Agar Wood

Pleasant, velvety/leathery oud with moderate sillage. Very safe and elegant office scent. As for the actual scent, it opens up with some powdery and iris notes. So much so, that for me it clearly reminds me of Dior Homme Parfum. Same kind of powdery and iris notes. Then, after some 15-30 minutes those scents fade and soft oud and leather become more prominent, although softly presented. With respect to tobacco and other more distinctive elements mentioned in reviews, I have to admit that I do not pay too much attention to those, general smoothness is what this scent is all about. For me this is a solid, do it all office scent for slightly cooler weather (let us say, when it is cool enough, that you need a coat while walking out). There are a number of reasons. First, the sillage is moderate. This perfume does not fill the room, merely it radiates no more than arm’s length away. Second, the scent as such is, for lack of better word, is simply pleasant. I am quite sure, that almost everyone would agree. This is not one of those scents that divide opinions (often for reason). No. This is easily likeable. I would be surprised if someone would consider this scent somehow offensive, loud or curious. Third, the longevity is good. Once applied, the scent lasts about a working day. For the reasons above, this is very easy scent to wear. When the weather is slightly cooler, this scent is like your favourite jeans. You just put them on without too much thinking. Although, there is certain formality to this scent, wherefore it would be more suitable with something more formal than mere jeans and like attire. On the other hand, the reasons that make this so easy to wear at the office, may make it less suitable for other occasions. Yes, one could easily wear this to any place and no-one would rise an eyebrow. However, for clubbing, dinners and the like, there are numerous more interesting and more noticeable scents. Of course one could use this as a “do it all everywhere” scent, but I would suggest to have other scents for leisure. Finally, as for the presentation. The bottle is very nice, no nonsense solid glass item with heavy bottom. The name of the scent is not printed on the bottle itself, but engraved in metal top plate one can see only when the cap is removed. Furthermore, the atomiser is good, it provides nice misty spray. All in all, elegant, easily likeable, soft office scent for cooler weather.

I have 3 of the Dunhill Signature series; the Indian Sandalwood, Egyptian Smoke and Agarwood. Out of the three all great mature elegant scents; this one Agarwood is my favorite one. It is not a casual scent; it is more mature, office wearing a suit or more formal event. It is very pleasant and more for Spring, fall and winter. I would not use this one on summer. It is a leather scent in my opinion, it opens out a smoky soft leather with an iris floral note, not a chunky iris more on the powdery side, there is also this clean feel to it. You can get the peppery and ginger when you first spray it but it doesn’t last long, the smoky leather and the iris come rushing with the violet leaf support behind it. The mid you start to notice the tobacco but very on the faint. I think the oud gives the leather that smoky feel. The drydown stays with that soft leather, clean iris with cypress and the smoky part starts to tone down. It doesn’t change much but I would not say it’s linear. I can see why people might compare it to Tom Ford ombre leather. I have Tom Ford ombre leather EDP and Parfum. This one is a softer scent and a little more fresh, clean and the iris is the floral instead of the white florals of the OL Parfum. I think it is easier to wear than Ombre Leather. Even if this is a great scent and well made with good materials. I still prefer the more aggressive ombre leather. As far as performance goes it is a good performer you will get around 1 hour of projection within a couple of feet. The scent bubble is good and it will start to become a skin scent around the 7 hours but will stay on you for around 9-10 hours. Ombre Leather does have better performance compared to this one. One thing I will say is that this is a fantastic scent for $53 I paid and the others I have from this line were also around the $50 price. All 3 I have are fantastic and worth every penny; the scent, performance and blends are above average for the price range. The Dunhill Signature series it is a good one. It is sad it got discontinued I am just missing the Amber one that I might get in the future. This is not a mall scent, bubble gum, sweet, trending scent. It might not be for everyone, it is more sophisticated, more mature and on the more formal spectrum. I would not call it niche but borderline like the Tom Ford fragrances. Scent 8.5/10 Projection 8/10 Longevity 8/10 Price 10/10

