Description
Two new oriental-woody perfumes which belong to the Floris London Private Collection and were created especially for Harrods will be presented on July 30, 2014. The new fragrances HONEY OUD and LEATHER OUD are based on precious aromas of oud wood, reinterpreted in two ways—with honey and leather.
“Honey Oud opens with a gourmand accord of English honey and vanilla which combine to add a velvet softness to the Oud oil and accentuate the rose at the heart of this complex fragrance. The exclusive fragrance is created with Oud oil from a certified sustainable source of agarwood. This oil is among the most expensive in the perfumer’s palette – with deep qualities found in no other oil. It is an opulent, deep sensual note that combines beautifully with rose and sandalwood.”
The fragrance is available as 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
faxveileadege – :
Ok this is very honey sweet straight away….10 minutes rose builds and subtle oud filters in….very delicate and cultured. Waves of vanilla and beautiful amber it’s lovely. Musk also with Oud hints ….this is truly first class I may not buy a full size bottle but only because I am not super rich…..class from London
jenya08 – :
عطر فاخر جدا.. تغلب عليه رائحة العود.. بوجود العسل
ذكرني بالعطر الرائع ام سفن من ايف سان لوران
انصح محبين العود بتجربته
اراه افضل من ام سفن.. من حيث نقاوة المكونات
9/10
botydymegi – :
Didn’t like this at all. The infinitely better option for Honey/Oud is Xerjoff Mamluk
wtcmvifrzz – :
نمایشی کوتاه و دلنواز از رایحه وافل پرتقالی
عودی که در پس زمینه نمایش. نقش افرینی میکنه و بازیگران اصلی عسل و ترکیبات کهربائی و حس پر قدرت بخار رز به سبک انگلیسی هست .
مثل همیشه کیفییت و وقار و زیبائی حرف اول رو تو محصولات فلوریس القا میکنه .
ولی نمایشنامه تکراریه .
و بنظر من ارزش خرید این بلیط نمایش رو نداره .
هانی عود بیشتر از اینکه حس مردونه داشته باشه بواسطه قلب فلورال و شیرینش بیشتر گرایش به ترکیبات زنونه و سنگین داره .
عطری با اصالت و زیبا و همه چیز تمام . اما تکراری
ifm834Diobtetty – :
Honey, Oud, Rose, Patchouli, Vanilla, Bergamot, Amber, Musk, Labdanum; these are superb notes and “guess what”… They are all present in Floris Honey Oud. This is so so so good. The honey is not loud, the rose is just right, the patchouli is subtle but present, I’m sure I’m going to be needing another bottle in 6 months, gosh, I overspray this stuff, no need to refresh for 8 hrs but I do in 4. Never gotten a negative reaction, only positive. All year round performer, perfect aura it’ll create. Never too loud, not too quiet, not too sweet, just balanced right down the middle. Floris as a company has been around for eons, so they know their stuff and it shows. Honey oud is often compared to Montale Honey Aoud, here’s how I describe them: honey oud “confident and humble” while Montale is “Confident and Rude”, yeah! Digest that for a minute.
eluryinue – :
Shalimar meets Portrait of a Lady. The oud is thankfully very well-mannered here. Soft, powdery amber sweetened up with vanilla and honey (not the skanky type at all) and brightened with bergamot, along with an elegant rose-patch combo.
acendflense – :
The opening is tobacco-ish, that almost felt harsh. But the scent calmed down quickly and went to a perfectly blended honey on my skin.
This scent makes me feel sexy, not in-your-face-sexy but in a subtle way.
Evckackey – :
This is a straightforward honey and vanilla fragrance.
I’ve found that honey is only slightly stronger than the vanilla but the blend makes for a wonderful combination. Now, because I’m not great at identifying certain notes, I will say that amber may be an added enhancement to it but because I can’t individually pick out an amber note, I’ll just assume it’s there.
