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The fragrance starts with a beautiful orange note, which can seem a bit oppressive at the beginning.
However, join quickly jasmine and lily of the valley and mitigate the orange quickly.
The rose is for me only in rudiments smellable and remains very much in the background.

In the later course, the musk comes to the fore. In the musk, I personally notice an animalic note, which is enclosed by light woody notes and entwined. I personally like this very well, because the musk note is very perceptible, but the fragrance remains clean and fresh. The longevity and sillage are above average, however, due to the freshness and beautiful floral notes, no one in the office complained. One should only be very careful with spraying in closed rooms ;-)

In my eyes, indeed, an artful masterpiece, which I will definitely get me for the next summer.

Tom Ford's Oud Wood has a special value for me in my life. On the one hand it's because I really love DNA, on the other hand it's also because I found my way into the perfume world with OW.

Today, when I randomly took the little specimen out of my box, the name of the perfume alone made me curious. A quick glance at Parfumo told me directly that it had to be a similar scent to OW. And indeed, that's exactly what it was. The fragrance has very big paralsels to my beloved TF, but it starts a whole corner more aggressive and sparkling. Also the sillage and durability is in no relation to OW.

After a few minutes, a great picture appeared in my head. While thinking about the TF I thought for a short time about an older person. Still present, powerful, protective and with a great knowledge that he likes to share with the world. But also marked by his suffering, through which he needs a break from everyday life more often; he lacks energy a little.
On the other hand, there is a person of a young age, ready to take up the knowledge of the old person, but refresh it with something more modern, give it another direction forward, put more energy into action and show the world that he is here, that he is present.

Initio with Oud For Greatness also tried what this scent has done in my eyes (in my nose ;-) ), but I find this one even more powerful


So if you can get something out of TF OW, you should test the scent. I'm sure you'll like it.

Last summer I took part in a sharing of Roja's fragrance A Midsummer Dream and I was directly inspired by the scent. Its spicy and subtle note fascinated me very much. Even though I like the fragrance a lot and like to use my bottling on spring evenings when going out, the price seemed very high to me despite the rare occasions I would wear the fragrance.

But I was all the more surprised when a few days ago I took a previously unnoticed sample from my box and a splash landed on my wrist. The opening reminded me directly of the preciousness of Roja.

Daniel Josier has actually managed to compete with the AMSD. Even though the Roja is naturally not to be surpassed by its complexity, it is based on the same DNA.

The fragrance starts out slightly sparkling with the grapefruit and orange leaf notes, although the spicy notes are also immediately noticeable.

After a while the freshness recedes a little and a woody and spicy mix of pepper, violet, vetiver, cedar and musk emerges. The musk stays here very much in the background and is for me hardly smellable. However, I notice that the note holds the fragrance together and gives it something special in the basic substance.

The silage is well perceptible by my fellow men, but it was not perceived as oppressive or disturbing by my environment. The shelf life is a good 7 hours.

All in all for me a nice scent for going out in spring/summer and I am very happy to have found a cheaper alternative to AMSD

The Back to Black is my constant companion in winter every year. I like to wear it on weekends. Whenever you are together with family and friends on quiet evenings, warming up with a cup of tea and listening to each other's conversations

Exactly on such evenings, when I myself am a little reserved, rather listen than actively participate in the conversations and recover from the efforts of the working week, Kilian's Back to Black is always with me. He obviously shares my reserved nature, even if one clearly perceives his presence.

Evenly and consistently it radiates its light, honey-sweet scent, underpinned by woods and fragrant spices, and nestles close to me. The light honey and vanilla note lets me relax, while the woods and spices, especially the frankincense, warm and keep me warm.

He occasionally shows himself to his fellow men, but remains at my side. After a few hours he gets tired and slowly slips into a quiet, dreamless sleep, only to be woken up by me on another evening for a few hours of togetherness.

I can join most of the previous speakers, it's really a very nice fragrance.
When spraying you notice the bergamot and if you let the scent take effect, tobacco leaf, white musk and curl come out quite clearly I find.
The thing that bothers me about this fragrance is its short shelf life. I have the impression that after one or two hours the fragrance has almost completely disappeared. Questions in my environment have confirmed this.
Since I find the fragrance composition nevertheless very beautiful, I always have a small filling with me to add.

Conclusion: A beautiful woody spicy fragrance for the summer and despite its short shelf life in my collection.