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5th Collection

Oud Sinharaja Bortnikoff 2020

7.9 / 10 88 Ratings

A popular perfume by Bortnikoff for women and men, released in 2020. The scent is floral-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Woody

Spicy

Fresh

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Pink grapefruit

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Frangipani

Jasmine sambac

Magnolia

Base Notes

Sri Lankan oud

Atlas cedar

Philippine oud

Indian oud

Labdanum

Perfumer & Creative Guidance

Dmitry Bortnikoff Brand owner, Perfume maker

Ratings

Scent

7.988 Ratings

Longevity

7.776 Ratings

Sillage

7.277 Ratings

Bottle

8.476 Ratings

Value for money

6.348 Ratings

Submitted by Maggy4u · last update on 01/01/2026.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the 5th Collection collection.

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/15/2025

8.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

Chrysoptera
105 Reviews

Chrysoptera

3

Tropical paradise

Oud Sinharaja is sweet sumptuous perfection. Notes of grapefruit, cardamom, and bergamot at the top reminded me of birch beer. Then came plumeria, magnolia, cedar, and delicate chocolatey woody oud. Like a sultry walk after the monsoon. The plumeria blends beautifully with the oud, which is not at all challenging. Each note in Oud Sinharaja is so gorgeous it hardly matters that this fragrance is not very complex.

01/05/2024

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Val619kt
9 Reviews

Val619kt

3

Classic Floral Bortnikoff

As with most Bortnikoff's, the beauty is in the balance and use of florals.
These florals are very beautiful, conjuring a yellow colour and feel. It does remind me a bit of Amber Cologne and even Musk Khabib, that yellow floral aspect. I do not get that much woodiness from this one, however, that is not a problem as the main attraction of this one is the beautiful sweet, fresh, lively florals. The jasmine is the most pronounced note on me and reminds me of picking fresh jasmine and smelling it in a garden, gorgeous.

08/06/2023

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

GRG
11 Reviews

GRG

3

citrus and wonderful oud. you are mine!

Oud Sinharaja Bortnikoff:
I like this perfume very much
Its citrus notes wrapped in this wonderful Sri Lankan oud. With frangipani and sambac jasmine. This perfume brings me joy with its freshness and wonderful olfactory pyramid. Definitely a four seasons. One of my house favourites. citrus and wonderful oud. you are mine.!

04/02/2020

6.5Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

1

Safe Floral Oud...

Oud Sinharaja goes on skin slightly airy fresh, with orange bergamot eschewing is normal sharp nature, dulled by warm cardamom spice and hints of smoothe real non-fecal smelling Oud rising from the base, before transitioning to it heart. As the composition enters its early heart, the smoothe non-fecal Oud remains, now slightly sweetened by benzoin, and also joined by a jasmine and magnolia fresh floral supporting tandem. The florals are light and airy, melding seamlessly with the smoothe Oud while additionally folding traces of the well-integrated warm cardamom spice still remaining from the open into the mix. During the late dry-down the Oud and florals vacate, as the composition stays slightly sweet and even a touch powdery, with the benzoin remaining, joined by ambery, woody labdanum through the finish. Projection is average, and longevity above average at around 9 hours on skin.

Oud Sinharaja is in many ways a fine perfume. The florals and the non-fecal smelling real Oud are so well-integrated into the mix that they come off as almost an overall accord as oposed to individual notes. The composition is a touch sweet but never reaches a point throughout its development where it can be considered *too* sweet. Instead, the combined effect is a highly wearable, rather safe combination that would work for just about any occasion. The ambery labdanum driven late dry-down is rather bland and uninteresting, but never over-the-top or attention seeking. The entire thing is refined, rather subtle and pleasant smelling at all times. What the perfume is lacking to a degree, is adventure, risk and depth. Nothing concerning, but nothing really distinctive either. The bottom line is the $350 per 50ml Oud Sinharaja is a sophisticated, pleasant smelling real floral Oud concoction that neither disapoints nor particularly impresses, earning a "good" to "very good" 3 to 3.5 stars out of 5 and a mild positive recommendation to conservative perfume lovers seeking something sophisticated but safe.

03/06/2020

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Maggy4u
369 Reviews

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Maggy4u

Very helpful Review 8

Reloaded?!

After the somewhat "new" paths of the last, fourth collection, there was great hope among the long-time Bortnikoff fans, of which I count myself as one, that Dmitry would find his way back to the style of the first to third collections.

Of course, an artist evolves and goes through different phases in his creative development. These are primarily reflected in his works. In Bortnikoff's case, in fragrances.

I was particularly looking forward to Oud Sinharaja, as Oud and floral infusions absolutely represent the Dmitry DNA.

The opening of the fragrance strongly reminds me of the two colognes (Amber & Musk). The reason for this is the clearly over 90% identical interplay of real fruity citrus (Bergamot, Grapefruit) with the handmade signature infusion of Frangipani, Nutmeg, and Jasmine Sambac.

Nice, but somewhat sobering.

Because this has simply been done before.

In this case, Dmitry builds the fragrance very classically and as a full-bodied Chypre. The Sri Lanka Oud from the Amber Cologne is also used again. Overall, the scent feels rounded and plays in a league with other premium Chypres. Particularly artisanal.

However, I rarely had the feeling with a Bortnikoff that I was presented with a "building block" fragrance made from tried and tested successful accords as I did with this one.

For newcomers to the brand, it is undoubtedly a paradigm shift compared to the rest of the niche. And definitely a well-wearable floral Chypre fragrance, even for men. The Oud is incredibly soft and impresses with its natural brilliance rather than purposeless barnyard romance.

For me, it is indeed the biggest sobering moment, if not even disappointment from a creative perspective, from the current collection.

Also here the recommendation: samples or 9ml atomizer, instead of a 50ml bottle.

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