Top Notes 
Balsamic notes
Black spruce
Pine
Blue cypress
Japanese yuzu
Heart Notes 
Jasmine sambac
Orris root
American magnolia
Base Notes 
Thai oud
Mysore sandalwood
Balsam fir
Birch tar
French ambergris
Canadian castoreum
Amber
Ambrette
American oak
Gaiac wood
Indian oud
Iris
Patchouli
Tonka bean10/30/2023
Oudstronaut
1 Review
Oudstronaut
2
The woods, fresh air, grandma’s baking
This perfume is a scent, a memory, and a relic.
A relic, because of its use of some VERY special ingredients. 1840s birch tar, vintage oud, real ambergris.
A memory, because it brings me back to my childhood. My grandfather used to chop wood. On the holidays, us grandchildren would all visit in the basement. In the basement was a giant stack of chopped wood next to the wood stove. Between the slight smokiness, the fresh cut wood, and grandma’s baking upstairs the scent bares some resemblance. That, paired with the amber and ambergris notes make this one of my single favourite scents ever.
This is a 100% natural perfume. Given this information, the performance is great. I do not think it’s fair to compare natural perfumes to ones that use synthetics. That being said, this one performs very well. Could smell it on my skin the next morning after wearing. Probably would last 2 or 3 days on clothing but careful spraying this dark juice directly on clothing.
As a scent composition, the stuff is masterfully blended. I have smelled quite a few of JK DeLapp’s attars and was eager to try a spray that he had composed. This did not disappoint. The fragrance reaches a wide range of notes and they all resonate together in perfect harmony. The development is not linear yet, the fragrance never becomes unbalanced in any way. Picture a tree losing its’ leaves in the autumn. The notes slowly fade one by one but the overall picture stays balanced. In general, one of my favourite perfumes.
A relic, because of its use of some VERY special ingredients. 1840s birch tar, vintage oud, real ambergris.
A memory, because it brings me back to my childhood. My grandfather used to chop wood. On the holidays, us grandchildren would all visit in the basement. In the basement was a giant stack of chopped wood next to the wood stove. Between the slight smokiness, the fresh cut wood, and grandma’s baking upstairs the scent bares some resemblance. That, paired with the amber and ambergris notes make this one of my single favourite scents ever.
This is a 100% natural perfume. Given this information, the performance is great. I do not think it’s fair to compare natural perfumes to ones that use synthetics. That being said, this one performs very well. Could smell it on my skin the next morning after wearing. Probably would last 2 or 3 days on clothing but careful spraying this dark juice directly on clothing.
As a scent composition, the stuff is masterfully blended. I have smelled quite a few of JK DeLapp’s attars and was eager to try a spray that he had composed. This did not disappoint. The fragrance reaches a wide range of notes and they all resonate together in perfect harmony. The development is not linear yet, the fragrance never becomes unbalanced in any way. Picture a tree losing its’ leaves in the autumn. The notes slowly fade one by one but the overall picture stays balanced. In general, one of my favourite perfumes.
