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Hirschmoschos - synthetisch. (by Amourage)

Oud Stars

Ceylon Xerjoff 2017

7.6 / 10 334 Ratings

A popular perfume by Xerjoff for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is oriental-animal. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Oriental

Animal

Sweet

Woody

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Honey

Bergamot

Indian jasmine sambac

Heart Notes

Malayan oud

Ceylon tea

Indian sandalwood

Base Notes

Amber

Bourbon vanilla Musk

Musk

Ratings

Scent

7.6334 Ratings

Longevity

8.9313 Ratings

Sillage

8.4307 Ratings

Bottle

9.1316 Ratings

Value for money

5.7216 Ratings

Submitted by Marc32R · last update on 12/24/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the Oud Stars collection.

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Reviews

19 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/18/2024

8Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

NicheOnly
123 Reviews

NicheOnly

Very helpful Review 6

Can't deliver relative to its price bracket

One of my Black Friday purchases for 2024 is Xerjoff's "Ceylon | XerJoff" from their Oud Stars collection. While Xerjoff has a handful of less wearable fragrances in the collection, Ceylon has that wearability and is the top-of-the-line product, as implied by the €545/50ml retail price. However, relative to many of its competitors within this price bracket, "Ceylon | XerJoff" doesn't deliver the type of showstopper experience I'd expect.

At its core, "Ceylon | XerJoff" is an animalic honey fragrance and shares strong overlap with "Mamluk | XerJoff" within the same collection. The structure of the scent is fairly simple and offers up oriental-woody tones alongside more animalic ones in the top. These accords are also flanked by a spiciness that doesn't overpower the structure. This makes for a fairly easy-to-wear oriental honey fragrance that in wearability terms isn't too much more complex than a scent like Kilian's Gold Knight.

What I really struggle with re: "Ceylon | XerJoff" is the combination of product, price and performance. Ceylon's retail is €545/50ml which places it on-par with showstopper fragrances like Nefs and Jump Up and Kiss Me Hedonistic, yet in terms of feel, "Ceylon | XerJoff" feels more simple than even Clive Christian's XXI: Art Deco - Blonde Amber which is another fragrance that I feel doesn't live up to its expectations, given the price point. This is before noting that "Mamluk | XerJoff", sold by Xerjoff within the same line, costs €275/50ml (effectively half). The overlap in notes and accords between the two is north of 80%, albeit Ceylon manages to deliver the final result in a more smooth and less daring fashion. I believe a scent like Gold Knight covers many of the use cases where you'd wear Ceylon as well, meaning the product's utility is also matched by a lower-priced competitor. With "Ceylon | XerJoff" I get around 8-9 hours worth of longevity with sillage that never reaches nuclear, peaking around the upper levels of moderate projection.

Ultimately, while the product itself is good-to-great, there are many ways in which Ceylon fails to deliver. While a lot of these issues can be brushed aside through grey market pricing, those same pricing aspects can also be applied to the aforementioned products from Nishane and Clive Christian, meaning in an apples-to-apples comparison, "Ceylon | XerJoff" is not there with its primary competitors.

02/26/2023

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Kurai
388 Reviews

Kurai

3

Wild honey-woods

If you are sensitive to offensive jokes.. err.. fragrances, you might want to pass on this one. In general I behave, but occasionally I don't mind to shake things up a bit - just for fun. In Ceylon I found another perfume that could potentially ruffle a few feathers.

It has an offensive opening shot of wild honey and stinky oud. Quite a tough character. And I love it! The toughness stays long enough to effectively offend a few noses. Then, a slow transition into the next phase. As soon as the woody notes break through, we get in a more socially acceptable state. I get a nice black tea at this stage. Eventually, things are softened up by a friendly musk, while the oud note still shimmers in the back.

Overall, I got more of a tea vibe than oud. Somehow I never gave black tea much attention - I am more a green tea type - but now I think I should reconsider. This was a good woody tea that stood upright and strong amongst other strong flavors.

