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03/22/2024
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The Lesser one
My two cents on Oud Picante. A lesser version of Oud Zen.
I had it, sold it. I kept a decant to remind myself of it, but rarely did, and realized I just don't like it and don't want to wear it. To me, it smells like a drier, less smoky, more spicy, sharp, version of OZ. If you can smell Oud Zen, tone down the resins, to allow the oud to shine more and feel drier, less toffy-resinous-like, replace the cloud of smoke in Zen with a more piercing smokiness, and add a good amount of spices to the opening, you know how Picante smells. The opening blast of spices almost reminds me of some Prin creations like Arsalan. To me, Zen, Picante, and Russian Oud share the same backbone, but the last two are just better and Picante just feels like a half-finished project. Among my least favorite ALD perfumes ever. On its own, it's not awful, it just feels redundant in the line.
I had it, sold it. I kept a decant to remind myself of it, but rarely did, and realized I just don't like it and don't want to wear it. To me, it smells like a drier, less smoky, more spicy, sharp, version of OZ. If you can smell Oud Zen, tone down the resins, to allow the oud to shine more and feel drier, less toffy-resinous-like, replace the cloud of smoke in Zen with a more piercing smokiness, and add a good amount of spices to the opening, you know how Picante smells. The opening blast of spices almost reminds me of some Prin creations like Arsalan. To me, Zen, Picante, and Russian Oud share the same backbone, but the last two are just better and Picante just feels like a half-finished project. Among my least favorite ALD perfumes ever. On its own, it's not awful, it just feels redundant in the line.
Carlossp
