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FriendJoseph – :
I ordered a sample of Oud Assam as I was interested in smelling a real, authentic oud just out of curiosity and so that I could try and appreciate it more in other scents. So far, I haven’t had the nerve to spray this on anything other than paper because the opening is repulsive. I guess it’s meant to be like that, I just don’t find it appealing yet. I’m working up the courage… I can tell that when I do wear it, it will last for years on skin and won’t come out of clothes, so I’m waiting for the right moment. So far, real oud to me smells like putrid blue cheese and bile/vomit. Not sure I understand the appeal.
ruskaz – :
Not as stinky as I’d hoped, but still a nice, cheesy, pungent opening.
On me that’s quite quickly replaced with a subtle incense and a dry, dusty leather aspect. It smells a bit like the upholstery in an old paddock bomb that’s been parked in a farm shed for years and weathered drought, storm and the occasional cow pat.
The oud presence remains, and if it’s synthetic, it’s certainly a great facsimile of real indian style oud!
The vetiver is smoky, dusty and desiccated also, very lovely and continues that dry old farm/vehicle picture that forms in my mind. I don’t get more than the very barest hint of the bitter orange and there’s an almost amber-like sweetness from tonka that helps add some friendliness to the overall vibe.
Probably none of this sounds particularly attractive in a fragrance sense, but surprisingly it transcends all of its composite parts and arrives to your nose as something divine. Great stuff…
Mewviaburbbaw – :
I first tried Oud Assam last year, after receiving a sample set from Rania J. Although it intrigued me, I put it aside for further future discovery. This had nothing to do with the scent itself, but rather with the fact that I was moving from one country to another. Life was generally messy, with assorted belongings packed into boxes and suitcases.
The other day I started a thread asking for perfumes that are similar to the scent of stables. Someone kindly mentioned Oud Assam as one I should try for that real feeling of manure. Of course I ran straight to the drawer where all my samples were still waiting to see the light of day once more.
I will come clean immediately: Apparently I really like manure and barnyards. The first spray is very sour, both from citrus and oud. It gradually becomes more mellow, with oud and olibanum being highlighted on my skin.
Do you know those pictures where if you concentrate on certain parts you see a fair maiden, and if you change perspectives you see a crone instead? To my nose, Oud Assam is just like that. One moment I enjoy marvellous wood and olibanum, while the next instant I can only perceive manure. And that is magnificent!
Oud Assam seems to have moderate sillage, which may be good considering that this is not to everyone’s taste. For instance, my husband backed into the wall when I stretched out my arm for him to smell, and then he sprayed Hypnotic Poison in front of his nose to ward off evil. Let’s say he considers oud to be the preferred scent of the denizens of hell.
While sillage is moderate, longevity is outstanding. Oud Assam was still there when I woke up this morning. It had turned into a woody, fecal and creamy skin scent, the traces of which survived a shower. If you really like oud, please try this! I plan to save up for a full bottle, to use for my own pleasure (particularly when I am alone, I guess).
Razrisovka – :
Absolutely oud-rageous. Phenomenal. One of the most astonishing things I’ve ever tried.
Mainly because of its absolutely epic progression. If you had told me a few years back that I would be willing to spend good shoe money on liquid which makes me smell, at least for a while, of fresh cowpat… I would have laughed in your face. Cash money in return for smelling like poop? Hilarious! Well, how the sceptical are fallen, because now it seems like the most logical thing in the world to me. Because it’s like this with Oud Assam:
No doubt about it, this is barnyard oud at first – and further soured with the citrus, which to me gives it a truly antisocial pong of the vegetal-fecal, not disgusting or rancid but unmistakably redolent of some kind of droppings. At this point you might well think “yikes, I’ve made a terrible mistake”. Then, within 15-30 minutes, the most incredible metamorphosis happens and whoooooooosh you’re rocketing into a magical land of spice and wood and warmth. It is just breathtakingly good, a wild joyride on a magic carpet of the darkest richest reds and browns and carmines ever dyed and woven. Not the cool, dark medicine-y oud (which I also love) but something softer and velvetier, both gentle and strong, shudderingly organic and real. The spices layer even more added extra plush and pattern into it. It is just something else – dizzying, almost narcotic to me.
Certainly not a blind buy, and you cannot possibly make up your mind about it without letting it breathe on you for at least a few hours. On me, once the hostile half-hour’s passed – during which time I could not really say how far it trails or how strongly, as my nose is just going “dung heap dung heap you stink like a dung heap” – the projection in the beautiful hours afterwards is moderate-to-close, and the scent hangs on tenaciously for up to 8h on skin and well into tomorrow and beyond on textiles.