03/07/2018

QuercusAlbus
72 Reviews

QuercusAlbus

1

Idolatry

2018-03-07-16-39 UTC --

This brings to mind some temple to some appalling idol sequestered away in the most subterranean depths of Jayawardenepura-Kotta - a place that if you find once, one way or another you never find again, like in some Robert E Howard or HP Lovecraft story.

The sweetness-innocence of the honey + the funky-skankiness of the oud sets up one of those tensions whereby the peril or diabolickality of a thing is very greatly amplified - such as that the exceeding fearsome dæmon conjured by the scorcerer speaketh with a °strangely° sweet voice ... & I'm sure many other analogies could be devised.

I don't think it's an exageration or hyperbole to call this °diabolickal° - it's kind of redolent of °sin°, if uw like: and the very prominent & very sweet °honey° note is almost perverse in its innocence taken set in the 'fume as a whole - indeed, I think the figure of the sweet voice wherewithal the dæmon conjured by the scorcerer is wont to speak (and this ^is^ a ubiquitous quality of such dæmons in mythology, as a perusal of literature wherein accounts of such conjurations are featured would reveal) is a passing fitting one for that perversity. The main component of the °fiendish° note is of course the oud (& I suspect there is a fair amount of real oud in this for reasons similar to those whereby I suspect similarly in the case of Malle÷Ropion's ~The Night~ - that, kind of, °the real thing° song that it sings - and one might ask "if this is not °the real thing°, then why is it not undercut by a competitor?"); however, synergising most efficaciously with it is another earthy note - I have seen ~black tea~ mentioned in connection with this, and it is probably that.

~Deer musk~? That is listed in the notes also. What is the law concerning that? I have read that a limited number are permitted the hunting-of per year. I ^presume^ a very publically trading company such as Xerjoff is not using illegally sourcen musk.

This is actually the ^second^ most expensive (unit-cost-wise) 'fume I possess.

2018-04-15-21-39 UTC --
Gave this a run-out last night. In my review of~Lua~ by Xerjoff, I say that people tend not ti give me compliments, forthat I project sort-of °red (traffic) light° against it. Was in a crowded public house last night wearing this. Well ... that business of not receiving compliments got turned on its head! to say the least! I'm not exaggerating to say that there were people seeking me out fræ remote corners of the establishment - and even one or two fræ neighbouring establishments (yeah! for real!) - coz they'd heard of 'this guy' wearing this 'crazy perfume'! To put it into a perspective, when I say 'compliments', I am including people refusing to come within half-a-dozen paces of me by virtue of my 'smelling like a farmyard'. And also, the fuforé was in large part precipitated by a certain entertainer hired by the establishment rather ostentatiously doing precisely that. And it may well have been ^partly^ by reason of the farmyard vibe I was be-emanating (but it ^was assuredly^ only ^partly^ by reason thereof) that I spent the remainder of the evening being led around on a chain! (Think I'm joking, don't you?)

Did say this perfume is ^sinful^!

But, have no doubt! this 'fume really is something ^very particularly^ special (as indeed it ought to be for its price). Its sillage & longevity are off the scale. I wore it this afternoon also at the Whitworth Art Gallery Sunday Concert: had little choice really, as I was veritably honking of it already. The people there were more polite, and the fact that I was there in female raiment (as is my wont) probably played a part in that. "Shall we go and suss-out this cross-dresser honking like a farmyard? ... no! let's just leave it". I would probably have gone & sussed me out; but then I ^am^ me!

I have seen it written that the Xerjoff ~Oud Stars~ series do contain real oud, but a 'homeopathic' amount. This one however is a bit of an outlier (including price-wise) & I am now convinced that there is a fair amount in it. I have never had the honour if intraspiring of high-grade oud-oil ^per-se^; but the ^surpassingly^ fabulous olfactory landscape through which this has been transporting me since the moment I put it on just ^cannot^ but be a figment of at least quite generous amounts of at least fairly high-grade oud.

^If^ it is your desire to avail yourself of some ^really properly^ serious 'fume, maugre the percopious minlet-letting demanded therefor, ^this^ one is, IMO, a truly viable proposition.

Don't know when I'll next be able to wear another perfume to any avail!

