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Chrisolina
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I should probably reconsider my oud classification
Thanks to a nice perfume I was able to test some Provenzano fragrances and thought that they were all very wearable for the "normal consumer". There are interesting and only nice scents and nobody can trigger a reaction like: "OMG like bad, dentist's office, burning gums, puma cage", etc. And then came the bottling of Oud al Fayed.
I'm not much of an oud expert. I can't distinguish different types of Oud by vintage and soil type, whether Cambodian or Indian. I don't think I can even tell a real one from a fake one. It's only clear to me that a 100 ml bucket for 120 Euro can't contain a real one.
And I've also put together a kind of classification, ridiculous for a connoisseur, but another one is not there:
1. Chemistry, medicine: bitter-sour, sharp
2. Cowshed: animal, fecal
3. Forest: fir needles, wood, resin
Oud al Fayed blew up that homemade classification. It includes all three of the above categories, as loud as a fanfare strike in the ear and in a remarkable concentration. You can use that stuff as a smelling salt, it can wake you up from deepest fainting. At this stage I was surprised at the comments made here. But the perfume is really turning into a rose-raspberry-sweet-rose-sweet scent - but the oud is always present. For me personally only after about three hours wearable and pleasant, but you shouldn't be afraid of Oud.