Top Notes 
Raspberry
Rose
Orange blossom
Heart Notes 
Cashmeran
Patchouli
Geranium
Labdanum
Saffron
Base Notes 
Gaiac wood
Vanilla
Cedarwood
Oud
01/21/2025
MKramer
11 Reviews
MKramer
2
Seemingly rosey
Another great fragrance by the the old Houbigant. This fragrance, part of the orientale collection has a conflicting scent. A great scent, the BEST oud scent I have smelled until now, which aren't a lot to be honest, but is unfortunately not my taste.
Oud or opens with rose, a lot of it, and dances with a bit of rasberry. With in the notes which create a thin smokescreen. The opening reminds me of a smokey rose, a rose which could have been held in the smoke of the fireplace for a short time. An amazing sweet smokey, other sweet than that horrid vaping pen sweetness.
After a while the sweetness which hits you at the start, starts to leave stage and goes to the side of the stage. After which the oud note takes over, aswell as some other notes which create a matte woodlike smell. It smells like an old smooth wooden plank in an old beautiful and stale house where you can see the dust laying around. The notes which create this smell, unfortunately I do know which these are. If I have to guess, maybe the other woods in the fragrance or the labdanum , cashmeran, ISO-E-Super, or saffron. The geranium does definetly play a role, the role of the smooth sweetness of the shelf.
I find this a classic masculine fragrance, which I think, because of the sweetness, has the best performance on a date, and could be worn to special occasions aswell.
However, this might come unexpected, but I would not wear this fragrance. Probably because of the oud. Oud is just not my note and therefore not my style, maybe later when I'm a bit older, but for me, an 18-year-old, I find this fragrance too grown-up - I think is the best word. Which does not mean that the scent is bad, the scent is great, it is just not my scent and I would not recommend this to any peers. I would definetly recommend this fragrance if you're thirty, fourty or older or if you're a great fan of oud!
Oud or opens with rose, a lot of it, and dances with a bit of rasberry. With in the notes which create a thin smokescreen. The opening reminds me of a smokey rose, a rose which could have been held in the smoke of the fireplace for a short time. An amazing sweet smokey, other sweet than that horrid vaping pen sweetness.
After a while the sweetness which hits you at the start, starts to leave stage and goes to the side of the stage. After which the oud note takes over, aswell as some other notes which create a matte woodlike smell. It smells like an old smooth wooden plank in an old beautiful and stale house where you can see the dust laying around. The notes which create this smell, unfortunately I do know which these are. If I have to guess, maybe the other woods in the fragrance or the labdanum , cashmeran, ISO-E-Super, or saffron. The geranium does definetly play a role, the role of the smooth sweetness of the shelf.
I find this a classic masculine fragrance, which I think, because of the sweetness, has the best performance on a date, and could be worn to special occasions aswell.
However, this might come unexpected, but I would not wear this fragrance. Probably because of the oud. Oud is just not my note and therefore not my style, maybe later when I'm a bit older, but for me, an 18-year-old, I find this fragrance too grown-up - I think is the best word. Which does not mean that the scent is bad, the scent is great, it is just not my scent and I would not recommend this to any peers. I would definetly recommend this fragrance if you're thirty, fourty or older or if you're a great fan of oud!
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