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One of the few successful blind buys
I have owned Sueded Oud for a while now (since last summer). It was a blind buy made solely by the raving reviews from Anne Lauren (yes, once again she's managed to do so!).
I don't know why and I don't know how, but I managed to forget to write a review and even worse, add the fragrance to my Parfumo shelf.
I have made mistakes blind buying a fragrance before, so I didn't dare to get the full bottle, but I managed to find a 10 ml bottle perfect for an introduction.
Luckily, Sueded Oud, wasn't a mistake.
The name Sueded Oud alludes to a dominating and strong fragrance, but the key wording here is 'sueded'. This fragrance is smooth and delicate, just like I imagine the word sueded to be - making something softer like the feeling of soft suede.
I don't know how Clean did it, but this fragrance has so many notes whereas the scent itself is very simple.
Pimento, cactus, praline, incense, patchouli, birch, cypress... This should knock you out like the first spray of Oud for Greatness, but instead, Sueded Oud comforts you, snuggles you in and feels like a freshly washed warm and cozy blanket.
It has a wonderful projection and I feel confident wearing it, it is perfect for an office job, a meeting or if you want to emanate maturity and confidence.
Though not like that of praline, which I find sticky sweet, Sueded Oud has a perfectly sweetened balance that is delicate and feminine. It isn't just a cashmere soft scent. Very close to skin, I even find it powdery, but in a very endearing way.
I am very pleased with my blind buy venture, thank you Anne!
I don't know why and I don't know how, but I managed to forget to write a review and even worse, add the fragrance to my Parfumo shelf.
I have made mistakes blind buying a fragrance before, so I didn't dare to get the full bottle, but I managed to find a 10 ml bottle perfect for an introduction.
Luckily, Sueded Oud, wasn't a mistake.
The name Sueded Oud alludes to a dominating and strong fragrance, but the key wording here is 'sueded'. This fragrance is smooth and delicate, just like I imagine the word sueded to be - making something softer like the feeling of soft suede.
I don't know how Clean did it, but this fragrance has so many notes whereas the scent itself is very simple.
Pimento, cactus, praline, incense, patchouli, birch, cypress... This should knock you out like the first spray of Oud for Greatness, but instead, Sueded Oud comforts you, snuggles you in and feels like a freshly washed warm and cozy blanket.
It has a wonderful projection and I feel confident wearing it, it is perfect for an office job, a meeting or if you want to emanate maturity and confidence.
Though not like that of praline, which I find sticky sweet, Sueded Oud has a perfectly sweetened balance that is delicate and feminine. It isn't just a cashmere soft scent. Very close to skin, I even find it powdery, but in a very endearing way.
I am very pleased with my blind buy venture, thank you Anne!
A snooze
I had this in my collection, but it was so bland that I sold it before I managed to post my review. It's been almost a year.
[Review]
Three notes. Patchouli, vanilla and orris. I am looking forward to an earthy, rich vanilla with an elegant powdery and smooth base. What I get is a scent like any other designer fragrance you grab from the shelf; boring. It reminds me of so many fragrances that it makes it blatantly without a personality, void of any interest aspects.
After dry down, the fragrance becomes a little dirty and herbal, like that of black tea. I don't detect any vanilla, but maybe just a little creaminess from the orris. This is an aged fragrance that doesn't suit its release date, 2015. I wouldn't be surprised if Elizabeth Arden or Estée Lauder had something similar.
[...]
That's it, that is all that I had written.
[Review]
Three notes. Patchouli, vanilla and orris. I am looking forward to an earthy, rich vanilla with an elegant powdery and smooth base. What I get is a scent like any other designer fragrance you grab from the shelf; boring. It reminds me of so many fragrances that it makes it blatantly without a personality, void of any interest aspects.
After dry down, the fragrance becomes a little dirty and herbal, like that of black tea. I don't detect any vanilla, but maybe just a little creaminess from the orris. This is an aged fragrance that doesn't suit its release date, 2015. I wouldn't be surprised if Elizabeth Arden or Estée Lauder had something similar.
[...]
That's it, that is all that I had written.
Fair for a designer, but not my cup of tea
I cannot believe that I haven't posted this review yet! What had held me back? I can only imagine that I got a new set of samples much more interesting than this. However, I am just going to embarrass myself and admit that I wrote it back in June 2022...
[Review]
A juicy, ripe peach clouds over the entire room. The Scent for Her by Hugo Boss is a realistic fruity fragrance like I have never expected from a designer fragrance. Usually, fragrances like this are not just a fruit, they are a whole basket! Peaches, pears, currant, apple and all.
After a short while, the peach is less prominent and the fragrance becomes more soapy losing its magic. I do have to say that it's a lovely spring fragrance, but the cheap quality that it gets from losing its initial juicy peach, changes my whole perspective of it.
