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When you hope the name sells
I think it is a fair assessment to state that Hacivat Oud could be the biggest niche release this year in terms of prospect and/or expectation, certainly for the premium niche price point.
The scent opens similar to the standard fruity chypre profile that everybody knows now from scents like Aventus, Hacivat etc. However, I notice that this smells bright - where's the oud? It is mild to the point where the first accord I notice when smelling the scent after the top notes fade is one of a sweet, minty freshness. By minute 15, the accords are more clearer in that I notice the same vanilla visible in Ani Extrait de Parfum, yet the flanking minty-fresh patchouli is the note here that is the equivalent of the oakmoss in the original Hacivat. By the 1 hour mark, the scent is exclusively made up of this patchouli. In the drydown, I find a lot of resemblance to Clive Christian's Anniversary Collection - 150: Timeless which similarly has a sweetened minty-aromatic drydown with lavender & vetiver.
The biggest issue with this release is the fact that this is a 50ml €525 fragrance released in the same line with sophisticated-smelling fragrances like Nefs, Shem, and Mana. The scent doesn't justify addition to Nishane's Prestige collection for this profile, and naming this Hacivat Oud is a gamble on the OG Hacivat's name generating sales.
Concluding thought: it doesn't smell like Hacivat/Aventus, it doesn't smell like Hacivat X either, but it would be more accurate to call this Hacivat Y than it would be to call this Hacivat Oud.
I exit this sampling underwhelmed, and perhaps more importantly, I exit with more questions than I had before sampling it.
The scent opens similar to the standard fruity chypre profile that everybody knows now from scents like Aventus, Hacivat etc. However, I notice that this smells bright - where's the oud? It is mild to the point where the first accord I notice when smelling the scent after the top notes fade is one of a sweet, minty freshness. By minute 15, the accords are more clearer in that I notice the same vanilla visible in Ani Extrait de Parfum, yet the flanking minty-fresh patchouli is the note here that is the equivalent of the oakmoss in the original Hacivat. By the 1 hour mark, the scent is exclusively made up of this patchouli. In the drydown, I find a lot of resemblance to Clive Christian's Anniversary Collection - 150: Timeless which similarly has a sweetened minty-aromatic drydown with lavender & vetiver.
The biggest issue with this release is the fact that this is a 50ml €525 fragrance released in the same line with sophisticated-smelling fragrances like Nefs, Shem, and Mana. The scent doesn't justify addition to Nishane's Prestige collection for this profile, and naming this Hacivat Oud is a gamble on the OG Hacivat's name generating sales.
Concluding thought: it doesn't smell like Hacivat/Aventus, it doesn't smell like Hacivat X either, but it would be more accurate to call this Hacivat Y than it would be to call this Hacivat Oud.
I exit this sampling underwhelmed, and perhaps more importantly, I exit with more questions than I had before sampling it.
NicheOnly