What can i really say, other than that it's amazing. I first bought a sample, it reminded me a lot of Ombré Leather when i tried it, though after spending more time with this DNA, I can say it's something completely different. I ended up purchasing the 100ml bottle, and I couldn't be happier. The opening is first and foremost a dry leather/suede, but its complimented perfectly by the parfume's other accords. You get a photorealistic cypress, which blends beatifully with bergamot (almost a Terre d'Hermes vibe), it's all supported by ginger and pepper, adding sharper/more definitive notes to the opening, which would otherwise feel flatter and more rounded (almost the type of spice you get from Dior Homme Sport 2021). I definitely get a cinnamon note throughout, which is a result of the different compounds blending, even though its not listed. After the fragrance settles, is when the violet leaf and iris really shine, you get an honestly pretty short, but truly amazing moment, where the iris, leather and oud blend together to give an almost Dior Homme Parfum vibe, but with tabacco and a hint of the left over bergamot, ginger and cypress. This is eventually replaced by a more straight foward blend of less prominent leather, amber (which isn't listed, but is definitely there), tabacco, mastic and remnants of the initially sharp pepper note, now dull and more aromatic in character. The projection is not the best, but I've found the parfume sticks to my skin and i can still smell it the next day, even after showering. I'd definitely recommend picking a bottle up, before they're gone forever, since it's been discontinued and can currently be found at bargain prices. I got my bottle for around 50 dollars and I'd say it comparable in quality to parfumes 3-4x the price any day of the week. Definitely a date night/winter leaning scent, though I'll also be wearing it during autumn and spring, since it doesn't project too much and won't choke out people around me. Usage wise, It sits in a similiar category as Ombré Leather, so if you have that, you know what to expect, but it's definitely more gourmand and less aromatic, with the TF, the patchouli, moss and jasmine really come through to balance the leather, but in this case it's the different notes that I've described in this review.

If anyone reading this review enjoys Leather or Woody fragrances, or both, then you owe it to yourself to get your nose on this scent! I mean it is truley INTOXICATINGLY GORGEOUS! Wow man! Also, DO NOT listen to those reviews that claim that Dunhills Agar Wood has only "Poor to Moderate Longevity." For instance, I also own both Egyptian Smoke, and Mogolian Cashmere. Both of those have great performance/longevity, but they ABSOLUTELY needed time to Maturate after spraying a bit out, for atleast a month (longer with M Cashmere) to gain that level of performance. I'd figured that the couple of reviews I'd seen where they claimed that "Dunhills- Agar Wood Only lasts 6 hours MAX" had pre-judged their brand-new bottles Without giving them time to mature, so I took the chance and got a bottle hoping for the best. Well to my surprise, Id sprayed 2 spritzes from my brand-new new bottle in my arm, went to bed for 8 hours, woke up, AND IT'S STILL GOING STRONG! lol! Now, Dunhills - Agar Wood is NOT a projection beast (for now), but does have atleadt moderate projection stays that way for hours becoming a still noticable skin Scent by hour 6 and remains that way till hour 9. Again, I know that the performance and scent will improve over-time. Agar Wood smells FREAKIN' AMAZING! Its sweeter than Id expected, yet its NOT "too sweet", and while there is a slllight resemblance to Gucci Guilty Absolute for men, Agar Wood is resinous, more woody, is sweeter and imo is just a better fragrance even as far as performance goes. Infact I dont find it redundant AT ALL to own both fragrances. Dunhills AgarWood is an 8 outta 10 imo, but I'm almost certaing that this score will only go up as this amazing scent further Matuates. So folks, I'm Telling ya'll to GRAB A BOTTLE BEFORE THEY'RE GONE-- GONE bc Im sure that once stock runs dry of the AMAZING, "Niche Level fragrances" the price will undoubtedly sky-rocket just like it did with OG Dunhill - Icon! Believe THAT! CHEERS!

