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Évasions Olfactives

Oud Maracujá Maison Crivelli 2023

Ranked 69 in Unisex Perfume

8.2 / 10 1997 Ratings

A popular perfume by Maison Crivelli for women and men, released in 2023. The scent is fruity-leathery. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fruity

Leathery

Woody

Oriental

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Passion fruit Leather

Leather

Oud

Akigalawood® Saffron

Saffron

Siam benzoin Orpur®

Spanish cistus absolute Orpur®

Turkish rose absolute Orpur®

Indonesian patchouli Orpur® Vanilla

Vanilla

Perfumer

Jordi Fernández

Ratings

Scent

8.21997 Ratings

Longevity

9.21897 Ratings

Sillage

8.91893 Ratings

Bottle

7.51802 Ratings

Value for money

6.91723 Ratings

Submitted by Essy07, last update on 10/30/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Évasions Olfactives collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Azzure Aoud

Passionfroudh

Tropical Shade

Ombre Nomade

Taif T19

Burgundy Oud

Reviews

119 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/01/2025

6.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

CivetOnly
35 Reviews

CivetOnly

Very helpful Review 7

Fruity and uplifting leather

I can see why Oud Maracujá is the flagship of MC's Oud trilogy. While Oud Stallion is elegant and Oud Cadenza is sensual, Maracujá relies on an incredibly fruity opening with delicate vanilla in the drydown. It only makes sense for such a scent to be the most popular out of the three. But does it live up to the hype?

Jordi Fernández once again indulges me with great perfumery of opposites and transitions. Fruity scents aren't my thing, but I have to appreciate this gem. The passion fruit accord is fruitier than any fruit I have experienced in a perfume thus far. It feels ripe, juicy and all up your nostrils, backed by citrusy facets and a spicy punch from saffron.

It doesn't take too long for "leather seats in a new car" type of leather to show up, loud as usual with MC extraits. Meanwhile, Oud accord brings out its bold and short-lived animalic quality. This fruity, spicy, sweet, leathery and animalic stage lasts for 30 minutes, then the fruitiness steps back, allowing the sweetness of rose to dictate the pace.

This phase reminds me of Stallion, but instead of cherry nuances, Jordi opted to use vanilla. I prefer Stallion's more sophisticated approach, but I have to admit that the vanilla used in Maracujá smells gorgeous and natural. I guess this could be attributed to benzoin entering the mix so seamlessly, almost singing in unison with rose and leather.

After an hour, the slightly tart rose sweetness fades away and creamy vanilla blends with leather and patchouli. This results in a sweet, leathery drydown with a touch of chocolate. Akigalawood is very subtle, perhaps a smaller percentage was used to support the natural woodiness of benzoin, cistus absolute and patchouli.

So yes, the social media hype is actually justified for once. Oud Maracujá has a youthful scent profile and is easy to wear despite packing a punch. It's unisex, innovative with its juicy passion fruit opening and has more character than your average vanilla fragrance. Performance is great, it lasts for 10+ hours on skin with 4 hours of projection.

08/08/2023

8.5Scent 9Longevity 7Sillage

NicheOnly
112 Reviews

NicheOnly

4

The best parts go missing when you most need them

This is largely on an indoors test.

When releasing sophisticated fragrances, it nevertheless remains a priority to retain some wearability. This is one thing that Opus XV - King Blue did wrong - it built excessively around the animalic assam without giving people the opportunity to enjoy the better parts of the scent. At first, it may appear that this is one thing Maison Crivelli did right - balancing the wearable and unwearable parts. But the deeper we go into this scent, the less I tend to agree with the statement.

Oud Maracujá opens with a very aggressive, barnyardy-smoky Eastern leather. I say leather because the accords list it as leather - I smelled this and naturally thought it was oud. My initial impressions upon first spray were pretty negative, wondering "where's the fruit!?" But upon first sniff up-close, you can notice the fruit - clearly tropical fruity, and it's prominent enough to the point where it's a clear part of the heart notes. The opening barnyardy-smoky accords largely fade away. Within 15 minutes the main thing you are smelling is the dominant passionfruit note flanked by a tame leather & a supporting smoke accord. In contrast to many other reviews, I get zero rose (actually zero) and I don't get any saffron either.

