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EstapVetstame – :
I received this after I bought Dhan Oudh al Cambodi by Rasasi, which features mostly Cambodian oud, as the name suggest, and that is said to be the most animalic, barnyard type and dirty oud within the very wide range of olfactive impressions within this group of oils, at least in the opening. I have been warned, I knew it, but I thought I am a dirty animalic guy and surely will like, if not love it.
I mean, some truely controversal scents like Muscs Koublai Khan (which I do not find pretty dirty btw) belong to my favourites and I have natural castoreum and civet absolue here, what could go wrong?
I will write a review for that perfume as well so keep it short here: Everything went wrong. I let the seller send it to my work place and as tracking told me when it will arrive I did not wear perfume that day. It came during lunch hour. Sprayed it on (one single spritz) and was shocked. Didn’t even want to leave the shop were I worked for 20 minutes, because I smelled like barnyard, or rather mass husbandry.
This was my first contact with Cambodian oud and man was I nervous when Dehn Al Oudh Malaki was on its way and too late I have read it contains this kind of oud as well..
And really, in the opening it shares the same vibe with the Rasasi scent. But far far less brutal. Which seemed logical, as the pyramide I’ve read named other ouds as well, but as the Swiss Arabian website is out of order atm, I can’t research what’s supposed to be there. And I can’t remember.
Anyway, yes, there’s barnyard in the opening, a bit of cow, a bit like rubbing oneself with horsed ung, but I can stand it. It’s even kind of enjoyable as it’s kind of evocative of pictures of my childhood when visiting my grandma.
This animalic vibe melts down while the perfume settles, but does not disappear completely. I kind of get an over ripe or rotten fruit note as well, sweet, bit edgy, but almost covered by the more powerful dung aspects. May sound strange, but this actually makes the animalic opening more wearable.
Over time it starts to become more resinous and incensy in the heart. Darker, less sweet, while sweetness still remains.
Woody aspects become more prominent and kind of remind me on the dry oud accord in L’Artisans Al Oudh (and I’m aware that this accord is supposedly mostly synthetic without bearing real oud while this Arabian perfume is supposed to at least have a bit of the natural stuff). This stage is really enjoyable now.
Within its further development it gets dryer and dryer, faint floral aspects appear and disappear that I can’t fetch and hold on to to analyse. Oldschoolish Musky notes seem to join in as well, but again I can’t put my fingers on it.
Far underneath finally lies a faint earthiness which may contribute to the dry and dark impression I get from the later heart and base notes.
Unlike other reviewers I find the sillage rather moderate and within this radius not that intense after 5 minutes. Longevety is moderate on my skin as well, while it’s rather a skin scent after 2 to 3 hours.
The bottle would look beautiful, but on mine the metal parts do not match in color, giving this a cheaper impression than it deserves.
ieroglyph – :
The most amazing smell ever. I will buy it again.
Larifan – :
Buy it only after trying it.
Every thing other reviewers say about it it’s true:
“It smells like dead carcasses, it’s wonderful, it smells like cheese, it’s amazing, it smells like a dead animal skin, it’s smells like true oud, nothing matches this for quality.”
TOP NOTES: LEATHERY
MIDDLE NOTES: ANIMALIC
BASE NOTES: WOODY (mainly Oud)
As you may understand this is a very polarizing fragrance.I found myself in the same situation. I hate it in the opening and I love it in the loooooong dry down.
A distinct mixture of raw leather and cloying oud it’s what you get in the opening. Later on (20 minutes) the leather becomes fainter and you get a bit of soapy cheese with a different oud as well. The oud is no longer cloying but it’s still a not civilized wandering rogue scent.
After 20 minutes more, you just get oud. It’s a smoky (very) manly oud, not cloying, not sweet, and very appealing. It becomes an head turner but not always for the good reasons.
It’s probably the most manly perfume that I own. Ladies will either adore it or hate it. It’s totally the opposite of a gourmand metro sexual perfume like Ultra Male or Dazzle. Can you love both extremes? Probably yes!
