fruity Caribbean island banana & peach cuddling buttery on the beach under wooden umbrella licking chocolate ice cream then rain falls on vetiver moss
buttery resinous yellow fruits soft and cuddly surrounded by chocolate musk the blue amber sea smells like vacation the oud smells like a 1:33 mixture with lacquered wood bitter camphor-like medications the little flowers fight against the exhaust fumes lavender purple and fresh the oak moss, vetiver, and amber are somehow the same just differentiated by color from the balsamic beach holiday the scent becomes increasingly smoky with lacquer and leather the oud presses terribly and joyfully resins with the musk also becomes noticeably present the cuddling has long been over cheesy foot amber ultimately shows who is in charge it is excellent. As always, it's a matter of taste but how can one waste so many absolutely high-quality raw materials it feels to me like throwing everything in and seeing what happens depending on preferences well for me it is too brutal and inconsistent every note bites into the neck I am the strongest and so on. The scent has no soul and no charm for me I miss the love for detail like before I also don't like gasoline flowers or fruits that taste like resin oh and there is not a bit of sweetness present in short I don't like the new oud it's always the same theater lately hardly any scent stands out like before. Thank you to Schoeibksr for the testing opportunity :)
I've always wanted to test that. Sounds fabulous from you ☺️. You're also touching on a topic (wasting ingredients) that has recently stirred up quite a bit in the Ensar context. The truth is, as we know, somewhere in the middle. Whether the results are worth such a big investment is something everyone has to decide for themselves. Some love this robust raw material arrangement, while others miss the smoothing of the perfume, or something similar. With this Privée line, at least the strict limitation and the debatable pricing hammer came into play. That should definitely be looked at critically.
I unfortunately have to agree with you: it is a bit unharmonious. I find the Maroke SQ (which has structural parallels) better, as it seemed more oud-like and less sandalwood creamy. There's also a dense off-note here (animalic, sultry, carrion-green) that could be a mix of amber, oud, and jasmine, and it would bother me in the long run. It does fade over time, but Maroke SQ didn’t have that and was overall smoother and more pleasant. I think you’ll like that one better too :)
Either Ensar Oud is becoming completely inflated (which has been hard to deny in the past as well), or maybe you're a bit oversaturated and therefore disappointed. 🤔
What a shame, uninspired and quite off. Yellow fruits and stinky feet...