Cuir Obscur 2016 Eau de Parfum

Cuir Obscur (Eau de Parfum) by Byredo
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A perfume by Byredo for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is leathery-fruity. It is being marketed by Manzanita Capital.
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Main accords

Leathery
Fruity
Sweet
Resinous
Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
AmarettoAmaretto NutmegNutmeg
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Arabian roseArabian rose Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang
Base Notes Base Notes
Black leatherBlack leather MuskMusk PatchouliPatchouli
Ratings
Scent
7.110 Ratings
Longevity
7.49 Ratings
Sillage
7.29 Ratings
Bottle
7.219 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 08.03.2024.
Interesting Facts
The scent is exclusively avialable at Harrods.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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10
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
9
Scent
Ka3n

15 Reviews
Ka3n
Ka3n
4  
Great fall/winter leather
This fragrance is an absolute hit for me! I love my leathers and this is yet another take on something I thought "I saw it all already". It's boozy bot not alcoholic, you get the beautiful amaretto note which is delicious roasted almonds and vanilla and some brown sugar on the background.

Leather part is like sniffing a new Hermes bag straight from the box :) It's subtle fragrance but is constructed so well I had to go and purchase it. Ylang-ylang and patchouli are balancing out the roughness of the leather and smell divine. I see why they made it a Harrod's exclusive. It's posh, elegant and charming. Sillage is moderate, projection is quite good, longevity is excellent for it being Byredo. It's very easy to wear and sometimes you forget you have it on untill you get a compliment
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7
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
7
Scent
Landshark321

523 Reviews
Landshark321
Landshark321
1  
Pleasing sweet/sharp/animalic/herbal unisex leather. Harrods exclusive but cheaper than most Byredos?
First wearing of Byredo Cuir Obscur, a Harrods-exclusive release from 2016 that still remains difficult to find in the US (I’d not even heard about it until recently), fittingly a leather-centric fragrance that has a semi-animalic, semi-dry quality to it while involving rose, amaretto, and patchouli. It has herbal, floral, boozy, and smoky qualities to it.

It’s pretty well balanced but lands fairly sharp and heady for a couple hours to start despite having a mellifluous notes, even the sweet amaretto and musk. Overall, it’s a nice leather offering with the variety of contributing notes and does calm down quite a bit after several hours of wearing despite being very strong—too strong in the leather/patchouli/nutmeg, perhaps—in the opening.

It feels more like a “like” than a “love” after reapplying a bit to experience the opening again, but it’s definitely a unisex (perhaps slightly masculine) winter choice that I think many will like, so I’d recommend trying it if you come by it.

It’s priced at a modest-for-the-brand $198 for 100ml (considering that for US customers, it needs to be shipped from the UK, presumably) and that pricing seems reasonable for the product, a very useful cold weather fragrance.

7 out of 10
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