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The Time The House of Oud 2018

7.9 / 10 280 Ratings

A popular perfume by The House of Oud for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is fresh-citrusy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fresh

Citrus

Green

Floral

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Chamomile

Absinthe wormwood

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Blue tea

Vervain

Iris

Base Notes

Black tea

Musk

Amber

Cedarwood

Perfumer

Cristian Calabrò

Ratings

Scent

7.9280 Ratings

Longevity

6.7255 Ratings

Sillage

6.3253 Ratings

Bottle

8.9264 Ratings

Value for money

6.5138 Ratings

Submitted by Garcon, last update on 11/03/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Arts collection.

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Reviews

12 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/19/2023

8.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Myrtillajus
530 Reviews

Myrtillajus

3

Time for ourselves

“The only thing that belongs to us is time” (Seneca)
The time is a fragrance that wants to catch what is one of the most underestimated aspects but to which we should give more importance: time for oneself. Sit down, relax, stop: one of the most representative moments is certainly the moment of tea (a note clearly perceptible in this creation) not totally belonging to our culture, but which makes us reflect on the sacredness of carving out personal moments, living them and enjoying them. Let's leave the rush behind for a moment (represented in my opinion by the sparkling and citrus notes at the beginning) and live slowly (even the chamomile, present at times, contributes to this vision). And who, if not Salvador Dali with his watches, could better represent everything? Time is a perception that changes, through our actions and emotions.

03/24/2025

8Scent 3Longevity 6Sillage

Raluko111
412 Reviews

Raluko111

2

Gorgeous, short-lived tea scent.

As a tea lover, I had high hopes for The Time. I waited impatiently for the package to arrive, because unfortunately it was not available in stores where I live, and from the first spray I was not disappointed: a cheerful aroma of chamomile tea with a slice of bergamot enveloped me, as if a gentle grandmother had placed a full cup in my hands. I was sniffing rainbows from the steam as the infusion became deeper and deeper, more oriental with notes of oolong and lemon. The black tea did not hesitate to appear either, although the drink had become cooler and more refreshing at this point, thanks to the cedar wood. I was in ninth heaven, when... Slowly, slowly it began to disappear, in 2.3 hours there was not even a shadow of my initial happiness. 50ml at 400 euros in my country.

The bottle is gorgeous: you can put it on display on the cosmetics table with great pride. It's heavy, it could even be a white weapon in case of danger. Anyway, I hoped that maybe if I let it macerate it would get more substance. I've had luck with other perfumes from Goutal doing this. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with The Time. Maybe if the price had been more reasonable, I wouldn't hesitate so much to buy it again or recommend it, but 400 euros is 400 euros. This is unrequited love, I love it, but it don't love me back.
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Ca iubitoare de ceai, am avut mari speranțe pentru The Time. Am așteptat nerăbdătoare să sosească coletul, pentru că din păcate la mine nu se găsea in magazine si de la primul spray nu am fost dezamăgita: o aroma vesela de ceai de mușețel cu o felie de bergamot m-a învăluit, ca si cum o bunica blânda îmi așezase o cană plină in mâini. Adulmecam curcubeie din aburi in timp ce infuzia devenea din ce in ce mai profundă, mai orientală cu note de oolong si lămâiță. Ceaiul negru, ambrat nu a ezitat nici el să apară, desi băutura devenise mai călăie dacă nu poate chiar răcoritoare, datorită lemnului de cedru. Eram in al nouălea cer, cănd...ușor, ușor a început să dispară, in 2,3 ore nu era nici măcar o umbra din fericirea mea inițială. 50ml la 400 de euro. Sticla e superba: o poți pune la vedere pe măsuța de cosmetice cu multă mândrie. E greoaie, ar putea fi chiar arma alba in caz de pericol. In fine, am sperat că poate dacă il las să macereze va căpăta mai multă substanță. Am avut noroc cu alte parfumuri de la Annick Goutal făcând asta. Din păcate nu funcționează cu The Time. Poate dacă prețul ar fi fost mai accesibil, nu as ezita așa de mult sa il cumpăr din nou sau să il recomand, dar 400 de euro sunt 400 de euro. Fragrantica ar trebui să pună si o iconiță cu "Unrequited Love," adică "Il iubesc, desi nu merită."

08/12/2018

7.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Augusto
177 Reviews

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Augusto

Top Review 22

Space Egg with Iris of a Different Kind

So, AugustA has finally tested it...
An extremely gentle start, softly surrounded by other tones, an iris mist rises from the skin. It smells good to the point of being unrecognizable, incredibly light. But before one can shrug in disappointment, the cool-green verbena steps in and brings a freshness that almost makes you sneeze. The top note works like this: Where is the fragrant, unmistakably almost non-existent iris? One immediately prepares for a transparent, perhaps gray iris scent, imagining it more than actually smelling it, and then suddenly the fragrance pairs with a note that is truly unusual for iris. This is already a somewhat different top note strategy, none of the usual buy-me lassos.

On me, it comes out quite well within a few minutes. From disbelievingly searching furrowed brows to an Ah-soo! expression, it has it all.

