Top Notes 
Bergamot
Green mandarin orange
Red mandarin orange
Yextrundop
Heart Notes 
Jasmine
Rose
Saffron
Base Notes 
Cedarwood
Gaiac wood
Thai oud
Vanilla
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25 Reviews
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Gothic Transylvanian Castle
Perhaps I'm delusional after an 8-hour red-eye flight on which I watched Robert Egger's Nosferatu, but Oud Al Sultan by Bortnikoff feels like a sensory plunge into the desolate, foreboding crypts of Count Orlok’s castle. This fragrance feels dark and gothic -- like the bottle has captured an ominous essence.
From the first spray, I get a musty wood-furniture, damp & cold earth, ancient leatherbound tomes, and mixed floral notes. But these are not fresh flowers. Rather, they're like Ellen's heart-shaped locket -- filled with desiccated bouquets, clutched in the claw of an ageless vampire.
I expected the other top notes of bergamot, green mandarin, and blood mandarin to offer some brightness, as I've seen reviews elsewhere describing them as "tropical." To my nose, they're anything but that. I get moldering fruit left to rot in a forgotten sepulcher, their once bright essence now just a faint specter in a forgotten tomb.
While it's true that Oud al Sultan has a "clean" oud scent in that it doesn't invoke the animal-urine barnyard note -- its dank, musty undertones still dominate on my skin. To me, this is definitely not an uplifting rose/oud fragrance that you can wear in the spring or summertime. I find it to be far better suited to cold, shadowed nights when the world feels poised on the edge of something malevolent.
From the first spray, I get a musty wood-furniture, damp & cold earth, ancient leatherbound tomes, and mixed floral notes. But these are not fresh flowers. Rather, they're like Ellen's heart-shaped locket -- filled with desiccated bouquets, clutched in the claw of an ageless vampire.
I expected the other top notes of bergamot, green mandarin, and blood mandarin to offer some brightness, as I've seen reviews elsewhere describing them as "tropical." To my nose, they're anything but that. I get moldering fruit left to rot in a forgotten sepulcher, their once bright essence now just a faint specter in a forgotten tomb.
While it's true that Oud al Sultan has a "clean" oud scent in that it doesn't invoke the animal-urine barnyard note -- its dank, musty undertones still dominate on my skin. To me, this is definitely not an uplifting rose/oud fragrance that you can wear in the spring or summertime. I find it to be far better suited to cold, shadowed nights when the world feels poised on the edge of something malevolent.
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