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gefesomeNerne – :
What Pappy00 said, except that I don’t get Rose too much. I love this perfume. I disagree with others that say this is floral.
ЮСТАС – :
Hypnotic Santalum by Dua Fragrances is an interesting combination of florals, woods, leather, and oud. For me, this is very floral heavy, with a strong burst of neroli and rose to a drydown of leather, sandalwood, and oud. In the drydown, the florals calm down a but are still part of the mix. The oud and leather really never take over but remain supporting acts to theh sandalwood that dominates the drydown.
Hypnotic Santalum strikes me as a very unique mix though it’s purported to smell like Guerlain Santal Royal, with which I am not familiar.
Performance is decent but not as good as many of the heavier beast entries in the line (The Mobster, Sweet Tabacum, Belgian Choco Truffle, Cafe Oud), probably on par with Caribbean Waters and a little stronger than Water of Arabia or Forest Oud.
It definitely wins points for uniqueness but in my case surely is just a “like” not a “love”–still, a very fun and interesting fragrance that should be versatile and unisex.
7 out of 10
Tidory666 – :
Hypnotic Santalum smells very similar to By Killian’s Rose Oud and very very similar to Shades Wood by Armaf. It has a sweet sandalwood base with a syrupy rose-oud combo (almost gourmand) on top of that. It has a very ‘traditional niche” vibe to it. The rose-oud combo is syrupy and medicinal at fist, by as it dries down the sweet sandalwood comes through and rounds out the overall composition. I think this fragrance ideal for a date, or a night out.
sergilen – :
Creamy, spicy sandalwood and oud. Oud-based fragrances can sometimes tend to be a little too rough around the edges. This one is smooth! The quality is apparent in all of DUA’s scents, but this one especially shines for me. The oud and rose combo has been done to death, but this one is done perfectly.