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XegorovX – :
It’s not the first Oud fragrance without Oud and it will not be the last.
Bus a nice oriental incense and amber scent anyway.
ntolstik – :
I have oud fragrances, and this one is NOT MUCH of an oud scent. When in Dubai, I tried oud and I was blown away by the power, and yes they warned me. Oud is really a potent and lasting unisex scent of that tree, a real wood. This one is gone in three-four hours, I’m not blown away at all, yet this is still from a tree, a resin of frankincense. Anybody mentioning church here. Yes, brother Leonard, I’m following you. Of course, you smell like a monk being infused with the scented smoke of incense after a church mass. Difficult to wear with the church associations on any occasion. Apart from that, a solid scent. If you going for a walk or on a hike, this one might be quite good because you are having nature on you and then maybe… for Xmas. No sweetness and heavy floral undertones keep it pretty much down to earth. I would not wear it in office or a to party, unless there are clerics there.
salavatalimov – :
Blind bought it after reading these reviews. I’m very happy with it. It’s more oud than incense. If you are familiar with Comme des garcons kitchen and Montale than its easy to compare. Not a sweet scent at all, no rose, no sour marine, no flowers no bullshit! it’s pretty great!
Definatelly an churchy unisex scent!
Its more familiar to some of the comme des garcons scent, i think less powerfull sillage but absolutely :
if you are looking for a cheaper substituteof CdG – this is the best one so far.
It is also similar to Montale Dark Oud but than more like CDG Black or Avignon. Defiantelly recommand.
gsm450JeomiWogkig – :
This is identical to Tauerville Incense Flash to my nose for the first 2 hours. It starts off dry and resinous. This is straight up incense. But 2 hours later a magical honey/benzoin starts to pop out. This is not a heaver projector but it lasts forever as a skin scent. I paid $30 for a 50ml and this is the quality of a $150 scent. This is gorgeous to me.
barbarastrejsent – :
Straight up incense, as in frankincense, to my nose. I have just dug it out of my hibernated “winter collection” as I fancied some frankincense but didn’t want to have anything burning around my room. This fragrance has a meditative quality to it. It works much better on me today than in winter, perhaps because my skin is warmer.
ghw131Bessinepome – :
The main element here reminds me of two samples I obtained (one several years ago) that were supposed to be “real oud.” Now this one isn’t exactly like those but it does a good job of providing a similar experience (and this lasts longer than those did, at least with good projection/sillage). It has a kind of “industrial clean” quality that not everyone is going to like, obviously, but for the price I think it will satisfy a very particular aficionado, and I happen to be one of those people! I’m not going to pay a couple hundred dollars for a small vial of the “good stuff,” so this seems to be the main alterative, AFAIK. After a few hours I get a synthetic musk note I’ve encountered in other scents, such as Club Man by Azzaro, but this one is blended better, IMO.
aij999Bessinepome – :
Selling/swapping a 30ml bottle of this if anyone is interested. I am a girl, and bought it because I was hoping from the notes it would be unisex. It might be to some extent, but it didn’t really fit my chemistry and I’m not confident enough to wear it. Otherwise a lovely, spicy scent with a lithurgic character.
raf340speagoessenda – :
Some 15 years ago I tried a sample of a karite body cream by I coloniali from their Spirit of Africa line. I was enchanted by its smell – it was mysterious, otherworldly, timeless. I had no idea what that smell was but I loved it. This magical scent evoked in my mind pictures of ancient times, faraway lands, mysterious knowledge and wisdom. Now when I tried Oud pour Lui by Alyssa Ashley this memory came back immediately – this is the exact same smell. I guess now that’s what incense is to me. It seems to speak to my olfactory senses in a very strange way. When I smell this, I feel ancient, immortal, body-less.
Today it’s a cold winter day -17 C (seventeen below zero celsius) and I’m wearing Oud pour Lui. I find it a perfect warming scent for extremely cold weather.
(I love Oud pour Elle too.)
Plarlytut – :
incredible scent.start soft….and after…became….an incensy scent.best of various niche.i love it.
vzl576Unlogrere – :
No oud listed? Well, it is predominantly oud. To me this is a fairly low sillage oud that could easily be unisex.
