : 170bpm.
Cleaned the bike and headed home. More pain awaits at home as i clean the healing wound and fresh wound with Dettol, Alcohol wipes and dress it with OpSite spray. I can already feel the burn and cringing my eyebrow as i near home.

I am now hooked on Kiara.

2011 Mileage so far:
Run: 20.6km
Bike:166.03km

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Ajmal Perfume : Creating Your Signature Parfum

I was at Ajmal Perfume outlet at Pavilion KL yesterday morning for a very unique experience in the world of scent.
Soo Kui Jien, or Jien as he is known in the television/hosting personality was in the store to create a signature perfume for his wife, Sarah Tan.

"They say the best gift anyone can get as gifts comes from the heart. I chose to create a special fragrance, which perfectly captures the essence of my beautiful wife, Sarah.She is a loving wife and a wonderful mother and she is my inspiration. I could not have thought of a better gift than the "My Inspiration" that i created at Ajmal", Jien shared of his reason why he has chose Ajmal as a Valentine's Day gift for Sarah.
Mr. Abdulla Ajmal, the third generation of the perfume company (his late grandfather, Ajmal Ali, was the founder of the company. Read more of it here) was in town to help Jien create the signature perfume for Sarah. Abdulla is a perfumist that understand and are able to recommend/concoct/perfect a blend of scent unique to your liking. Think of it as getting a cook to make your favorite meal, the way you like it to be.

Abdulla showed those that was present on how he helped Jien to concoct that unique fragrance. Like a intricate dance, Abdulla swirled and mixed the selected ingredients (i counted four) to create the final blend.
Each ingredient was measured using lab-precision tools down to the milliliter (ml)

The process uses pure essential oil from natural ingredients. Some takes a minimum of 2 weeks to draw just 1ml through distillation process. To make the perfect perfume, three ingredient is needed to provide the top, mid and base scent. After the three main oil was mixed, it is then filled to about 75% full with a dilution oil.

The remaining 25% is for "fine tuning" to ensure the end product is to the liking and expectation of the client. On the average, it takes up to 45minutes to personalise a "My Inspiration" perfume. Once done, the ingredient will be recorded and the proportions that were used and present the client with a unique ID for their "My Inspiration" perfume. You can also name it if you want! 

Jien called his floral scent he created for Sarah...MySarah!

This also meant that when MySarah runs out, all Jien needed to do is to call/order/come to the store and have one exact same scent prepared! In fact, if Sarah wants to fine-tune the scent further, her feedback on what she wants could be done and it can be called MySarah No.2. No extra charges other than paying for the new bottle of personalised perfume.

I know some of you might think this will most probably empty your wallet faster than anything else. I was surprised to know that the price starts from RM125/100ml Eu De parfum (EDP), customized! There is also the smaller bottle of 50ml at RM65 (confirmation needed). 

If you are not the adventurous type or do not want to create your own unique scent, Ajmal has a large line ups of pre-concocted perfumes with prices that start from as low as RM65!. We were told that they have both alcohol and non-alcohol based perfume. So, the choices could be endless and only limited by your olfactory senses to distinguish smell!

My experience at the store the other day has actually opened up and debunked my thoughts that middle eastern perfume are overladen with musky smell that could nauseate anyone that smell it. That was so a myth! Ajmal line of products has both western and eastern influence and you can expect floral, fruity, woody and even (yes) musky tone to the perfume.

Ajmal's perfume are perfume and not Eu De Toilette (EDT). Most fragrances in the market are EDT. Ajmal's fragrances are EDP. EDT is watered down perfume. EDP contains anything from 7% to 15% perfume concentration and EDT only has 1% to 6% of perfume. Essentially, you could be paying for "lesser" products in EDT without knowing it! 

If you ever wondered why some fragrances do not last as long as others, that is because of the concentration of perfume in the products. EDT are meant for short-lasting scent and EDP could last you the whole day and even lingers on clothes for days! Perfume comes in small vials and are extremely expensive. Woody type of perfume at Ajmal could cost thousands of Ringgit as it appreciate with aging. The most expensive variant is RM30,000 for a vial of 20 years old Oudh!

This is NOT the RM30K vial...but close.

Not to be missed out and because Wifey was with me, we decided to shop for some fragrances. their choices of EDP is huge. Wifey likes light scent that is floral and easy and fresh for the day. We were introduced to one of their best seller called ENTICE. Entice for women is light and floral. For men, it was heavier and woody.

