Oudi

Bought a 100ml bottle with deodorant for just £11 at the Birmingham Rag Market. I fell in love with Oudi at first sniff. Crazy longevity and excellent protection; the sandalwood, moss and a little rose push through an oud that's mellow without becoming skanky. Very refined and definitely a male fragrance. I wear at all times of day and this really shines on a warm spring day. To comment on Vostok's opinion; I'm personally glad that more people aren't discovering fragrances like this. You won't meet anyone smelling exactly like you.

A creamy woody floral mix that leans on the masculine side. The note breakdown will lead you to think it's an oud dominant fragrance... It's not! It's in the background supporting the other notes giving the fragrance its woody accord. I can barely smell it, tbh. Good projection and average longevity for this one. The scent is amazing though. Worth a try for its low price.

I have the rollerball and bottle and all I get is dark, dank wood. Not bad since I love the smell! But I don't really get any of the other notes. Lasts forever!

OUDI ..... IS NICE SOFT ROSE , OUD MIX I LIKE IT ONE O A KIND YOU SHOUD TRY IT 8/10 OVER ALL

This more than any other fragrance I own hits the nail on the head when it comes to what I was searching for at the very start of my fragrance collecting, wearing and enjoying hobby. It's not the best I have, real oud cognoscenti will perhaps sneer at it and it certainly isn't the most expensive fragrance I have. What it is is something quite else. I've tried all manner of fragrances from inexpensive middle Eastern houses such as but not limited to Lataffa, Rasasi, Al Rehab and Khalis with mostly excellent but sometimes poor results. I'm often pleasantly surprised and delighted but I generally get what I pay for as is the universal law of life and buying fragrances. Oudi by Ard-Al-Zaafaran performs the miracle of at the same time smelling exotic and incensey (without smelling like a head-shop or spice drawer), a weeny bit medicinal (avoiding being like a first aid box), sweet (without being syrupy or caramel sickly), deep (without being heavy and cloying), smokey (without being charred), leathery (without smelling like a car freshener or the inside of a shoe box), woodsy (without being like freshly sawn pine or pencil shavings) and sexy (without being skanky and dirty). Performance is stellar. I've worn it a few times with no less than twelve hours each time with it holding onto at least a bit of projection. I sprayed my wrists and single toot on my forearms at 5:30am. I'm working in a foundry and I'm on my break now at 3pm and it's still going like a train. It cost me £5.50 for 50ml which is something around six and a half American dollars. Ridiculous price for what you get. 100ml bottles are the ones you see most on ebay but there are also 6ml oil roll on versions and a flat 20ml pocket sprayer which is like a thick credit card. That's choice for ya. In my mind's eye this is what Omar Sharif's Ali smelled like when he rode out of the middle distance heat haze towards us on his camel in Lawrence of Arabia. Masculine, noble, clean, regal, enticing, etherial and magical with a few unpolished facets. I'm not a Sauvage or mass appeal fragrance knocker. I like Sauvage..... even wear it as my fancy takes me as well as other popular fragrances but I really wish that the general public would experience fragrances like this Ard-Al-Zaafaran. They're missing out. They really are. We don't get long on planet Earth at best and there's an abundance of hidden treasures like this to seek out and try. No one in the pub will smell like you with this on you and for every reason to your benefit. If you don't wear it for anyone else you'll get a kick out of wearing this for yourself. Would suit a walk through the park kicking up dead leaves with your lover on a sharp cold afternoon before heading for the local hostelry, Bonfire Night parties, Halloween outdoor shenanigans, that kind of cold weather outdoorsy social stuff. Having said that, it's not an overwhelming thermonuclear fragrance and it behaves itself when taken indoors to warm up. Not an office scent, not really a date night scent unless used in strong moderation and definitely not a gym scent. This one has pleased me immensely and not purely because of its low price. It's just great for what it is.