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Dark synthetic like greeny oud
I expected a lot from this perfume, I have great respect for Manuel, in general.
For lovers and well-versed in high-end ouds, I wouldn't say they will like this perfume at all.
It has a fecal oud smell, not from a "stable" (outbuildings where there are horses, it smells like their skin, leather, hay, horse feces of course) but literally like feces fertilizer and only that. After a few hours it reduces that prominent start and is reminiscent of something more refined and less dirty.
It is a dirty and dark perfume, too synthetic for me. I don't know if it is or not, but it seems that way to me compared to other proven and prestigious oud houses.
At first it also has a prominent somewhat greeny-balsamic smell, so pungent that I think it is reminiscent of the synthetic aroma of floor cleaning detergent. Afterwards, this balsamic point is also reduced considerably.
At 3-4 hours is when it smells best. On skin it is durable, perhaps much longer than oud extracts from proven natural oud houses, which also invites me to think that it is synthetic.
What it has in common with natural ouds is that its silage/projection is absolutely low, although in this perfume less pronounced than in the purest and most natural ones I have smelled.
For lovers and well-versed in high-end ouds, I wouldn't say they will like this perfume at all.
It has a fecal oud smell, not from a "stable" (outbuildings where there are horses, it smells like their skin, leather, hay, horse feces of course) but literally like feces fertilizer and only that. After a few hours it reduces that prominent start and is reminiscent of something more refined and less dirty.
It is a dirty and dark perfume, too synthetic for me. I don't know if it is or not, but it seems that way to me compared to other proven and prestigious oud houses.
At first it also has a prominent somewhat greeny-balsamic smell, so pungent that I think it is reminiscent of the synthetic aroma of floor cleaning detergent. Afterwards, this balsamic point is also reduced considerably.
At 3-4 hours is when it smells best. On skin it is durable, perhaps much longer than oud extracts from proven natural oud houses, which also invites me to think that it is synthetic.
What it has in common with natural ouds is that its silage/projection is absolutely low, although in this perfume less pronounced than in the purest and most natural ones I have smelled.
Lioncourt