The verbena wraps around the iris. It becomes citrusy, definitely herbal. A hint of soap holds back just enough. Mild-fresh: I haven't smelled chamomile with bergamot and wormwood, but I've read about it, and now I can imagine something of it. It has a bitter, calming, citrus-floral quality. The iris root permeates the freshness with a woody tone, and it also becomes slightly powdery or fresh-creamy.

After about half an hour, the fragrance has unfolded, so that one is lulled into a certain calm satisfaction and can smell good despite all the heat outside at the moment. This scent relaxes and remains attractive. It has more of a quality of an olfactory medium than of daydreams or scent paintings. This might not suit everyone (too) well, but AugustA is nice for a change.

Blue is the planetarily-intergalactic-stellar egg covered by seas - yes, I know, the egg is actually a disc - that is called a bottle, at least until something completely unpredictable hatches out of it. I find it so offbeat, it can't go uncommented. These bottles from HoO are really completely cheesy, on the edge of bearable, sorry, that had to come out at this point. But a veritable eye-catcher in the perfumery, hats off to the designer who dared to do this.

And blue is supposed to be the tea as well. I can sense a tannic tea note. It somehow strengthens and easily reconciles with the cosmic egg. Yes, the color is great. I almost like it already.
In any case, blue fits my perception of the scent; it becomes increasingly calm, airy like the vast sky. Moreover, it is somehow serious but uplifting.
After about 5 hours, the iris-verbena veil transitions into an increasingly woody, slightly synthetic fresh spicy-warm Ambroxan base, which - who would have thought - reminds one of Molecule 02. This base fits well here; it is a mix of warm skin and fresh-golden wood tones that gradually fade away.
In the end: An iris composition of a different kind. Actually, not iris at all.

10/27/2020

9Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

TruuMax
75 Reviews

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TruuMax

Top Review 17

The Ticking of the Clocks

Misty tea fields and a gently babbling brook run through a somewhat surreal-looking scenery...

Once again, my mind is elsewhere. Everywhere and nowhere, as long as it's not here in the daily grind and the ordinary. I want to venture out into the world, to throw myself into a plane to an unknown country and towards unknown adventures to feel that I am alive, to feel what I have never felt before.

Especially during the current crisis, I had a lot of time to think... Less about life itself, but more about transience. In 20 years, I probably won’t remember every evening on the couch, but I will remember the days that meant something special. Does it even matter how long we experience something? Or is it only important how much we ultimately experience?

What is certain is that everything would be boring if it lasted forever.

And that brings me to the scent itself: It is a wonderfully moist tea fragrance with fruity elements and a very slight green twist in the aftertaste. Not like a CK One or something similar, but definitely very unique and special. The iris is presented very differently than I have ever smelled this note before. Not powdery and creamy, but somehow soaked and zesty. Almost a bit "chanel-like," if you know what I mean. Very elegant and natural.

There isn’t much development. The fruit eventually turns into the root, and the tea becomes a bit warmer and less sharp over time, if that’s the right word for it.
The longevity and sillage are really remarkable for this type of fragrance: 3 hours with good projection and another 3 at about half to ¾ arm's length. Overall, the performance is over after 8 hours, which I find to be a very acceptable achievement for such a relatively subtle scent.
The bottles from THoO are a class of their own... Each individual egg is a unique piece and is hand-coated with many layers of various colors. Especially in the light, it looks truly impressive. I would even go so far as to say that these could be the highest quality bottles in the entire industry.
Whether one finds the slightly kitschy to strikingly vibrant color spectrum appealing is a matter of taste that seems to divide opinions even here... But they are certainly impressive.

07/01/2024

9Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

Milone
5 Reviews

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Milone

Very helpful Review 16

Relentlessly Underestimated / Sister's Favorite

My sister is probably the most difficult person among those I know to impress with a perfume.
She has a very sensitive nose and reacts immediately with headaches to the slightest hint of synthetics, sweetness, fruitiness, etc.
I saw it as a challenge to find her a scent that she likes and can wear without any problems.
Now that the review is under this fragrance, you can probably guess which scent my search has ended with:

“The Time” is incredibly well made.
Synthetics are never even hinted at.
The tea notes harmonize beautifully with floral components, so while individual notes are clearly recognizable, none of them stands out too much.
The iris integrates very well into the fragrance without making it powdery or soapy. It does give it a slightly clean note, which is certainly supported by the musk in the drydown.
The sillage is not strong with this scent, which I consider fitting for its character. From the very beginning, it is more of a skin scent, but it unfolds beautifully there.
The Time is worn for oneself.
The fragrance experience is special:

Freshly showered, you reach for this unbelievably beautiful, heavy bottle, spray a bit on your wrist and neck, and simply enjoy this wonderful, rounded, and noble touch of freshness.
A bit of luxury that you treat yourself to because you deserve it.
You don’t expect compliments anyway, as it goes straight to the freshly made bed after the evening reading.

To finish the story:
My sister has found her fragrance and has been able to call this bottle her own since her birthday (thanks to a very generous, exemplary, and extremely good-looking brother).

What was not planned is that my father also fell in love with this scent during the showcase. His 10ml sample is already empty, and soon another bottle will be moving in.

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