My opinion is that it’s a unisex fragrance but leans feminine. If you’re a guy wearing this, you’ll need to be confident and enjoy wearing sweet fragrances.
It’s a strong fragrance, so it doesn’t take much. One or two sprays is just fine, otherwise, it will become cloying and people around you may start to tap out. PLEASE don’t overspray this if you’re wearing it in an office setting.
Additionally, I can’t see wearing this fragrance in an especially hot environment or on a hot day. It will no doubt amp it up and it may become difficult to handle, for someone else.
The projection is at least average (I haven’t done a distance test, asking someone else if they could smell it). Longevity is very good to excellent and I’ll conservatively say 6-8 hours but I’m getting more than 8.
JXAnthony – :
The beat honey accord I’ve ever experienced in a fragrance. The oud is nothing to write home about but it doesn’t make or break this perfume.
The honey is not too sweet or animalic; and every element of honey is represented. It has this dry sugary scent that you get from real honey.
The oud is in the background but it’s not the real thick smoky oud you might expect. It’s just a flat warm woody oud that’s boring on it’s own. However, it dose work out well in this fragrance beacuse the honey keeps it intresting.
If your looking for a honey fragrance and your in good terms with oud then this is a no-brainer. The projection is average but it last long on skin.
torik7777 – :
As the name implies, you get a lot of honey and oud. The oud is somewhat medicinal but not much, just enough to let you know its oud and not just woods. The honey is sticky and sweet but not cloying. Nice fragrance for the cooler weather.
cpl740InsuffBooni – :
The 1st Oud perfume that I liked! (which means that Oud is very much blended, balanced, and so on 🙂 but Oud provides some amazing note to spice up the whole thing, like chilly pepper in food, so it’s also not a plain honey etc). If you also don’t like Oud but don’t mind other oriental perfumes – try this!
arsov86 – :
Majestic in a single word. Floris’ Honey Oud is deeply nuanced, beautifully blended and unreservedly sophisticated.
Honey Oud opens with thick, sweet, golden honey; beautifully beckoning, sensual even. As the honey settles on the skin so appears the oud – warm, nutty, spicy – utterly devoid of stank. Somewhere in the back lurks a fleeting rose whose freshness lifts both the oud and honey accords.
The gradual dry down softens the oud (and, to a lesser extent, the honey) as sweet, creamy vanilla matches the darkening earthiness of grassy patchouli and syrupy amber. The honey never truly dissipates on my skin, it’s evident right to the very end.
Majestically smouldering, Honey Oud is a fragrance of tremendous quality. Unique too in its pairing of oud with honey rather than the more common rose. Heavy but utterly wearable thanks to its smooth velvetiness.
Totally unisex. Best suited to fall/winter wear.
I get 10-12 hours wear on my skin (days on clothes). Sillage is heavy-moderate.
9/10
serg1970 – :
This smells very similar to my Honey hand wash soap that i have at home. It smells good no doubt but for me this smell will always be soap.
Smell: 3/10 (but i imagine this is very subjective)
Longevity: 6/10
Projection: 6/10
Meubv610Negeltzex – :
This is by far my favorite oud fragrance; it’s versatile, unisex, and tends to induce feelings of confidence and positivity even in the most chaotic of circumstances. This is either extremely sexy, or I feel incredibly sexy wearing it; the roses and amber are warm and addicting. Honey Oud makes me feel as though I am hanging on the arms of a very powerful man who wrestles bears for fun and wears a letter “S” on his chest.
The opening is a sparkling cloud of honey and woods with rose petals blossoming throughout. Musk and patchouli are mildly perceptible but its presence is dominated by the appearance of spicy vanilla and amber. The agarwood, rose, and vanilla combined smells like old prayer books and church incense, incredible. Honestly I can’t think of a more harmonious blend of notes; these facets go so well together–as if they were created solely for the purpose of this perfume.
