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Oxiana Profumum Roma 2009

Version from 2009

7.0 / 10 38 Ratings

A perfume by Profumum Roma for women and men, released in 2009. The scent is spicy-resinous. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Resinous

Earthy

Animal

Fresh

Fragrance Notes

Musk

Opoponax

Patchouli

Myrrh

Ratings

Scent

7.038 Ratings

Longevity

8.632 Ratings

Sillage

7.528 Ratings

Bottle

7.439 Ratings

Submitted by DirkDS, last update on 04/29/2024.

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2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/14/2013

8Scent 10Longevity 5Sillage

Ergoproxy
1130 Reviews

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Ergoproxy

Top Review 12

The Way to Oxiana? Always Follow Your Nose!

If you enter the name "Oxiana" into the all-powerful search engine, you will find, alongside a brand for oxygen cosmetics, a literary reference to a travel guide called "The Way to Oxiana" by a certain Robert Byron. This descendant of the famous Lord Byron traveled through the Near and Middle East in 1933 and immortalized his impressions, apparently quite entertainingly, in a book.

Oxiana referred to a region along the Oxus River, now Amudarja, which lies in the western part of Central Asia. There is apparently also an ancient treasure of gold that was found in this region.

What these facts have to do with the eponymous perfume from the brand Profumum Roma becomes clear to me when I see the pyramid. Myrrh!

Myrrh has been and is produced not only in Africa but also in parts of Asia, and I assume that this explains the name as well.

When I first applied the fragrance, I noticed a somehow fatty sweet lavender note in the opening, which lasts quite a while. Was lavender omitted from the pyramid here?

As I could read, the resin Opoponax can indeed develop a lavender note with an aromatic sweet aftertaste, and that's exactly how Oxiana smells in the top note.

Over time, this lavender note fades, and Oxiana becomes sweeter, oilier, somehow berry-like, and skims, in my opinion, just shy of being a gourmand perfume. I must admit that I have never smelled a berry-like myrrh and wonder if it could still be remnants of the lavender note?

Only after a very long time does a certain earthy nuance join the berry-like myrrh, but the patchouli in the base does not come into full effect. The gourmand impression now fades, and Oxiana smells like a wonderful, expensive skincare product.
Both the longevity and the projection are, as the name suggests, legendary and guarantee a lasting fragrance experience, not just for oneself.

Although I like resinous scents and find Oxiana really good, I don't really want to smell like it, and I can't even say why.

10/24/2010

7Scent 7.5Longevity

Apicius
1328 Reviews

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Apicius

Very helpful Review 11

A Special Oriental

Welcome to the department of resins and waxes!

Profumum Roma is an unjustly little-known niche brand. Only a few stores carry it, and even Ausliebezumduft has removed this brand from its program. What are they doing wrong?

By now, Profumum Roma has a considerable range of perfumes in different directions. Alongside some that seem rather conventional, there are one or two experiments, as befits a niche brand. I personally own Volo AZ 686, an extremely long-lasting and intense combination of gardenia and shoe polish.

With Oxiana, they were quite bold, as clearly resinous perfumes are unlikely to sell like hotcakes. The fragrance notes already hint at where the journey is headed, but Oxiana is far from limited to these few notes. Thus, there isn't much to say about the scent, except that it is a very mysterious resinous affair. In the top notes, there is something like a minimal porcini note, which serves as a familiar anchor for me; the rest: waxes, resins, all very medicinal. It's good that Oxiana isn't sweet, like some resinous concoctions from the competition. This is where Profumum Roma has scored points with me. Additionally, the resins are slightly contrasted by a light powderiness, which makes Oxiana interesting. A sticky vanilla pudding feeling - which can easily happen with myrrh - hardly arises.

Describing just the resinous core of the matter is once again difficult. However, Oxiana gives the director of the mind's cinema a lot of freedom. One might feel transported to the ancient Oxus River, which Alexander crossed on his way to India, or to eastern caravanserais and bazaars along the Silk Road. Or how about a visit to a medieval bookbinding workshop, where the monks are currently mixing the glue? Less romantic perfume lovers might also think of a car workshop or a large factory hall from the 1920s, where a huge, well-oiled machine is running. If old silent films were accompanied not only by music but also by perfumes - then Oxiana would be well-suited for a performance of Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

What I like about Oxiana is that it is not overly sweet, and that the vanilla-like opulence of the myrrh has been somewhat balanced out. I find it a wonderful olfactory experience; many thanks to Maharanih for the sample. I wouldn't wear it myself; while I enjoy smelling this scent, I wouldn't want it on me. However, for those who appreciate this resinous-oriental direction, Oxiana offers a well-crafted, quite mysterious perfume.