At RM125/75ml EDP, this is a steal. Some EDT could cost up to RM300 if it is some "branded" stuff!

Not enough with just one, we settled for a second bottle at RM65/50ml. SACRED LOVE is very vanilla like with sweet smelling base. It makes nice night time fragrances. Thanks to Hanie for recommending it!

I hope my showcasing of Ajmal will piqued some of your interest, especially for some of you that collects and love fragrances. And if you are those that collects and love to tingle your olfactory senses and at times found them overwhelmingly numbing your senses, here is a tip from Ajmal.

Smell some coffee. It will neutralise your senses again and prepare your nose for more scent-sational experience!

"My Inspiration" is a concept that Ajmal introduced as part of their commitment and their brand philosophy of "Creating Memories". In conjunction with Valentine's Day celebration, Abdulla also announced the Valentine's Wishing Fountain Competition. Customers who purchase more than RM100 in Ajmal products until Valentine's Day will stand a chance to win exciting daily prizes whilst one lucky couple will have the chance to win themselves a 3Day-2Night trip to Langkawi, courtesy of Ajmal!

To reserve your spots to create that perfect perfume, or to find out more about Ajmal Perfumes' Competition, call 03-2144 1533 or 03-2144 3633.

And if you have not heard, i am currently running a mini-competition in my blog. Three readers of my blog that could successfully answer the questions correctly and complete a slogan WILL win a RM150 cash voucher each. That is more than enough for you to "Creating Memories" of your own "My Inspiration" perfume! Details in the previous posting!

*Ajmal Pefumes will be establishing Ajmal Perfumes counter and kiosks in major retail department stores nationwide. The first one is located in Parkson Store in One Utama new wing. With over 120 types of western and oriental fragrances, you will only run out of nose to smell them all!

A big thank you to Ajmal, Mr. Abdulla and Advertlets for this opportunity!

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Samsung NaviBot Vacuum Review

I recently had the Samsung NaviBot vacuum cleaner to use for two weeks. My initial thoughts was that these robotic vacuum would not be able to clean a home or area as well as manual vacuuming or any other manual ways of cleaning.
From experience, sweeping does not clean the floor; sweeping merely MOVES the dirt and dust from point A to point B. What could be scooped up by the dirt-pan is good, what couldn't ends up on the floor...out of sight, out of mind perhaps?
The unit i received was in dark blue. I had to charge it and within an hour plus, it was fully charged and ready. The manual that came with it did not have English and i presumed it might be detached from the previous person that tested it. Missing was also the remote controller, which meant i can't use this as a remote control (RC) vacuum to chase my kids around.
The Outlook
This machine is build tough. It weigh at least 3kg and solid feel. With rubber bumpers at the edges which also has proximity sensors to prevent it from rolling off edges or bumping into expensive vase or items at home. In fact, it is known to be pet friendly. Meaning, it will not suck your pet's tail when the vacuum is working to clean up those hairs!

Black parts above are the IR sensors to detect any obstruction. The rubber bumper is built tough. There are little brushes protruding out that actually reaches out beyond the vacuum to sweep in dirt for the vacuum to suck up. Think of it like hands that pulls in food to the vacuum.

Turning it over you will see the driving wheels which are knob to move even over carpeted surface. Then the yellow portion is the mouth of the vacuum that eats up anything that comes it way. Visible is the three-pronged brushes that will push dirt towards the yellow portion.
The unit comes with two additional sensors that Samsung calls the "virtual guards". They are dual function which could act either as "fence" or "guide". By mean of "fence", it will provide a invisible barrier to prevent the vacuum from even touching precious items in the home. This meant the unit WILL not bump into anything that has the sensor "guard" as "fence".
An example available on the net shows mostly the unit working to prevent the vacuum from disturbing or going near a pet that is sleeping.

Image from Cnet Aussie

My honest opinion is that this will not work. The unit is loud enough to awaken any pets. I still see the sensors as useful to protect or demarcate "precious items" area.

The units are powered by two C-sized batteries. Tested them and it did work. Intelligent enough to prevent any unwanted breakages at home.

The unit holds the dirt it sucked up in a detachable see through canister. The canister has a HEPA (or High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter. There is an extra unit in the packaging.

The whole package is well thought off. It provides the owner/user enough of items to make  this robot smart enough to clean the house by it's own.

But how does it perform in real life?

The Cleaning

Here is a video review that i did on the NaviBot.

