04/25/2018
NikEy
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An oud monster emerged from the last drop of the still...
"Take the last drop. The sharpest, most pungent oud you can find and stir it in turpentine." At least that's what the ancient recipe said, and unfortunately that's how it was done. A sharp and pungent dung oud jumps the carrier. With a smell just like fresh sawdust mixed in a corrosive solvent. The other ingredients seem to have been designed to be a funny decoration without function.
Anyone who - like Terra - can gain an artistic side to this fragrance through new combinations or - like Mbayer1987 - a multifaceted richness through minimal flashes of other notes, has my fullest admiration. For me, this is by far the worst oud fragrance, apart from oud chords, that I have had the pleasure of meeting so far. Anyone who has ever smelled 'Oud Burmi' and thought: "Man, that's bad!" has never heard of Oud de Burgas. Where Oud Burmi at least still has a perceptible floral component and delights us with its short durability, Oud de Burgas, on the other hand, lingers in the eternal turpentine pond. Not to mention the horrendous difference in price!
The fact that it becomes more pleasant after hours is certainly more to do with the declining projection than with the fact that the sharp solvent note actually weakens over time. And even if you want to get here, you have to go a painful way...
The exciting topic of oud covers a wide field. This is largely due to the ambivalent material itself. And even if it can often be clearly animalistic, medical or smoky leathery, it seems to me that all negative facets have been potentiated to the point of unwearability. Whoever wants to find a seriously wearable oud smell or even an introduction to this topic is urgently advised against this. For real fans a test might be interesting, but not more.
Anyone who - like Terra - can gain an artistic side to this fragrance through new combinations or - like Mbayer1987 - a multifaceted richness through minimal flashes of other notes, has my fullest admiration. For me, this is by far the worst oud fragrance, apart from oud chords, that I have had the pleasure of meeting so far. Anyone who has ever smelled 'Oud Burmi' and thought: "Man, that's bad!" has never heard of Oud de Burgas. Where Oud Burmi at least still has a perceptible floral component and delights us with its short durability, Oud de Burgas, on the other hand, lingers in the eternal turpentine pond. Not to mention the horrendous difference in price!
The fact that it becomes more pleasant after hours is certainly more to do with the declining projection than with the fact that the sharp solvent note actually weakens over time. And even if you want to get here, you have to go a painful way...
The exciting topic of oud covers a wide field. This is largely due to the ambivalent material itself. And even if it can often be clearly animalistic, medical or smoky leathery, it seems to me that all negative facets have been potentiated to the point of unwearability. Whoever wants to find a seriously wearable oud smell or even an introduction to this topic is urgently advised against this. For real fans a test might be interesting, but not more.
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