A spirited Arabian stallion for sure, but one with enough real life and gentleness within to make it a true unisex for anyone who’s brave enough to hang on and hang tough through that wild bucking ride of the open. It is certainly dark, but not (imho) too butch for women. If you are at all interested in what oud really is and what the accord can do, try it … and especially if you want to dodge the usual oud-rose combo – this should be a mandatory test. Definitive, life-changing biz, this one is. This is what noses are really made for. Just wow.
alanica – :
One mystical and enchanted night you find yourself making intimate sensual love with a forest tree, his branches and limbs ensconce and pierce you, his bark rough against your skin, your warm flesh brushes erotically against his cool foliage. Unable to speak the same language, you find more inventive and primal ways to communicate. For hours you exchange pleasures and pains, truths and honesties, hopes and dreams. Even after the sun has risen and the strange charmed night is over, the stories you share with each other will last forever and told as mythology with each spray of this pungent, personable perfume.
Cheche3 – :
This is a wonderful creation by Rania J, It is that good I ordered 2 bottles , I think I finally found the OUD perfume that suits my taste.
I think most base their experience on the first 5 or 10 min of the initial spray,
This is one of those Oud Perfume for those who understand and enjoy Oud,
The magic of this perfume starts 1/2 hour after the first spray, Best performance on a well moisturized skin , No dry skin. This is a very creamy and enjoyable Oud , Not that barnyard strong Oud or medicinal Oud. It lasts an estimated 24 hours on skin and an estimated 5 days on clothing, 4 Sprays and you are good to go.
Scent 10/10
Silage 10/10
Long lasting 10/10
Thanks,
watson – :
After a challenging opening with a burst of Oud, the barnyard blue cheese type , Oud Assam slowly settles down and merges into a very well balanced woody oud on a soft and warm incense base. Dark oud and creamy incense in a delightful harmony.
The drydow finally becomes more woody-creamy with a clear cedar presence but still with a hint of oud.
Oud assam was love at first sight. I have been looking for what I imagine to be a genuine oud-centered scent for some time, and with Oud Assam I have found a first wonderful example of what I have been searching for.
For each new encounter I get more and more impressed by the works of Rania Jouaneh.
samec146 – :
On skin Oud Assam opens very bold with a warm, fresh, very slightly moldy and blue cheesy pungent punch of oud supplemented by invigorating orange juices of both the bitter and sweet variety and some bergamot. This is probably the best, most interesting and most authentic opening of a “Western” oud scent I have come across. Holy moly! Imagine it’s a spring-in-the-step Friday morning and you just planted your best friggen polished Oxfords right and proper straight into a fresh, steaming and happy turd by a camel that has a fetish for citrus fruits and their bitter peel. What a start to your day that would be! Kudos!
A further two couples take to the dancefloor soon after and diversify Oud Assam without obfuscating the focus on the oud: peppery vetiver and musky cedar offer a slightly dirty-fresh, earthy and somewhat funky woodyness whilst olibanum/tonka permeate and infuse the scent thus giving it a dimension that puts this scent into proximity of Abdes Salaam Attar’s creations such as Mecca Balsam (which doesn’t contain oud).
Oud Assam’s drydown maintains a restrained level of sophisticated skank. It’s a fantastic and extremely versatile scent; you can put a drop of jasmine, rose or ylang oil right into it or just use it to give some oomph to another concoction. It’s great fun to reapply Oud Assam over its own drydown – that opening over the balsamic and aromatic woddness is just awesome!
Above medium longevity and moderate projection and for the price this an absolute steal.
ufa02 – :
ladies and gentlemen, THIS is the only ‘oud’ scent that actually SMELLS like real oud. i’m 100% serious here, the first 10 to 15 minutes i get an east malaysian / bruneian / papuan oud that is EERILY similar. almost dead on. i regularly buy ‘real’ oud, oud that is harvested and extracted in small-batch lots. real oud, ladies and gentlemen. it costs upwards of $30 USD for 0.15 of a gram (yes, I said a gram) and it’s super similar to this stuff.
now, that said, i don’t like it! it’s too caustic-leather toxic-honey smelling. whilst this variety of oud (there are about 5 or 6 regional varieties with their own scent profile, my favourite is peninsular malaysian), it’s just too high and caustic. hard to take in. it works well with rose, sandalwood and incense, but on its own, man, it’s brutal.
