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zerrba – :
LOL @cupcake28 hit the nail on the head with review
“This smells like you put a plastic container in the microwave for 20 minutes and burned everything into oblivion.
…and now I can’t stop coughing. Scrub a dub dub!
…washed right off with the first attempt. I have the set from this line and I find the quality to be very poor.”
This is exactly what I experienced.
vlad1975 – :
Just happened across the full line at the Sephora in New York’s Herald Square. Honestly, I’ve tried an imitation of Rag & Bones’ Amber from Madina — (a Brooklyn go-to for wide variety of well made versions of popular fragrances) and I fell in love!!!. Tried the genuine article today — IN LOVE!!. AND then there’s ODDITY —
yakoglo – :
At the start, Oddity is black pepper and incense, spicy and woody and smoky. It brings to mind colder weather and a cabin in the woods. Very nice, I like the beginning and middle part a lot. However, it later settles into a dry vetiver, a scent I’m not too fond of. It has ruined some fragrances for me before, though in this one, it isn’t too musty and it just lowers the like factor for me, not a total ruin.
I find Oddity to be masculine-leaning, but since when did I let that stop me from wearing a fragrance? 🙂 Overall though, it’s just a like. I’ll use up the sample vial I have but won’t really look to purchase more.
enunu1 – :
I can’t be the only one who thinks just smells straight up like tea tree oil.
kadetik – :
This smells like you put a plastic container in the microwave for 20 minutes and burned everything into oblivion.
…and now I can’t stop coughing. Scrub a dub dub!
…washed right off with the first attempt. I have the set from this line and I find the quality to be very poor.
CorToigoInorm – :
I was sent a sample of this …. automatically I got the smoky incense with some spices and a hint of leather. The black pepper immediately takes a front seat and the incense softens – becomes less smoky. I’m loving this ! The licorice plays a necessary role for i usually don’t like black licorice notes in my fragrance or in my eating. It’s gets a little brighter in the drown sorta like Terre d’ Hermes ! I love this better than TdH ! This is Good people! Verrry Good!
Daner – :
‘Black, black, black number one…”
There’s a line in that old song “her perfume smells like buring leaves..”, well, that’s this stuff.
Smoke and incense, with licorice-like angelica adding depth and amber in the drydown adding warmth, this reminds me of my Goth phase, now all grown up.
I suspect for some, it will be too intense, too ‘odd’, since there’s no soap or white flowers here, it’s dirty knees and smudged eyeliner by a campfire.
And on a man, if if you are into rugged outdoors-y scents, this can’t be beat, I can’t get enough of it on my husband, with it turning warmer and more powdery on him.
donnik2010 – :
I had high hopes for this scent. I got it today, sprayed it on, and my wife says – “is it Spice Bomb?”. While I don’t think it is quite Spice Bomb, I think it’s the love child of Man in Black and Spice Bomb. The problem I have is that it doesn’t have any longevity on me. I sprayed 4 sprays on my skin, Oddity sat close to my skin after about 2 hours, after 3 I have to put my nose right on it to smell it. I also sprayed 2 sprays on my shirt, after 3 hours I can hardly tell it was on there. While this is a great fragrance, I would recommend either Spice Bomb or Man in Black. Overall, I was a little disappointed with this purchase.
Smell – 8/10
longevity – 2/10
uniqueness – 2/10
Disappointment – 10/10
If you were to carry a decant with you and spray it about every 2-3 hours, you’d have a great scent.
sainlenly – :
Charred and smoky licorice. This is a really unique fragrance and one that I think will have people firmly on either side of the fence. For me, this is a love. It reminds me of the heavy vetiver in Encre Noire with the added dark sweetness of licorice. Opens strong with spicy black pepper that quickly faded away on me and then comes the vetiver, which is very dry and smoky – almost too much so but is saved and abetted by the sweet vanilla and licorice notes. Longevity is great and sillage is strong but not too invasive. Really enjoyed this one.
Numsmeasy – :
Very spicy – not in a good way – more like a room fragrance than a personal scent. Middle notes better but too masculine for me. I’m no expert on notes but would describe opening as a strong, dark cedar.
slipknot – :
Simply put, this is an excellent mens edp.
Leather would be the category i’d place this in, and i might reach for it more often than other high ranking monotypic leather frags because of the complexity offered by the other notes of black pepper,cardamom,vetiver,and a little amber (really very nice!), but i have to agree with those here that $140 for a 50ml bottle is stunning, and not in a good way. In a ‘Im gonna turn and walk out of the store now’ way.
$100 and they might have had me though. It’s about that good.
ko2627 – :
Definitely one of the more unique entries in Rag & Bone’s new new octet of EDP fragrances, and the only not named after a specific note, Oddity.
Oddity is a mix of many cold-weather-leaning notes, such as black pepper, cardamom, leather, incense, and vetiver. The opening is dominated primarily by the black pepper, which makes it spicy from the onset, and an animalic sort of spiciness comes from the cardamom.
I get a little sweetness from the amber and vanilla, but these are subdued by the vetiver in the dry down, for sure. The main notes overall are the black pepper, leather, incense, and vetiver, making for quite the wintry beast type of scent.
Performance is very good for a niche EDP. I see this as mostly leaning masculine but certainly some women could and would pull this off, I imagine.
As with Amber, I like the fragrance but definitely not the price of $140 for 50ml, so I’ll have to wait this one out, as well.
7 out of 10
NeoNaaa – :
After comparing to Bentley Absolute side by side, I have to say I like this better 🙂
It’s overall smokier and more natural. The spicy opening is interesting, the prominent incense/olibanum is awakening, and the Vetiver drydown is calming; the transitions are smooth and minimal without being linear.
At 4x the price though? I’m not so sure..
~$70/100ml vs. $140/50ml
diabbankeviveesn – :
Top: Sichuan black pepper, cardamon, angelica root
Middle: leather, incense, licorice
Base: vetiver, amber, vanilla bean
This is rather dark and sexy for an “oddity,” with incense, vetiver, and pepper most noticeable. The beginning is similar to a spicier & smokier Encre Noire L’Extreme; the middle closely resembles Bentley Absolute and stays that way for awhile, until vetiver outruns the rest to the drydown.