Cristóbal (2025)

I was wowed by this the first time I smelled it and immediately bought it without second thought. I’ve smelled many Oud fragrances but this one might be my favorite. In simplest terms, it’s a leathery pancake syrup. It’s VERY thick and sweet almost like honey. The Oud smells like straight leather making it an extremely masculine fragrance. It has a very dark undertone from the Oud and is strictly a winter fragrance. The notes have to be lying. I smell leather, vanilla, Amber, resins, cinnamon, cardamom and honey. With some earthiness in the base. I think the notes are extremely misleading. The Oud isn’t animalic In any way, but is no mean blind buy safe. Overall I love it and is probably my favorite Oud forward fragrance. It smells like leather and pancake syrup. Very masculine with dark and earthy undertones. Incredible performance on skin with over 10 hours of longevity, projecting for about 8.

I really thought this would smell vintage and strict but the first thing I got was dark cocoa powder. Not sweet or edible, just dry and elegant. To me it feels timeless. I also got a compliment the first time I wore it out.

Not an oud at all, this is a lavish rose patchouli immortelle Chypre (?) that delivers what Le Mat promised. Beautiful chocolatey dry down. Amazing.

I sprayed cristal balls on my hand and it lasted all day. It’s very voluptuous and sexy.

The opening is a slightly animalic almost powdery oud. The dry down reminds me of a slightly sweet caramel oud, to my nose at least. It’s unfortunately a little too linear for my taste. If it was cheaper I would consider purchasing it.