Description
Inspired by the allure of exotic adventure and discovery, conjuring an aura of mystery resonant with a sensual Rose de Mai. An irresistible new Oudh accord with a rich, rare and exhilarating fragrance.
“Dawn in the sky: a tiny stream of gold ows and expands, imperceptibly, until it covers the whole sky and turns itself into silver.” – Montri Umavijani
Oudh Infini by Parfums Dusita is a Oriental Woody fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Oudh Infini was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Pissara Umavijani. Top notes are laotian oud, rose de mai and tunisian orange blossom; middle notes are benzoin and sandalwood; base notes are madagascar vanilla, musk and civet.
Kapko-Alex80 – :
La richesse élévatoire de la parfum de Dusita ‘Oudh Infini”.
En hier, quand ma frère gemelle hétéro avait ici pour visite,
nous produce une clôche de parfumerie alarmiste: son ‘Peau
d’Espagne’ de Santa Maria Novella avec sa cuir et civet traces
de bitumen, cuir intense, civet heureusement mais concentré,
un sensation de terre profonde et un noir inoubliable lorsque
quand il avait réturne dans son maison je sense encore gouttes
de terre, cuir, civet et un coeur d’espagnol; et ma Oudh Infini
avec son oudh feroce, civet douce mais [inin]sensiblemente et
les roses mystérieux quand les, pénétrer et mystifier le force
instantanement de parfum et sont présente durant l’entiere
‘corps’ de cet parfum complexe. Les deux parfums produire
en ensemble un ‘code 4 alarmiste’ ‘sensoric overload’ pour un
période heureusement ensemble et inoubliable. Mais le ‘cas’
pour écrire cette impression petite est maintenant ‘the morning
after’. Dans ma manche textile un frangrance forte mais divine
le parfum sans erreur des roses fine et matineux, rose et sucré.
Les roses d’Oudh Infini: les roses de Mai de Grasse. Cette
expérience trésor des deux parfums intermixtes de sa Peau
d’Espagne masculin et de ma Oudh Infini féminine néanmoins
pas en collision mais dans une danse complexe en synesthésie
parfait c’est partout une expérience inoubliable et mémorisante.
Mais le sensation de ‘drydown’ textile (quatorze heures après)
d’Oudh Infini: le résilience de cette roses et un doux civet
ou, pour les, politique correctement, civetone, çe serait un
parfait testimonial de durance de cette deux parfums de légende
Dietkhing – :
Astonishing shocker – in the best way. Partial review only because I only dared test this on a blotter (too many other things on my skin at the time) and on sort-of-a-dare with a sales assistant on what was the stinkiest, poopiest, reekiest, most amazing oudh in the shop.
It’s a magnificent stinker – *really* barnyard, not just fecal (sourish, baby-nappyish) at first but also redolent of blue cheese and cheesy feet as well … which all sounds completely vile, but somehow magically is not … even if you do reel back in shock a little at first. Within not-much time the rose and sweeter stuff swell forward a bit and the whole effect balances out to a genuinely magnetic, animalic, unapologetic FUNK.
Can’t judge how it does on skin, or over more time, from this cowardly brief encounter, and I suspect it would be too much for me overall. (Though I love Rania J Oud Assam, another scent with the true cowpat-to-ecstasy progression of good oud fragrances… I think the difference lies precisely with the rose and civet in this one, which might make it just a bit too much for me to handle). But if you want to go surf the wilder shores of rotting-wood magnificence and adventure, I dare you to try this one. It will slap you in the nose and startle your senses for sure.
Tolik 27 – :
I guess I’m not as impressed as many people here. It’s clear Dusita uses fantastic raw materials, and that for the price you get great lasting power and projection. Also, the fragrance smells nice.