Dr_Ower – :
Very strong cheesy oud opening that works really well with the orange – I love this stage and it does hang around for maybe 1-2 hours.
After that it goes to a slightly mundane incense that lacks body, but livens up again when the vetiver joins the party.
Overall, very nice!
Vor4un – :
Lol…. A fresh cheesy citrus like barnyard smell assaults you on the opening. The oud does smell real and not synthetic even though it is hard to like. Smelling this in a western fragrance is kind of strange and you cannot help been repelled a bit by the smell.
After a while the cheesy barnyard aspect dies down and a cedar and vetiver note appears helping take the edge off the unpleasant aspect of the oud.
Eventually the scent transforms into a fresh woody and incense dominated oud fragrance making the scent more bearable.
If you like challenging oud fragrances then you will love the opening though for the rest of us just wait until the drydown.
mursik72 – :
I have come to the conclusion that I only like McOud. You know, the fake stuff. Unless the real stuff is so diluted that I can’t actually smell it. If this isn’t real oud then it is without a doubt the most realistic McOud on earth. It smells like it has pure indian oud in it. You know, the really black stuff. Which, as a McOud lover, I don’t like. Since I don’t like real oud and this clearly contains it, I don’t feel I am qualified to review this. Only people who actually like the barnyard fecal oud should rate this. But I do want to say that after 30 minutes to an hour it turns kind of nice if you don’t sniff it up close. If you blow warm air on it it starts baaaaaaaaaing again. But if you DO like real oud, this seems like very high quality for the price point. If you like things like Oud Ispahan or Rose d’Arabie this isn’t in your (or my) ballpark. Just a warning for my fellow McOud, Oud Bell, Wal-Oud lovers. This stuff isn’t that….this smells like the real deal.
KEKutrykomy – :
Damn, this opens up smelling exactly like the barnyard, old-blue-cheese-like stuff that us westerners imagine the purest of oud would smell like – rotting and musty. If this were to continue, I wouldn’t expect any europeans ever buying this scent.
Luckily, after about 30 minutes this slowly morphs into something much smoother, woody and smoky but still with an oud vibe present and ends up almost like a soapy vetiver. I’m very impressed with the longevity of this one and also the oud smells very realistic, actually I’d be betting some money on the real stuff being in here.
Nice to try an oud based scent that doens’t lean on to the rose path (though I do detect a slight vanilla sometimes in this one), but if you’re a newcomer to oud territory, you’d better try before you buy.
Monstriax – :
“العود للمبتدئين”
زيت العود الهندي – الفيتيفر – البرتقال المر – البرقموت – مركب الكومارين ( مزيج التونكا والفانيليا)
عود آسام من رانيا ج / النوع : خشبي
ولاية آسام الهندية
تقع ولاية آسام بين الصين وبنغلاديش على الجانب الشمالي الشرقي من شبه القارة الهندية، ولا تتصل بجسد الهند إلا بواسطة ممر لا يتعدى عرضه 22 كيلومترا ، وهي غنية بالنفط والشاي ، وقد شهدت المنطقة تاريخ من الإضطهاد العرقي منذ استقلال البلاد من بريطانيا عام 1947
تشتهر الولاية كذلك بأشجار العود الهندي ، وعطرنا اليوم يحتوي على خلاصة زيت العود الهندي ، قامت دار رانيا ج الفرنسية بشراءه مباشرة من مزارعي تلك الولاية ولم تترك رانيا شيئا للظروف انما قامت بتوثيق ذلك بشهادة أيكو المعروفة لضمان الجودة.
افتتاحية غنية من العود الهندي مدعومة بالبرتقال المر لاضفاء لمحة صابونية زيسيتية وكذلك تواجد البرغموت الليموني برائحة أقرب لاأوراق الشاي ، العود هنا ذو طبيعة ارضية رطبة مع لمحة سكانكي انمالك خفيفة وطبيعة العود اقرب الى أن تكون مسكية.
أتاحت لنا رانيا تجربة هذا النوع من العود الباهظ الثمن ولكنه ليس ذلك العود الإحترافي من عبد الصمد القرشي او حتى أنصار عود ، فقط هو عطر عودي سهل الارتداء ، الإفتتاحية هي اجمل مراحل العطر وتمنيت لو استمرت كثيرا ، لان العطر يبدأ يتحول في القلب الى عطر فيتيفري دخاني بحت مع لمسة سويتية كيميائية من الكومارين والسيدر متواصلة حتى اخر لحظات العطر.لمحت ايضا لمسة راتنجية في هذا العطر اضافت له تلك الخصائص البلسمية.