Besides the attractive appeal, Honey Oud reminds me of old Roman cathedrals with vaulted ceilings and wood panels on praying altars. It’s like sitting in church on a bright Sunday morning, taking in the scent of virtuousness that exudes from the layers of stone and architecture that has persisted for centuries.
I honestly love this fragrance, and for such an expensive scent…its price is very agreeable too; overall a true masterpiece worthy of its reputation.
Vienna.Pink
ahmedik – :
Floris Honey Oud has received a lot of buzz lately, and in liking both main notes, seeing its positive reception in the online community, and really loving Montale’s similarly-named Honey Aoud, I knew I needed to sample Floris Honey Oud.
First off, both eponymous notes dominate the fragrance–it’s mainly honey and oud, simply put. Other notes factor in: bergamot provides a non-sweet citrus additive to the opening of the fragrance, and patchouli and rose support the heart, but very subtly. I don’t specifically get labdanum but there’s a general floral element that could just be the mix of rose and labdanum. And while I don’t specifically get vanilla or musk, vanilla easily blends with honey and musk easily smoothens any dry down.
I get year-round wearability out of this, as the comparably winter-leaning notes of honey and oud come off pretty fresh. I can’t think of another way to put it: even in its dry down, there’s something very refreshing about the honey and oud duo in this case.
I feel the need to mention that despite my initial suspicions, Floris Honey Oud is not terrible similar to Montale Honey Aoud, as Montale’s take is simply heavier-handed on both the eponymous notes to make their fragrance both more of a gourmand and more oud-intensive. Floris Honey Oud is, by contrast, a fresher, more year-round-friendly use of both notes, but still performs well.
I like Honey Oud a lot and will strongly consider adding it to my collection. $235 for 100ml retail but available at FragranceX for $152, its pricing is viable for how much I like it, and frankly, for how different it is from Montale Honey Aoud, also on my to-buy list.
8 out of 10
pdovgan – :
a typical derivative sweet rose oud; pretty but not stunning; like but not love
lightval – :
Good stuff. Smooth oud in this one. No tinge. I can imagine wearing this around the winter holidays and really enjoying it. There’s something sophisticated about this scent. One small spray on the arm and its blasting my nostrils. Note to self – be careful buddy. Shit is strong like bull.
snow888 – :
Honey Oud is a scent that lives up to it’s name, especially in the opening. HO starts as a deliciously strong Honey Oud combination that fills the room. Honey and Oud stay in the spotlight doing a sexy Tango on my skin for the first few hours. Amber, Vanilla and musk join the dance after a few hours, but Honey and Oud remain the dominant stars of the dance. About 6 hours in, the rose joins the stage. It does not outshine the Honey and Oud stars of this fragrance, but it does join the party, and mingles with Amber, vanilla and Musk. As a guy that is not a big rose fan, I am very happy that the rose is well blended into the fragrance and it does a great job adding depth vs being a dominant note.
Throughout the day, I was getting delicious whiff of this beautiful fragrance. Each whiff bringing a smile to my face.
Honey Oud is a very rich, luxurious and classy scent that is well blended and balanced.
The first time I wore this fragrance, I went to get my hair cut. The lady that cuts my hair complimented me several times on it and asked me to write the name of this fragrance down so she could get a bottle.
I bought Honey Oud around the same time as I purchased Montale’s Honey Aoud. To my nose they have a lot of similarities in performance and scent, just replace the blended rose here with a blended cinnamon there.
Bottom line: This scent is worth trying a sample of.
apy624elipseskism – :
Enticing, erotic, sensual and sexual. Definitely not for the office, more for the boudoir as a hook to entice the object of your desire’s passions. The smell of seduction…
softwazizosibisaw – :
I’m in love with this! The subtle rose makes it a hybrid rose-oud that’s truly unisex; aside from the prominent honey note, everything is seamlessly connected and extremely well balanced 🙂
This one has grown on me so much that I’m thinking of buying it to replace Jo Malone’s Velvet Rose & Oud AND Serge Lutens’ Miel de Bois!