The best Dunhill has EVER released, imho. As complex and as good as the notes suggest. There is a very passable oud-y aspect from the top to bottom, as well as a very present lipstick-y iris. If I had to approximate this, I would say this embodies all of the elements of what makes Dior Homme Parfum, Tom Ford's Ombre Leather and Gucci Guilty Absolute pour Homme great and successfully package's it all in one composition. Clone? No. Inspired? Maybe. See, with this it not only hints at those greats but it goes on to improve on them by adding the things people wanted to have seen in those frags respectively. Things like: oud, tobacco ginger, Sichuan pepper, etc... helping to make this it's own thing. Take the label off and this is credibly niche. Only will the addictive frag head get the references this harkens to. Trust me. Overall, this is an official sock blower. Please quote me when this blows up. Well done, Dunhill.

Deep, rich oud fragrance that gets as close to the animalic line without crossing it. There is a rich funk here that is not off-putting, but rich and satisfying, and super masculine. Strong, with decent projection and long lasting. It dries down to a sweet, leathery woodiness... is that a touch of blueberry underneath? Almost approaching a blue quality as the hours pass. In my opinion, this is the best of Dunhill’s signature line, and their absolute premier fragrance. It blows Tom Ford out of the water, and does it while remaining under $100. The bottles are class, the presentation is peak. Criminally under marketed. A crushing defeat to the soul that this line has been discontinued. This fragrance should be on the top of every reviewers list for distinguished scents. It should be hyped by the influencers. IT DESERVES TO LIVE. It may be the finest fragrance I’ve ever worn.

This is very nice, it reminds me of Ombre leather (maybe the parfum because of the violet) quite a bit, but not as aggressive with the leather. I love OL and I love this, both bring something to the table, but this is a lot cheaper on discounters. Aside from the leather, this is different from OL because it has a nice light tobacco note, which compliments the leather, and tampers it down a bit. Overall the quality is high. Edit: Spending more time with it, it does have some similarity to TF OL, but not as much as I originally thought. This is spicier and sweeter, which isn't a bad thing. In all honestly it does it own thing and I just purchased a bottle.

Definitely has that TF Ombre/Tuscan leather feel but a bit less sweet. Seems to last a long time close to skin (8+ hours) but the projection isn't huge, arms length at best first couple hours, settles in close after that. I personally really like this and the price I paid (89 USD) was a good deal and gets you in the same ballpark as Tom Ford with a twist. I admit I probably still like Ombre Leather more, but I will have to give this a few more wears to determine if it's redundant. Overall I think the quality is where it should be for the price, if not better and not disappointed with the purchase.

It's a mix between GG Absolute, Raghba Wood Intense, CH Men Privee, smoke, woods, something like arboreal vegetation, leather, there's some saffron, far.....Netly masculine. Doesn't project much but it shows in the mid-arm length. It's elegant, dark and mature. Very nice for cold days, date nights and making an impression at work of seriousness and natural authority. In that environment no more than 3 sprays is fine. Nice work by Dunhill, the bottle is heavy and beautiful. The liquid is dense and dark.

Simply put, this is the absolute best leather fragrance in it's price point of $60 from discounters. This is similar to Ombre Leather but has some subtle differences. It comes across as a little more fruity and less smoky, and has a little stronger woods presence. It is blended superbly. I just never get tired of the fragrance. Performance gets better after the bottle has aged a few months. I get a solid 8-10 hours but my bottle is a year old. Something to keep in mind.

Beautiful fragrance. I do too get TF Ombre Leather vibes in it only in the opening but this is better. It's really smooth and soft. Leather is soft. The oud accord in it is soft. I this this has very very little oud in it if any. Tobacco accord in it is very bright. Almost certain it has no real tobacco in it. It's powdery, irisy, woody, and aromatic. For the price this is a no-brainer. My only criticism is its longevity on skin.