But frankly, it also kind of smells like amateur’s work. You smell all these fantastic ingredients, but it’s just things smelling good on their own being thrown together. A good perfumer needs to be bigger than the ingredients, the latter should be subservient to the nose, not the other way around.
labzindg – :
I blind bought oudh infinit based on the general positive reviews. But the first few wearing on my skin were difficult because honestly all I could get is the skanky side of it. It took some perseverance to finally get the rose, and then some smoke, probably from the oudh itself. Now I really get what it is about and it’s beautiful. Yes there is some animalic skank going on there, but that’s just part of agarwood, mixed with a slightly smoky and dried wood, and that thick rose. It is not a beast fragrance. You won’t kill a room with it. It’s just for you and people who are close enough to enjoy, which is a good thing considering how difficult it can be at first. I was considering selling it during the first few days, now I know I will keep it because once you get to understand it, it’s superb
defreene – :
Oudh Infini was a purchase for my 33d birthday. This fragrance has moderate longevity and moderate sillage. This fragrance probably has the best blending I’ve ever encountered. The beautiful notes weave in and out of each other throughout the wearing and are individually perceptible. Probably the best commercially available Rose/Oud fragrance, but that’s not to say this is your typical Rose/Oud. You can easily tell this perfume is made with a majority of natural oils, and as someone that is pretty familiar with artisanal Ouds, I can confidently say this one utilizes real Hindi-style Lao Oud. It’s not Ensar quality Oud, but for what Pissara is trying to evoke, it works perfectly. This one needs to be put on the skin for it to work it’s magic…the fermented Oud and musks combine to eventually create the olfactory equivalent of being wrapped in a mink coat. Exceptional fragrance.
trlkvtgosq – :
Definitely looking forward to spending $500 on this. I want to!
bidash72 – :
This is one growling, feral, majestic and gorgeous queen of modern perfumery. I must admit I was initially afraid to try this one as my friends lovingly referred to this as “Civet Infini” and my sample lay unopened for a long time. Finally I mustered to courage to try it and it was so resplendent that I had to get into credit card penury immediately after acquiring my full bottle. The blending of high quality Laotian Oud, Rose de Mai and civet is so wonderful that the juice starts radiating the moment it lands on my skin. There are other notes as well that remain in the background but provide depth and character such as orange, benzoin, sandalwood, musk and vanilla. Yes this is not for everyone. It will suit bold, unafraid and unique personalities. I assure you, if you love Gypsy Water, you will hate this one. But for the adventurous perfume lovers and those into bold exotic Oriental perfumes, this is a must have in your collection. Moderate sillage/projection and very good longevity. Outstanding blending. Mysterious, haunting, regal, vintage animalic. I can never get enough of this. Enjoy!
accivaBig – :
I’ll start by saying that yes, Oudh Infini is one of the most realistic and natural smelling Oudh’s around. Blue cheese, goats, smoke; it’s all there as a natural facet of the oil, but done very finely. After the opening it doesn’t standout as Oudh, but rather like an animalic note.
The smell of Oudh here reminds me slightly of Oud Palao, but apart from that it’s like comparing Mysore with synthetic sandalwood. The note shines on its own and really puts to shame many other Oudh’s with its authenticity.
Just sprayed on skin, it opens with a stunning blood red rose, jammy and opulent just like it was in former Amouage creations; bold and bigger than life, incredibly beautiful and smelling as if a bouquet was under your nose. The Oudh shows right from the start all the facets that people either adore or loathe. I really enjoyed smelling the dirtiness and the side that is usually restrained in other Oudh centered creations but I know most people don’t really like the cheesy goaty smell. To me it’s an extension of animal notes and it was a real pleasure.
Up until the mid notes it’s simply a rose/oud combo; well done but eventually something that’s been done before and I struggled to find a reason to justify the enormous price tag that accompanies the fragrance. But when the heart and base notes start to show, I feel like I’m not smelling an oud perfume anymore; the oud along the civet (poooooooootent!) act like a catalyst that transforms the fragrance into an animalic chypre oriental. It’s not about oud anymore, it’s rose and animalic notes and a stunning Mysore sandalwood that harkens to perfumes of yore. It’s ‘vintage’ done ‘modern’, it smells like a million bucks, and it strongly reminds me of the perfumes not longer being made. There’s this stage in the long long drydown that reminds me of the base notes of Salome; animalic, engulfing, like the smell of skank on a fur coat. And here, Pissara has used the oud and the civet to create a chypre sans oakmoss and patchouli and bergamot, but that somehow smells more chypre and balsy and elegant than most ‘chypres’ nowadays after reformulations. Smelling is believing.
