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A handful of earth...
...right in the kisser! - That's how I perceive this smell. No fruity notes. Just a rose with lots and lots of imagination. It doesn't smell really animalistic like you know it from some oriental scents and which can be quite appealing, but just dirty. If you think of forest soil when you hear the word 'earth', you have an appropriate association, but you shouldn't confuse this smell with that of the forest itself, but really only with that of the somewhat moist humus.
I see a similarity with the first version of Zoologists Bat, because this one also has a terribly earthy and, for me, mouldy quality, which makes it one of the worst smells I have ever smelled. Aaron Terence Hughes' Oud doesn't remind me of mould, but it still has a morbid aura, as I can almost only perceive dry, mouldy wood next to the earth.
To have tested the fragrance - the word perfume does not deserve this brew in my opinion - on the skin was like a pure agony of the sense of smell. And I could not detect any significant changes during this time. Based on my experience, I can also definitely say that I'm not too stupid to filter out the other notes.
And if I trust the perfumer's statement that real, expensive oud is used here, then I inevitably have to conclude that the quality of the same is simply inferior. In comparison, I much prefer most (semi-)synthetic oud chords or pseudo oud scents - at least they show a certain ability.
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