But all nice things come to an end. The more time you give it, the more the passionfruit note dies off, leaving mainly a smoky leather accord. This is the downfall of Oud Maracuja. In aggregate, while the blend quality is very high and doesn't have anything screechy like the synthetic saffron/calone notes I've smelled in many releases this year, it's the overt reliance on the leather tones that takes away from what this scent could've been.

In terms of scent profile, the uniqueness is a question of perspective. This could very well be a new-age take of Tuscan Leather Eau de Parfum (which has been duped to bits), it similarly might offer accord resemblance to Milano (albeit there are no hints of the Erba Pura scent profile). Realistically, tropical leather isn't a contested market segment, and Maison Crivelli will for the moment basically enjoy a monopoly. But assessing the scent off the peak parts of the profile may be inaccurate, as the tropical fruity tones do die off unlike most scents in the Tuscan Leather atmosphere.

Closing impressions - performance on this is a little bit lackluster. The opening is strong, but not nuclear. It appears to latch onto skin (minimum 10h longevity), but not emit much without a higher body temperature. Value is good-to-strong by virtue of this Extrait being priced in 50ml at the same price as most brands now sell their general lines. One thing some (incl. myself) will love is that this was previously a Harrods exclusive and as a result, it's not a popular scent since PR product is ~zero.

A certified contender for niche release of the year, but unlikely to claim top spot.

09/16/2025

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Omnipotato
366 Reviews

Omnipotato

Helpful Review 4

Just didn't wow me

On first spray of Oud Maracujá, I immediately just got the oud/rose and ambrocenide of Ombre Nomade but quickly the scent settled more fruity and leathery than the Louis Vuitton. The passionfruit note is particularly good, it smells very natural and photorealistic, but the rest of the composition just left a bit to be desired for me. It feels a bit lighter and less dense than other oud/rose fragrances, but with the addition of the amber aromachemicals plus akigalawood, it seems like it's trying to be a powerhouse, but sacrifices the nice natural passionfruit subtleties to do so. I think Jordi got the formula better in Pastel Oud; that's a bit rougher around the edges and more assertive. But I still think Oud Maracujá is a good beginner Western oud for someone looking for a lighter, fruitier experience than Ombre Nomade.

01/19/2025

8.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Majid114
123 Reviews

Majid114

Helpful Review 3

OUD MARACUJÁ (MAISON CRIVELLI)

Oud Maracujá from Maison Crivelli French House of Haute Luxury Niche Perfumery is a Unisex Extrait De Parfum Fruity Woody Resinous Leather. This fragrance launched in 2023; and the nose behind this fragrance is Jordi Fernández.
Perfume has a delicious fruity outing, with emphasis on a passion fruit that, although artificial, is quite photorealistic, with its well-known contradictory tropical facet: sour and sweet at the same time. A saffron already brings the nuance of leather... a molasses and sweet leather by this juicy passion fruit. A delicate very discreet rose gives a brief appearance in the fragrance. An easy perfume to please.

It doesn't take long for my favorite ingredients to arrive, balsamic resins, and here in this composition a very honest, quality synthetic oud without difficulty or challenge. An 'oud that reinforces the leathery character of this creation that is centered on leather; it would be more appropriate if it was called 'Leather Maracuja'.
A great labdanum brings a dark resinous aspect and the woody reinforcement of akigalawood which, like cypriol, is widely used in the formation of the 'oud accord in perfumery. An ambery accord of benzoin and vanilla permeates the fragrance throughout evolution.
Great Perfume with high quality ingredients with excellent performance!

02/12/2025

8.5Scent 10Longevity 9Sillage

Senzello
14 Reviews

Senzello

Helpful Review 1

rose and maracuja

It might sound funny, but the oud is not the main accord here.
Right upon spraying your nose gets assaulted by a sweet, tangy and a bit bitter maracuja note that will stay with you for the entire fragrance’s longevity.
Ater some time a leathery rose starts to pop up (I hate tose but i somehow can’t dislike the one here).
more rose than anything, a sweet blend of rose and maracuja with a leathery undertone and a hint of oud.

The oud used in this is an accord and is synthetic.

insanely powerful so be careful, also lasts a long time

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