10/28/2017

7.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Neptuna
14 Reviews

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Top Review 17

Challenge Accepted

It's actually a shame that a complete novice like me is writing the first comment on this exciting oud fragrance. After our dear Parfuma R3mt9 kindly sent me her remaining sample, I couldn't resist getting to know it. I cautiously sniffed it and immediately postponed the testing day to a time when no one else was around.
This time I knew in advance what notes awaited me. Uncertain, almost a bit anxious, I held my arm under my nose. Immediately, an animal jumped out at me, flanked by a quite pleasant honey scent, whose sweetness lingers only for a very short time. While I was still pondering what animal this could be, I also noticed a few drops of bitter citrus accompanying it. Horse, yes horse, but not spicy-dirty, more like a noble horse blanket. Horse hooves? Straw? At the same time, it has something of the exterior of a fine blue cheese, this bitterness. I attribute this to the black tea leaves, which I certainly wouldn't identify without a hint. I also don't consciously notice the jasmine; it probably supports the animalistic aspect.
So far, so good. Up to this point, I actually find Ceylon quite fascinating. It's already hearty and robust, but not completely off-putting. Over time, I perceive a really good, warm sandalwood, and the scent becomes increasingly softer, warmer, fuller, almost a bit creamy. I am surprised to also occasionally register a hint of smoke. Everything here feels wonderfully intertwined and very high-quality to me. Really well crafted!
This very nice softness lasts more than a good eight hours. Oud Stars - Ceylon also has a strong presence. But I am still not sure if I would really wear this strongly animalistic scent myself. My heartfelt thanks for this challenging fragrance experience goes to R3mt9!

12/21/2019

10Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Yharnam79
81 Reviews

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Yharnam79

Very helpful Review 11

When the Unpleasant Becomes Beautiful

Thanks to a dear friend from the community (thanks again to Methabolica), I got a sample. I have certainly tested around 20 Xerjoff fragrances - including some of the Oud Stars - but none have truly sparked my interest or enthusiasm.
Without great expectations, but at least curious because of the fragrance pyramid, I generously sprayed my forearm.
First off: generous is absolutely not recommended here - and also not necessary, as the sillage can more than be seen or smelled.
The very first wave hit me like a steam hammer with animal notes and honey, and I must admit that feelings of overwhelm and fascination spread simultaneously. Until clarity returned to my mind, there was also a bit of - let’s call it "surprise disgust".

Ceylon's opening brings an enormous amount of dirty-beautiful animality with it. Not (too) fecal animality. Rather a familiar and "noble" one. Like an extremely expensive thoroughbred, a monstrous and graceful stag, or something along those lines. Still: those who cannot stand animality in fragrances or find it repulsive will find no pleasure in Ceylon.
Even Oud lovers will likely wrinkle their noses here, as honey and animality are firmly embedded in a dense, robust, and not least demanding Oud cloak.
All the aromas that play a role in Ceylon are wonderful, bordering on perfect, and harmoniously coordinated. All aromas are rather loud than quiet (just like the entire fragrance). And more robust than soft.
Now and then, a hint of a more bitter children's eucalyptus candy breaks through, which may be attributed to the black tea. Although it doesn't really matter where the impression comes from. Sometimes the animality is very prominent, then again the really beautiful, unsweetened honey, and then again the biting oud.

However, I don’t really perceive Ceylon as sweet. It seems more like sweetness and sourness are trying to outdo each other. Just like oud and animality take turns in prominence. Smoke also swings in and out. And the black tea-eucalyptus.

In the final base after a few hours, I also perceive warm, creamy sandalwood and warm amber. These help to soften and warm the fragrance profile a bit, while not completely changing the character. Instead, they complement it excellently.

Ceylon is undoubtedly quite a challenge.
On one hand, I am glad that I faced it and thus got to know a truly noble, fantastically composed, and unique fragrance. On the other hand, my wallet had to suffer quite a bit, as the price range can certainly be described as exorbitant.
But one thing is for sure: I will enjoy every spray of this dark, shimmering, and in my eyes, masterful and absolutely special composition.

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