KORVINUS – :
I’ve just received a sample bottle from Floris, but I also managed to try it before the sample arrived by way of a visit to Fortnum & Mason and it is fantastic – I love the sensual, alluring Honey. The blending is elegant and the longevity very good – in a word, captivating!
Priorat – :
The opening notes to me are almost exactly 50/50 honey and oud. These notes work very well in combination. Continues this way for about an hour and then dries down for several more hours to an amber and vanilla mix that reminds me of the dry down in Dior Homme Intense. Well blended and classy. A winner.
lorens89 – :
Maybe it was hyped just a bit too much in my head after reading the numerous positive reviews for this scent here.
As I write this review it seems the honey note gets just a few more votes than the oud note. All I’m getting is oud with a sweet type undertone that to me just does not conjure the image of honey.
It seems okay but just doesn’t impress me. It seems to project well and after about three hours seems like it isn’t fading away any time soon.
I don’t get any rose either, this is my second wearing and I really applied quite a bit this time.
On to the next oud scent…………..
OwedUtese – :
I bought this at the Floris boutique on Jermyn Street at the weekend. When I first heard about it a few months ago I thought it would be something I’d like and I wasn’t disappointed. It is very warm and gently spiced and the blending is beautiful. The honey is more prominent than the oud and it works really well, it isn’t cloying and overdone, it’s perfectly judged. I think this is perfect for autumn and winter but I can’t see myself wearing this in warmer months. A solid offering from Floris and one that I think they should be very proud of. Fulfilling.
**update Every time I sniff the bottle I get a huge scent recollection of Jicky! Why is this?! I’m really confused! I don’t think they share the same notes but literally its Jicky reincarnated. How strange?!
djf412speagoessenda – :
Lasts about 5 minutes on me and, poof, it’s gone. I love honey but can hardly detect it here, and I find this too expensive and fleeting. I was hoping for something along the line of Montale White Oud which is stronger, and yet mellow. I’ll pass.
Ciccoppynix – :
This is such a classic high quality fragrance. What I love about this is how well the honey and oud combine. Strangely enough I think the honey outshines the oud. It is such a rich smell. Irrespective of the notes I only detect honey and oud. Impressive longevity and a great choice to wear. I preferred this one over the leather oud although I think both are impressive creations.
nikspair – :
Oud al miele composto, austero, elegante, sobrio.
La dolcezza del miele è priva di leziosità, l’oud è riscaldato da un’ombra di vaniglia matura.
Ricerco la rosa descritta in piramide ma il miele sovrasta ogni nota.
Un profumo serio e bello, perbene, accademicamente impeccabile ma che non mi comunica gioia di vivere o sensualità.
Apprezzabile esercizio stilistico.
Gli estimatori dei profumi al miele lo dovrebbero testare almeno una volta.
filippiva – :
Stunning !!
STCrow – :
Sweet honey, rose and oud – very nice festive fragrance. It’s nose-tingling and zingy, but smooth and comfortable at the same time. The rose is sour, but pleasant; I also get some patch. Overall, it’s a nice sweet radiant scent.
Вера – :
Beautiful fragrance absolute class & smells good enough to eat!
kuzmich_boy – :
A house with classic and traditional perfumes, a real niche.
Floris acts surefire way with its line of oud, and the work already opens with a majestic agarwood and realistic, bitter and resinous but reconciled a honey, which is balanced with these characteristics of very creative way, would be a gourmand oud.
The balanced honey with its sweetness with the musky chord and the main focus, oud, with its wood smoky resinous unite and shine over drying, it is clear these three creating a woody resinous aurea but sweet.
I rose giving the air of grace with some smell nothing too intense, but polvoroso and bitter, but it only embraces the distance and later amber and vanilla with nuances sweet complement these as different chords, giving a luxurious and impeccable comfort! It is worth checking without a doubt!
Rating: 9/10
Zenonflep – :
5/5 beautiful honey