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09/21/2021
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A visit to the market or why the wheel does not need to be reinvented
Ibrahim had his stand at the large market on the outskirts of the city. Exactly there where the last dwellings were already surrounded by fine sand and the city slowly merged into the desert. Like every morning Ibrahim was one of the first to prepare his stall for the hopefully numerous customers of the day. He dragged the countless woven baskets and wooden crates from his truck and set them up systematically around his stall. Once the energy-sapping work was done, he set about opening each container and stowing the lids next to them. The first containers held countless spices like cumin or even precious saffron. While he worked on the next baskets and uncovered the finest rose petals, violets and stalks of patchouli, the truck passed his stall as it did every morning, delivering countless canisters full of fuel to the stall near the main road. While Ibrahim was a lover of fine and beautiful fragrances, he still took a deep breath of the gasoline-saturated air every single morning and obviously enjoyed it. After the brief interruption, he turned back to his fragrant wares and set about unpacking the leather-wrapped caskets filled with rare resins, precious oud and fine vanilla beans and arranging them for sale.
To preface: Yes, Mancera's Aoud Exclusif is a rose oud fragrance through and through. Per Se this does not have to mean anything bad, however, the market seems to be currently but very saturated by this oud combination. Especially under these circumstances, it is of course of interest whether this candidate is worth a look. And to answer this question in advance: Yes, he is!
Aoud Exclusif starts as indicated with a colorful jumble of spices. I do here really hard in the first few minutes to smell out something concrete, but could swear that I perceive cumin and saffron. Next, violet and patchouli present themselves. The violet used here creates a slight nuance of petrol, while the patchouli comes across as dark and slightly chocolaty. Only after the initial buildup of patchouli and violet has subsided does a beautiful dark rose make itself known. Mancera has managed this very well and you could almost see the thick and almost black leaves in front of you, as fine dewdrops gather on the rough surface. This spectacle continues for a while until the oud finally makes an appearance. I think I detect something typical of Mancera in the Nepalese oud, a note that was also used in Red Tobacco, but which is difficult for me to grasp. Sure, you can clearly recognize the oud accord, but for me something very slightly animalic resonates here. In my opinion, something that flatters the entire fragrance composition very much. As soon as the oud has integrated itself between the other notes, some leather, soft resins and a certain powderiness through the musk comes into play. And just the just listed base note makes Aoud Exclusif at the end again really round and wearable.
In any case, you should be clear that the wheel was not reinvented here. However, I would argue that Mancera has succeeded in creating a great rose-oud fragrance, which can score with a very well implemented twist of spices and violets.
To preface: Yes, Mancera's Aoud Exclusif is a rose oud fragrance through and through. Per Se this does not have to mean anything bad, however, the market seems to be currently but very saturated by this oud combination. Especially under these circumstances, it is of course of interest whether this candidate is worth a look. And to answer this question in advance: Yes, he is!
Aoud Exclusif starts as indicated with a colorful jumble of spices. I do here really hard in the first few minutes to smell out something concrete, but could swear that I perceive cumin and saffron. Next, violet and patchouli present themselves. The violet used here creates a slight nuance of petrol, while the patchouli comes across as dark and slightly chocolaty. Only after the initial buildup of patchouli and violet has subsided does a beautiful dark rose make itself known. Mancera has managed this very well and you could almost see the thick and almost black leaves in front of you, as fine dewdrops gather on the rough surface. This spectacle continues for a while until the oud finally makes an appearance. I think I detect something typical of Mancera in the Nepalese oud, a note that was also used in Red Tobacco, but which is difficult for me to grasp. Sure, you can clearly recognize the oud accord, but for me something very slightly animalic resonates here. In my opinion, something that flatters the entire fragrance composition very much. As soon as the oud has integrated itself between the other notes, some leather, soft resins and a certain powderiness through the musk comes into play. And just the just listed base note makes Aoud Exclusif at the end again really round and wearable.
In any case, you should be clear that the wheel was not reinvented here. However, I would argue that Mancera has succeeded in creating a great rose-oud fragrance, which can score with a very well implemented twist of spices and violets.
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