Description
“In Mysterious Oud the performers pass by in a hypnotic dreamlike procession, inspired and fulfilled by a mystery which they share with us. A fragrance as mysterious as the cultures of distant lands, composed from secret recipes and supported by an unspeakable and magical harmony. – a note from the brand. Peppery and spicy elemi opens the composition and hints at the fragrant secrets that await us. Cedar, warm and woody labdanum and a hint of jasmine fill the heart notes to prepare a grand entrance for the character strong pratagonist. Woody-resinous oud with fine sharp notes shows its face, accompanied by sandalwood and a harmonious blend of ambergris and musk.”
Mysterious Oud by Chabaud Maison de Parfum is a Oriental Woody fragrance for women and men. Top note is elemi resin; middle notes are guaiac wood, jasmine and labdanum; base notes are agarwood (oud), amber, musk and sandalwood.
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Quite interesting…. It’s the french type of dark oud with slight sweet and quite an addictive amber sandalwood combination. Quite smooth & delicate rather than the loud type of oud where it stays close to skin mysteriously. Requires more test to define it’s charm.
Edit (17th Aug 2016) The problem with this one is that it’s too thin, and quite close to skin, maybe it is meant to be like that cause i thought for once that it needs to be kind of stronger than this, but as a second thought i guess it should remain like this cause if it stronger it’s gonna be irritating and quite disturbing, now it’s heavy but thin (not huge silage) and stays like this till it ends.
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A discreet amber-oud-sandalwood combination. It’s made very smooth and doesn’t change over time.
With moderate longevity it stays close to your skin.
You can wear it every day for different occasions (work, leisure activities), but it’s probably too weak for special eveng occasions.
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Mysterious probably isn’t the best way to describe this oud. Multifaceted? Yessir.
Oud to me has always been mostly bitter, but this isn’t just that. It opens almost sweet and wispy, but very resinous. Powdery sandalwood is pretty prominent on me, too. I would venture to say that this was even seemingly floral at times, woody at others.
I’ve never known this to be possible with a perfume that is so laden with resin and oud notes, but Mysterious Oud oddly manages to wear rather lightly! You can almost taste a kind of stickiness – what I think warm, melted leather might taste like. It ends in a very pleasant and soft but slightly bitter musk.
I give this massive props for taking oud out of its comfort zone, so to speak, and show that it could be a lighter, melancholic-tinted happy fragrance. It is a little curious in the sense that while it retains the obvious qualities of a oud-based perfume, it succeeds at setting itself apart. But as I said, perhaps mysterious isn’t the right adjective for it.
Projection wasn’t much to shout about, which is always a relief for me when it comes to resinous perfumes. Lasting power was alright, around 5 hour on me.