Blue Oud Lattafa 2018

Blue Oud by Lattafa comes in a blue felt-lined box. The bottle is blue-colored and would look great in any collection. The cap fits snugly on top of the bottle and has the word Opulent in raised letters at the bottom of the cap.

When sprayed on, I smell citrus notes. After a good while, I detect a very muted floral note and possibly amber. Due to the very cheap price, if there is any oud here, it is definitely synthetic. Personally, I smell no oud.

It seems like Blue Oud would be a good fragrance to wear during the cooler months of the year. Projection was within an arm's length. Longevity was around 7 hours on my skin, becoming a skin scent at the 5 hour mark.

For myself, Blue Oud by Lattafa is more of a "Like" than a "Love" but for the nice cheap price, it is not bad at all.
7 out of 10

If you like non-linear fragrances, this might be for you. It is twofold, starts cool like the morning dawn and ends warm like the evening twilight. Let the scent of your imagination carry you away with this seductive oriental fragrance from Lattafa. Even though I already own the amazing "Opulent Oud | Lattafa / لطافة", I have always been reticent about purchasing Blue Oud. Everything attracted me, except the marine note, which I have appreciated and loved in the past but at this stage of my life it is not among my favourites, and if combined with sweet accords it disturbs me and makes me nauseous. But in the end, I gave in to temptation, given the very low price I found online, around €15, ridiculous for a 100ml edp with meticulous packaging and design, the satin velvet box, the sapphire blue bottle, a decorated cap antique silver colour and a functional spray. And my choice was rewarded. First, there is a reason this perfume, and all those in the same Opulent series, have been baptized with the adjective opulent. Their opening is overpowering, and dense, taking your breath away like a punch in the stomach.

Blue Oud opens straightaway with a medicinal oud, with influences of rugged saffron, something camphorous, mothball-like with a naphthalene tinge, with plenty of pepper and dark sugary nuances. Oud is a pinch leathery, not skanky or barnyard-like. The pyramid notes seem to come out upside down. It exudes a salty, marine hum, not too obnoxious, not too Bvlgari Aqva. It’s an oriental with Western influences, fruity amber rather than opulent, gelatinous rose sweetens the oud. The fruity accord includes green apple, sour, crispy, and sweet. Top notes are well blended and soon lead to the middle stage. At one point, I smelled a fresh, clean, soapy smell in the air. I wondered where this pleasant aroma was coming from, and then as I got closer to my wrist I realized it was perfume. Yes, there are also delicate and soapy features in this sapphire jewel.

Let the oud and spicy aroma calm down and a sweet lavender with creamy touches of cashmeran slowly emerges from the warm skin. Lavender is almost devoid of its slightly balsamic and aromatic side, while its herbaceous side stands out and blends well with the creamy cashmeran, sometimes woodier, sometimes muskier. Some pleasant and noticeable white flowers make the central phase a little indolic, almost as if there were a pinch of night jasmine among the secret notes. There is even a sort of mixed fruit sweetness along with the white jasmin edge, which adds a sort of fruity vibe. At times, I notice waxy and rosy susurrus that I associate with geranium and sage leaves.

Before approaching the drying phase, the perfume takes on a powdery and dewy appearance, which makes me think of iris flowers or violet leaves. These are the first signs that the coumarins are waking up, giving me sweet and slightly herbaceous reflections, with nuances of vanilla but also of straw. An earthy musk makes its way to the bottom, and the oud notes are almost a memory, drowned in a sea of briny amber and sensual musk. The sense of smooth creaminess remains, and cashmeran combines with an equally creamy light wood, sandalwood. The last trail is a smooth sweet oud aroma with plenty of muskiness and ambroxan saltiness.

It seems like Blue Oud is a good fragrance, awesome, underrated, to wear during the cool months of the spring and fall seasons. Too heavy for summer, but good for winter if you want something oudy yet fresh. The projection is within arm’s reach, and I catch it every time I move my hands. Longevity is above average on my skin, becoming a scent on the skin after wearing it almost all day. More suitable for casual and leisure time, offputting for work and coworkers in the first hours. If you wanna check a sugary oud fragrance, without smoky, dirty, rubbery, or skanky influences, you’d better give it a try.

I'm expressing my experience with a bottle I've owned since January 2024.

