Oud 2018 Extrait de Parfum

Oud (Extrait de Parfum) by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
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Oud (Extrait de Parfum) is a popular perfume by Maison Francis Kurkdjian for women and men and was released in 2018. The scent is woody-oriental. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Woody
Oriental
Resinous
Spicy
Sweet

Fragrance Notes

AmbrettolideAmbrettolide SaffronSaffron Laotian oudLaotian oud Indonesian patchouliIndonesian patchouli Philippine elemiPhilippine elemi VanillaVanilla Virginia cedarVirginia cedar

Perfumer

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Scent
8.0252 Ratings
Longevity
9.0227 Ratings
Sillage
8.4226 Ratings
Bottle
8.9229 Ratings
Value for money
6.4127 Ratings
Submitted by Marc32R, last update on 26.09.2023.

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5 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Bottle
9
Sillage
10
Longevity
9.5
Scent
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Helpful Review 16  
Tamed beast
With this fragrance, I feel that my original comment did not do justice to the character and composition of the perfume. Therefore I have deleted my comment and will write a new one. I'll try a different format and go into the individual scents and their place in the perfume before coming to a conclusion.

Saffron
exisiert, especially in the prelude also quite present. A noble fruit and it smells like it. It makes the fragrance a bit fresh in the entrance. However - as is usually the case with saffron - without it no longer being noble.

Elemi-resin
is homeopathically dosed. Which I find a bit of a shame, because it has such a pithy and special smell. Can make a perfume mysterious. Take you to another world. Here it can be perceived in the top note. But unfortunately very much in the background, so it doesn't determine the character of the fragrance.

Ambrettolide
is a synthetic musk imitation. It is not as pungent as I usually feel musk sometimes when it is dosed so strongly - for example in Tiziana Terzi's Kirke. Instead, it has a metallic touch that plays a major role in determining the character of the perfume. From opening to dry-down. The metallic note, by the way, has a somewhat cooling effect and is more tart than sweet in my perception. This gave me a positive surprise when I applied the fragrance on the beach, because it was the only one in my bag. An Extrait de Parfum on an oud base that fits on the beach and just as well on the sofa in winter. Where do you get that?

Atlas cedar
i can't perceive for the life of me.

Vanilla and patchouli
replace saffron and elemi resin in dry-down. Makes the fragrance softer, earthier, warmer - after about 8 hours I would estimate. This takes a really long time. A very nice finish, even if I like the prelude better.

Lao oud
makes up the character of the fragrance, say 30%-40%. It is very present, but not as present as the ambrettolide. It is the typical beguilingly anal Kurkdjian oud without a musty note. But the ambrettolide keeps the animalism somewhat in check. Only after many hours the oud can break out of the kennel. If you are looking for a MFK-Oud, whose animalik has broken out from the beginning, you should try Cashmere Mood or Velvet Mood!

H+S
In the first hours it is brute, then flattens out naturally. Not a performer for days, but far from reserved.

Conclusion
A great oud scent with metallic notes, which is something new, cools, makes it suitable for summer. I'm not so much a fan of light and summery scents and after my experience I'm convinced of the beach qualities. I currently have the 11ml travel flacon from OUD ExdP and I will definitely get the big flacon as soon as this little treasure is empty. Cheers!
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10
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8
Sillage
8
Longevity
10
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Remusan

8 Reviews
Remusan
Remusan
Helpful Review 3  
daily luxury
This is a luxurious soft saffron vanilla oud that is clean, and very wearable year round. It's not overpowering but long lasting, over 12 hours... It's very unisex,perfectly suited for day or night.
I highly recommended it to be sampled even if you're not a fan of Oud this one will definitely surprise you ... it is unusual type of smell for average users
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10
Sillage
10
Longevity
10
Scent
Taskphorce

55 Reviews
Taskphorce
Taskphorce
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10/10/10/10
Incredibly strong & a perfect 10/10 rating across the boards. This doesn’t happen often. I really try not to toss around 10’s unless I am absolutely certain.
Warm, unisex, very alluring, with exotic woods and spices melded in such a velvety smooth and soft yet massive scent cloud. There is an underlying sweetness which isn’t cloying, coming from a very dry accord of vanilla. Fans of the original Oud Eau de Parfum will find this to be an even more addictive scent. Longevity.....?.....until you shower!
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10
Bottle
9
Sillage
9
Longevity
10
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Laurentiu

8 Reviews
Laurentiu
Laurentiu
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Great Oud fragrance to start with
If you wanna start your journey with oud notes in fragrances, this should be the one you should start from my point of view.

