Oud - Black Vanilla Absolute Perry Ellis 2015

Oud - Black Vanilla Absolute by Perry Ellis

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8.2 / 10 259 Ratings

A popular perfume by Perry Ellis for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is sweet-gourmand. It is being marketed by Falic Fashion Group.

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Main accords

Sweet

Gourmand

Woody

Spicy

Oriental

Fragrance Notes

Vanilla absolute Rum

Rum

Vanilla CO2 Amber

Amber

Oud

Tobacco absolute

Ratings

Scent

8.2259 Ratings

Longevity

7.6241 Ratings

Sillage

7.1238 Ratings

Bottle

7.9230 Ratings

Value for money

7.744 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 06/29/2025.

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Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/08/2015

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 9
Scent

Lucian
12 Reviews

Lucian

Top Review 6

A nice surprise!

Yes! I'm glad to say that the fragrance exceeded my expectations.

The presentation is outstanding, the pictures don't make much justice to it. Beautiful box, heavy bottle, metallic cap, excellent atomizer, nothing cheep like CH Prive for example.

The juice is very well blended, is not an oud or a vanilla bomb. I get a Coca Cola Vanilla vibe, with rum, tobacco, oud and something fruity, maybe plums. Is kinda linear but that don't bother me to much because its smell is delicious.

The performances are good, nothing out of this world, but still very decent for this kind of fragrance, moderate projection with about 8h of longevity.

If you love fragrances like Dolcelisir, Eau des Baux, Tabac Rouge and you find a good price for it(40-50$), I guess would be a reasonable safe blind buy for you.

Is miles away better that many of the newer designer releases, like Ch Prive, Spicebomb Extreme or La nuit Intense!

12/20/2017

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Smora
155 Reviews

Smora

Very helpful Review 7

Liquid Vanilla Candle

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The fragrance is nicely composed. The notes are perfectly mashed together. It opens with a gorgeous boozy vanilla kick that reminds me of baking the cookies during the festive season. Beneath the rum and vanilla there is a shady darker note, like a moist soil, possibly due to use of some oud or even patchouli. Usually vanilla is a boring, one-dimensional, attention-grabbing note, but tobacco flower perfectly saves the day from the vanilla monotony. Under all these layers I can sense some salty ambergris or amber accord and Iso E Super woody undertones.

This composition reminds me of beautiful Esteban’s Vanilla candle with its waxy, calming quality. It is serene, romantic and warm. Like a well-educated introverted person.

Rating: 7.5/10

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12/21/2015

10
Bottle 5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 9
Scent

ScentedSalon
96 Reviews

ScentedSalon

Very helpful Review 5

Superb

I'm guessing not many people have smelled Morphine or Helium. This perfume smells exactly like those two: sweet, boozy and balsamic. I don't notice any tobacco. It's mostly a boozy sweet cinnamon smoothed together in a dessert. The dry down reminds me of frankincense: super smokey and woody. It is similar to SDV but not as boozy. Is this a perfect replacement for SDV? No, but it is damn close. It lasts and projects more than SDV but it is not what I would call a power fragrance. I can see myself spraying this liberally. The bottle is great: heavy and with a metal top. The price is great too so get some while you can cause I am sure they will raise the price once it comes back in stock.

01/14/2018

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 8.5
Scent

MrHonest
115 Reviews

MrHonest

Helpful Review 4

See Vanilla. See Vanilla Rum. Rum Vanilla Rum.

Have you ever had rum-soaked vanilla spongecake? That's it. That's what this smells like. Especially when you first spray it. The distinction however, is the tobacco and oud that join the party a few minutes in.

If you smell this on a test strip, it's unlikely that you'll be able to appreciate the true fullness of the fragrance as it opens up on the skin. My guess is that's the reason so many people don't detect the oud. To me, it's quite clearly blended in with the amber and tobacco, but nowhere near as dominant as in some other oud heavy fragrances. Plus it's basically absent in the sillage. But it's the vanilla that soon becomes the star as it dries down into the 2nd and 3rd hour. In fact, if you spray this on clothing, that vanilla will last for days and days, easy.

But there are still two things that surprised me when I picked up a newly-released bottle. The first, is that the bottle is essentially transparent and not as opaque as all the ones you'll see in pictures and on YT. The second, is that the fragrance is incredibly subtle - meaning that it doesn't project very well at all. The sillage is decent, don't get me wrong, but I seem to go anosmic to it very quickly, and only get comments when people get in real close.

But boy, those comments in close quarters are phenomenal. If you've got on a wool sweater or maybe a thick turtleneck and you get some of this stuff in there, you're in for a treat. Literally. A rum-soaked treat. There are scents that this is sort of reminiscent of like 24 Gold (minus the raspberry) and Versace Man (minus the saffron), but this is simply far smoother and subtler. I can't comment on the comparisons to SDV since I haven't sampled it, but I can understand why that one has such a glowing reputation. Because BVA is really good stuff.

So there you have it - excellent juice, weak projection. But fear not, for the elegant occasions that this is perfectly suited for, that's all you need anyway. And for a Perry Ellis product? Hell - you might as well freeze it over. Enjoy.

04/02/2018

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 5
Scent

Thatsmr2usir
67 Reviews

Thatsmr2usir

3

It's nice I suppose for Perry Ellis standards...

What we have here is Perry Ellis trying to create a oud fragrance since the rest of the universe is heading into that direction. Do they succeed in doing so? I think not!

This is your typical cheap, synthetic smelling fragrance that you could find in Macy's. The oud is barely there if at all, the vanilla is bland yet sweet & rather annoying to my nose. Typical for this house.

While it lasts a reasonable amount of time,
(8) hours & projects at a decent length & the price is perfect for what you are getting one can't really make to many gripes about this scent, that is if you are looking for quality than I would suggest you run for the hills because you won't find that here.

Over all I'd give this a average rating for what it is. Nothing ground breaking here, I would suggest this to someone who does not want to spend a lot of money yet wants a somewhat of a Tobacco Vanille effect. Just don't expect this to smell like Tobacco Vanille. A pass for me.

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