عطر رانيا لم يختلف عن موضة العود في العطور الغربية ومحاولة اضفاء ذلك الطابع الشرق أوسطي مع الإحتفاظ بالطابع الغربي للعطر ، مثل نظيره ام 7 الذي كان اول اكتشاف لاستخدام العود في العطور العربية ، اكتشافا ضاهى في عظمته اكتشاف قارة امريكا الشمالية.
عطر جميل قدمته لنا رانيا وتوظيف لابأس به للعود الهندي بدلا من عبير العود الدخاني سيعجب الهواة والمبتدئين أمثالي من محبي العود بصورته المنمقة ، ولن يروق لمحترفي ومتمرسي دهن العود بكافة مصادره الجغرافية ، والتسمية كانت موفقه بربطه بغابات ولاية آسام الهندية وأشجار العود المنتشرة بكثرة هناك.
شكرا رانيا على هذا الجمال ،،،
فوحان متوسط وثبات جيد على الملابس والبشرة. تقييم عام 7.5/10
دمتم سالمين 🙂
Gabriella_fromAF – :
I’m not normally a big fan of the “oud” fragrances and nor am I fan of this on first applying. I find it a strong and an unpleasant musty smell. Though upon dry down which happens extreamly quick, it falls back to reveal a mature masculine scent that sits very close to the skin.
I don’t detect any of the citrus top notes, but rather more of a creamy mix up of the middle and base notes. This is smooth, dark, mysterious and quietly suggests quality!
Oud Assam to me is quite an unique and interesting fragrance, and something I would certainly wear at a formal occasion.
I may just have to get this intriguing scent in a larger bottle.
yrich – :
This smells just like a skanky version of oud wood by tom ford. There are some differences but like all other fragrances that remind you of each other, of course there are. I think saying that this is just a more skanky version that lasts wayyy longer is fair. Other than that this is just like it. Now when I was emailing this perfumer she did mention that she uses 100% real oud not synthetic in this and also in Ambre loup which is one of my favorite fragrances from this house. That’s what gives this the skanky oud smell and longevity. Overall, if you own fords oud wood I would say your not missing out here, but if you don’t then don’t cut yourself short by not sampling this as I have talked to many who prefer this over oud wood. I myself like both the same but feel you get better ingredients and performance here. Great masculine fragrance.
dddfffd – :
Oud assam (tested from carded sample purchased from Rania J website)
This is so nice, Im impressed by Rania J!
The opening of Oud Assam is oud, there is bergamot and bitter orange. The top notes hangs on for longer than unusual on my skin. The oud doesn’t give me a headache so I assume it must be drops of high quality real agarwood oil, it doesn’t smell synthetic to me, it smells so good, bitter, funky and earthiness is perfect for me.
I sense some woody notes and some earthy vetiver along with the tonka bean. I sense some spices, the incense underneath the oud, supporting it. The oud is heavy for the life of the fragrance. It drys down to soft oud and musk.
The sillage and longevity are both very good! It becomes a skin scent after a few hours, I can still smell it after spraying it on this morning. I am working on getting bottles of both Oud Assam and Ambre Loup from Rania J.
(The pyramid on fragrantica has some notes missing.
According to the pyramid listed on the manufacture carded sample, the notes are: Top: Bergamot, sweet orange, bitter orange. Middle: Agarwood/oud (Agarwood Essential Oil, India) Base notes are Cedar wood, vetiver, frankincense, pepper, tonka bean, musk.)
DREAM1 – :
Bought on a spot. Entered the shop without any intention to buy whatsoever just to see what are the news so to say. Tried a couple of things but then this one… In the whole history of my purchases, this is maybe the fastest buy ever, between the moment I smelled it first time and gave my credit card to pay…
I have a couple of oud based Amouage Attars, and a bunch of so called ‘wester ouds’ (e.g. from Pure Oud of Kilian to Leather Oud of Dior). This is the closest to the oud oil the non-oil version of an oud perfume.
First blast is sustainable only if you have an experience with oud oils. However the 2 and later hour — just fantastic insence oudy fragrance. I do not really smell a lot of vetiver, while I have an impression that the vetiver in a perfume just kills everything else. Here it is not the case at all, it is next to non-existent.
All in all, for the price, just 5/5 perfume!
suharik – :
Hmm…my co-workers say the opening blast smells like buffalo dung. More precisely they say it smells like you pull some grass (that’s the vetiver part) from the ground where the dung is and rub it between your hands. Well….they may be right since this is quite a ‘real’ smelling oud fragrance. It has confirmed my point of view though, that I prefer more blended and subtle oud fragrances, not the in-your-face ones.
