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sahnyukam – :
I just read some advices before that this perfume is a safe blind buy. LIE, LIE, LIE. DO NOT BLIND BUY AS I DID. I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED. ITS NOT RESEMBLING ANY OF THE SAFFRON, JASMINE NOR PLUM NOTES. JUST A HIDEOUS LEATHER RUBBER GLOVE LACED WITH MEDICINAL CAMPHOR. MAYBE THESE COMMENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE MANY CAN BE PAID TO JUST SELL LIES!! NOW I WILL HAVE TO GIFT IT AWAY.
samosa72 – :
This is kind of difficult to find, at least in the US. As marko.refael mentions, it starts like the Bogart OMS Oud Edition. I get a lot of leather earlier than later, then discrete notes seem to combine to what smells to me like clove. It does not have much of that barnyard character, though you may get a fleeting whiff of that. The most remarkable thing about this is how well behaved it is. Despite being an EDP, an oud and a Lapidus product to boot, it lacks the room-clearing firepower of other ouds and other Lapidus products like PH. It stays reasonably close and I can see wearing it in situations where I would hesitate to wear other ouds with a louder projection. It is very pleasant to wear and if you like ouds generally, I would say it’s safe as a blind buy in the $30-$45 range for the 100.
tys983Negeltzex – :
Well first 10 min is like you put 2 kg of plum in to a leather bag !
after 30 min for my nose its like TFTL or Rasasi La Yuqawam.
Great oud for the price.
long ( in this insane spring heat 28C. ) 16+ hour
Sillage is really nice for the first 5 hour
Not for everyone but for Leather and Oud lovers is a must have hidden gem 😀
omg its just 30 euro
4sextoyf – :
smells like something you smoked or roasted in a wood fire. I cant describe if its meat or some dried steak. This is Not for me !
Rusty Mckay – :
Real surprise this one.
Opens very Bogart oud edition for 1 minute
Then completely change to a butiful smoky plum.
The plum note is very juicy and delicious
And the birch give it depth and control the sweetness so it won’t be to sweet.
Performance is good but the scent is smooth very very smooth so its not offensive at all.
Its on me now for 5 hours after a ride on the scooter for 30 minutes and its 30 degree celcius and I get wonderful whiffs of it so i guess at fall or winter it will be superb. Long lasting and high high quality. Enjoy
afn125speagoessenda – :
Wow, Oud Noir is a great one, very different.
It is smokey-sweet but not overpowering, it is your favorite leather jacket which has absorbed years of different aromas and fragrances and smells so good when you put it on.
It is really warm and comforting, like sipping brandy in front of a mellow fire, in a candle lit cabin in the Scandinavian forest. It is good, trust me.
To me it opens with a smooth smokey accord which is much more like church incense rather than sausages over the campfire as some others have said. After about 5 minutes the sweetness of the plum, praline etc. start to show up and play equally in the composition, and last together till the end.
for a comparison, to my nose this smells very much like a slightly smoother La Yuqawam without the sharp opening I get from that otherwise wonderful fragrance. Oud Noir and La Yuqawam could probably be layered together with dramatic effect.
I have gotten several compliments on Oud Noir, and it is very rare here in the US so you will not smell like everyone else.
I highly recommend it, just get it while you can…
soa666 – :
Smoky plum in the pocket of leather jacket. Great one!
Kitten-15 – :
Update-
Still smitten with this, my favorite frag I have smelled as I love the smokey plum-ness of it. Unfortunately it doesnt last on skin more than a couple hours. Yeah I can still smell it on my clothes, but was hoping for better performance.
Anyone with any smokey plum suggestions? Also really like the coffee in it…
serzik01 – :
Initial Impression short review
Very dark, smokey, and dry. Don’t be fooled by the sweet notes of vanilla, praline, etc., I feel there is just barely enough of those notes to not be offensively bitter and acrid. This is slightly bitter and acrid, but in a good ‘sat close to a bonfire’ way. The beginning brings a very rubbery oud, which gives way to the main smokeyness- perhaps they are going for burning/burnt oud feel? Maybe someone more familar with that could tell me if that’s accurate, but I really enjoy it anyhow.