The quality is superb, strong and long lasting with just one spray. The development into something different than what first appears is worthy of praise, and the quality of the ingredients used is evident from the start. What convinced me is Pissara’s ability to use current notes and materials to create something else, and at the end of the day it’s an homage to past perfumes.
But, having so many vintage chypres and orientals, choc full of the ingredients now banned or restricted, do I really need an updated version of those? Bogue did it with MAAI, Papillon does beautiful ‘vintage power’ inspired scents, and Vero Kern is simply my diva. All bring something different at affordable prices. At the end of the day, if I have to pay Roja Dove prices, I want and need something out of this world, and as much as I loved trying Oudh Infini, it’s not worthy of its price, to me. Beautifully well made but something I can live without. My travel spray will do, when I just want to luxuriate in its richness.
Maybe some day, when I’m filthy rich!
al-lit80 – :
An incredible fragrance,powerful and enveloping!! Piercing,mysterious and alchemical oud blends with rose and beautiful orange blossoms in a perfect union. After a while a sensual sandalwood harmonizes with the benzoin which makes this scent something rare. The quality is high, it is certainly among the best aromas of oud I have heard, here there is something deep and “spiritual” … I think it is my favorite of the Dusita perfumes at the moment. Congratulations,very good!!
Sillage: 9./10
Longevity: 10./10
Scent: 9./10
Overall: 9./10
vadim-bj – :
This smells pretty much identical to the garden nursery my mom would always drag me to as a child. Fertilizer, potting soil, rusting accoutrements, pollen, dirty gardening gloves. And it’s glorious.
Screen – :
Extrait. This is the single most important word on this flacon. In other words, apply in delicate measure because this potion is stupendously concentrated. Apply too much and you’ll have enough funk on you to exorcise a succubus.
This perfume is penetrating and beautiful. And that’s just with a tiny dab on my wrist. To open there is strong civet and rose. This top accord is so well blended that it seems the rose is hyperreal, dark and devastating; of vampiric origin, beyond this world, having passed through the halls of death and perfectly resurrected in sweet rotting flesh.
The oud is fascinating in this blend. It’s texture is plump and fleshy, like a thick latex balloon filled with gel. It gives this composition such palpability, enough to make you grit your teeth in restraint while wanting to clutch at someone’s flesh — pinching cheeks, smacking bottoms and nom-nomming on fat baby thighs come to mind.
Oudh Infini is beyond sensual — a totally erotic flesh-eating rose of superb natural quality.
EDIT: My 8 year old son apologetically confessed that the dry down of this perfume is the best he has ever smelled in his short little life (he has smelled many of mine). Do heed though that he also likes the taste of durian.
igor1mn – :
I have finally made it testing this fragrance which I see is a crowd polarizer. And this is already an added value. This perfume can be liked or not, but it’s all about tastes.
You can’t deny that it is masterfully blended, that the ingredients are top notch (both natural and synthetic). You really can’t say the opposite.
Then it all comes about whether or not you like Oud, Roses, Civet and Sandalwood (the main players to my nose).
Laotian Oud (certified)
Mysore Sandalwood (if I am not mistaken)
May Rose
Civet (the synthetic one, of course).
Starts with a skanky blast which can really be dealt with as you immediately notice that there’s more to this first impression.
I think the skankiness is a combo of Oud and Civet.
The rose settles in soon, but it’s not taking over. Sandalwood lays underneath and makes it all creamy.
If you think you are experiencing the usual Oud – Rose combo, you are mistaken. This is more than a mere accord. This fragrance tells a story. Your story. It will behave differently according to one’s skin and chemistry. According to your state of mind.
But be assured, it will never betray you. Never
lysic – :
I think Oudh Infini is very indicative of Pissara’s journey throughout life and a good look into her roots. If I remember correctly, Pissara has a Thai background and I think this fragrance (along with two others that I’ve tried briefly) totally put that out for all to see.
