What? Oud Burmi smells like a cow stable? Nonsense. Do you have to understate it like that? Cow stable doesn’t even come close. Oud Burmi smells like a brief, typically sour-woody-leathery note right away, without detours through the barn, like a manure pile, like slurry. I wonder if I have ever experienced a more intense opening for a… uh… the term “perfume” just doesn’t fit… a liquid intended for application on the skin. Phew.
It takes a while, but it happens: Within about two hours, the slurry smell dissipates and makes way for a powerful, dark-spicy, almost tobacco-like oud wood. As the morning progresses, this note becomes brighter and brighter, even starting to shimmer (with an “r,” not an “l”). There’s hardly a trace of the stench left; Oud Burmi has become quite well-behaved - at least comparatively. In the afternoon, this development gently continues, becoming increasingly bright-woody, while still retaining a sour-leathery quality, and now the thought of a distant, barely noticeable breeze from the cow stable fits in. The latter is only noticeable very close to the skin, surely just for the wearer.
Oud Burmi is undoubtedly not a scent for the uninitiated, but it does become wearable - who would have thought that at first? Everything from start to finish can probably be summed up under the various facets of oud, so the simple mention of a single ingredient in this case seems not pretentious, but appropriate.
Conclusion: Anyone wanting to wear the scent in the evening should apply it by 6 PM at the latest. Just to be safe, already by 5 PM.
I'm not naive anymore, but I'm cured of such scents. And "a liquid intended for ...." describes it perfectly! And I'm spraying rose fragrance in the room again.
Definitely not for me. Without having read anything here, it immediately reminded me of the spicy country air in our village. It smells exactly like the pig farming mixed with the cow barn. I could pass this scent on to my husband so that the ladies keep their distance :))
We already have too much manure on the fields... No thanks, not even as a start to a fragrance journey, and definitely not for two hours. Thumbs down for the scent, thumbs up for you.
Respect for your ability to endure. Animalic definitely has its appeal, but I wouldn't want to smell like manure. Not even for two hours, and not even if it becomes "bearable" after that. ;-)
I just applied it again. I find the scent of warm cowhide beautiful, rounded, and natural. In the cold, it's very balsamic! Unfortunately, it doesn't last too long on me.
Very funny, but that's how Oud can smell and develop. I've tested 2 Oud fragrances like that, one from Xerjoff and Dahn Oud Shams: And the fields stink forever. Good Oud can smell really bad at first. That's what all the experts say, and I know it now too. Now I need a chalice with Cologne water :-D
It's the same Oud Burmi mentioned below: "No matter how much you apply, you really need to reapply if you want the enjoyment to last. A small travel spray for your pocket or handbag is definitely recommended."
It can also take days when applying.