I just released a review of this on my YouTube: "Rotten Rebel" This to me is almost a leather first fragrance.. A super smooth suede together with a smoky and woody side.. Even the smoke and the oud are SMOOTH. I get something powdery around the whole blend which makes it even more exciting. This is currently one of my FAVOURITE releases so far this year and I absolutely LOVE IT. It smells so classy and so elegant.. I'm in love.

This is my first oud scent. I really dislike rose notes, so I haven't explored this genre much. I really like this. Aromatic opening with the saffron, pink pepper, and bergamot, dries down to an easy wearing leather. It doesn't come across heavy at all, so I feel comfortable wearing this in the office in cooler weather. That being said, it does fine in higher heat and more casual settings too.

This is more leathery than Dunhill British Leather, which is why I bought it. ✨💯 It's a very smooth leather fragrance with a beautiful dark oud in it, the oud is trying hard to be genuine and animalic, but it's not. Very classy and elegant with hints of iris 💜, and the price makes it a must have for anyone appreciating dark serious fragrances. 🖤 A video review is also available on my YT ▶️

Rich and dark with a wonderful smoky opening that fades to leather and fragrant oud. I smelled this and immediately purchased. Use it on its own or with a light layer of Tom Ford Oud Wood which gives it more spicy depth. It dries down slightly sweet and is reminiscent of Ombre Leather. Give this a shot you won’t be sorry. I find this to be the best of the Dunhill Signature Series.

Oh wow, this was an unexpectedly gorgeous blind buy. Very smooth and dare I say, niche quality fragrance! The leather hits all the way through and doesn't stop, with slight hints of oud and iris, while on the opening the tobacco and that powderiness make their announcement. Nicely blended and very inoffensive perfume that is quite inviting. Worth the buy.

Just purchased this and the Citrus Signature scent after some research here and on youtube. Gotta say this is my favorite leather-type scent. So smooth. I like this better than Tom Ford. Good for cooler weather. Tempted to get a second bottle for backup from Jomashop ($50 approx currently) as I hear they are scaling back their cologne production.

This could be one of the best oud perfumes if it lasted abit longer! Starts slightly skanky but dries down to an an ozonic oud fragrance. Projects well only the first 2hours then becomes a skin scent but can still smell if you move your nose closer. Not a full bottle worthy 😒 I still feel Egyptian smoke is the best from this line 🏆

Masculine and sophisticated scent. Smooth leather (suede) and agarwood. Not as strong and biting like Tuscan Leather, but i love them both. Can't wait to pair this with some vanillas, some roses, or some tobacco and incenses this winter. Love the bottle and scent. Looking to grab 2 of the other Dunhills with this bottle design.

Wow. Just blown away. Yes has similarities to Gucci guilty absolute but this has many more dimensions and can be worn in more scenarios. This stuff just smells amazing hands down.. you can wear it in the office, on a date.. but makes you smell like you got class, sexy class. This is some special stuff And it lasts forever

I've tried 4 of the Dunhill Signature line and this one is the best imo. Smooth suede and florals, I can only smell oud from the atomizer but not really on skin. Extremely well blended, gentlemanly and subtle, but lasts decently long. If you can find it sub €60 on discounters, go for it.

Saffron🪷,pink pepper🌶,iris🪻,suede🌻& a touch of oud🪵 A mature, elegant scent with soft to moderate projection. If you like TF Ombre Leather, you would enjoy this. I am going to give this time to sit & see if it improves in density. Projection- 7/10 Longevity - 8/10 Scent- 8/10

Undoubtedly, the best Dunhill perfume so far is the Agar Wood model, a full-fledged leather perfume that has all the notes, including incense tobacco and saffron, in the best possible way and in perfect balance. This is one of the best leather perfumes in the world

This is the absolute one of best leather tobacco fragrance great price for what you get as niche level. I love it so much this one of my best if it's not the best in my collection. I recommend it a lot...... :)

The best £50 I have ever spent on a fragrance. Stunning. It’s a toned down La Yuquwam tobacco blaze. The Agar is hard to detect. A powdery leather scent. Very well rounded, well textured fragrance. Love if.

