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Expectedly (and unexpectedly) familiar
This is the second time ever I blind-bought a perfume, and the first time it didn't backfire. I tend to learn from mistakes but 60€ for a brand-new 30ml bottle was just too good to resist.
Olfactory memory is a powerful thing, I've smelled the sprayer a couple of times before, and it always gave me a deja vu of overcast days around upscale cafes and shops. I was surprised to read that people regard Oud Wood as a daily/office scent. I could smell this on a professional, always on the move on a cold day, wanting to leave an impression beyond his suit and tie but I wouldn't wanna be in the same office with someone who over-sprays.
Opening ranges from bitter-spicy to sweet-woody at times, at first spray the memory persisted, it brought up the same feel of a well-dressed professional at work, which I would credit to Sandalwood and vetiver accords forming the bases of multiple scents used in such occasions.
Then it slowly evolves to such a well-blended combination of wood and spice that it could pass off as chocolate. Some websites list Vanilla in the notes, I wouldn't go that far. The spice is the last to leave my skin after 6 hours of solid projection, still detectable at 8, and complete skin scent after 10.
A surprise came in the morning of the first week of testing, a full 14 hours after application when I could still detect a green scent reminiscent of blv pour homme. Granted during COVID times I must have washed my hands multiple times in-between.
Overall Oud Wood is the definition of a crowd-pleasing scent, you’d hardly find someone who finds it offensive. It is long-lasting and has a projection good enough to be overbearing at multiple sprays.
Olfactory memory is a powerful thing, I've smelled the sprayer a couple of times before, and it always gave me a deja vu of overcast days around upscale cafes and shops. I was surprised to read that people regard Oud Wood as a daily/office scent. I could smell this on a professional, always on the move on a cold day, wanting to leave an impression beyond his suit and tie but I wouldn't wanna be in the same office with someone who over-sprays.
Opening ranges from bitter-spicy to sweet-woody at times, at first spray the memory persisted, it brought up the same feel of a well-dressed professional at work, which I would credit to Sandalwood and vetiver accords forming the bases of multiple scents used in such occasions.
Then it slowly evolves to such a well-blended combination of wood and spice that it could pass off as chocolate. Some websites list Vanilla in the notes, I wouldn't go that far. The spice is the last to leave my skin after 6 hours of solid projection, still detectable at 8, and complete skin scent after 10.
A surprise came in the morning of the first week of testing, a full 14 hours after application when I could still detect a green scent reminiscent of blv pour homme. Granted during COVID times I must have washed my hands multiple times in-between.
Overall Oud Wood is the definition of a crowd-pleasing scent, you’d hardly find someone who finds it offensive. It is long-lasting and has a projection good enough to be overbearing at multiple sprays.
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