I’m usually no fan of oud and this is one reason I’m excited about trying every one in sight, proving there might be one out there for me yet. Oud Pour Lui is very basic and light for an oud lover, but easily adjusted to for the oud-sensitive nose.
The cedar and saffron support so beautifully I don’t even notice the cumin. There is freshness from the citrus and geranium, and slight sweetness provided by the jasmine and smokey wood. I’m wondering if they used iso e super to get the woody effect. The cedary smoke instantly brought to mind a much milder version of one of Olympic Orchid’s creations.
This is great in mild weather and I’ve been thinking of layering it with something equally dark and amazing for this time of year: Black Sugar. Think of this scent by an open fire, while turning leaves fall around you in the chilly night breeze.
Medium longevity and fairly low sillage…as ZELJO said below,” soft and strong at the same time”!
GoVoRUn – :
I blind bought this recently while Alyssa Ashley was having a 2-for-1 sale. Admittedly, I probably should have known better than to buy fragrance from a manufacturer who does “2-for-1”-type promos, but lesson learned. I’m a fan of both oud and incense, but this fragrance is a mess and shouldn’t fairly be classified as either.
As other reviewers have already noted, this is much more incense than oud. However, the incense here is so terribly synthetic and screechy that it barely references smoldering resins. It’s not particularly liturgical, but nor is it very woody or earthy. I’d imagine that this fragrance approximates the aroma of someone who has lightly applied CdG’s Avignon, followed by a massive amount of cheap hairspray (think aquanet). While there is some incense and oud to be found here, both are buried beneath a nasal searing opening that never fully resolves.
So I’m stuck with two full bottles of this stuff….it was inexpensive, but still among the poorest blind buys I’ve made. I very rarely buy a fragrance without testing, and this one reinforces my proclivity for sampling before buying.
MyBestZytr – :
I blind bought this and, honestly, I’m bit on a fence with it.
The bottle: Looks very cheap. There are several imperfections on the glass, the grey label is just a sticker that looks like it’s going to come off any minute and the plastic cap & sprayer feel cheap. But I can live with that. What’s inside is what matters.
The juice: Now the juice is indeed what I was looking for. Starts off with a zesty combination of citrus and saffron that quickly vanishes to let the incense-oud combination come forward. I agree with all the previous comments, there’s more incense than oud and it definitely resembles a catholic church. Similar to my nose to Armani Prive Encens Satin. I do enjoy the smell quite a lot and it’s definitely better than the bottle.
Performance: Here is where I have concerns. Disclaimer, when testing this, I have a bit of a flu going on, so my nose is not operating at it’s best parameters and I might be wrong, but … I feel that Oud pour Lui has no staying power and sillage. Certainly not something suitable for an EDP … It is gone in a couple of minutes. Or at least I don’t feel it anymore.
But due to my health issues, I shall revisit this, as I doubt this is a fake (who fakes a 50eur bottle of Alyssa Ashley?) or a watered down version and hopefully performance would increase, as I do enjoy the scent, in the minutes that I can smell it.
Edit: so I’ve revisited this, with a proper working nose. Unfortunately, my previous statement stands. It’s not a silage monster (you need to get your nose close to the skin to actually feel it) and on skin lasts between 4 to 6 hours. Oh well …
uto590bedyWelty – :
it’s amazing how a scent is overlooked …. so beautiful !!!!!! The oud is felt at the beginning … then slight sweetness becomes pure incense Catholic church …. 10/10 tùtto.credo to buy it and it will be in my top 5. It is a body Kouros incensed. beautiful.
Rid – :
Little bit reminds the style of CDG Monocle Hinoki – gentle catholic church + oud. More incense than oud – this is true. In first 3 min. reminds Oud Imperial Perris Monte Carlo (nose Luca Maffei too). Excellent fragrance for this price (not cheap smell). Really like!
Andreev2221 – :
very nice dry-oud fragrance… it has also very enveloping warm balsamic incense note. A great siliage and longlivety!!!
buren 4 – :
More “Incense” than “Oud”, but one of the best oud-incense combo available, at very cheap price. It reminds a walking inside forests, on high mountains.
Really pleasant.
pinai4ik – :
one of the best oud for men I know,soft and strong at the same time, better than others much more expensive and exactly the same as Armani royal privee oud