Pretty self explanatory and you can hear how it actually in operation as well. Pardon the narration as it was done impromptu. :)

The vacuum can be set to operate on timer. Meaning, you can actually set them to clean the house while you are away and you can come home to a clean home (surface). It has a "circular" motion movement that is good if you have a large open space and the vacuum will start cleaning up from the middle and move outwards in a circular movement, else, the default is per the video above.

Do the unit return to base after completion of the task?

You bet. I was doubly impressed how it actually locate the base unit and "park" itself to be charged!

See the video below and you know what i meant. Sorry about the orientation and pardon my son trying to confuse the unit. I hid the base under a stool as a "discreet" way. It will come out from hiding when on duty!

Pretty cool eh?

So, DID it really clean as well as claimed in the videos above???

Oh yes. I had to clean the dust canister every 2 days. It suck up all the dust that sweeping can't!

The amount of dust may varies. If you stay in an apartment or condo, you might not get as much dust as you are on elevated ground. But if on landed property with constant dust flying at ground level, it makes a lot of differences!

And the above doesn't meant our home is dirty. It just meant NaviBot cleaned it up really well!

Verdict

At RM2399, it is certainly an expensive gadget to own. More so if you read so little or actually seen it in action.I would be skeptical too if someone tells me that parting with RM2399 would make "my life cleaner and easier". 

After 2 weeks of having the unit runs around the home and cleaning up perhaps a few bagful of dirt/dust/hair, it was certainly a painful parting when i had to return the unit. That also meant back to manual sweeping using a broom and/or a microfiber clothes that traps dirt.

If you can afford it, i say go for it. It helps a lot. Possibly can save you more time so you can have more time with your family!

For more details of this awesome robotic vacuum, head on to Samsung.com

We are awaiting for the price to drop a tad more to consider buying it for the home. Period.

Missing NaviBot!

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Kiara#2 Feb2011

With today's Kiara#2 ride, i officially covered 65%, if not 70% of Bukit Kiara. Many knows that Kiara Trails is amongst the best in this region and it is just 4km max from where i stay. I have been staying off Kiara for a reason...i am afraid of pain and falling into deep ravine/ridges...or get myself entangled in between rubber trees with my bike flow 20 feet away...and today's ride just proved why i should had considered staying away and go for the lesser (or easier) XC trail in FRIM.
Started off at 0645hours from home and reached Kiara Park by 0710hours. RoLance (Yes, the same Roland) just reached and the park was already buzzing with early joggers around the park. Geared up and i was excited as i had the chance to try out the mosquitoe coil holder that RoLance gave to me. Goes to show just how little can make me happy.
The plan was no plan. I told Wifey i will be back home by 0930hours. After all, an hour or two in Kiara is more than sufficient like how i did the first Kiara#1. Many Kiara hardcore might laugh at my obsession about their playground and how i am going to dramatized my rides in this "Bermuda Triangle" like trail - where things that will go wrong, WILL go wrong kinda situation. I believe everyone, from beginners to experts have their own tales of woes, or victories.

Rolance thinking of ways to torture me

As a human being, we are always sucker for pain, and more pain. I know what can happen in Kiara, and i know very well i have to ride it to tame it.
So, the morning ride started with going up from the park's carpark and up towards the hills. Went into Twin Peak and RoLance suggested to head to Kampung Trails. This meant i will be riding over Pencala and the tunnel. Things were pretty well and good with my heartrate racing at a good 90% Max most of the time. Recovery was brief with the varying technical downhills which i had more guts and agility to manoeuvre out. In short things were looking fine.
Pushing was kept to minimum and i managed to clean more switchbacks and i was actually feeling happy. Then i was at a portion over the tunnel, which was a ridge in Kiara. No problems with side-stepping (like Rugby) the rubber trees along the route. No problem riding the singletrack next to the river at the Kampung.
Then RoLance told me about how people can just slip and fall if they were not careful.

RoLance waiting at Kampung Trail. I was way behind, as usual.

I rode right on a tubing and went over the bar as i see my bike slide under me in split second. Doing about 15km/h on the singletrack as i was pushing and blazing (in my own superlative comparison, no less) through the trails.
I heard myself crashing through the undergrowth as i came to a halt, stopped only by some trees/bamboo that prevented me from sliding further down the ravine...
OUCH. Ego bruised. I was baptised again in Kiara.

