5
It's already overrated
My first blind buy of 2024, Oud Cadenza is the latest addition to Crivelli's Extraits line which (in my opinion) is the only good part of their catalogue. Cadenza comes off the back of the wide success achieved last year by Oud Maracujá. It is currently exclusive to Harrods and the brand's e-boutique.
Accords: woody-sweet-leathery-oriental
Oud Cadenza opens sweet-smooth with a creamy-chocolatey quality, leaning a bit feminine and maybe even designery with the same cocoa feel from BDK's 2023 release Pas Ce Soir Extrait. The dark woody tone warps in right after and the scent instantly resembles the woody tones utilized in Goldfield & Banks' Silky Woods Elixir. When smelled on-skin, the scent clearly uses the same structure as that of Oud Maracujá and Oud Stallion, but with Cadenza, the dark woody & leathery qualities contrasted by the sweet-chocolatey feel and the hint of patchouli offer significant resemblance to Xerjoff's "Tony Iommi Monkey Special | XerJoff". The ultimate scent is clearly masculine as it in some parts combines the feels of the Goldfield & Banks as well as the Xerjoff with Crivelli's signature dark tones.
This fragrance has basically been out for a week (if we remove the first half of July due to the brand's logistics issues) and it's already overrated. People are blowing hot air for the sake of engagement and most of them haven't even put money up for it. It genuinely feels like "gourmand" has become a generic buzzword in this scene and the ability to draw comparisons between product is an ability that few on here have, aptly highlighted by this fragrance receiving significant comps to "Angels' Share | Kilian" and other product inspired by Ambre Narguilé such as Dates Delight.
To round out, I get strong longevity of ~10 hours with mostly moderate sillage, so I'd rate them either 8-7 or 9-6 respectively. As a relevant sidenote, the build quality by Crivelli seems to lack consistency as getting the bottle out of the box was difficult by itself and the cap doesn't go as smoothly as the one on my bottle of Oud Maracujá (I know Xerjoff and Initio struggle with this issue too). For the moment, the only utility I see this fragrance providing is akin to a less sweet and more dark woody "Tony Iommi Monkey Special | XerJoff". Therefore, it might be on the chopping block before it even gets proper wear.
Accords: woody-sweet-leathery-oriental
Oud Cadenza opens sweet-smooth with a creamy-chocolatey quality, leaning a bit feminine and maybe even designery with the same cocoa feel from BDK's 2023 release Pas Ce Soir Extrait. The dark woody tone warps in right after and the scent instantly resembles the woody tones utilized in Goldfield & Banks' Silky Woods Elixir. When smelled on-skin, the scent clearly uses the same structure as that of Oud Maracujá and Oud Stallion, but with Cadenza, the dark woody & leathery qualities contrasted by the sweet-chocolatey feel and the hint of patchouli offer significant resemblance to Xerjoff's "Tony Iommi Monkey Special | XerJoff". The ultimate scent is clearly masculine as it in some parts combines the feels of the Goldfield & Banks as well as the Xerjoff with Crivelli's signature dark tones.
This fragrance has basically been out for a week (if we remove the first half of July due to the brand's logistics issues) and it's already overrated. People are blowing hot air for the sake of engagement and most of them haven't even put money up for it. It genuinely feels like "gourmand" has become a generic buzzword in this scene and the ability to draw comparisons between product is an ability that few on here have, aptly highlighted by this fragrance receiving significant comps to "Angels' Share | Kilian" and other product inspired by Ambre Narguilé such as Dates Delight.
To round out, I get strong longevity of ~10 hours with mostly moderate sillage, so I'd rate them either 8-7 or 9-6 respectively. As a relevant sidenote, the build quality by Crivelli seems to lack consistency as getting the bottle out of the box was difficult by itself and the cap doesn't go as smoothly as the one on my bottle of Oud Maracujá (I know Xerjoff and Initio struggle with this issue too). For the moment, the only utility I see this fragrance providing is akin to a less sweet and more dark woody "Tony Iommi Monkey Special | XerJoff". Therefore, it might be on the chopping block before it even gets proper wear.