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Incredibly beautiful scent!
So I wore it now a couple of times and I'm absolutely in love.
It's quite similar to the edp but less fresh, a bit less spicy but smoother, richer, deeper. I actually like it quite a bit more compared to the edp which is already excellent.
Performance is definitely better with the Parfum, especially longevity and sillage. The projection might be a bit less in the first hour or so and afterwards the edp is already almost gone anyway.
Compared to Carved Oud Extrait de Parfum and Kredo I like the Oud Wood Parfum way better.
The Carved oud has a weird "fresher" note in it which I don't like and for me it's actually not that similar to the Oud Wood DNA.
Kredo is quite close to the DNA in my opinion but it has an quite animalic and dirty oud which completely changes the appeal for me. The Oud Wood DNA shines especially because of the very clean, a bit medicinal smelling oud, which gives this composition it's extremely sophisticated and refined appeal. I believe the Oud Wood Parfum contains quite high quality clean smelling real oud. Thus, Kredo with its lower quality animalic oud is not on the same level in my opinion, although the DNA is quite close.
The only other contender I did no test is Oud Noir Intense. So i am not sure if it's better, but I heard its also not so close to the OG DNA and contains also a bit more animalic oud.
All in all I love the Parfum Version and I think it's by far the best iteration of this DNA currently on the market.
Of course the retail price is outrages and the performance is a bit disappointing for the price point. But if you can get it for 200 - 250 € I think it's absolutely worth it if you love the DNA.
For me it's a masterpiece and one of the best scents I currently know.
Update: Today I wore 6 sprays (which isn't so much as the atomizer is not really good and sprays quite a small amount) on my clothes (I never do on skin) and I still can smell it quite strongly on my clothes after around 10 hours and it had quite a bit of projection up until around 7 hours. So I'm actually quite alright with the performance. Now the only issue left is the high price and the cool looking but kinda plastiky cheap bottle with quite a bad atomizer.
It's quite similar to the edp but less fresh, a bit less spicy but smoother, richer, deeper. I actually like it quite a bit more compared to the edp which is already excellent.
Performance is definitely better with the Parfum, especially longevity and sillage. The projection might be a bit less in the first hour or so and afterwards the edp is already almost gone anyway.
Compared to Carved Oud Extrait de Parfum and Kredo I like the Oud Wood Parfum way better.
The Carved oud has a weird "fresher" note in it which I don't like and for me it's actually not that similar to the Oud Wood DNA.
Kredo is quite close to the DNA in my opinion but it has an quite animalic and dirty oud which completely changes the appeal for me. The Oud Wood DNA shines especially because of the very clean, a bit medicinal smelling oud, which gives this composition it's extremely sophisticated and refined appeal. I believe the Oud Wood Parfum contains quite high quality clean smelling real oud. Thus, Kredo with its lower quality animalic oud is not on the same level in my opinion, although the DNA is quite close.
The only other contender I did no test is Oud Noir Intense. So i am not sure if it's better, but I heard its also not so close to the OG DNA and contains also a bit more animalic oud.
All in all I love the Parfum Version and I think it's by far the best iteration of this DNA currently on the market.
Of course the retail price is outrages and the performance is a bit disappointing for the price point. But if you can get it for 200 - 250 € I think it's absolutely worth it if you love the DNA.
For me it's a masterpiece and one of the best scents I currently know.
Update: Today I wore 6 sprays (which isn't so much as the atomizer is not really good and sprays quite a small amount) on my clothes (I never do on skin) and I still can smell it quite strongly on my clothes after around 10 hours and it had quite a bit of projection up until around 7 hours. So I'm actually quite alright with the performance. Now the only issue left is the high price and the cool looking but kinda plastiky cheap bottle with quite a bad atomizer.