I’ve never been to Thailand and while I have a few friends that are either from Thailand, or have spent quite some time there, I think this smell is something that some people from the land are well acquainted with. I don’t want to make assumptions here, so what I’ve just said might want to be ignored. If it’s accurate… yay, if not… ignorance is bliss in this case because this fragrance paints an oriental image.
The Laotian oudh is the one oudh type that has struck me as strange for quite some time. There are types that have a distinctly mossy or woody vibe, some that are strictly calming and those that can be anywhere inbetween. This would be the latter.
This fragrance is definitely of Middle Eastern inspiration, at least I think, which is what makes this so darned frustrating to wrap my heard around. It’s not like anything I’ve ever smelt before. As one reviewer mentioned, this isn’t your standard rose/oud combo. It’s not pretty or entirely soothing, it’s FECAL and it’s stank. In the best, most luxurious type of way. I’m glad it doesn’t last too long on my skin and that the dry down is so god damned beautiful, because otherwise this could have been a scrubber just from how strong it could be.
I got this as a 0.7mL sample and I’m not sure if I’ll get a full bottle as I don’t think I could get through this if I had 20 life times to do so. Very unusual, occasionally lovely but always interesting. Wear with caution.
mihyil – :
I am so glad I’m doing admin work today as opposed to dealing with people as I’m wearing a hearty dose of Oudh Infini, having applied it liberally as I usually do perfumes. I should have read the reviews properly before having had been so liberal 🙂
Nonetheless as a lover of the stinky and the strange, Oudh Infini doesn’t scare me. However it’s not for polite company. I’m not sure if it’s suitable for any company except my own.
Everyone has written marvelously about it and I can add no more. Animalic. Dirty. Skanky. Decandent. Sexy as hell (for those who appreciate this kind of scent that is. Otherwise it’s really a smelly bottom).
The animalic part for me seems to overpower everything else and although enjoyable, the scent is rather monotonous after you get past the knowledge that it’s a monster. I like my scents to be intriguing so when it’s playing one note loudly, I lose interest after a while.
Great sillage and longevity. However I will give this a pass and stick to Salome or Nuit Noire. There’s something about those two that is missing here. I would say Salome and Nuit Noire are the supermodels of the 90’s and Oudh Infini is the instagram princess of now. If you get my meaning 🙂
balchyk – :
Animalic salty sharp, and sweaty. I don’t recall this fragrance to be oudi! it’s more animalic and salty than to be oudi. Maybe Laotian Oud does smell similar to that but it’s more animalic and castoreum than oud.
This fragrance is almost identical to “Musc Tonkin Extrait” by Parfum d`Empire that has been a one shot limited edition, but now they sell it exclusively on their website. They both have that exact similarity with animalic salty mix with bit of tonka beans that is far away from being oudi. It is quite sexually intense if that matters.
lavren80 – :
Equal shades of decadence and disgust.
Hard, dry, moldy cheese. A large, dung filled alpaca barn festering on a hot summer day. The scent of sweaty socks after a long day of working on your feet. Worms churning through the fresh black soil of a rose garden.
Although Oudh Infini is grand in both its scope and scale, one must consider if they truly wish to smell like this. This is not an easy scent to appreciate and may very well be one of the most challenging scents you’ll ever experience.
Full development takes roughly two to three hours.
Do not blind buy. Sample first.
NSPR – :
A perfume seriously loaded with a strong animalic prowess. You can almost hear this formula nicker at you.
The precious blend features some of the most potent and rich materials in perfumery such as real Laotian oud, the centifolia rose (that rare variety picked only in May in the south of France in Grasse), Tunisian orange blossom absolute, Mysore sandalwood and Madagascan vanilla among others.
The perfumer chose materials with a strong animalic edge as homage to the infinite cycle of life on Earth. Pissara Umavijani considered Indian and Thai ouds, before settling on oud from Laos as in her own words “it’s like a wild animal”.
