Fleurs Bohèmes

Luxor Oud Memo Paris 2012

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7.2 / 10 98 Ratings

A perfume by Memo Paris for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is fruity-oriental. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Fruity

Oriental

Woody

Spicy

Floral

Fragrance Notes

Mandarin orange

Rose

Oud

Red fruits

Cistus absolute

Patchouli

Cypriol

Tonka bean

Styrax

Perfumer

Aliénor Massenet

Ratings

Scent

7.298 Ratings

Longevity

7.476 Ratings

Sillage

6.983 Ratings

Bottle

7.587 Ratings

Value for money

6.219 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 27.03.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Fleurs Bohèmes" collection.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/25/2021

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Connie
165 Reviews

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Connie

2

A quick-change artist..

First of all, I am a true fan of Memo. One of the few manufacturers where the creations and their quality for me is always a smooth 10. Even though I may not be a fan of the individual fragrance, almost every creation of Memo can trigger some kind of fascination with me. Almost every Memo fragrance tells an exciting story. Sometimes I like the story from beginning to end, sometimes only the beginning or sometimes only the end. Exactly so it is with Luxor Oud...

Well, Luxor Oud would have from the beginning bad cards with me because my "Oud time" is actually long gone... I was for years almost obsessed with oud as a fragrance, now my tastes have changed and oud I can now smell difficult, if then only subtly... I think I've just had my fill of oud. Nevertheless, I would have to test of course the Luxor Oud, alone because that is from Memo and because I would not have tested the fragrance yet..

Luxor Oud starts with a hurricane of pure oud. But it is not at all an animalic oud but rather bright and slightly spicy. The first 20 minutes not at all mine. Too masculine, without sensuality, super woody with extremely much oud and a sharp tangerine..

But the fragrance is a quick-change artist, because after about 30 minutes, the fragrance transforms into a totally different direction. Suddenly, the fragrance becomes much much softer and the oud suddenly plays a subtle but still noticeable role. The scent becomes increasingly sweet and takes on a super interesting note. I suddenly smell a pink scented rose, cypriol and a super nice tonka bean... A scent you have to be patient to follow. After about an hour I smell a beguiling sweetness that almost goes towards marshmallow. Just like it smells when you enjoy marshmallow on a spit over an open fire. Sweet, slightly woody and a bit smoky .Simply delicious....

A creation that you really should test, because the transformation alone is a masterpiece. Whether the may move in with me I do not know, for that I have to test the fragrance just a couple more weeks. I suspect the me in the length will be too woody but for people who love sweet / woody fragrances definitely worth a test..

02/24/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

1

Luxor what?

Luxor Oud is a more-than-delicate floral-fruity scent with a quite unsubstantial texture, smelling basically of plastic scented with edible fruit syrups and a faint oud note which smells more like an accidental burnout on the base, a note of ambery cedar and not much else – perhaps a subtle smell of licorice, or however a sweet-earthy-smoky note. It does not smell that bad, but it’s actually really delicate to the point of smelling boringly thin – basically it smells like a dull skin scent which may sit close to any woody-floral designer fragrance, if it wasn’t for that microscopic hint of rubbery oud. Short persistence. If it cost a third of its price I’d have considered it a bit better. As-is, let’s be generous: just a “meh...”.

5/10

01/03/2014

7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Coutureguru
223 Reviews

Coutureguru

2

More 'Oud and Roses' … but with a nice twist.

"Time stands still at the gateway of Luxor, humanity's oldest prayer site. On the banks of the Nile, the stifling heat makes me feel indolent. Crocodiles slide silently over the sand under the penetrating gaze of the Sphinx. I walk towards the age-old shade of the Colossus Ramesses II. The temple stones seem to vibrate in splendour and the roses sigh in the torpor. Luxor oud: an oasis of roses and fruit overflowing with freshness and sensuality in the country of greatness and majesty. The marriage of wood and rose under Pharaoh's whip and sceptre.

OIL OF MANDARIN, red berries, ROSE, oil of cypriol heart, ROCKROSE ABSOLUTE, oil of patchouli, styrax resin, tonka bean, OUD ACCORD".

The blurb above is taken directly from the Memo website, and while it is fanciful and a touch overly poetic, I find that this fragrance does somewhat incite imaginings of the tableau laid before us … except for the crocodiles :).
While Luxor Oud is definitely a Rose/Oud blend, I find myself appreciating it due to the sweetness it exhibits. I don't necessarily enjoy fruits in fragrances all that much, but here they display a dry character, like a bowlful of raisins or dates … and a pomegranate split open to leak juicy seeds.
The addition of Patchouli here is also responsible for blurring the line between Rose/Oud and Rose Patch fragrances, adding a rather interesting twist to the mix. I doubt very much if the Oud here is real (the words 'Oud Accord' lead me to this notion), but the Labdanum is definitely there and the Rose has a Turkish Delight quality … sweet and slightly gelatinous.
The story unravels a little with a bit of further research when one realizes that the founding couple of House Memo rely on the nose of Alienor Massenet of IFF for their frags. This discovery rubs the shine off the house for me in a way … one expects niche brands to have at least one nose directly responsible for their offerings. It seems to me that many people with the capital to launch a brand could then just go ahead and do the same. It's a different story when the fragrances are absolutely stellar, as in the case of Frederic Malle … but I've tried a few from the Memo line and this, imho, is about as good as it gets.
Don't get me wrong … I really love Luxor Oud and I enjoy wearing it. It garners many compliments and is relatively unique in the cornucopia of Oud/Rose frags out there, but the idea that it's simply a business exercise created in the labs of a huge corporation tends to bother me a bit. I'll have to put my mind to thought about why … perhaps I just feel a little disillusioned that the romance and poetry of the marketing doesn't quite match up to the juice … but I'm waffling!!

When all is said and done one could do much worse in this genre than coughing up for a bottle of Luxor Oud. It has above average sillage and longevity and smells delicious … one can't ask for much more than that.