Description
Empathy is a fifth edition of the Arabian gardens inspired Klem Garden collection from The House of Oud, which launches in February 2017. Empathy tries to capture and depict a certain emotion by telling a story of two souls who meet and instantly recognize each other. It is described as “the olfactory projection of silence”, the silence that says much more than words, goes beyond mere physical attraction and becomes energy.
The oriental-fruity composition is signed by perfumer Andrea Thero Casotti. Pear blossom, raspberry flower and davana from India are in the top notes. The heart consists of tobacco with fruity aromas and raspberry infusion. The base ends with Iranian out, benzoin, burnt woods, white spruce and transparent musks.
It is available as a 75 ml Eau de Parfum. The nose behind this fragrance is Andrea (Thero) Casotti.
vik5055 – :
This smells like an extremely expensive raspberry shampoo, but nonetheless, 100% like a luscious raspberry shampoo and nothing else, and it’s fantastic! The price is really steep but I would buy it, however I do love both raspberry and shampoo smells, and I actually used to use a raspberry scented shampoo and conditioner in high school. The bottle is wonderful and I adore the name, which is what made me try it. We could all use a little more empathy. 🙂
taneavlad – :
You’re crawling in the desert, dehydrated and exhausted. For a moment, you look up from the dried sand, past the scattered and twisted, dried trees, and you see a siren. She’s dancing in a cool mountain forest, breathing deeply behind a mist. She’s picking raspberries out in those resinous woods, singing with a voice that touches your soul, and you see yourself with her. You’re paralyzed as she looks deep in your eyes, as she puts a raspberry in her mouth and chews once, as she leans over to whisper something in your ear. But, you’re in the desert, and now she’s in the desert, off at a distance, teasing you with her naked form and a basket of fresh raspberries, laying on those twisted, dried trees. Empathy by The House of Oud.
malegra – :
Look at those notes. Sure thing right? Nope! It’s a failure. This is a fun flirty type of scent in the realms of a Victoria Secret scent. Where is the tobacco? Where is the oud? For a house to name themselves the House Of Oud I find the 2 scents that I have sampled laughable. This and the Intense Café clone or should I say inspired Grape Pearls. The notes look so great on most of their scents so I might try a few more but I am in no rush to even drop $4 on a sample from Luckyscent.
ANTSLON – :
I love the House of Oud and have at least three of their scents, but I’m glad I just got a sample of this. I believe, to me, it could be beautiful on my skin without the soapiness of this scent. I don’t like any hints of soapiness in my fragrances but this is what is overwhelming on my skin.
I think Grape Pears will always be my favorite!
Undegebeecino – :
Raspberry bubblegum on a tobacco base. It’s quite cloying sugar bubblegum raspberry flavor with slight sourness and tobacco oud mix. Quite fruitti sour and tobacco, a blend i have sniffed before and quite unpleasant.
This is my first time sniffing a frag from this house, & i hope their other fragrances aren’t similar to this.
uadjin – :
My first feeling was that I have something very similar at home…and yes, I found it: Escada Magnetism! For me, this is very close to it. I expected a bit more from this prestige perfume… Update! Sospiro Erba Pura is very similar to this fragrance, I think.
GonZo – :
This is just raspbrries and tobacco, in a delicious way. Alas, raspberries are too sweet, i get a Pink Sugar sweetness from them and imagine that with a burnt down cigarette smell. Sounds awful, but it is good indeed. My problem is the lasting power, considering we’re talking about a heavy price tag, 3-4 hours is a shame.
Paraneoxwrofe – :
Auch. This is either a mistake in the line or then I can’t image why it is out there. In general I like this house and have 3 of their fragrances, Dates Delight, Blessing Silence and Golden Hour. And I like them all and appreciate the rest of the line even if a bit less. But I find this one in total disconnect with the spirit of the house. It’s a bubblegum raspbery in which I find no oud or depth or any interesting notes. I would probably buy it for a 12 years old girl but then, there are much more girly fragrances out there that I would reach before this one. Still puzzled why they came out with this fragrance.
enc572JeomiWogkig – :
Do not bash me please, but I think that this fragrance doesn’t worth the price tag. I have a sample, and upon testing it I was hit by a very Lady Million-like scent… then it reminded me of an Oriflame perfume I loved as a young adolescent.
It is a very lovely scent indeed, yes, but you may buy 2-3 paco rabane on the price of this…though this is mellower than that perfume.