Majestic Special Oud Arabian Oud

At the start, there’s a hefty dose of barnyard, and not a little, reaching all the way to a hint of manure. However, the woody direction quickly takes over. Alongside this, there’s a fruity-dark rose, not as over-the-top as with Montale, but a notch closer to reality. Even within the first hour, it also reveals its sweeter side and narrowly avoids a soapy noble rose watery quality.

A good idea to show a few facets so quickly, as there isn’t much time for that. Here, someone else is in charge and makes it brutally clear even to the tea-smoky extent. The associated clinging to the wearer, however, comes at a price for the wooden close-combat fighter: The displaced queen of flowers occupies the space in the surroundings instead, and it is she who is primarily perceived by others, as my favorite colleague confirmed.

The spheres of influence are thus initially distributed. That a subtle sweetness joins in around noon, which makes me think from afar of labdanum with a hint of animalic (the indicated musk is certainly not enough), is a temporary phenomenon.

A sustainable change only occurs in the afternoon. The oud note remains fundamentally strong and woody-tea-like, but becomes increasingly softened by musk. The rose is allowed to come closer again and gradually becomes dark-oily-leathery; however, this is soon only perceptible on the skin. The final end of the fragrance in the evening is composed of very quiet musk.

Conclusion: Very nice, especially the - from the user perspective - increased emphasis on the oud appeals to me.

I thank 0815abc for the sample.