Oudh Infini smells both shockingly feral and indolic and at the same time it is a beautiful larger than life spicy rose you can almost touch. The logic of this perfume is similar to that of life itself: a yin-yang of scary and beautiful, decay and new life, corporeal and spiritual.
kika1985 – :
My first reaction on spraying this on was pure horror. “I smell like a $hitty nappy!” was my first thought, but that didn’t seem right, then it hit me – I smelled like the cattle pavilion at the Ekka, but still with that pooey indolic note, and I desperately wanted to race straight back into the shower and scrub like hell. I almost did, almost, but I made myself wait. I’m so glad I did, because after a couple of minutes, it started to settle and the other notes started to peek out. And after three hours, I’m getting it all – rose and sandalwood and soft creamy vanilla, with a touch of earthy skank from the civet, and wafts of smoke and leather. The Oudh in this is amazing – rich, woody, sumptuous. There is something cosy and comforting about this, which isn’t something I’d associate with such a blatantly animalic scent, but there is. I keep burying my nose in my elbow to hoover up the scent – it’s lovely and quite addictive.
And it sure got the attention of my cat, who has a bit of a thing for the skanky animalic scents. I went to pat him and his head shot up and he started frantically sniffing my hands. I’d just washed them and thought it was the soap, then realized what must have caught his attention, so I let him smell my wrist, and it went something like this: sniff sniff sniff sniff, funny look up at me. Head down, more sniffing, then a deeply suspicious, slightly accusing look. Then he fell back asleep.
It’s not a scent for the faint-hearted, and given the price (somewhat hair -raising for a 50ml bottle) definitely try before you buy, because this is a scent that you will either love or loathe. I’m well on the way to falling in love with this one. A big thank you to purecaramel for the sample!
shabo – :
The Last Judgment by Hans Memling ( The sinner part )
techlan – :
The oud in the opening and the civet, presumably synthetic, in the dry down make Dusita Oudh Infini utterly animalic on my skin, and not in a good way.
I can’t really enjoy or detect any other notes due to the overwhelming scent that is a combination of bad body odor and feces.
In fairness, I’m usually not a leather fan though there are many that I like, and animalic scents are a category that I find even more difficult to enjoy, and Oudh Infini is animalic in the extreme category of any that I’ve tried.
Certainly this is only for those lovers of animalic oud, and apply carefully, as this may be a scrubber for you like it is for me. Disappointed in how far they pushed the envelope here. Not for the faint of heart!
1 out of 10
sir197404 – :
You could smell just like this for free…get a small amount of manure, rub on till you get the desired potency…free Oudh Infini. Seriously, I love some skank in a fragrance, but this is just too much!! Just to give you some point of reference, I love Al-Khatt, which many find too dirty/fecal, and used to have D’Zing (it gets medicinal with heat on my skin, so it had to go) so if those are not for you, I’d say this is a definite no. Please, do no t blind buy this!!!!
Chernowgoscha – :
I left Oudh Infini at last in my journey of brand evalution precisely because of the most controversial air surrounding its existence. The constant launching of oud-themed perfumes in the marketplace has made people saturated and not very tolerant. It only complicates if such a perfume has a price and luxury positioning – today many reviewers falsely believe that the easiest thing to do is to buy the available agarwood bases in the market and make a creation that emulates the complex and complexion of the resin generated by the infection of Aquillaria trees. This is not only not true as approaching OUDH Infini with such a prejudiced view certainly closes the eyes to the fact that Pissara has been able to maintain here the animalistic aura of the wood at the same time that it makes a multifaceted creation and with a evolution in the more classic and French style of perfumery.
It is interesting how OUDH Infini seems orchestrated around the absolute of agarwood of good excelence, one of those with nuances that refer to barnyard and cheese. As much as these words may sound scary (and indeed they are), there is an interesting care in balancing the elements in the composition while strengthening the richness that makes it an expensive perfume. In addition to the Agarwood, I have the feeling that in OUDH Infini there is an excellent quality of natural absolute of civet and castoreum, which complement the nuances of the note giving it an animalic aura with a certain vintage feeling as well. It is interesting that there is also citrus floral nuances that act in the background balancing the weight that would be the composition if it were composed only of animal and heavy elements. As time passes on the skin, OUDH Infini extends the naturalness of its main raw material with a quieter woody base, where it is possible to perceive the cypriol by playing the oudh at the base in conjunction with vetiver and musks. Vanilla finishes giving a creaminess to the intense animalic tone of the composition and rounds very well the whole work. After passing the heavier and more challenging opening OUDH Infini behaves like a classic scent, demonstrating different aspects of its personality on different days. Sometimes more woody, sometimes more animalic and even with a musky and clean civet scent. It is a very interesting perfume that certainly delivers what it charges for.