It dries down rather quickly to a general wood-smelling fragrance with some spices and vanilla. Projection is quite good, but it is rather short lived on my skin.
The fragrance may give a realistic impression of oud, and real oud was probably used in the composition. But in the end it is not my cup of tea since I’d rather attract people than drive them away.
Kolobok02 – :
Green, herbal oud. Smells very natural and almost oil-like. Soft, but leans towards masculine. Smells like quality stuff.
Pelgoinger – :
A very wearable fragrance with a distinct oud note.
It starts with some fresh-citric notes with slightly bitter accent; oud is from the beginning very good perceptible. Oud has a slightly animalic touch, but – apart from that – is very clean and thus pleasant to wear. Sometimes the grasses smell like tea indeed, but this tea note is peripheral imo.
Although the scent hasn’t the thrill of being a radical and polarizing, it’s a really lovely perfume.
Among the fans of light and fresh oudy fragrances, it has a potential to fall in love with.
uuueeeeehhh – :
Be warned, Westerners! This has all the trapping of proper, authentic oud, even down to the semi-cheesy syoofi opening. It’s either a clever reconstruction of oud’s gnarlier characteristics, or there’s a hefty dose of the real stuff in it. In other words, this might wrinkle the noses of people who only know the uber-friendly Westernized ouds that are far more tame and, well, non-oudy.
But with that said, it’s not too challenging an oud when placed in the context of the whole blend. Upfront, it’s mainly the pungent focus note flanked by some coniferous green items on one side, and some sparkling citrus on the other. Yet it all works together quite nicely and I suspect you’d be pushed to pick out the individual materials themselves. There is a prominent vetiver than gives the blend a slightly old-school masculine feel, but it’s rendered warmer through the presence of some spice notes, shading the scent in a way that brings balance. Thirty minutes or so in and much of the opening oud drops away, leaving behind the more coniferous notes, and spinning the scent further toward a familiar, masculine blend. It ends up as a bit of a glum mossy base, but it’s probably a good choice for this scent given its forest-floor leanings.
Although I do like real oud scents (the stinkier the better), I struggle when oud is merged with green foresty notes (Piguet’s Oud is one of the worst things I’ve ver smelled)—plus, I have an aversion to anything with a formal feel to it. Oud Assam is extremely polished and refined to the point where it slips out of my personal comfort zone. It performs beautifully, and the form itself is thoughtful, but I picture it being worn by one of those middle-aged models you see in suit advertisements in magazines—big, toothy grin, briefcase, looking at a watch. It’s just not me at all. I like my real oud raunchy and my fake Western oud screechy, and this is tailored and upscale from top to bottom. I see it as a bridge scent—one that pushes at the edges of mainstream, but would be well suited for the Western wearer to break into the territory of the real thing. Very nicely put together, but it’s not quite right for me.
Rabtrerajen – :
“K1” has said it all by the comment:
“Oud Assam is fresh, dusty, powdery, playful, intriguing and earthy.”
A very fair opinion in a nut shell. I could not have described it better.
For me it is a surprisingly wearable Oud, than does not overtly hit the nostrils with the notorious piggy farmyard smell and make me want to head to the bathroom to scrub and scrub the skin for less of a distinctive pungent aroma.
Might not appeal to those who do seek that “distinctive Oud aroma” but those who like things more delicate it is worthy a try.
tapta – :
I had the same experience as aphexacid did. The opening is fantastic, and at first I thought I had found the holy grail of Oud fragrances. But pretty soon this fantastic scent fades away into something stale and boring. This fragrance is up like a tiger and down like a sheepskin.
Алла Фрилинг – :
I found an excellent deal for a bottle of Oud Assam, and since i’ve seen it mentioned around the community more than a few times, i decided to add it to my collection.
I have to say i’m disappointed. The first let down came from the cap. The cap is a very cheap plastic, with shiny paint job. Otherwise the bottle is nice and heavy glass.
Most important though, the smell. Upon fisrt spray, i was delighted! This indeed was an excellent representation of real Indian Oud! The “barnyard” smell was poilshed nicely by the clever addition of orange.
For a split second, something reminded of vintage M7. Not the oud, because M7 didn’t NOT have this kind of oud. I think there was orange in M7 as well.
The scent is absolutely gorgeous at this point. The trouble is, this totally fades into mediocrity.
