Mango Aoud Gritti 2024

Gritti has probably jumped on the fruity-oud hype bandwagon and created Mango Aoud. At the moment, many fragrances are in vogue that combine dark notes such as leather/oud with a fruit - keyword London Oud Maracujá. With these fragrances, the dark scent tends to dominate, whereas with the mango aoud, the fruity scents tend to dominate - we also know this from Purple Accento or God of Fire, for example. As I really like this scent, I was really looking forward to this fragrance! The idea of combining oud with mango... why not? It worked quite well before with other fruits.
But compared to the fragrances of the competition, I find this one quite chaotic. It doesn't smell quite balanced. It's almost as if the fragrance hasn't been fully developed yet and we're smelling the first draft of the fragrance. At times, I smell a lot of the more synthetic fruit, then I only smell the floral notes, then only the oud - and it doesn't really harmonize. The oud is slightly animalic - I don't find it as bad as some claim. Longevity is solid, you should be able to get by with it for a regular working day.
Basically, I think the fragrance is overhyped here - in the end, you get what it says on the bottle - namely mango and oud. I definitely recommend testing the fragrance! As a little tip: If you are looking for a better interpretation of mango and oud, then I would recommend the God of Fire - although significantly more expensive in terms of the ml price, it is also much more balanced and pleasant to smell.