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For oud fans who don't like oud
As a perfume beginner, after buying the standard designer fragrances and further searching through Parfumo, it was clear to me: An oud fragrance was needed
Not with Mühl... not with Doug... and also not on the Internet, where I usually bought fragrances, I wanted to shop. So I entered a real perfumery for the first time that day.
When asked about oud, the saleswoman first showed me the classic: TF Oud Wood. My inexperienced nose was shocked, it smelled awful. "So this is the stunningly scented wood that all the perfumers rave about?" I thought to myself. My face must have reflected my thoughts quite explicitly, because the saleswoman immediately shows me another scent with the words: "This one is not quite as strong": Southern Oud from Clean. When I smelled this one, I regained my confidence in the perfumes. I smelled a complex but not overpowering fragrance that I would best describe as woody, spicy and slightly sweet. "That's Oud!" I thought and bought the perfume
In the meantime I have tried out other fragrances. Among them also other oud scents. Even today I am still convinced that the DNA or the scent itself is really very beautiful. Woody Spicy Sweet sounds like fun. But Oud? Oud hardly smells at all. At least not the typical oud smell as you know it from oud wood etc. I also know today that the shelf life and especially the sillage are rather in the lower middle range, which is a real pity considering the beautiful scent. All in all still a buy recommendation for oud fans who do not like oud.
When asked about oud, the saleswoman first showed me the classic: TF Oud Wood. My inexperienced nose was shocked, it smelled awful. "So this is the stunningly scented wood that all the perfumers rave about?" I thought to myself. My face must have reflected my thoughts quite explicitly, because the saleswoman immediately shows me another scent with the words: "This one is not quite as strong": Southern Oud from Clean. When I smelled this one, I regained my confidence in the perfumes. I smelled a complex but not overpowering fragrance that I would best describe as woody, spicy and slightly sweet. "That's Oud!" I thought and bought the perfume
In the meantime I have tried out other fragrances. Among them also other oud scents. Even today I am still convinced that the DNA or the scent itself is really very beautiful. Woody Spicy Sweet sounds like fun. But Oud? Oud hardly smells at all. At least not the typical oud smell as you know it from oud wood etc. I also know today that the shelf life and especially the sillage are rather in the lower middle range, which is a real pity considering the beautiful scent. All in all still a buy recommendation for oud fans who do not like oud.
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GinTonique70 3 years ago
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Even if I find both fragrances, TF and Clean, great: in Clean Sueded Oud is just as little real oud as in TF Oud Wood. It is rather the synthetic western idea of oud. Anyone who already tends to find this direction exhausting will fall over backwards in shock at the smell of real oud, for example, as it is smoked in Middle East, or at the sniff of oud oil. 😂
DarkWinterCS 5 years ago
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I didn't have the pleasure of testing Oud Wood for the first time either, but that came with time, because in autumn/winter it's simply a rather warm scent with the woodiness coming to the fore. With this one I also like the fact that you hardly hear anything about an oud. I also like this light synthetic note very much.
Flaconesse 6 years ago
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I feel similarly: as a warm, spicy, woody wellness scent for oud beginners and haters. It is very similar to the 67 Artemisia of Pomellato