Description
“Indefinable, iconic, imperious. Here, in a scent exclusive to Harrods, is the zenith of the perfumer’s art, a dark and brooding presence set to reawaken the libido and stir the soul. Capturing the frisson that Boadicea herself would surely have felt before going into battle, Nebulous uses only rare and extravagant ingredients to tantalise and torment before the inevitable moment of capture. A haze of enigmatic rose and safron meld with the potency of oud and the delicacy of violet; amber and musk intertwine to add an air of smouldering intent.” – a note from the brand.
Nebulous was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Christian Provenzano.
32611006 – :
I have posted a review already but this is an update. This perfume with its exquisite dry down lasted a whole 3 days with just one spray on my wrist. Wow, wow, wow, kudos to Boadicea.
prof181 – :
I went down to Harrods and tried Nebulous. Wow, wow, wow! this perfume is beast mode. I love oud, musk, anything animalic and skanky. This is your dark, barnyard oud with musk. The SA was cautious when spraying my wrist as I had to take the subway back home and was a bit worried about the passengers on the train. I got an odd look from a middle-aged woman who sat next to me and a smile from a guy on my other side. I am pretty sure it blew their noses away!I was told that Nebulous has 43% perfume oils which explains the astronomical performance (usual parfum contains 30% or less). Anyways, back to this gem, it lasted a good 24 hours with just one spray on my wrist and the dry down is exquisite. It turned into a skin scent roughly 12 hours later and the next morning I could smell a gorgeous soft woody, musky scent until it finally said ‘au revoir’. I will definitely be saving up for this Boadicea gem. I also tried Majestic oud by Roja Dove which is an absolute joke for £1450. Highly highly recommend Nebulous if one is up for the challenge!
wmt821speagoessenda – :
Honestly, if you think that Malle’s Al Layl was too hardcore do not even look at this. Put aside hopes of golden strands of saffron, promises of sweet rose delights, the delicacy of violet or even the warm embrace of oriental amber until hours into the dry down or even the next day. But I doubt that most casual oud lovers would even have the stamina to reach that stage.
What we have here is a bona fide assault of Cambodi/Hindi oud that combines all the smells you could encounter if you were to spend a weekend on a farm in the middle of nowhere. There are moist and dark moldy aspects, fecal and feral animalics and even a selection of ripe Limburger cheese will tantalise your senses – and initially there is literally nothing at all that would tame the oudian onslaught. There is a sexiness about this that would escape all but the most serious oud heads – and it’s those that would happily embark on a pilgrimage to Harrods and ravage their bank account to the tune of £1250 for a bottle that would make a pair of stinky socks appear a cheap and readily available olfactory delight, whilst most mortals would assume rigor mortis or turn away in horror holding their heads in their hands.
When I woke up in the morning Nebulous had dried down into a wonderfully fresh-spicy woody-animalic scent as eventually the rest of the combo was allowed on stage. But make no mistake, this juice is more uncompromisingly oudy than the Malle (and less flashy) and is definitely more challenging than, say, for example, Ys Uzac’s Oud Ankaa, which is more like the dusty and dry woody darkness you’d imagine to emanate from a Pharaoh’s tomb. It’s nothing at all like the sweetly safe Roja gum resins, the homeopathic oud dosages of the likes of Xerjoff or the innocent spicy nichey samey rose ouds. Nebulous is definitely worth a try if one is up for a challenge. I felt so sorry for the guys in the overcrowded subway last night 🙂