Premiere Luxe Oud for Her

This is a good one of Avon. It's sweet, heavy oud. Nothing cheap here but a good deep, warm perfume with a great protection and longtivity. Nothing weak or watery but a solid perfume. Love it is. 😊

 When I discovered this perfume about 6 years ago, it made a very good impression on me. But back then I hadn't discovered so many agarwood-rose scents. Today, when I am familiar with many similar fragrances in this climate, Premiere Luxe Oud no longer makes much of an impression, being one of many similar perfumes combining rose and oud. Knowing high-end Arabic perfumes, it is difficult to admire Premiere Luxe Oud, but it must be admitted that in the budget price category it is a very well-built composition. In addition, Avon is famous for the average/poor quality of its perfumes, but in this case they tried to make them of quite good quality. At such a low price, this is commendable. We also have, by Avon standards, a scent that is clearly different from the pleasant but bland mainstream flowers or fruits that the company most often serves. Unfortunately, this niche nature also turned out to be a disadvantage, because the fragrance is no longer offered by the brand. It is not a unique or particularly rich composition. Its core consists of moderately sweet, dark and oily rose and oud in a European version, far from the dirty agar resin known from Arab perfumes. It is the rose in a dark, slightly decadent version that determines the darker character of this fragrance. And basically you can feel mainly these two interpenetrating notes - rose and oud. Together they create an aroma effect in a Gothic, oriental and a little retro style. The background of this super duo includes dry, sweet praline and earthy patchouli, both "additives" nicely enhance the composition, adding chocolate nuances. I don't detect any other notes apart from this quartet, maybe a bit of pepper at the very beginning. It's hard for me to say whether this is a typically feminine perfume, because the rose has a lot of masculine element. I think it's unisex with a slight tilt towards the feminine side. However, if it is to be worn by a woman, she must be mature, somewhat mysterious and elegant. On men's skin there is less bud rose jam and more chocolate rose with a woody undertone. The aroma does not suit young people or T-shirts and sneakers. The parameters are also above Avon's poor standards. Longevity ranges from 6-7 hours, but projection for the first hour is considerable. Then it's moderate, but you have to wait a few hours to reach the very close-to-the-skin phase. Premiere Luxe Oud is not something phenomenal or sublime. It is a secondary composition, but at the price at which this perfume could be bought, it was a really good scent, especially since previously it was difficult to find something similar and so well constructed in such a low price range. The bottle is very nice, it resembles an elegant Greek column and its burgundy color reflects the contents well. 7/10

I received a sample of this and quite a few other Avon fragrances from a Fragrantican in Europe. What a nice scent! This starts off with oud similar to Yves Rocher's Rose Oud scent. It's sweet, pleasant, slightly spicy oud that is more user-friendly for those unaccustomed to the heavier oud. Once the chocolate comes through, the scent sort of loses me, because I am not crazy about gourmand scents. They tend to induce headaches. But it is clearly a scent that would be adored or at least appreciated by many. Avon did a really good job here presenting a scent that keeps pace with contemporary offerings from the designers. I really recommend this for someone who likes lovely, sophisticated gourmands. It's not for me, but it's definitely good for many others. If the notes appeal to you, it's worth a try.

I received a sample of this and quite a few other Avon fragrances from a Fragrantican in Europe. What a nice scent! This starts off with oud similar to Yves Rocher's Rose Oud scent. It's sweet, pleasant, slightly spicy oud that is more user-friendly for those unaccustomed to the heavier oud. Once the chocolate comes through, the scent sort of loses me, because I am not crazy about gourmand scents. They tend to induce headaches. But it is clearly a scent that would be adored or at least appreciated by many. Avon did a really good job here presenting a scent that keeps pace with contemporary offerings from the designers. I really recommend this for someone who likes lovely, sophisticated gourmands. It's not for me, but it's definitely good for many others. If the notes appeal to you, it's worth a try.

This is one of the best Avon fragrances I have tried so far. It starts with a gourmand, but a bit sour rose on me - this phase is beautiful and I adore it. Instead of the praline note what I smell is syrup or loukhum - and it is just loveable. After an initial hour or so it settles down and stays close to skin as a powdery and patchuli based scent, and this phase is the one I don't like so much. It lasts extremely long for an Avon fragrance (12 hours or so). It is absolutely worth trying. And the bottle is also very nice.