I'm saying this because for my nose (and seems like other people said the same thing) this not typically an „ 100% oud fragrance", is more like a fragrance built on a „inoffensive" oud base.

The oud in MFK Oud Extrait is not (very) agresive, it doesn't come very medicinal or fecal/extremely animalic and to make it more appealing and less offensive a high dose of powderyness and elemi is added.

For me this fragrance stars powdery and a little bit medicinal with a citrusy-spicy accord coming from Elemi. If I put my nose very close in the first minutes after I applied, I get a petrol/gasoline note.
I think there are some notes that are not listed, like: rose, iris, violet leaves. I always thought this is OSM Extrait, with less florals and more ambrette and oud + elemi.

As it goes to drydown It gets more powdery and sweeter and dry from saffron with a metallic-musky base made of oud and ambrette. I do get a little bit of Iso E Super in this.
There is also a leathery acord, subtle.

(It's not overly sweet, I could easily wear this in summer days at night)

The performance is extremely good, on me stays around 12 hours and after shower there is still a little bit of scent there.
Projection really strong in first hours and sillage too, after ~3 hours is becoming more "calm" and projects just enough until the end of the day...

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10
Bottle
7
Sillage
9
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Emorandeira

378 Reviews
Emorandeira
Emorandeira
0  
Great saffron/vanilla perfume
I am a bit confused with this perfume. In one hand It is very nice, Well blended, strong but very weareable, bit delicate and very pleasant. It seems to have very good quality ingredients inside... But this is great for being an saffron/vanilla/musk perfume!! One of the bests ive tried...
However It doenst seem really an oud perfume. It is true that It has some oud feeling on It but not more than in oud satin mood or oud silk mood...and as It is called just oud It is possible that someone can expect a more intense oud feeling. The oud here is also not medicinal or fecal, what for me is good but for oud lovers could be something bad. I find It very similar to oud wood by Tom Ford... An oud for people Who dont like oud or have not many experience with it.
The smell is dry, a bit acid/citrusy, sweet and powdery. I feel very good wearing It. The longevity is great but the projection is just moderate. I find It unisex and weareable at any time.

Scent: 8.5
Longevity: 9
Sillage: 7
Quality/price: 6
Versatility: 7.5
Originality: 7
Global: 8.5
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VivienneKVivienneK 2 years ago
A dry vanillic almost powdery (not in a cosmetic sense) oud, with the lightest touch of (unlisted) rose. Oud & vanilla read almost 50/50.
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MercerMercer 4 months ago
10
Bottle
9
Sillage
10
Longevity
9.5
Scent
You can't "fake it til you make it" with this, you have to have made it already to pull it off.
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NicetosmelluNicetosmellu 5 months ago
10
Bottle
10
Sillage
10
Longevity
10
Scent
Sweet & spicy from vanilla ambrettelide saffron. Woody, dark, not animalic oud supports. Nuclear, but not to the wearer himself. Phenomenal
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PetarMolnarPetarMolnar 12 months ago
7
Bottle
8
Sillage
10
Longevity
9
Scent
Clean Oud, a bit medicinal. Wonderfully blended with saffron and vanilla. Night time parfume, very seductive and sexy. Favorite MFK OUD.
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RisingChaosRisingChaos 1 year ago
9
Sillage
8
Longevity
7
Scent
Clean, fresh spicy, warm woody scent w/ a light medicinal touch and plenty of sweet, earthy patchouli. Only marginally thicker than EDP.
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