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What About Pop The House of Oud 2019

7.1 / 10 170 Ratings

A perfume by The House of Oud for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is gourmand-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Gourmand

Sweet

Creamy

Spicy

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Salted popcorn Caramel

Caramel

Hawthorn

Heart Notes

Milk

Queen-of-the-night Vanilla

Vanilla

Base Notes

Benzoin

Vetiver

Amber

Ebony

Perfumer

Cristian Calabrò

Ratings

Scent

7.1170 Ratings

Longevity

7.6139 Ratings

Sillage

7.1139 Ratings

Bottle

8.9156 Ratings

Value for money

6.3101 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 09/16/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Arts collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

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Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/09/2024

6Scent 3Longevity 4Sillage

CallMeTee
48 Reviews

CallMeTee

Helpful Review 4

Unpopular Opinion but allow me…

Shocked that people claim this as a safe blind buy if you like gourmands. As a self-confessed gourmie (former now), I beg to differ. There’s something in here that catches the back of the throat. Like that feeling when you’ve eaten too much popcorn. I like gourmands but this is gourmand overdose and I simply cannot get on board. Smells very similar to Salt Caramel by Shay & Blue, and also the 71 body spray from Sol de Janeiro. The projection and lasting power are present for 2 hours and then disappear. I love the bottle design and I would have loved this perfume a decade ago. It’s just too sweet/salty and unwearable for me. Also costs too much. Autumn/Winter wardrobe for daytime wear

PS: please don’t blind buy this. First of all it is expensive, 2ndly, it might be unwearable! I think some of these perfumes work better as a novelty rather than something that goes into a perfume rotation. Maybe What About Pop is better layered but for now it’s going on my dislikes shelf! It’s not for me.

10/12/2019

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Shojoid
17 Reviews

Shojoid

2

An ironic Christmas perfume

It's a lovely perfume that really smells of popcorn, creamy milk and background of vetiver, wood and amber-vanilla on the verge of sweet. Soft, warm and cozy, fits the winter holiday time very well. Also absolutely love the slightly ironic approach with the name, the main ingredient and the whole cheerful pop-art vibe that THoO is communicating through their marketing story.

01/13/2025

3Scent

Pastfutures
13 Reviews

Pastfutures

1

Don't blind buy

When most people say they like gourmands, it usually means that they like sweet gourmands. But this perfume is salty and not that sweet. I like creative perfumes, but the saltiness in this is just overpowering. It's interesting, yes, but I just don't want to smell like that nor smell it on others. I would even say it's bordering a repulsive scrubber category. If you like salty perfumes, that might be your thing. Just don't blind buy it.

06/27/2022

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Landshark321
747 Reviews

Landshark321

1

Sweet and salty caramel popcorn.

Sampling The House of Oud What About Pop, a scent inspired by popcorn, with both its salty and sweet/caramel-like aspects, and I think the scent largely captures its inspiration pretty well. It’s both sweet and salty, a satisfying gourmand that’s not too heavy, while still smelling a bit like a perfume. I sense that the buttery aspect of popcorn seems to be missing altogether, however, but there are interesting woody, resinous qualities that more or less make it a gourmand-adjacent combo featuring salty/sweet caramel corn.

Overall, I like it, though, and I could easily see this fitting the bill for many gourmand fans looking for a popcorn-rich scent.

Its retail pricing is $240 for the standard 75ml size, and it’s sold at boutiques like Luckyscent, from which I acquired dabber sample, and Krystal Fragrance, though it’s also available at FragranceX for $150.

7 out of 10

09/04/2025

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

xtermn8
168 Reviews

xtermn8

1

A sweet, expensive novelty.

Personal: 6.5/10 - It's fun, interesting, and I respect the unique popcorn note, but it's a novelty.
Mass appeal: 7/10 - Sweet gourmands are usually safe, but maybe not buttered caramel popcorn.
Performance: 7/10 - Good longevity with okay projection. Sticks around without being beastly.
Value: 5/10 - Very expensive for what's more a fun scent than an artistic composition.
Uniqueness: 8/10 - There aren't many popcorn-centered perfumes, but this one does it boldly.
SCORE: 67/100

Full bottle buy? NO, it's a novelty, and an expensive one at that.
Blind buy? NO, the popcorn feels remarkably polarizing.
Recommend? YES, if you love gourmands and want something quite quirky.
Date night? YES, fun and sweet for a casual outing. Don't overspray.
Office safe? NO, not the type of gourmand you'd want to wear in a professional environment.

Pros: Very unique, clear caramel popcorn smell with unique vibes. Fun.
Cons: Expensive, niche pricing for something that's best viewed as a novelty rather than a wearable fragrance.

It's very sweet, and the buttered popcorn accord gets covered by caramel, turning it more into a sweet, desert, caramel popcorn gourmand. It's far from bad, but it's also far from good. I could never wear it, but I think this could turn into a pretty neat sample to spray for people. I don't think I'll wear this more than once or twice on skin. It evolves pretty linearly, being mostly just the caramel, sweet popcorn. It's easy to imagine what this one smells like.

Caramel popcorn in a bottle. Fun once in a while, but that's it.

*Review #43 in my fragrance journey - this fragrance I own as a decant*

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Statements

54 short views on the fragrance

Exigi

1 year ago

9Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

3

Not super popcorn-y, just a hint. But that's perfect for this fragrance. It's mainly a reaaaally well made vanilla-salty caramel scent.

Zgahovich

2 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 6Sillage

3

Caramel-salty, buttery popcorn, changing over time into warm, slightly burnt vanilla and musk with woods in the base

NicheOnly

2 years ago

7.5Scent 4Longevity 3Sillage

2

Caramalized popcorn w/ a lactonic feel & THOO's signature powdery accord. Feminine gourmand. Lasted ~4 hours & peaks at moderate sillage.

KimJong

5 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

2

It reminds me of Lutens Jeux De Peau and MFK BR540 at the same time. Compared to the two, it has more benzoin cream and is slightly animalic

Gold

1 year ago

5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

18

Pop Corn,
slightly burnt, caramel-like, synthetic, sweet.
I'd rather have Pop, Pop Music...
Overpriced gourmand with no appeal (for me).

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Seejungfrau

6 years ago

4Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

18

7

Salted butter caramel cream glides first...
roasted popcorn pops vanilla...
dry-sweet dusty - gets scratchy in the throat

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Puderduft18

5 years ago

6.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

15

7

Top note is lovely - caramel, vanilla, butter, popcorn! Then it quickly turns rancid, bitter, and in the end, it even burns intensely.

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Sweetsmell75

6 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

15

16

For me, the popcorn was unfortunately not caramelized
& a bit too roasted...
then it’s quite similar to the
"Just Before"
Resinous-woody sweetness :)

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Frostlicht

5 years ago

7.5Scent 6Longevity 8Sillage

14

1

If you're looking for a linear and flat gourmand, you're definitely in the wrong place. The smoky note adds refinement. One of my top compliment-getters!

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