The black pipe was my downfall. The tree/bamboo (out of pic) stopped me from rolling down further. I might had cut off the water supply when i bended the grey water pipe that supply water to the Kampung...
I was shaken. Bike was ok. I was escaped with minor scratches on hands and forearms. Yay.
Laughed it off and RoLance told me he saw how i went off and crashed. Not too bad as i can still talk and not maimed.
The rest of Kampung was tread carefully and i was extra cautious. Just when i thought i had build enough confidence again and grew my balls size by another 1cm diameter this had to happen.

How Kiara is losing it's green lung with developers inching their way nearer. Soon, Kampung trail will disappear.

We exited Kiara and came out of Jalan Kiara 3. This is where the Garden International School situated. We rode on the road while chatted about how developers are taking over Kiara and them not realising the potential of this place to be a perfect trail within a city. Many others in foreign countries are hoping that a trail such as Kiara exist and here we are, in the name of development (and greed), destroy what is already there for us. Don't even let me go on about how Kiara is being "modified" to allow horses to go through...
After lamenting about that, we were back in action as we rode behind the school to a trail known as Wasteland trail. Simply because the whole place is wasted i supposed - with developments of unneeded proportion (just how many more luxury condos need to be build?).
There, multiple switchbacks and climbs await me and RoLance and more technical downhills that tested my guts. Trust me, with one fall, it sort of level all your balls to marble size. Needless to say, the rest of the ride through Wasteland was wasted as i ended up pushing up and over rideable trails.
We slowly found our way back to one of the Pondok Trail and RoLance suggest that we do part of the 2K loop.
"You want uphill training?", RoLance asked.
How can i say no? I labelled myself King of Climbs years ago. I hungrily power up on big cranks on Genting Peras. I only use middle crank in Kemensah. Granny Gears are for wussies.
Truth to be told - i am a total wuss now. Those road riding has turned me into a Pondan In Trails.
I lost my balls.
Trying not to be too hard on myself i survived (pushing) up 2K and exiting next to the pumphouse near the Hill entrance. End of ride is near. RoLance proudly said i covered 3/4 Of Kiara, in just two outing. That is more than what i collectively done since i was introduced to Kiara years ago!
We exited the trail to the park where more fun fast downhills that aren't technical awaits. I bash through it, with my balls growing bigger with each turn.
Then as we neared the final descent - where there are laid large stones before a bridge that exits the trail to the park...i was controlling the bike VERY well.
RoLance cleared it. I followed his line.
"Don't Pok-Kai", I told myself.
"It's just a bridge", I reassured myself.
And it happened.
I took the turn too wide to the right, got onto a void between the stones. Flew. Smashed myself against the jagged rock. Second crash. Balls shrunked again as i see myself falling in slow-motion.
Over.Under.Shoulder to sand. Butt to stone. Pedal to Body.
"Craaakkkkk".
Damn, was it the iPhone or company issued BB?
First thing i did was opened the pouch to check. Neither. Phew!
RoLance raced to me by foot to check on me.
OK, knee bruised and blood started trickling down. No broken bones. Double Phew!

Lucky no where near where i want to place my tattoo...

The impact of the fall broke my hydraulic brake lever. Dang! There goes RM200 at least!

I should not had tighten the lever the night before or it might survive if it was allowed to twist upwards or downwards on impact. Expensive lessen learnt.
Rode home, got wifey worried as i only came home almost an hour late. Showed her the bruises...and well...what can she say?
I live another day for Kiara.
The "Craak" sound, it was the mozzie coil holder. It was smashed by my fat-arse when i fell. Have to go get new one soon.
And one more thing, Dettol do not sting your wound, OpSite clear dressing does. It bites harder than the fall and it felt like it is melting your flesh as it dries up. Don't try it if you are not man enough.

Week 6 : Feb 7, 2011
Distance : 24.49km (home - Kiara trails somewhere inside and everywhere - Home)
Time: 3:00minshours
HR range :90%~95% maxHR.
Average pace : 9.5km/h
Max Speed : 34.5km/h...must be somewhere downhill where my balls was larger than a golf ball.