Though poor performance, this gets sophisticated smooth leather/floral combination, don't really pick up much woods in this. Reminds me LaYuqawam at first sniff but less loud, both pleasing leathery scents.

I like it more than Ombre Leather; it's manlier and darker. It also resembles Chopard Royal Incense and Gucci Guilty Absolute quite a lot. Definitely a daring scent — not for broccoli-cut teenagers.

For me, 9.5/10. I agree, it is elegant, well blended, sophisticated, formal. Along with Amalfi Citrus, very well done Dunhill. Waiting to test Indian Sandalwood next week.

Very beautiful, warm feeling, perfume. When you wear it around your neck it gives you the warm feeling that you have when you wearing a scarf a very cold day. Very gentle.

نفس رائحة توم فورد امبري ليذر ونفس جودته ولكن هذا العطر من دنهل اكثر رجولية وغنى في الرائحة واسهل في التقبل ' والاداء جيد جدا والسعر ممتاز في مقابل الجودة والحبكة.

An über oud-y, woody, lipstick-y, powdery, Ombre Leather/Gucci Guilty Absolute pour Homme... with tobacco. Exactly that. I prefer this.

Beautiful. As with the rest of this line, it is ok on paper and great on skin. I'm impressed. The quality is close to niche.

Scent is beautiful and wearable but it doesen't project enough. I need 10 sprays for it to perform well enough.

Wish it lasted longer and has more performances , seems to expensive when it barely lasts.

Nice leathery oud fragrance. It is not super heavy, thus you can use it indoors in winter.

Trifecta! Very poor marketing for the best scent out there.

Superb leather/tobacco/oud fragrance. Out of all the Signature Collection brown juices I sampled, this is the best. Niche quality. Very masculine fragrance. After the initial spicy opening, it quickly settles in the most perfectly blended leather, tobacco and oud. As far as rough oud goes, I'd put Agar Wood at about the same level as 1 Million Golden Oud and a big step above Gucci Oud Intense or Polo Oud. It's probably a bit strong for a guy's first intro to oud. Note, there is no rose in Agar Wood. Longevity is very long lasting while sillage is only average, making it safe for the office and close quarters. I'm going on over 10 hours and still have a pretty strong skin scent. Mainly a cool or cold weather scent but not heavy so it could work on a warm summer evening. This is the last of the Signature Collection brown juices I've tested. I did not test Mongolian Cashmere because I knew I wouldn't like it based on the notes, description and reviews. For the others, I'd rate them as follows with the one I liked best first to least last: 1. Agar Wood 2. Egyptian Smoke 3. British Leather 4. Moroccan Amber 5. Indian Sandalwood 6. Arabian Desert I'll probably be getting bottles of Agar Wood, Egyptian Smoke and Moroccan Amber. British Leather has a dry down that's very similar to Antaeus, which I like better. I prefer AdP Sandalo over Indian Sandalwood. I didn't care for Arabian Desert.

Dunhill Agar Wood: Pleasantly surprised by the likeability of this fragrance considering the price point of $54.00 for 3.4oz. I was somewhat expecting the florals to overpower the notes I was going for in the dry down like the Suede, Agarwood (Oud) & Tobacco but fortunately they do not. I begin to pick up a smooth blend of the base notes 10-min into this frag with a non-animalistic very smooth Oud being the prominent note for the better part of the 1st hour. Beyond the 1st hour the Oud settles but is still there blending in more so with the Tobacco and Suede notes producing in my opinion a well done office safe non-offensive masculine fragrance that I will be giving wear this Fall/Winter. Performance wise I can tell the longevity and sillage will be moderate at best. But I'm ok with that as I take a travel decant with me when wearing frags in this performance range. I of course do realize not every frag is going to be beast mode. Many will be in the moderate range and my days are long.

