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DewDroridom – :
I was a little hesitant to order this after reading all the BS from the now obvious “jealous haters” out there. I went with my gut, I decided to give DUA a chance. I must say that I am extremely satisfied with my purchase, now, I am looking forward to getting more DUA fragrances. I have been trying to decide which ones. I am leaning towards “Evening with the Mobster” and “Poseidon’s Elixir”.
Also, I am very satisfied with the speed of delivery. I am in Florida, I ordered on Monday and it was delivered on Friday.
It is unfortunate and obvious that there are some people clicking the “dislike” on all the DUA just to be a-holes. Shame on you.
Pulled the trigger on “An Evening with the Mobster” and “Poseidon’s elixir”. Neither of which are listed on this website. I will check back in a couple weeks, if they’re still not listed I’ll leave a comment here. 01/17/17
zsq115elipseskism – :
@ Kanak
I will be traveling to India on business in January and will certainly try to check some of those places out, time permitting.
I fully agree with you that Dua does take a lot of unnecessary criticism and they do a good job on their frags. The performance is on point with the fragrances that I have tested. Dua isn’t a fly by night operation by any means. I would suggest that a lot of their “clones” are actually better from a performance standpoint than the originals. Since they use oils, the strength and longevity is great. Caribbean Waters is a great example.
Cheers.
maxx1-1980 – :
@ D-Bo
Fair enough. Point taken. Anyway I think I need to clarify the context in which those comments were made. That review was made a while ago and was entirely Dua specific. It would have been easier to place the comments if couple of the reviews before mine had’nt since been deleted. The point I was trying to make was in response to somebody saying Dua uses all cheap oils from Headshops in London. My point was that We as an end consumer have no real way to check what goes into the perfume. The ingredients could be from a headshop or hunted from Musk deer, Whales, etc etc. Get my point? I can only judge what is in the bottle in front of me. A lot of the rest I have to take on faith. So my point had nothing to do with ecological sustainability nor am I advocating and promoting animal ingredients in perfumery.
Secondly, since you travel to India quite often, I suggest you take a trip to Ujjain in North India which has been the attar capital of this region since ancient times. Some of the ways the oils are made and the people involved in the work are not glamourous or for the faint hearted to put it mildly but sniff the end result and it is heavenly. A lot of these products are then sold by small street sellers and you wont find them in glamorous malls or showrooms. Not all good things come in fancy packages was my point.
Thirdly, those comments were written in response to a lot of the vitriol that was being hurled at Dua which had nothing to do with the perfumes, by lots of people who had not even bothered to smell them. What irritates me no end is all the hypocrisy. There are very few original ideas in Perfumery these days. I can quote you a few more examples. Tiziana Terenzi Gold rose oudh is Montale Black Aoud, their Orion is Aventus. Laudano Nero is Black Afgano. So why is Dua being held to a different standard? I dont see anybody bashing TT. I mean nor should they and it’s one of my favourite brands but you see my point?
I am deleting my previous comment as well since it’s without context now as well. Cheers, friend.
vasektim – :
Firstly, I travel to India and the Middle East on a regular basis. I may check out these shops. I have been to many souks and markets in India, UAE, and other places in Asia. Some you can trust, many you can’t.
Secondly, I read your comment and understood it as I explained. You did mention hunting deer, no? That was my point.
Thirdly, I don’t have anything bad to say about Dua. I have a bottle of Caribbean Waters which I actually use more than my VIW because the lasting power is better.
My apologies if I understood what you were tyring to say incorrectly. I just don’t want a reader to think that people in the fragrance community put smelling good over ethics, product safety and sustainability. My apologies if that come across the wrong way. I will delete my previous comment.
mikle6666 – :
We’re here to review fragrances, not business ethics fellas. ESPECIALLY here in the “Fragrance Review” section.
Anyways, my take on King’s Precious Oud….initially i didn’t like it very much, only because this is not my typical style of fragrance. But almost immediately after trading it away, i pined for that mildly medicinal, woody scent!
It’s strong and will easily last a full day, with sillage being low after about 5 hours. I dunno, it’s alluring the way body odor sometimes doesn’t “stink” but is still pungent and somehow attractive.
I cannot speak to the comparison to Amouage Interlude Man but i know for sure this scent is an intentional clone/dupe of Interlude Man.
sami – :
After comparing side by side, it’s noticeably fresher in a tart way–without looking at the notes I’d say piny or lemony, but turned out to be red berries. Kanak is right about it being closer to the older version (smokier) because the new Interlude has a strong “nuttiness” that I cannot stand.. It’s excellent and about 95% similar 🙂
alex-n-zel – :
Hello to anyone I’m. In england where can i get full bottles from please message me and thank you kindly.
