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09/09/2023
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A Curse During A Prayer
Don’t be afraid or hesitating. There is nothing blasphemous in this perfume. I chose to put this title because while smelling the four perfumes created by Alberto Morillas, this one stands out from the others just like a blasphemy in the middle of a prayer. It stands out. You can’t leave it abandoned in a corner. Memorable means likely to remember or worth remembering. Apt adjective. Memorable Oud is the most leathery and woody of the four, perhaps the most performing, and is remembered. The key accords are those of woods, spices, raw leathers, and dark oud. Already at the first puff, the similarity with Santal 33 Eau de Parfum is perceived, because of the massive dosage of sandalwood and cypriol, not creamy yet woodsy, which we find here loaded with leathery notes and soiled with slightly medicinal oud, but always under control and never annoying. I deliberately wrote similarity, and no copy or clone, since there is an assonance between the two fragrances; however, Memorable Oud is a fragrance in its own right that recalls the highlights of Santal 33. Besides, the more I wear it the more I forget about Santal 33.
Memorable Oud opens up leathery like a handmade leather bag or a pair of shoes that have just been dyed. You find yourself faced with a punch in the face full of tanning and dyeing solvent like when you visit a workshop or an artisan leather shop. If you’ve been visiting Italy and passed through Tuscany, you know exactly what I’m referring to. ZARA does not mention the leathery accord either on the official website or on the back of the box, where there is a semi-pyramid with many notes, yet Memorable Oud is the leatheriest of the four perfumes. It’s not leathery soft like Nappa leather or suede, but something deep and thick like the tar extracted from birch bark, isoquinoline. Just wait a few minutes and a mineral nuance of stones and pebbles, creeps between the folds of the leather. Immersed in this triumph of woods and leathers, a sour nuance of citrus fruits, and bergamot, but not only, emerges, the lemon is present and noticeable. In the background, there is a balsamic existence, a little minty, that of cardamom, but it is not as palpable and does not emerge as in Blooming Oud.
There is a tiny twist in the heart. Surprisingly, I don’t recognise the white flowers, at least they do not show up clearly. Instead, powdery vibrations coming from the violet leaves announce the entrance of the heart, courtesy of alpha-iso methyl ionone, here more dewy than Blooming Oud with the well-known violet floral reflections with gasoline touches. The more it grows, the more the balmy and leathery faces intensify. A dry and papery shade wraps the heart’s notes, that of cypriol. The leathery, mineral, and papery notes are among my favourites.
Yet another turning point takes us straight to the dry-down, which appears dark, full of black clouds, like when the sky suddenly changes and becomes funereal just before an impetuous downpour, deliberately virile and with masculine outbursts. Now the oud wood is very smoky, dirty, animalistic, yet never faecal or barnyard, surrounded and supported by earthy edges of modern patchouli, strong but cleansed, and immense mountains of sandalwood, resinous, dry, almost never creamy, so much so that it recalls the smell of shavings and sawdust when carving. I can see a hint of vanilla, or tonka, drowned among the ingredients of this aphrodisiac, spicy and inedible potion. I could spend hours and hours incessantly smelling this ending, like a litany that repeats itself endlessly.
The bottom line, it is in my ropes, a genre that I love to wear on autumn evenings and in early spring when the weather is still fresh and pungent. The moist and cool weather helps to amplify and reveal the darkest and most hidden sides of this concoction. The next day, it is still present in the form of a woody-leather accord. From the strips of paper, I get puffs of his leathery and virile notes. His performances are remarkable, perhaps among the four he is the one who has the best performance, the projection and duration are above average.
I'm formulating my thoughts on a bottle I've owned since September 2023 (BC 32130).
-Elysium
Memorable Oud opens up leathery like a handmade leather bag or a pair of shoes that have just been dyed. You find yourself faced with a punch in the face full of tanning and dyeing solvent like when you visit a workshop or an artisan leather shop. If you’ve been visiting Italy and passed through Tuscany, you know exactly what I’m referring to. ZARA does not mention the leathery accord either on the official website or on the back of the box, where there is a semi-pyramid with many notes, yet Memorable Oud is the leatheriest of the four perfumes. It’s not leathery soft like Nappa leather or suede, but something deep and thick like the tar extracted from birch bark, isoquinoline. Just wait a few minutes and a mineral nuance of stones and pebbles, creeps between the folds of the leather. Immersed in this triumph of woods and leathers, a sour nuance of citrus fruits, and bergamot, but not only, emerges, the lemon is present and noticeable. In the background, there is a balsamic existence, a little minty, that of cardamom, but it is not as palpable and does not emerge as in Blooming Oud.
There is a tiny twist in the heart. Surprisingly, I don’t recognise the white flowers, at least they do not show up clearly. Instead, powdery vibrations coming from the violet leaves announce the entrance of the heart, courtesy of alpha-iso methyl ionone, here more dewy than Blooming Oud with the well-known violet floral reflections with gasoline touches. The more it grows, the more the balmy and leathery faces intensify. A dry and papery shade wraps the heart’s notes, that of cypriol. The leathery, mineral, and papery notes are among my favourites.
Yet another turning point takes us straight to the dry-down, which appears dark, full of black clouds, like when the sky suddenly changes and becomes funereal just before an impetuous downpour, deliberately virile and with masculine outbursts. Now the oud wood is very smoky, dirty, animalistic, yet never faecal or barnyard, surrounded and supported by earthy edges of modern patchouli, strong but cleansed, and immense mountains of sandalwood, resinous, dry, almost never creamy, so much so that it recalls the smell of shavings and sawdust when carving. I can see a hint of vanilla, or tonka, drowned among the ingredients of this aphrodisiac, spicy and inedible potion. I could spend hours and hours incessantly smelling this ending, like a litany that repeats itself endlessly.
The bottom line, it is in my ropes, a genre that I love to wear on autumn evenings and in early spring when the weather is still fresh and pungent. The moist and cool weather helps to amplify and reveal the darkest and most hidden sides of this concoction. The next day, it is still present in the form of a woody-leather accord. From the strips of paper, I get puffs of his leathery and virile notes. His performances are remarkable, perhaps among the four he is the one who has the best performance, the projection and duration are above average.
I'm formulating my thoughts on a bottle I've owned since September 2023 (BC 32130).
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