Oud
Rose
Clove
Cumin
06/23/2025
Eliseoo
8 Reviews
Eliseoo
1
Oud Masterpiece
I did not like the idea of a more concentrated version of Oud Ispahan since the EDP lasted 3 days on my skin and gave me a migraine, but I liked what the EDP was trying to do so I decided to give it a shot. I was blown away. Very high quality fragrance.
This opens very spicy and woody with cloves and cumin, these accords are so well done but are not in your face, its not like sniffing those spices straight up. Along with a certain mass appealing smell that Dior's private line tends to have, I appreciate this being in the fragrance because it just makes it more wearable, and blends very nicely with the woody spicy opening, I am also glad that it goes away after a short time to let the oud do its thing later on. This very airy and rich rose starts lurking in very quickly, and the longer its on your skin the more powerful the rose becomes and the spices subside. The rose section of this fragrance lasts around 2 hours until it goes away and then the oud starts to shine WONDERFULLY. This is when it gets animalic, but doesn't smell like your surrounded by feces like Frederic Malle The Night. I love punchy animalic ouds and this does the job for me while not being too challenging, think of Oud Ispahan Esprit being a dog on a leash, and FM The Night being an aggressive dog off the leash. This is overall a very dry fragrance and there's no holes in the composition, to me it feels like nothing is missing. This is truly a designer oud masterpiece and I don't think any other designer could top this, I would go as far as to say this is way better composed, and smells better than Bortnikoff's ouds and higher quality than many other niche ouds. This is my second favorite oud fragrance of all time, Frederic Malle The Night takes first place due to its complexity.
Comparing to the original Oud Ispahan EDP, Esprit is smoother, the oud note is significantly better, its spicier, and does not have this beast mode molecule that the EDP had that gave me a migraine and lasted for days on my skin. So the performance for Oud Ispahan Esprit is a bit weaker but I have no problem with it whatsoever because the smell is WAY better. Esprit lasts around 24 hours with the first 3 hours having slightly higher than average projection.
This opens very spicy and woody with cloves and cumin, these accords are so well done but are not in your face, its not like sniffing those spices straight up. Along with a certain mass appealing smell that Dior's private line tends to have, I appreciate this being in the fragrance because it just makes it more wearable, and blends very nicely with the woody spicy opening, I am also glad that it goes away after a short time to let the oud do its thing later on. This very airy and rich rose starts lurking in very quickly, and the longer its on your skin the more powerful the rose becomes and the spices subside. The rose section of this fragrance lasts around 2 hours until it goes away and then the oud starts to shine WONDERFULLY. This is when it gets animalic, but doesn't smell like your surrounded by feces like Frederic Malle The Night. I love punchy animalic ouds and this does the job for me while not being too challenging, think of Oud Ispahan Esprit being a dog on a leash, and FM The Night being an aggressive dog off the leash. This is overall a very dry fragrance and there's no holes in the composition, to me it feels like nothing is missing. This is truly a designer oud masterpiece and I don't think any other designer could top this, I would go as far as to say this is way better composed, and smells better than Bortnikoff's ouds and higher quality than many other niche ouds. This is my second favorite oud fragrance of all time, Frederic Malle The Night takes first place due to its complexity.
Comparing to the original Oud Ispahan EDP, Esprit is smoother, the oud note is significantly better, its spicier, and does not have this beast mode molecule that the EDP had that gave me a migraine and lasted for days on my skin. So the performance for Oud Ispahan Esprit is a bit weaker but I have no problem with it whatsoever because the smell is WAY better. Esprit lasts around 24 hours with the first 3 hours having slightly higher than average projection.
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