After 30 minutes, it shifts into a cheap incense bomb. Oud gone. Orange gone. Its like some off the shelf incense aromachemical was tossed in, and the perfumer said “yeah good enough”
Annoyingly, it stuck to my skin for 10 hours so far, and while the projection isn’t huge, i smell it constantly.
I will experiment on clothing once more to see if i can stop it from morphing into the nasty cheap incense bomb.
shcval – :
After testing this for quite some time I must reluctantly admit it´s not oudi enough for me. I like it very, very much but it has become so that I like oud without so much other stuff added better.
Still, it´s extremely good if you want the oud a little more relaxed.
zikfak – :
I really like this. A bold but bright and wearable oud. One of the few that doesn’t make me smell like I’ve been mucking out horse stalls. On my skin, the lovely incense comes out in a big way after the first 10 minutes. Very beautiful. Highly recommend Rania J’s sample pack, too.
tusiaa – :
With the recent oud craze it seems there is a wide continuum for fragrances ranging from the “barely oud present” and the “oud dominant”, most Western fragrances lying near the former.
It’s great to finally see what a proper “oud dominated” fragrance smells like that doesn’t also smell like barnyard feces (I am looking at you Oud 27 and Leather Oud).
I really like this one. I can pick up an earthiness/incense in the background but this seems primarily like pure oud. It smells much more natural than the oud found in the Montale line and I enjoy it quite a bit, especially with it being free of STANK.
7.5/10
nestas68 – :
Indian oud, no doubt about it. The fragrance is very nice, a bit too balsamic for my taste. Excellent longevity and very good projection.
INFARIAGREELT – :
I agree with Vie Cafe regarding the note pyramid. I get alot of citrus and peppery accords from the opening which becomes milder as time passes and the oud becomes more apparent. However I do not find the oud very dark or oily in this scent as compared to Kurkdjian’s Oud. I find this more of an citrus opening leading to oriental/woody scent than an oud dominant scent. Sillage and longevity are good as I seem to find is a trend with Rania’s scents that I have tried. I do agree that I find a similarity between this scent and C’est la Fete Patchouli even if the ingredient list differs markedly, however Oud Assam is more smoky than the Lacroix. I like it but I don’t love it and I think there are far more striking ouds if one is looking for an oud dominant scent.
VAIL – :
Grimson’s description is SPOT ON! This is a literal Oud fragrance, as if someone took the Oud direct from its sticky viscous brown oil form of Oud found in the vial you were told is actual Oud oil, the kind you just put a minuscule swipe on each wrist, rub together and it lasts all day –and added to it a proper amount of alcohol, a dash of vetiver and a smidge of incense ( both of which fail to make themselves known till several minutes later into your wearing it but add a pleasantly warm and filling effect )
This is a legit Oud perfume. Long lasting. Not annoyingly fecal. Just a proper Oud concoction.
Riscfk – :
What a wonderful fragrance. I am very little experinced in oud fragrances and I cannot go into any detail really, I just am amazed by this quality.
Rania said she is going to introduce her fragrances in smaller bottles later on, definitely will buy this.
An interesting coincidence is that I have now learned to appreciate original M7 even more.
Шрам2108 – :
Me and oud, that’s not the biggest love in the world. In this perfume it smells natural, so it is bearable. Leathery. Soft. But I’m still not convinced of oud.
andrav – :
This is a very beautiful on a masculine side oud, it’s the first oud perfume that to me didn’t smell like a dental office. This is very smokey, gentle, beautiful and simply gorgeous!
Liaisotaovemi – :
Firstly, I would like to thank Rania for the sample pack. I have thoroughly enjoyed each sample and have been impressed with all of her offerings
I’ve been exploring arabian attars recently and expected a heavy oud scent. Well, the oud here is light and airy and not at all like a heavy attar and it works incredibly well!
I was surprised to find the opening was a hefty dose of vetiver and initially felt this was too masculine for my liking. The oud was soft, still dominated by the vetiver but after about half an hour, the incense and oud took the front stage creating a smokey, balmy scent that smolders on the skin. This is seriously sexy stuff and I see it sitting better on a man, although a woman could pull this off once the opening settled. It’s mysterious, romantic and alluring.
I highly recommend this one, especially to those guys out there looking for a date night fragrance.
Rania, you are very talented!
shargina – :
A great representation of oud in all its naked glory! The vetiver and incense add natural wholeness and soften, without fully taming the oud’s powerful presence. If you are a fan of REAL oud based fragrances where the oud note isn’t buried and virtually non existent, then this is for you.