severok122 – :
Oudh Infini, infinitely boring
I don’t understand what all the hype is about, because this perfume isn’t spectacular in my subjective opinion. I know I’m not the only one not impressed with this scent, and that some can’t stand it because they feel it smells like horse dung. People who got caught up in and fooled by the hype are already selling their barely used bottles.
Anyhow, my experience with Oudh Infini.
Upon initial spray I was wondering if this was the same scent everyone is oohing and aahing about as being the King of Skank. Really?
From my notes:
after application : where’s the skank?
10 min : soft warm creamy oriental. No skank yet.
35 min : baby animal poo-like scent becomes perceptible over the creamy base/heart (I’m not discerning separate notes, everything is blended to a blur)
50 min : no change
1h 15 min : no change
2h 5 min : no change, has turned into a skin scent, need to bring my arm up to my nose to smell it
2h 30 min: no change, scent fading a little more
3h 10 min : still no change
4h : still no change
7h : no change, scent has almost faded
That’s no change or scent evolution after the 30 minutes mark.
My verdict: it’s a soft furry milk-fed baby animal that has maybe still a little poo stuck to its fur. Nothing repulsive but nothing very attractive either. I can understand that this can be a comforting scent for some, even if I can’t share their feeling of wanting to smell like that. It’s not exactly appealing to me, and definitely not a crowd pleaser nor safe scent. The scent trace left on clothing the next day smells quite lovely though (the innocent poo note is gone), but it’s really not much different from other quality creamy type ouds.
And is it the beast that is being described in the reviews? Not at all. It’s a meek cuddly baby animal. MKK or Dior Leather Oud pack more of a punch. Is it worth €400 for 50 ml? Euh, no, sorry. I think there are far more interesting scents and better ouds out there. Especially at that price.
profit_igor – :
This is a strong potent natural Oud, with a very up front noticeable note of Civet, which makes it quite faecal and barnyard in scent. It is potent, and for people who are not a fan of skanky fragrances, this is a no go. The rose is subtle and a background note, the Oud is the main player, along with a very faecal Civet opening.
It tones down after about an hour and becomes less faecal, and more smooth Oud. The rose comes through better later, and is more like a soft rose petal.
For Oud and Civet lovers, this will be magic, for everyone else It could be quite disgusting. I don’t smell much Vanilla or any relief from the Oud. You can tell it’s great quality oils though.
drnash – :
A fragrance that I can appreciate for the quality and craftsmanship that was placed into this. Pissara shows she is an experienced perfumer and what a release this is…
Suffice it to say, I’m one of the few who can’t stand this fragrance. Overly animalic, pungent, nothing to tone it down. I love my animalics mixed with a bit of sweetness to ground it a bit more (I smell no Benzoin or Vanilla), and this one does not let anything hold the oud back.
I imagine this would be a holy grail to someone looking for a dark, heavy, unsweetened and high quality oud fragrance. Alas for me, it seems I finally met my match. I used to think, “How can a fragrance ever be too animalic? What are these people talking about?” I now know.
ol30zym – :
Thank you earlygreek below!
This is furry, feral, fecal, animalic and indolic. Every indole twines with civet in a touseled bedroom mess of tangled legs, sweat, and flung panties. It is indeed “skanky” with the most bewitching, beautiful floral, almost “jasmine-rose” two-second opening ever. Following the grand floral entrance is an immediate civet-like odor. The dry down is long, lovely, more rose coming to the fore and just–hypnotic.
Not for the faint of heart, but oh soo sexxzy.