There's a white floral, freesia, that in combination with the peach makes this scent very bar-of-soap like. It's really a shame, I was just hoping I could find an alternative to Bitter Peach by Tom Ford, which of course has a poor longevity on me. Unfortunately, The Scent is not it.
I hate being so negative about designer fragrances, so I'll just cut this review short and end it with that the fragrance is not for me.
[Review]
A juicy, ripe peach clouds over the entire room. The Scent for Her by Hugo Boss is a realistic fruity fragrance like I have never expected from a designer fragrance. Usually, fragrances like this are not just a fruit, they are a whole basket! Peaches, pears, currant, apple and all.
After a short while, the peach is less prominent and the fragrance becomes more soapy losing its magic. I do have to say that it's a lovely spring fragrance, but the cheap quality that it gets from losing its initial juicy peach, changes my whole perspective of it.
There's a white floral, freesia, that in combination with the peach makes this scent very bar-of-soap like. It's really a shame, I was just hoping I could find an alternative to Bitter Peach by Tom Ford, which of course has a poor longevity on me. Unfortunately, The Scent is not it.
I hate being so negative about designer fragrances, so I'll just cut this review short and end it with that the fragrance is not for me.
Good, but bad at the same time..
Oh, I see what you all mean... Absolute Aphrodisiac came on my radar when I saw Anne Lauren's date night fragrance video. Once again, this girl made me want to blind buy a fragrance, but I restrained myself and waited for the opportunity to get a sample first. It was as if Absolute Aphrodisiac haunted me, because I saw it everywhere and you guys raved about it calling it sex in a perfume. I am not disappointed, but I'm also happy that I didn't buy a full bottle.
Absolute Aphrodisiac is creamy, thick and delicious. It is a cousin to the smoothness of Milk and Gold by Commodity, but without the Commodity plastic-DNA that I experience. On top, the creaminess is made rough and sexual with notes of leather and castoreum. The castoreum isn't repulsively animalic, but it is at just the right amount to make the fragrance sensual. This is a skin scent done right, but it is a true skin scent. After dry down, Absolute Aphrodisiac mostly disappears. It is a lingering scent of amber creaminess and just a tad amount of leather that is slightly peppery, however, if you expected to project a gorgeous vanilla, sweet and musky scent, Absolute Aphrodisiac isn't for you. This is a scent you wear for yourself or for those you invite to be close to you.
I must say that Absolute Aphrodisiac isn't groundbreaking. Besides the two Commodity scents, it reminds me of something else, but I cannot remember which fragrance. I hoped to be in love, but Absolute Aphrodisiac isn't for me, it is too discreet, whereas I like to smell my fragrances and like when they have a prominent note that defines it.
Something about fragrances like Absolute Aphrodisiac gives me a headache and makes me nauseous. An hour in, and I have had too much. A throbbing headache, yet a relief that I didn't blind buy it too...
Absolute Aphrodisiac is creamy, thick and delicious. It is a cousin to the smoothness of Milk and Gold by Commodity, but without the Commodity plastic-DNA that I experience. On top, the creaminess is made rough and sexual with notes of leather and castoreum. The castoreum isn't repulsively animalic, but it is at just the right amount to make the fragrance sensual. This is a skin scent done right, but it is a true skin scent. After dry down, Absolute Aphrodisiac mostly disappears. It is a lingering scent of amber creaminess and just a tad amount of leather that is slightly peppery, however, if you expected to project a gorgeous vanilla, sweet and musky scent, Absolute Aphrodisiac isn't for you. This is a scent you wear for yourself or for those you invite to be close to you.
I must say that Absolute Aphrodisiac isn't groundbreaking. Besides the two Commodity scents, it reminds me of something else, but I cannot remember which fragrance. I hoped to be in love, but Absolute Aphrodisiac isn't for me, it is too discreet, whereas I like to smell my fragrances and like when they have a prominent note that defines it.
Something about fragrances like Absolute Aphrodisiac gives me a headache and makes me nauseous. An hour in, and I have had too much. A throbbing headache, yet a relief that I didn't blind buy it too...
Review had to be paraphrased
[...] A sweet, obnoxious mess. So, she's gone, I don't have her anymore and all I have to offer is this photo [not added here]. I think it's the first time I'm just posting a photo without a review. And I don't like it.
I only remember that I laughed out loudly when I smelled it the first time, because of the backstory of the name, Paradoxe, whereas the fragrance has nothing to do with opposites at all. No duality, nothing contrasting, nothing special. It was so sweet and monotonous I washed it off after a couple of hours, because it was so bad. I honestly remember the jokes I was cracking about it better than I remember how it smelled, because it's so unmemorable.
I only remember that I laughed out loudly when I smelled it the first time, because of the backstory of the name, Paradoxe, whereas the fragrance has nothing to do with opposites at all. No duality, nothing contrasting, nothing special. It was so sweet and monotonous I washed it off after a couple of hours, because it was so bad. I honestly remember the jokes I was cracking about it better than I remember how it smelled, because it's so unmemorable.
