Top Notes 
Bergamot
Grapefruit
Heart Notes 
Rose
Jasmine
Geranium
Orange blossom
Base Notes 
Oud
Resins
Amber
Gaiac wood
Papyrus
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Death on the Nile
The role of the eccentric Belgian master detective Hercule Poirot is, alongside the equally quirky Miss Marple, probably the most famous character created by the writer Agatha Christie. Several of his cases have been adapted into films with prominent casts, and the British-Swiss actor Sir Peter Ustinov played him three times, first in 1978 in 'Death on the Nile'. The story follows Christie's rather repetitive pattern: a closed society (an exclusive cruise ship on the Nile), the young and beautiful heiress is murdered, basically everyone on deck has a motive, and in the end, Poirot reveals the surprising sequence of events and exposes the murderer or murderers. The Nile or Egypt serves merely as a kind of backdrop; nothing in the actual story has a necessary connection to the setting on the Nile. The book and film could just as well have taken place on the Rhine, Amazon, or Mississippi.
Nearly forty years later - the fragrance ingredient Oud is about as exciting as an Aperol Spritz - the venerable house of Penhaligon's condescends to add an Oud scent to its portfolio. The fragrance is called 'Oud de Nil', and the discernible reference to Africa or Egypt is about as pronounced as in Agatha Christie's crime novel. The central accord of Oud and Rose is not bad at all - it never is, otherwise it wouldn't be such a hit - but it is also not better, let alone different from the other hundred Oud-Rose fragrances. The initial bergamot briefly - really just briefly - hints at the British origins of Penhaligon's. There are no olfactory reminiscences of an old trade route or the Orient - even if resins and papyrus may sound very much like the Queen of Sheba. Here too, the name could just as well be 'Oud de Rhin', 'de l'Amazone', or 'du Mississippi' - it would probably smell the same.
Conclusion: a typical Oud-Rose fragrance of the 2010s. Not bad, but it is probably just too easy to create pleasant scents from Oud and Rose. However, it is also nothing more than just 'not bad'. For a Penhaligon's, hardly good enough.
Nearly forty years later - the fragrance ingredient Oud is about as exciting as an Aperol Spritz - the venerable house of Penhaligon's condescends to add an Oud scent to its portfolio. The fragrance is called 'Oud de Nil', and the discernible reference to Africa or Egypt is about as pronounced as in Agatha Christie's crime novel. The central accord of Oud and Rose is not bad at all - it never is, otherwise it wouldn't be such a hit - but it is also not better, let alone different from the other hundred Oud-Rose fragrances. The initial bergamot briefly - really just briefly - hints at the British origins of Penhaligon's. There are no olfactory reminiscences of an old trade route or the Orient - even if resins and papyrus may sound very much like the Queen of Sheba. Here too, the name could just as well be 'Oud de Rhin', 'de l'Amazone', or 'du Mississippi' - it would probably smell the same.
Conclusion: a typical Oud-Rose fragrance of the 2010s. Not bad, but it is probably just too easy to create pleasant scents from Oud and Rose. However, it is also nothing more than just 'not bad'. For a Penhaligon's, hardly good enough.
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