Boozy cheapo
After finishing a sample of Xerjoff Alexandria Orientale, I decided to buy a full bottle of this outstanding fragrance.
A masterpiece with a slightly powdery base of Laotian oud, amber, vanilla and sandalwood. Palisander is not listed as a note, and I don’t know if I’m being influenced by Alexandria II, but I get quite a bit.
Great longevity and fragrance bubble, not my office scent, but the one I tend to choose when working from home.
Best Alexandria!
After finishing a sample of Xerjoff Alexandria Orientale, I decided to buy a full bottle of this outstanding fragrance.
A masterpiece with a slightly powdery base of Laotian oud, amber, vanilla and sandalwood. Palisander is not listed as a note, and I don’t know if I’m being influenced by Alexandria II, but I get quite a bit.
Great longevity and fragrance bubble, not my office scent, but the one I tend to choose when working from home.
Niche delight
Roja Dove Amber Aoud is an example of niche perfumery at its best. Smooth, sophisticated and unique with good performance.
A sweet expertly blended woody floral chypre that is easy to love. After a short citrusy opening the floral heart showcases rose, ylang and jasmine. And then settles into a slightly powdery base of oud and amber.
Cheap cambodi oud
I stumbled upon this beauty thanks to a Russian Adam review on Fragrantical.
The fragrance opens with a dirty, raw, animalix Cambodian oud backed by castoreum with zero funk. Then it calms down a bit and the leathery musky woody base supports the tamed animalic oud.
Lasts an average of 6 hours on my skin, but over-spraying is a good option with this cheap perfume.
I would like to find a better quality/longer lasting Cambodian Oud based perfume, any ideas?
Warm amber oud
Bin Shaikh by Ahmed Al Maghribi is a very well blended spicy amber fragrance. It was a blind purchase based on the praise of online reviews, which I do not regret.
It opens with a sweet saffron and warm amber, supported by natural oud that remains quite linear on my skin. It has great longevity, easily staying over 9-10 hours, and good projection and sillage for the first 2-3 hours.
Not a daily scent, but it has an addictive quality, the more I use it, the more I like it.
