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Summer Oud
On such a wintery snowy day as yesterday, I wanted to test something suitable and hang up. There came me a smell with Oud like Malesia of Xerjoff already very conveniently.
But I thought it wrong, because when I had already dieselled myself in with it, I realized that we are already dealing with a quite special Oud copy here.
The name Malesia does not stand directly for the country Malaysia but for the region Malesien including the Malay archipelago, New Guinea up to the Philippines. All comprehensive here is the tropical rainforest or what is still reasonably left of it. The climate is corresponding and so I am not surprised that this oud scent is rather light-footed, as long as it played a conceptual role.
Surely many Arabs prefer Oud even in temperatures over 40°C, but this variant can also be worn by Central Europeans in summer without hesitation. On the one hand, this is due to the fact that Malesia is less animal-like and more medically fruity. The one or other comparison with red fruits or Roibuschtee is not at all so absurd.
Gurjan Balsam fits perfectly to the geography of the fragrance and is responsible for the slightly sweet-medical impact. Another sweetness of the warm kind comes from the Tolu balsam, which goes restrained in the direction of vanilla chocolate. Labdanum then provides the timid honey-like touch.
Everything comes to the fore here, but one thing irritates me a bit, because instead of the bright lily of the valley one of the numerous orchid species would have been more typical for the region Malesia - but this only on the edge.
In the end, this Xerjoff is one of the most fruity and floral (and exceptionally without roses) oud scents I've encountered before. If you don't like oud in principle, you can't convert with Malesia, but others might find an alternative for summer here.
But I thought it wrong, because when I had already dieselled myself in with it, I realized that we are already dealing with a quite special Oud copy here.
The name Malesia does not stand directly for the country Malaysia but for the region Malesien including the Malay archipelago, New Guinea up to the Philippines. All comprehensive here is the tropical rainforest or what is still reasonably left of it. The climate is corresponding and so I am not surprised that this oud scent is rather light-footed, as long as it played a conceptual role.
Surely many Arabs prefer Oud even in temperatures over 40°C, but this variant can also be worn by Central Europeans in summer without hesitation. On the one hand, this is due to the fact that Malesia is less animal-like and more medically fruity. The one or other comparison with red fruits or Roibuschtee is not at all so absurd.
Gurjan Balsam fits perfectly to the geography of the fragrance and is responsible for the slightly sweet-medical impact. Another sweetness of the warm kind comes from the Tolu balsam, which goes restrained in the direction of vanilla chocolate. Labdanum then provides the timid honey-like touch.
Everything comes to the fore here, but one thing irritates me a bit, because instead of the bright lily of the valley one of the numerous orchid species would have been more typical for the region Malesia - but this only on the edge.
In the end, this Xerjoff is one of the most fruity and floral (and exceptionally without roses) oud scents I've encountered before. If you don't like oud in principle, you can't convert with Malesia, but others might find an alternative for summer here.
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