My cautions:
I do apply it half an hour before meeting anybody either ladies or men. This way you will avoid somebody to think that you are covered with an animal rotten skin or buttered with Roquefort cheese.
As this perfume has a monstrous longevity you still have something like 20 hours in front of you to share your scent with the rest of the humanity.
The best descriptions I heard of the scent, at the bottom notes and the dry down, have been:
– that I smell like a biker with a leather jacket after covering several hundreds of kilometers on an Harley Davidson.
– that I smell like Tarzan, “Tarzan king of the jungle” and not his alter ego Lord Greystoke.
Is that bad?
A comment made by my wife is very interesting:
– “All the men will envy your scent because you smell Indiana Jones and not because you are wearing a fragrance. Half of the women will love it and the other half will hate it.”
So far I still don’t know if she likes it or not… nor does she.
Let’s see the math for Dehn el Oud Malaki:
– Scent opening: 0.0 (disgusting – my judgement)
– Scent dry down: 10.0 (very very pleasant… fantastic)
– Longevity: 10.0 (20 hours+ with 3 sprays)
– Sillage: 9.0 (more than 6 feet for 6 hours with 3 sprays; projects for more than 4 hours); practical skin scent till the 20th hour.)
– Uniqueness: 10.0 (unique for me so far)
– Wearability: 6.0 (Forget the first hour. After that it’s very good with the exception of hot days)
– Versatility: 6.0 (Forget the first hour. After that it’s very good for an Oud based fragrance).
– Quality: 6.0 (my judgement; all the ingredients are natural, but it’s impossible to forget that it stinks during the first 30 minutes)
– Presentation: 7.0 (discrete but nice, both bottle and card box)
– Price: 6.0 (100 ml for 32 Euros in Notino)
Average: 7.95 / 10.00
In my top 20? I don’t think so due to the first hour scent.
Will I buy it again? Yes
Will I recommend it? No. Try before you buy it-
Updated on 03/14/2018
MirsoftaMaks – :
Magnificent
клеопатра – :
@easterncrescent
I agree !
Actually, when I first got my nose on it after my purchase, I was disgust. I thought to myself : ” What the heck, this is not perfume !! ”. But then someone told me : ” You should wait tomorrow before sending it back ” .
And then the next morning I tried it again, and it was different ! Something magical happened ! It’s smell like Mukhallat Shams by Ajmal in the opening.
The opening is very animalic and leathery, but then if you wait a little bit, you will be rewarded. In fact, I didn’t knew that oud smell like this. I own several arabic perfume, and this is the first time that I smell pure oud. If you know the odor of Aleppo soap, you can find some similarities with it.
I can’t judge performance right now, but I will update my comment later God willing.
Cheers.
uapushkin – :
I have spent some time for my work travelling in the Middle East and have always tried to find an oudh perfume that is high quality, slightly more masculine and which reflects what I smell when walking through the souks and malls of the Gulf. Having tried many oudh oils and EDTs nothing so far (except some very expensive oils) matches this for quality. I honestly don’t understand the negative reviews here. I bought it in Muscat Muttrah souk in the Swiss Arabian store. The smell is rich, (but not sharp/ feminine or animalistic) honey like and dries down to an addictive and very very long lasting scent on the skin or clothes. If you are looking for traditional oudh, a spray, on the masculine side look no further.
dymytryy77 – :
You were right! I knew it reminded me of something, dead animal carcass! Whenever I smell this on the roads I know there must have been a road kill nearby. How come I never associated this smell with that?
Mikluho – :
I always wanted to test real arabian perfume. That is happened!!!
At the first minute I surprised with thick cloud of “gray”, warm, little honeyed smoke. Mysterious East!
Than, during the development of oud I’ve heard some sticky, slightly “smoked” note, if more precisely- “the smell of cheese”. WOW !!! I think this is due to the oud’s NOT high quality.((((( To the base appeared pleasant tobacco note. Longevity is good and the price too.
Ruslan9 – :
on first place it smell like sweet oudh but later leather smel start emerging which becomes so annoying after some time. start feeling like some dead animal skin smell and aoudh is gone by that time. Very strange type of parfume which has no quality of oud.