Another Tom Ford Tuscan/Ombre Leather Clone. That same leathery suede smell you find in TF's Tuscan/Ombre Leather and all of its numerous clones. Agar Wood is softer, which makes it more like OL than TL. It has a slight note of oud but it is so faint that many will probably not even smell it. It does have hints of Dior Homme Parfum, that irisy leather, but it only faintly. It's not better from either DHP or TL/OL. Such a shame. I had high expectations for this. Agar Wood would've been so much better and unique had the oud note been more dominant and the leather note was equal to it or less. In its current state, Agar Wood has nothing to make it stand out. Despite all of this, judged separately from the pack, this is a nice leather scent, with hints of oud, that is softened with minuscule doses of iris, violet leaf, and tobacco. It is of good quality, like the rest of the Dunhill Signature collection Cool-weather, masculine wear. "Like"

A way toned down leather note from Tuscan Leather (including the fruity notes which are amped in comparison) but this is mixed into a nice warm sweet ambery base mixed with a bit of a pine resin. The fruitiness smells a touch synthetic and a bit too loud at first, but the dry down takes things much closer to the skin than the opening 20 minutes and the blend feels more harmonious from then on, when some tobacco tones come in. For the prices this goes for, excellent, it smells well put together and even though it has that familiar leather note it's still quite a unique blend. The only things I'd really knock it for is longevity isn't that great it's ok, and it doesn't smell like Agar Wood at all, despite the name it's a leather frag. The closest thing I've smelled to this is Royal Crown's Upper Class, which is excellent and is better quality all round I'd say but also about 4x the cost.

#525 in my "Tour de Fragrance" I'd put this closer to Mercedes-Benz Le Parfum which I have and like. I love the iris note as always. It is not Ombre Leather, Tuscan Leather, Rasasi La Yuqawam or Byredo Sellier. This is citric, not berries. Also similar to Afnan Rare Carbon in the floral component, but Rare Carbon is not fruity or citric. This scent is office safe, fine for casual wear in moderate to cold weather, okay for date night, though wouldn't be my first choice. Love the heavy bottle design. It's not like I need another leathery scent, but this is a bargain so I'll probably get a bottle anyway. .

I was taken aback when on the first spray the bitter citrus came through and almost simultaneously all the other notes just took sneak peeks. 10 minutes in and the composition begins to find its balance with that smoky, leathery, balmy, and woody air. Thankfully that iris note is not prominent enough or else it could have been disturbing. The fragrance is no nonsense and masculine. The longevity is good, I get about 9 hrs and the sillage is average, it doesn't jump off your skin too far which in my opinion is by design. I give it a 7/10 overall.

Nice leather fragrance with a similar opening to ombre leather, even closer to Terenzi Siene. As it dries down the oud starts to shine, a nice deep oud that is just shy of barnyard levels. Very Masculine and perfect for a nice suit. Performance is top notch, lasts all day and then some, projection is average but with a fragrance this rich I feel that is desirable. For the price it's a definite win as anything with comparable quality would cost at least twice as much. 8.5/10

This has the resemblance of Tuscan leather, Ombre leather and guilty absolute. A mix of all the first 3. I even smell it bitter and dark. But pass half an hour it starts to transform better. I like it but not my frequent. Very lasting but not projecting much. Smells so niche towards the end of the day. if youre a collector like me, a must have.

Reminds of my grandpa's old Mercedes.. A very nice and soft ashy suede. Maybe i had my expectations too high for this one, but for me performance is terrible. It's a skin scent from the beginning. It is still a very masculine fragrance.

A very dry leathery oud with that violet leaf giving it a slight gasoline smell which I find extremely appealing. Scent profile is beautiful but performance is heavily lacking.

Dry and pleasantly inoffensive western oud. Nice enough, but doesn’t move me. I’m wishing for the counterpoint of something like a sweet floral or warm amber to balance it.