-Elysium

The first, lets look at this beautiful bottle. Let it to go through our mind and think deeply about color which used to be so rare.
I must mention that I am not spicy-perfumes lover. At least these which cause headaches - and for me its most of these spicy ones.
When I felt it on my arm, I could not stop my nose from feeling this fragnance almost to the bonemarrow. Its so mysterious, masculine (when you are a woman, it will underline your confidence and mysterious look-up. I would say its unisex. These beautiful fragnances are so often called only for men and then there are fragnances like Oud Flora, which are definitely women-only but are called unisex. I think its a pitty. But back to the fragnance.
First feeling is musky. Musk, later mixed with spicy tones, which are more contrast with these soft tones. The later you have it on your skin, it goes to these more maskuline but on the other side also soft, but by another way than at the start. I cant desribe ehat exactly can be felt in there, but in these spicy tones there can be felt vanilla (only a little bit, though).
Ingredients: Cambodian oud, musk, saffron, vanilla, guajak wood, indian oud
As you can see, only beautiful notes are based in there and this is what makes this fragnance so amazing.

Fragnance lasts on my skin even after washing and its nice, because this one is just so good.
Definitely unisex. It doesnt bother ppl around you and it has something really soft, kind of mysterious, maskuline but on the other side very femine part.
My random thoughts from the fragnance: mysterious, elegant, strong scent, excelent for quiet people who dont talk too much, but are strong in their mind and charisma. Anf this is what this blue scent underlines. Your charisma. Try it, you will see. Definity worth it.

I became aware of this one through Opulent Oud, especially since it is said to have similarities to Varvatos' Oud. I got myself Blue Oud and think that after multiple tests, I can provide a description that does it some justice.
For it is not an easy case, almost a chameleon, so changeable that I waver between completely different classifications. What it certainly does not have on my skin is a resemblance to Varvatos - apart from the fact that both are liquid. I sprayed the fragrances in parallel on each arm and perceive them so differently that I simply find them incomparable.

Blue Oud starts fresh-aromatic with a slight peppery sharpness and an almost creamy undertone. I also perceive the wood that gives it its name, but not dominantly, rather lightly in a more rustic than medicinal form, occasionally even slightly smoky. Fortunately, it is not as bad as a cow barn scent trail.

Then it turns in an aquatic direction, but does not become watery-light; instead, it has an almost corporeal density. This water association is often created by the combination of floral and fruity as well as musky elements. It somewhat reminds me of the sailor from Rammstein. I really like this stage, and perhaps that’s why the bottle has this intense blue. By the way, it is a real eye-catcher, beautifully and quality-made with good spray mechanics and a securely fitting cap.

The aqua aura is repeatedly accompanied by a note reminiscent of aftershave, which I perceive as slightly sharp depending on how close I am to the scent. I could imagine that this has something to do with skin temperature, and I often notice it when testing men's fragrances.

Only after many hours does Blue Oud arrive at a woody-dominated base. The longevity is enormous; 12 hours are easily achievable.

I find this to be a totally interesting, complex, and changeable fragrance with a well-balanced mix of floral and rugged elements.
In my research online, I found the following fragrance notes, which largely correspond with my perception:

Top: Apple, Bergamot, Oud, Black Pepper
Heart: Jasmine, Musk, Fruit, Saffron, Sage
Base: Ambergris, Guaiac Wood, Sandalwood

The official Lattafa website lists the following fragrance notes, which differ from mine:

Top: Marine, Bergamot, Black Pepper
Heart: Lavender, Cashmeran
Base: Oud, Amber, Vanilla

The ultramarine blue of the bottle already hints that there might be something "watery" contained within. But not that there is also something "hot" included. I suspect saffron, even though it is not listed. And it is indeed built close to "the water" and gently accompanies the entire progression.
Now there is also "the forest" with resinous scents of agarwood and cedar. Everything has a somewhat "sandy" structure that reminds one of a fine sandy beach. The "earth" is reached through slightly dark amber notes, which have probably also been refined with patchouli.
Now the corresponding "wind" is added, blowing vanilla-like and a bit peppery salty over the coastal forest near the seaside. If I were to say that the scent is "very oriental," it would not be the whole truth. Because there are indeed also "northern" aromas, similar to those of a tundra landscape. Something like grass, lichens, and/or moss can be detected as a subtle undertone. All in all, a very multifaceted perfume that shimmers in many colors of the rainbow. "Niche" could hardly do it better! ;-))