11/06/2023
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Scent? Crazy. Performance? Crazier. Price? Beyond all limits.
Elixir Precieux, with its musky, jasmine, patchouli, etc. friends, is certainly one of the least well-known lineups in the Dior range, and this is certainly not least due to its price and rarity. You don't find the Dior Precieux line everywhere, and even if you come across the really great and successful Dior Privee range, that's no guarantee that you'll also get to see the oils. So I was all the more delighted when I was able to find four of them. This one stayed in my head, even weeks later.
Oh dear, where do we start? Perhaps with the fragrance itself.
it's called "Oud", and as usual with the Precieux range, the name is short, concise and to the point - "Oud" is indeed reminiscent of oud, but only in the base. This is by no means a pure oud or an attar that has been blended from various ouds to guarantee the purest possible oud experience. Instead, you get a moderately animalic oud accord here, which smells woody but quite pleasant. Unlike many other ouds, which are either menthol-heavy or impress with strong woody notes, "Oud" by Dior has a strong sweet note that reminds me directly of honey, and for me that already describes the whole fragrance. Woody, warm, sweet, slightly animalic - a soft, easily bearable oud, mixed with a strong dose of honey.
The performance is where things get really exciting. Anyone who has become interested after reading the description of the notes will certainly be pleased to see that the performance can be graded with an even 10. The longevity here is truly nuclear and completely absurd - the smallest drop on the skin lasts for at least one day, without showering even two or three days, although I have not personally tried the three - fortunately. I can still smell it after a shower, but it's lighter but still noticeable. It therefore takes two good showers to wash it off completely. If you go out in the sunshine after applying it, this fragrance will almost certainly hit you, even with the smallest amounts. This is by far the strongest fragrance I've ever come across, and that includes really strong ouds from the Arab world, fragrances like Ombre Nomade, Zoologist T-Rex or The Night by Frederic Malle - all fragrances that are known for their tremendous performance. This one sets a new standard, both in terms of sillage and longevity, and that is more than impressive for an oil.
... and this is where it gets really bad. This fragrance costs 400 euros for 3ml.
Up to this point everything has been fun, but unfortunately the price is completely out of touch with reality, and even if it is usual for attars (i.e. oil) to range from 3-12ml and pay the same as for 50-100ml of eau de parfum, at 400 euros for 3ml of oud accord (i.e. not real oud) you really have to swallow again. It is completely unclear to me where the price comes from, because while the oud actually performs superbly, the other fragrances in this range do not, and at the same price. The packaging is rather standard and not very special, and the bottle is nice to look at but simple.
Well, it is beautiful, you have to give it that. Really incredibly beautiful. Very, very great, with great performance and a great composition. But at just under 130 euros per ml(!), I'm out too, unfortunately. This fragrance is therefore twice as expensive per gram as a gram of 999 gold.
Oh dear, where do we start? Perhaps with the fragrance itself.
it's called "Oud", and as usual with the Precieux range, the name is short, concise and to the point - "Oud" is indeed reminiscent of oud, but only in the base. This is by no means a pure oud or an attar that has been blended from various ouds to guarantee the purest possible oud experience. Instead, you get a moderately animalic oud accord here, which smells woody but quite pleasant. Unlike many other ouds, which are either menthol-heavy or impress with strong woody notes, "Oud" by Dior has a strong sweet note that reminds me directly of honey, and for me that already describes the whole fragrance. Woody, warm, sweet, slightly animalic - a soft, easily bearable oud, mixed with a strong dose of honey.
The performance is where things get really exciting. Anyone who has become interested after reading the description of the notes will certainly be pleased to see that the performance can be graded with an even 10. The longevity here is truly nuclear and completely absurd - the smallest drop on the skin lasts for at least one day, without showering even two or three days, although I have not personally tried the three - fortunately. I can still smell it after a shower, but it's lighter but still noticeable. It therefore takes two good showers to wash it off completely. If you go out in the sunshine after applying it, this fragrance will almost certainly hit you, even with the smallest amounts. This is by far the strongest fragrance I've ever come across, and that includes really strong ouds from the Arab world, fragrances like Ombre Nomade, Zoologist T-Rex or The Night by Frederic Malle - all fragrances that are known for their tremendous performance. This one sets a new standard, both in terms of sillage and longevity, and that is more than impressive for an oil.
... and this is where it gets really bad. This fragrance costs 400 euros for 3ml.
Up to this point everything has been fun, but unfortunately the price is completely out of touch with reality, and even if it is usual for attars (i.e. oil) to range from 3-12ml and pay the same as for 50-100ml of eau de parfum, at 400 euros for 3ml of oud accord (i.e. not real oud) you really have to swallow again. It is completely unclear to me where the price comes from, because while the oud actually performs superbly, the other fragrances in this range do not, and at the same price. The packaging is rather standard and not very special, and the bottle is nice to look at but simple.
Well, it is beautiful, you have to give it that. Really incredibly beautiful. Very, very great, with great performance and a great composition. But at just under 130 euros per ml(!), I'm out too, unfortunately. This fragrance is therefore twice as expensive per gram as a gram of 999 gold.