Preertdearcef – :
Completely stunning. A game changer, a line in the sand has been drawn. Never, ever have I experienced such a masterclass in Oud. Here, for the first time, rose is used in such a way that the funk and dank beauty of blue cheese/sweaty bliss is propelled to heights I could only imagine until now. The opening is a slap to the face: a confident smothering that is clear and focused. So much so that upon initial application I yelled for joy. This juice is not so much static, resting in the bottle. No. This beautiful perfume is unleashed upon the skin: a sunami of layered genius that grasps your attention like little else in my collection. For anyone tired or perhaps weary that “Oud” has become so common place in the world of current perfumes feast upon this master operator. I have been smelling this scent and that scent for the past 30 years. It takes me now a good deal of deliberation, time, and in most cases needless material hedonism anymore to buy a bottle. First sample equals first bottle for me in this case. Damn the expense. I will go without wine for a month or two. I have not had that reaction in a good ten years. Stunning perfume which I recommend without a moments hesitation. Those seeking solace in light, heteronormative ISO E stinkbombs should sample and experience a true master at work. And should by chance the nose who ever created this masterwork should read my words all I can say is thank you for creating such beauty in a world gone increasingly mad. You have all my respect and gratitude.
Beeklymaymnzdhzt – :
Dusita’s “Oudh Infini” is simply THE perfume of 2016 and, as far as i am concerned, still for quite a while to come.
this is no simple feature in the headily overbuzzed world of perfume and alone for the sheer amount of new perfumes brought in every period it is an exemplary and “haute voltage” piece of artisanal expertise embedded in, and this is crucial, the heart of the perfumer Pissara Umavijani (aka Ploi) out of the emotional wealth and richesse she has composed (now) five wonderful perfumes all five extraordinary but with “Oudh Infini” she gave it her all.
What makes this perfume so intensely pivotal is her use of ingredients, her layering, her compository expertise, the dedication to her father’s poetic Thai relevance, her sensitivist finesse with which she really outdid herself in the conception of this very perfume.
The perfume combines the best of two worlds, the Orient and the Occident, Siam and Laos and the ancient civiliations which roamed in the SE part of Asia with the refineries of perfume in Paris, Versailles, Grasse.
The main ingredients which waft out in a continuous mysterious even, mystical stream are the Laotian oudh Palao, the Civet, the Rose de Mai, the Mysore Sandalwood,
Tunisian orangeblossom and Vanilla Bourbon while there are still notes lovingly singing along with the chorus of these three: the Oudh, the Rose and the Civet.
In my opinion these three ingredients all have facettuous and gradual “appearances” within this “Grande Theatre” where the Oudh and Rose play their capricious dance in all kinds of incarnations and the civet is the steady fixatif in the background lending the perfume a regal stature.
Regal even in the face of the Oudh which has its behavior, soit. Not cosmetisized to softness or roundness or even just “medicality” but really as the moulded agilaria wood, and aged at that, which develops its own fragrant agenda as the perfume voyages around us. Then it is the ultrarefined and yet sturdy, thorny presence of the iconology of this very rose which brings a fullbodied presence, at once intimistic as cinematic. The civet adds some of “old hollywood” to the perfume in this sense a reminiscence to the 1990 Gale Hayman perfume “Beverly Hills” and it is only as funny as it is fair that their respective jus’s are as dark and black diamond voluptee’d as one could only wish.
What a treat the whole phenomenon of “perfumery” could be shaken and stirred by this “little black number” (its exquisite black box) and I find myself on the brink again to buy as well Oudh Infini # 2 as “Gale Hayman’s Beverly Hills” from ebay. “Les parfums divines et féminines
exceptionelle”.
gari563 – :
Wowy wow! Same kind of animalistic flower Xerjoff Al-Khatt, but is rose based. I like this so much. Oud lovers shoud sample
Nikolas677 – :
Amazing animalic oud scent! Similar to Al Khatt by Xerjoff and it is long lasting with a very good projection. Try before you buy. This is a scent for trained noses.
makemoneyn – :
Fantastic!!! The most sublime perfume I’ve EVER smelt in my entire life!!!! PHHHHH!!! Intoxicating! Mesmerising! Absolutely awesome!!!!
I love it – I adore it!!!!!
It’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a perfume – the two extremes, put SO incredibly well together. I am in seventh heaven and BLISS!!!!! Two of my favourite things in life – horses, and roses!!! Wonderfu