2011 Mileage so far:
Run: 20.6km
Bike:134.02km

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Ajmal Luxury Perfume :An Introduction and Valentine's Day Promotion cum Competition

Today, i will introduce you (my blog readers) to a brand of perfume known as Ajmal Luxury Perfume.
The company is a family-owned fragrance house based in Dubai. The brand name actually meant “most beautiful” in Arabic. With 60 years of history and heritage, it has established itself in the world and has became synonymous with captivating perfumes and beauty products, as well as high quality traditional Arabic and oriental fragrance products for the body and home.
The history of Ajmal Perfume has a humble beginning. It was believed that Ajmal Ali, a rice farmer from Assam (in India)went to Bombay to try his luck when the scarcity of rain in his hometown made life difficult as a farmer.
He decided to trade Agarwood (or Oudh) that was in abundance in his hometown as the oil from Agarwood was used extensively in the making of oriental perfume. The high quality of the oil that he trades in captured the attention of some Arab traders and as they said, the rest is history.
Today, the son of (the late) Ajmal Ali, Nazir Ajmal, presides over the company and has a portfolio of over 135 exclusive outlets worldwide and one of them (the 135th outlet) is in Malaysia since July 2010 at Pavilion KL!

Lot No. 3.49.00

The operation in Kuala Lumpur is headed by Abdulla Ajmal, the grandson of the founder. He is the first of the third generation that is involved in this business and is the current Executive Director of Ajmal.

Mr. Abdulla Ajmal

The concept store in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur has the "My Inspiration" concept where you can (under watchful and informed) perfumist, create a scent that is exclusive only to you!
This is very much in-line with the brand philosophy, "Crafting Memories".

The My Insipiration Concept Counter

If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. The scent we smell everyday will remind us of something. Think of it as the familiar scent you smell when you hug your loved ones ( i still remember how my late granma smell like; she works in a rubber plantation and every time i cycle in a rubber plantation, it reminds me of her) or even the smell of the home cooked food you grew to be familiar with when you grow up! Smell is one of our five senses and the human olfactory senses are sensitive to whiff of pleasant and un-pleasant smell alike!

Entice (For Him)

fresh bergamot notes which is a refreshing overture to a woody union of vetiver and patchouli with a clear trail of white jasmine.

Many Malaysians are users of perfume. Most perfume that is available out there nowadays are synthetic in nature as the natural ingredient is expensive and take years to harvest. Most perfumes has alcohol in them and that has raised some "halal" issue for Muslims in Malaysia to use them.

Asaateer (For Her)

desirable blend of spicy saffron, cardamom and pink pepper top notes, elegantly infused at the heart with aromatic floral infusions of Rose, Osmanthus and White flowers, the fragrance completes its allure with exotic woody undertones of Indian sandalwood, Vetiver and Moss.

Good news is that Ajmal is made from natural ingredient and has no alcohol in the content. Coming from UAE itself (a majority Muslim country made up of seven states), Malaysian Muslim now has a choice of enjoying fragrances without any doubt.
However, Ajmal is not just targeting the Muslim consumers but they are going beyond that and reaching out to consumer that are willing to try beyond the realm of convention. This meant those that is already tired with branding as this meant that the brand will spend more on marketing than the products.

Asheem (For Him)

flavors emit the fresh ingredients of sandalwood and amber with pungency of Clarysage and final touches of Oudh and Musk to complete the perfectly balanced modern oriental fragrance. 

With that in mind, Ajmal Perfume are priced rather attractively for a outlet that looked (and feel) like a couture boutique. Prices of the fragrances ranges mostly between RM150 to RM250. This make the ranges of scent by Ajmal to be super affordable and competitively priced. Definitely promised to be gentle to the pocket especially if you are hunting for a Valentine's Day gift for your loved one. They have fragrances for male, female and even unisex scent that suit both male and female alike.
They have high end perfume too that cost thousands of Ringgit as those are derived from precious Agarwood oil that takes two decades to harvest!

The Interior of Ajmal at Pavillion KL

With all the above in mind, Ajmal is currently running a Valentine's Day promotion and competition. 

For grab are three vouchers worth RM150 each for my three lucky blog readers that successfully answer (correctly) the three questions and complete a slogan below. This competition is opened for anyone residing in Malaysia and will end at 12-noon on February 13, 2011. ONE entry per person and winners will be announced in this blog the same day by 12-midnight (as i will be travelling on that day). Vouchers will be couriered to the winners! 

The Questions

Q1 : What is Ajmal Perfume brand philosophy?

Q2:  What is the Concept Counter that allows one to create their own signature scent called?

Q3:  Where is the 135th Ajmal Perfume outlet located?

Complete this Slogan : My Inspiration of Ajmal Perfume is....(in less than 20 words of your own)....

Please email your answer and slogan to : opstupe at gmail dot com with the title AJMAL PERFUME Valentine's Day Competition so i know it is not spam and delete your entry.

Remember, send in your entry before 12-noon on February 13, 2010!

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