Aleksandro28 – :
yup … amouage interlude. perhaps slightly lighter, and a tad less longevity, but pretty darn close to internlude … 97.5% 😉
Максиксик – :
more wearable version of interlude
start showing magic from beginning itself
in performance if interlude is 10/10 then this is 9/10
value for money – yes
Prototipe – :
Got this one yesterday.
I’ve tried Interlude Man previousely, and it’s an excellent alternative of Amouage a 100% .
Go easy on trigger, 1 or 2 shots maxi. I didn’t put on skin, cause most of women hate this scent.
Projects and lasts monsterly.
Edit on nov. 18th 2016: I’ve got yesterday 2 more Dua Frags which are not listed yet in Fragrantica.
1- Spartan Oudh (Limited edition): Magnificent scent, smelling like Oud Ispahan Dior Privé (less natural at the opening, but the dry down is damn amazing).
2- Anonyme X (Limited edition): It’s supposed to be a take on Clive Christian’s X. I’ve never smelled CCX, but WOW, it’s an elegant, siute and tie perfume.
You have all: Quality, projection, longivity, affordable price.
Excellent one.
mipVoberieVot1 – :
@kanak: I appreciate your thoughtful sentiments, but remember, for most of us, spending $4 or $5 on an ounce rather than $45 is a huge difference, so that if it is accurate that these are the same then it is something we should be told, and then we can decide if we want to support the Dua people or save a lot of money. Thanks.
staff86 – :
What with all the vitriol being hurled at this brand at the moment, I think it’s time for some balance. So here are a few caveats I wanted to mention before going into the review proper.
Firstly I paid cold hard cash for this bottle, I havent been “bought” off with free samples as people accuse anybody who says good things about Dua these days.
Secondly, I dont care if the oils were bought in a head shop in London or the perfumer hunted down Musk deer in the Himalayas and scraped its sac or dived down into the ocean and induced whales to vomit. ( I am not endorsing animal ingredients in Perfumery, that was Sarcasm!) What’s in the bottle is what counts, how it got there is immaterial and Perfume companies can claim all kinds of things to justify pricing. Also maybe it’s a cultural thing but I live in India and perfume oils created by small street side perfumers do not have a negative connotation for me. Walk into an attar shop anywhere in south asia or the middle east and sniff and you will get an education on perfumery. If you think only big corporations in Grasse know perfumery, that’s just plain snobbery. On a side note, Dua has put up their IFRA certification on their website and it shows clearly where they source their oil compounds.
Thirdly, the charge that they are all crap and overpriced clones. I have so far smelled about 10 of them and bought 4 full bottles. I loved 2, liked another 3, thought another 3 were ok and disliked 2. That’s about the same ratio I have with any brand like Tom Ford or amouage or Xerjoff. Do I feel some of them are overpriced for what they put out per ml? sure but I feel the same way about certain Creeds and Xerjoffs and Amouages as well. If you feel something is not worth the price, vote with your wallet and dont buy it. As always, I am a firm believer that the market will correct pricing in the long run. Lots of other companies like Montale or Mancera or Afnan come out with clones of popular frags although they call them interpretations if pressed. I mean Montale Aoud Leather is Tuscan Leather, Full Incense is CDG Avignon, Mr.Aoud is Creed Royal Aoud, Cedrat Boise wants to be Aventus, Al Wisam Day is Creed SMW, so why hate on Dua for doing the same? If you dont want the clone go buy the original. This is their marketing strategy. Why hate on them for it? Just accept that it’s not for you and leave it at that. There are other people who might just love Dua’s creations. Fragrance is a very subjective thing after all.
Lastly, I dont care for marketing ploys or youtube fragcomm politics, people getting overly butthurt on both sides or any of that nonsense. As far as I am concerned, Whats in the bottle should be the only thing that matters. Smell it, if you like it buy it. if you dont, move on to the next one. the rest is just background noise. For me personally, the perfume is what is important. It is what I choose to sniff, and put on my skin. The Perfumer,his company, antics of associated people, who gives a damn. It’s like going to a restaurant and saying I will not eat this dish, this dish is crap because the Chef’s business partner insulted a food critic! WTF?
