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Smirky
11/06/2024 - 08:03 PM
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VERY nice leather/tobacco/oud fragrance

Superb leather/tobacco/oud fragrance. Out of all the Signature Collection brown juices I sampled, this is the best. Niche quality. Very masculine fragrance. After the initial spicy opening, it quickly settles in the most perfectly blended leather, tobacco and oud. As far as rough oud goes, I'd put Agar Wood at about the same level as 1 Million Golden Oud and a big step above Gucci Oud Intense or Polo Oud. It's probably a bit strong for a guy's first intro to oud. Note, there is no rose in Agar Wood.

Longevity is very long lasting while sillage is only average, making it safe for the office and close quarters. I'm going on over 10 hours and still have a pretty strong skin scent. Mainly a cool or cold weather scent but not heavy so it could work on a warm summer evening.

This is the last of the Signature Collection brown juices I've tested. I did not test Mongolian Cashmere because I knew I wouldn't like it based on the notes, description and reviews. For the others, I'd rate them as follows with the one I liked best first to least last:
1. Agar Wood
2. Egyptian Smoke
3. British Leather
4. Moroccan Amber
5. Indian Sandalwood
6. Arabian Desert

I'll probably be getting bottles of Agar Wood, Egyptian Smoke and Moroccan Amber. British Leather has a dry down that's very similar to Antaeus, which I like better. I prefer AdP Sandalo over Indian Sandalwood. I didn't care for Arabian Desert.
3 Comments
OmnipotatoOmnipotato 1 year ago
These would not even be on my radar if it wasn’t for your reviews. Definitely want to try this one, seems like great quality for the money
SmirkySmirky 1 year ago
BTW, wanted to add - don't know if these are readily available for you to sample in a shop near you. Decantx.com has the entire Signature Collection of 10 fragrances available as samples.
SmirkySmirky 1 year ago
I'm glad my reviews can be helpful. Yeah, this one is definitely the star of the collection, IMO. Numbers 2 and 3 are also quite good. The bottles from this collection are supposed to be high quality as well.