Bois Oudh The Dua Brand / Dua Fragrances

Magician
Noun, masculine [the]
1. someone who possesses magic powers; magician
2. someone who performs, demonstrates magic tricks
A conjurer, also illusionist or magician, is an artist in the performing art of magic.

"The art of magic (also conjuring and conjuring) describes a form of performing art that knows how to create illusions in the minds of viewers and feelings in the hearts of people through artistic communication (verbal and non-verbal) and using various techniques and methods. Thereby the performance is not bound to any special space or situation. The more willing the viewer is to be enchanted, the greater the illusion can be created in their mind." - Wikipedia

Welcome dear perfumas and perfumos, I am the great Duadini and I will travel with you into a world of illusions...

Friends, friends, friends - of course I am not the great Duadini, I am Manuel Neuer.
So all joking aside... Why the long intro? I'd like to address a topic that's been bothering me for a long time. Namely, how Dua manages to create the illusion of a good scent.
As should be known to everyone by now, Dua copies fragrances of well-known niche and designer brands. Vorallem by the so-called reverse engineering.

"Reverse engineering (English; German: umgekehrt entwickeln, rekonstruieren, abbreviation: RE; also Nachkonstruktion) refers to the process of extracting the design elements from an existing finished system or a mostly industrially manufactured product by examining the structures, states and behaviors. A plan is thus created again from the finished object." - Wikipedia

This is done by hunting the scent through an analysis tool (probably mass spectrometer or similar, am not a chemist) and in the result then has the exact content composition aka the recipe available.
Now it applies with the "original" recipe, but to create an exact likeness of the original creation and eliminate possible performance weaknesses. Should be feasible, or?
In Bois Oudh obviously served the classic and beautiful fragrance Oud Wood as a model.

Well, did DUA succeed in this illusion? - Yep. Only with trick 17!
Because, although DUA has the exact composition, I believe there are subtle differences involving the choice of raw materials. Of course, it should be noted that Tom Ford is also not exactly known for using the finest raw materials, but rather attracts attention through creations that not infrequently balance on the fine line of provocation.
But back to DUA: What is the most important discipline of a magician? That's right - distraction!
And DUA does that well, distracting with power here. This fragrance starts so incredibly potent, which fills the whole room, even the whole floor. Of course, this makes first impression and suggests quality, but with an extrait you expect that, right? In my opinion, however, the nose is overloaded early on, to such an extent that the fine nuances, the qualitative differences in the course can hardly be recognized. Kind of like eating food that is too spicy! (Sriracha helps with bad university Mensa food enormously ?)
No question - Bois Oudh smells very like Oud Wood, especially in the sillage. But does it smell just as elegant, so fine, so perfectly interwoven and coordinated? No in no way!!!
For me, Bois Oudh but also evaluated independently of Oud Wood - as a stand-alone fragrance - seems coarse and out of round. It drowns out the (inferior) raw materials and overwhelms the noses with a barrage of olfactory impressions. When I smell closely, I always detect a certain mineral oil note. It smells "cheap" and imperfect. It's loud and potent. A puffer, without subtlety. Brutal power without fine tuning. A souped-up tractor, not a Ferrari. But for a layman and casual perfume wearer, an experience nonetheless!

Especially if you try other (clone) creations (bspw. Roja, MFK, Xerjoff) of DUA, this illusion as a sales strategy is particularly clear - but that's another topic.
Bois Oudh (and the DUA company) is a bride in jumper boots. A wolf in sheep's clothing. An illusionist par excellence. A magician. And a very good one, because I admit I was charmed for a while.