In comparison, I had bought Amouage Interlude for the smokeyness, but it was too sweet, so I sold it. I am not saying they smell anything alike, but I much prefer this dry smokiness to the overly sweet oppoponax of Interlude. Performance also is nowhere near the Amouage, obviously, but decent for the $30-ish that I paid.
Edit: Still really like this one, a bit of sweetness finally comes out to play after quite a while. I sprayed this on my chest around 8pm and when I woke up around 5am, I could smell a slight sweetness with some smoke to it on my shirt, like a smoked plum.. Great stuff. Might get a backup bottle, which I have only done once.
yaa955Negeltzex – :
What a under the radar gem!! This starts strong, with the smell of burning sandalwood and incense. It’s like someone made a fire using sandalwood and threw some incense and leather into the fire. Very smoky, dark and leathery, but after a few minutes, it starts to sweeten a bit. I suspect cinnamon, saffron and oud to be the culprit. Everything is beautifully blended and each stage of the perfume has its shine moment. A few more minutes, as the sweetness becomes more pronounced, dried plums and fresh roasted coffee beans join.
Oud Noir reminds me of Tuscan Leather, but without the raspberry or Royal Potion Black, without the rose. It’s mainly dark oud, smoke and incense, but never harsh or sharp.
Longevity and silage are both way above average. This is quality stuff and for the price that it’s going on at the moment, I might have to get myself a backup bottle.
str002Negeltzex – :
Given the onslaught of oud-based perfumes, this is another one in the same category. However this is not as strong and loud as a Montale but recalls the perfumery style of that house. It is fairly close to royal black by DSquared. However I feel royal black is a better perfume, this one doesn’t have the same loudness or Rose. On the dry down while black leaves a very strong old note in its wake while oud noir settles down to a mild and acceptable perfume. Certainly decent quality, but I paid close to $90 for this perfume and is overpriced at that price point. I feel if you already own royal black this one would be redundant in your collection not to mention royal black is a better perfume. I really don’t get the sausages part, there is some smoke. But I actively seek out challenging perfumes and preferentially wear them compared to the aquatic and metrosexual drivel that is mass produced by designer houses. So if you’re someone who is not Acclimated to oud based arabian styled perfumes this might be too much to handle. I am coming from a point where I own several Montales so on the loudness scale this one is no more than a gentle Peep. Inoffensive and can be worn to the office in my opinion. Probably a bit too heavy for the dog days of summer but would perform well during wintertime. Last 8 to 12 hours. Certainly nothing new or innovative. If they could dial up the smoke and leather I would absolutely pay more attention to it.
jastrepczev – :
mona di orio cuir + tom ford tuscan leather= ted lapidus oud noir definitely…
IGUR – :
What a shame they chose a bottle design that is so evocative of Balenciaga’s Ho Hang Club, the rare frag (ahem) that sits on eBay en masse, just gathering more dust.
Дарт Вейдер – :
On me, this doesn’t smell like smoked sausages at all. More like very green wood that has just been chopped. Overlaid with some smokiness perhaps. It is a very wood-like scent, but in a different way. Not easy to describe, really. I’m kind of intrigued by it and may be tempted to buy a bottle. Here in Belgium the price is quite reasonable for this good quality perfume. It is definitely more niche than mainstream. Not for everyone perhaps, but interesting and different. Worth a try!
asdSerj – :
does anyone know where it can be bought in Europe ?
настасья – :
I have to agree that this almost has a smoked ham / sausage smell a bottle would be total a wast for I would not want to be know as the man who smelled like this. I guess it may be me being a westerner I just don’t like dirty oud note and can’t understand why any one would find it nice smelling.
Riszav – :
I don’t say this is a bad fragrance, but why anybody would want to smell like smoked sausages over campfire – is beyond my comprehension…
lesevl – :
reminde me somthing from the classic vintage leather perfumes..cant say now, the nutmeg is very dominat
i need to retest it i just find it today
but i think that is gonna be sucess
iwash my hand and its still there – so its strong one
Evicka – :
And of course, it’s going to cost a pound of flesh (with the corresponding blood) per bottle.
pirist – :
o.k. let me guess this is going to be only available in the middle east…like if they need another oud perfume.