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Oud Wood & Amyris 100BON 2017

6.8 / 10 16 Ratings

A perfume by 100BON for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is woody-floral. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody

Floral

Spicy

Sweet

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Pink pepper

Bergamot

Thyme

Heart Notes

Geranium

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Amyris

Atlas cedar

Gaiac wood Papyrus

Papyrus

Perfumer

Robertet

Ratings

Scent

6.816 Ratings

Longevity

6.116 Ratings

Sillage

5.716 Ratings

Bottle

6.019 Ratings

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/10/2017

6Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

StellaDiverF
213 Reviews

StellaDiverF

2

Joyful peach fruity floral

The name of Oud Wood & Amyris is quite misleading, as I only briefly perceive a passing smoky note at the very beginning, which might be associated to oud or amyris but probably stems from guaiac wood and papyrus indicated above.

The fragrance then proceeds to turn fruity. During the first 30 minutes, I can detect a fresh spicy undertone of coriander and a delicate creamy touch of sandalwood. But they're eventually lost in this joyful, succulent peach, adorned by the green rosy hue of geranium, the golden warmth of ylang ylang and a pinch of the tarry sweetness of thyme.

The sillage is relatively close to skin, and the longevity is around 6 hours. Although the name surely implies a traditionally masculine woody fragrance, I can't stress enough that Oud Wood & Amyris actually wears more like a fruity floral with enough subtle nuances. As long as one is not deterred by the initial short-lived smoky woody opening, I think it would make a lovely and affordable peach fragrance.

Updated on 07/10/2017

10/16/2018

6Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Meggi
1018 Reviews

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Meggi

Top Review 18

Nice Attempt

My former choir director was, in addition to his role as church music director, also an honorary professor at the Lübeck University of Music. He once mentioned that you could immediately distinguish aspiring singers from future organists just by the way they enter the building. More on that later.

With a bit of goodwill, it does indeed smell a little like oud, with a latent cheesy note. This naturally provokes thoughts of the explicitly oud-free ‘NOOUD’ by Baruti, which ‘Oud Wood & Amyris’ cannot match in terms of volume or confidence. Yes, the camouflage oud almost stealthily retreats in favor of a peppery and cedar-ventilated sandalwood interim cream that appears gently sweated.

After about an hour, a blend of cedar-dominated, dull wood lingers around, which is supposed to be given a hint of oud through a background acidity. Unfortunately, this only partially succeeds, as the focus is too much on the light wood, whose aroma moreover touches the boundary of synthetic wood. As it develops, one can only suspect a hint of a barn note directly on the skin, which has been hurriedly sweetened a bit. Nice attempt.

The scent is thus primarily interesting as a lesson in how differently non-oud can be interpreted. ‘NOOUD’ is, to pick up the image mentioned above, the broad-legged and loud singer striding in, while ‘Oud Wood & Amyris’ is a particularly shy organist who prefers to use the side entrance to avoid being addressed.

The longevity is barely six hours, as after that only a remnant of plain wood remains, which I would now certainly consider synthetic; it reminds me of MGOs. Alongside, a few molecules of a diffuse creaminess with a bitter undertone wander around.

An unpleasant finish. Once again, 100BON fails to capitalize on a typical pound of natural fragrance perfumery: rich base notes.

Conclusion: Well, just a nice attempt. And apparently, 100BON's scents are not necessarily cream-heavy.

I thank Bellemorte for the sample.

P.S.: I simply assumed that the scent in question explicitly does not use real oud but tries a recreation. It is certainly not mentioned anywhere.

06/14/2018

8.5Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

Naimie54
115 Reviews

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Helpful Review 2

Sandalwood Spiced with Pepper

Amyris is a tree that mainly grows on some West Indian islands. The oil of the balsam tree, as it is also called, has a scent character similar to sandalwood.

The opening of Oud Wood & Amyris is very woody and spicy, with thyme making its presence known, which I don't particularly like, but this scent impression is soon softened by a hint of bergamot.

After about 45 minutes, pepper joins in, still very subtle. Another 30 minutes later, the geranium, especially the rose geranium, slightly shifts the scent direction towards a floral-woody profile.

By the third hour, the rose geranium has retreated, and Oud Wood & Amyris becomes a beautiful spicy, woody, and warm fragrance characterized by a sandalwood note with pepper.

Oud Wood & Amyris is, in my opinion, a very masculine scent; I haven't found the titular oud in it. For those who love the scent of sandalwood, this is a good alternative.

The projection of Oud Wood & Amyris is very strong for the first two hours and only gradually becomes more subtle. The longevity is over 10 hours. Highly recommended for winter and autumn.

Updated on 06/14/2018