To the review and I will be brief. Kings Precious Oud is Dua’s take on Amouage Interlude. It’s slightly smokier take on it and is closer to older versions of Interlude. Projection is good and longevity is about 7-8 hours on me with about 2 sprays. I bought a full 30 ml bottle of this as I just have a decant of vintage Interlude left and I am trying to save it. This fills in nicely in the meantime and I have enjoyed wearing it the past few days. In conclusion, this is a good fragrance, if you can see past all the BS and try it, you might just like it. I certainly do.
gosha45-2 – :
This is just awesome. Exactly the same as “Interlude Man”. Interlude is quite expensive but this one comes within the budget.
This is a niche perfume with all natural oils and top quality.
I don’t understand why few people are critisizing this house for making clones.
What if they are making clones?? They are giving us niche quality at an affordable price.
Not to mention, not every flanker of this house is a clone. There are some really unique flankers this house owns.
Shalun87 – :
yep… I get most of the notes as listed above! And boy is this a room filler! If you like the smell of sweet campfire smoke, this is for you. I get the sweetness off the top from the berries mixed with smoke. Once the sweetness wears off comes the smooth leathery patchouli oud mixture with smoke. Into the drydown the smoothness is rounded off by the very slight amber and sandlewood with smoke as a skin scent. I haven’t put my nose around Interlude Man so I cannot compare, but on the cheap this must hit the mark. Did I mention that I get a smokey vibe from this fragrance…
You must know that these DUA Fragrances are fragrance oils, NOT as what most people are use to… These are NOT alcohol based perfumes. This oil sits close the skin and has less projection and airiness. On the other hand, what makes this kind of fragrance work from DUA… is that they are very very strong, almost nuclear… which also adds to having good longevity. So how they work is a toss up. I have tried many cheaper fragrance oils in the past with poor results. DUA Fragrances are an exception! WOW…
14 months later… 10-25-17 Smoke – what glorious smoke… This morning I was going through some decant testers and noticed I had made one of this dark juice. I sprayed it on and filled the room with the most intoxicating scent. It seemed by having this juice sit in a small tester… let it oxidize… and it really opened up the fragrance! I could smell all the notes nicely separated and full of life.
I think these fragrances from DUA need to breathe…
Immakekew – :
100% Amouage Intrelude Man
10/10 for me
ziz077JeomiWogkig – :
I got this one knowing exactly what it would smell like, as I’ve tried out Interlude Man in the past.
Notes: Bergamot, Berries, Amber, Oud Smoke, Leather, Sandalwood, and Patchouli.
Smell:
From the first spray, you get a heavy blast of incensy-oud which can be a tad bit overpowering. If you’ve smelled Interlude Man, or Myths man, you’ll know how this feels.
It isn’t very pleasant in the starting and certainly not suitable for warm weather. But, there’s a very alluring charm to it and I wanted to try it out. I actually got 2 bottles of King’s precious oud, and one of them broke in the package. This was 5 days ago, and I’ve purposely not thrown the package away since it makes my room smell so good!
I put on 3 sprays. At the time of writing this review, it’s been about 3 hours since application so things have settled down, and the projection is still great. The brash incense+oud combination has toned down a bit and allowed the Sandalwood, Leather and Amber combination to join in. This is simply beautiful and is a brilliant take on Interlude man. However, I don’t get the Bergamot or Berries at all which are listed in the notes.
Over the few hours that I’ve been wearing this, my nose has gone on a discovery process and the subtle changes that happen over time have kept my nose very occupied.
Longevity and projection:
A colleague of mine asked what I was wearing and mentioned that it’s really good, so did another friend of mine, but he happens to like Oud based fragrances. This is a very loud fragrance, so DO NOT overspray, you can easily offend a lot of noses with this one if you do!
Longevity-wise, considering that it’s still going strong after 3 hours of application, I think it could easily last the whole day, just like Interlude man.
This is dark, mysterious and very, very sophisticated. With that being said, this is definitely not a crowd-pleaser and can’t be worn by everyone. A light application of this could be used on a colder night out, but I don’t see it fitting in any particular ocassion. This is pretty much something you wear for your own pleasure!
10/10 for me. The complexity and the way the scent evolves makes me want to give this a perfect score!
TL;dr: Want to feel, and smell rich? Wear this.
koba1979 – :
Alright this Smell Note to Note Interlude.
Possibilities are:
Amouage Outsourced Production to some Perfumery in Dubai and DUA Reached out to Same Perfumery.
This is Smoky from TOP to Base , And Amber, Leather , Oud Riding the Smoke all Over.
You want to Back Up your Interlude , Look no Further and Grab this Bottle.
P.S. : Dua Fragrances are now Available in India at Perfumery.Co.In