Oud Classic

As is so often the case the notes listed here are incorrect. The notes from the manufacturers website state this is actually.......... Top - Spicy Floral (Saffron, Roses) Heart - Floral (White flowers) Base - Musky Woody (Cambodian oud, Musk, amber) Just magnificent....especially for the low price This was a shaky and unconvinced blind buy but thankfully Oud Classic has been welcomed into my heart immediately. The packaging and bottle look so cheap and awful, yet paradoxically contain an absolutely classy sophisticated gem. I love simple, clean, strong oud scents and this is exactly what you get.....nothing but excellence from first minute to last, smooth as silk and boldly arabian.........a delicious straight arabian oud with about 20% extra notes to add some interest and style....and its great for layering too. Its a gloriously bold slightly sweet and smoky genuine scent of aged real oud (for once!) with rose and saffron floral laid on a floral musk and amber base. Its unisex and a clean genuine oud scent. From first opening spray this stuff announces its presence assertively but not intrusively. Its mostly simple oud wood, with sweet rose overall, with a darker amber musk touch just making it a little more masculine friendly. Lasts about average time 6-7 hours depending on weather and climate, with average projection, good enough for me, its quite subtle. This might develop more as time goes by. LOVE this for the low price, but its nothing really new or original so far but might take months to blend due to its high oil concentration. Absolutely one for the mu'minoon...this is the perfect wear for the Masjid 8/10 from me

This one is rather difficult to review because it's so unlike many of the other frags I've tried. First we have to cover the elephant in the room: According to Swiss Arabian's website, Oud Classic doesn't contain oud. The break-down is thus: Top Notes: Fruity (Red Fruits. Mandarin, Bergamot) Middle Notes: Woody (Cedar Wood, Patchouli) Base Notes: Musky, Balsam (Musk, Benzoin, Vanilla) As you can see, a *huge* departure from Fragrantica's note break-down. But to review: This is a bright and clean frag, yet with a dark undertow. It's a night out for a swanky dinner then a metal show. Black thunder clouds creeping in on a sunny day. It's not an in-your-face fragrance, but there's a coiling darkness to it once it dries down. Definitely woody, with a slight sweetness, and something whispering of spices. I'm not getting animalic notes at all. It performs fantastic, and is full-bottle worthy. If you'd rather try before you buy, Swiss Arabian's "Shaghaf-Oud" website sells samples. (Note: Swiss Arabian recently rebranded to Maison d'Orient.)

This smells like a dry cleaning shop in the middle of a Middle Eastern bazaar with countless stalls where they sell fruit, spices, flowers etc., in the best way possible. At it's core Oud Classic is a minimalistic, slightly floral, clean and at the same time bold ambery oud fragrance with great performance. Don't smell it directly from your skin in the first couple of minutes though, that's all rotten flowers and fecal (it smells much better in the air then on paper or when directly sniffed off your skin anyway!) By no means my favorite fragrance from the overall awesome brand Ahmed Al Maghribi, but still a solid 8.9/10!

This is a rosey / peony oud fragrance that has some brown sugar notes and some light saffron to me. Wildly unisex and longevity and projection is phenomenal. An easy 10/10 Edit: I have been drawing comparisons - this is most literally the closest thing to Madawi with a stronger patchouli and oud for greatness dna - with an added lavender note? Smells soapy, fruity and somehow oud for greatness dna?

Let me explain is pretty hard.... A oud fragrance that has a nice oud very airy, is not harsh, if u want something with oud that is not that powerfull go for this.... The price is insane for 20 euro.... Is a decent 60-80 euro fragrance...