We all need our stepping-stone when entering the more polarising niche market of the game. Jumping straight into heavy-hitters such as Nishane's Unutamam or Santi Burgas' Oud de Burgas (random examples, by the way) is not the most inspiring decision for someone still learning to discern top notes and base notes. And while certainly not the best out there, I think Agar Wood is a decent enough contender for this case. Agar Wood opens quite zesty, with a sparkling peppery spice that more so hints at lemon/grapefruit given how "bright" and fresh it feels. There's an immediate salty accord that joins too which almost implies an aquatic continuation, but that never happens, and instead a synthetic edge accompanies for most of the wearing. The ginger aids with some warmth and more spice to the overall rather uplifting opening. That uplifting nature is kept as things develop through a crisp, aromatic cypress that at the same time, in tandem with the iris, provide some sweetness; sort of resinous and foresty. However, it's a little unclear as the sweetness feels muddled in the composition. Anyways, right next to this sits a gently dewy violet leaf, sort of vegetal and "cool", but hardly strong enough to lead the heart notes. Some more abrasive saffron spice also surfaces, which again, does give the fragrance one more accord, but it also feels a little disruptive and in need for balance. My mind immediately went to Tom Ford's Ombré Leather when the suede of Agar Wood pushed through. That trademark fruity-sweet leather that is so easy to recognize. Somehow, there's also a fairly noticeable fruity accent in here to help with that, with a friend telling me that I smell like strawberries. However, it's not one-to-one to Ombré Leather's leather, as Agar Wood makes things more oily and "dirty" with some muskiness, and that's without mentioning the rising smokiness from the tobacco. It's largely just "smoke", without any other tobacco facets, and it's not terribly strong either, but definitely noticeable along with the woodiness that follows. And don't worry, there's no barnyardy accents from the oud, just woods, but definitely not the woods you'd find in so-called "Woody" fragrances such as Bvlgari Man Wood Essence or Burberry Hero EDP. Not even close. Here it's a little more serious than Sephora's shelf fillers. Performance on my skin showed rather great results in longevity, with 12+ hours. Projection, meanwhile, felt a little more restrained than I expected. It carried plenty of pushing power for the first two hours, not over-the-top, making for a fairly noticeable sillage as well. But closing in to the 3rd hour mark, it would settle down more than I expected and it would largely stop projecting at all by hour ~4. Not terrible performance by any means, but I sort of expected a little more. Even though with the term "niche" versatility and ease of wear tend to drop, it's not really the case with a fragrance that sits at the thin line between designers and entry-level niche, such as Agar Wood. I would say it's perfectly suitable for daily wear and more special occasions, keeping the high heat and enclosed office spaces out of the picture. Now, I initially wanted to call Agar Wood a sort of "dirtier" Ombré Leather. But after some more testing, I concluded that they share some similarities regarding their leather renditions, but overall there's plenty of disparities too, and Ombré Leather still comes out on top as the better blended and better made fragrance. Agar Wood might seem exciting and interesting at first smell for newcomers, but that's because it throws many accords in the air that steal your attention from the underlying issue. And that's the balance. There's just need for some polishing, for some smoothness and more harmony between notes. And while that's not enough to completely ruin Agar Wood as a whole, especially considering the rather attractive price tags (~€50-€60), it's not enough to earn it a spot higher in the "niche realm" other than a small stepping stone (of the many) from designer to niche. Presentation: 6.5/10 Scent: 7/10 Longevity: 10/10 Projection: 6/10 Versatility: 8.5/10 Value for Money: 6/10 Overall: 7.3/10

Meh. Nothing really special. Blind buy but won't find its way in the first row of my collection. Would strongly recommend NOT to use this in an office setting as opposed to some reviews below. While sillage is weak (after two hours it's almost gone) it is invasive, especially if you are sitting in an open office environment. My wife told me the scent makes me older, and not the good older. 5/10 for me.

My wife says this smells like cockroaches and Dettol. She's half right. I don't know where she gets off thinking this smells of roaches. But I do get the Dettol note. Fortunately, I love the smell of Dettol. I loved it at first. But the oud (of the barnyard variety) rears its ugly head during the dry down. Oud lovers will adore Dunhill Agar Wood.