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Oud Stars

Dior 2012

8.4 / 10 699 Ratings

A popular perfume by Dior for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is oriental-woody. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Oriental

Woody

Spicy

Animal

Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Green apple

Omani frankincense Basil

Basil

Leather

Heart Notes

Bulgarian rose

Coriander

Virginia cedar

Italian iris

Base Notes

Malayan oud Musk

Musk

Amber

Indian sandalwood

Bourbon vanilla

Tobacco leaf

Quintupled Bracket

Perfumer

Christian Carbonnel a.k.a. Chris Maurice

Ratings

Scent

8.4699 Ratings

Longevity

9.0666 Ratings

Sillage

8.8663 Ratings

Bottle

9.2656 Ratings

Value for money

6.9561 Ratings

Submitted by Amourage, last update on 10/27/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Oud Stars collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Alexandria Imperiale

Alexandria II Parfum

Forza

Alexandria II Anniversary

The Conqueror of UAE

Arena

Reviews

39 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/06/2018

7Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Caca13
1 Review

Caca13

1

Awesome opening lack luster dry down

We find here a confusing conundrum, on one hand the initial opening is sublime I detected a spicy earthy dark aged tobacco note that was not sweet at all melded perfectly with a semi funky spicy coriander infused oud note, now we get to the interesting part, in the mid a juicy green apple basil accord can be clearly detected , but alas it is only present for a brief time then goes away completely, the dry down is 95% pure Alex II so all in all great start and mid with a disappointing finnish.

02/23/2025

4.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Smirky
483 Reviews

Smirky

2

Almost an Alexandria II twin

When I reviewed Alexandria II about 5 months ago, I wrote, "Fresh opening dries down first a little more floral and finally to a woody/powdery scent." That's essentially what I got with Alexandria Orientale. I can't compare how different the two are since I no longer have a sample of Alexandria II. Alexandria Orientale does have a stable or barnyard opening, rather mild for an oud fragrance, and it only lasts about 5 or 10 minutes. Beyond that, the final dry down scent - woody/powdery - was way too powdery for my taste, similar to the problem I had with Alexandria II. I have other oud fragrances in my collection that are much better than Alexandria Orientale.

Performance is very good - great longevity and strong projection. The scent, however, due to the powdery accord is not very good.

09/18/2024

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Engar
13 Reviews

Engar

2

Best Alexandria!

After finishing a sample of Xerjoff Alexandria Orientale, I decided to buy a full bottle of this outstanding fragrance.

A masterpiece with a slightly powdery base of Laotian oud, amber, vanilla and sandalwood. Palisander is not listed as a note, and I don’t know if I’m being influenced by Alexandria II, but I get quite a bit.

Great longevity and fragrance bubble, not my office scent, but the one I tend to choose when working from home.

05/06/2024

BrianNewYork
3 Reviews

BrianNewYork

1

Powdery Oud

A “nice” oud.

Generally, I am not a fan of powdery scents, which I pick up here. To me, not as interesting, or as much depth as some of the other ouds I have: - Amouage King Blue (fruity) & Silver Oud (smoke), Oud Ulya Attar (animalic), Oman Luxury’s Kajar (Cypriol) & Oud Aquilaria (Apple) and Arabian Oud’s Mukhalat Nagdy Maliki (Saffron) and Al Siraj (Rose).

I would reach for all of those before Alexandria Orientale. I will happily use my sample up, but not a full bottle for me. Unless a few wearings changes my mind!

03/11/2023

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

RisingChaos
110 Reviews

RisingChaos

1

More herbal, less sweet Alex II

Has part of the original Alex II DNA, a lightly medicinal agarwood and a crisp green apple top, but it replaces the soapy lavender and sweet cinnamon with a fresh basil plus faint incense. It's slightly "oudier," more sour, but to a pretty marginal degree in the air IMO. The green apple still pops from my skin, and combined with the basil this one comes across much more green. Alex II with an herbal twist. Strong projection for 2-3hr, longevity 12hr+ as a dry basil skin scent.

While I do love basil, lavender and cinnamon are two of my personal favorite notes so this doesn't surpass the original to me. I would also say the original is more versatile because it's overall fresher, with the added soapiness plus more subdued oud.

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