Oud Abramad

A beautiful take on oud. Oud Abramad (OA) is a beautiful sweet, ambery oud. It starts immediately with classic oriental oud, mixed with warm amber accord (incense, labdanum, wood), & with a lovely Arabic saffron & rose combo. That ambery, oudy, arabic smell is then spiced up with cumin, & sweetened with a note that is not motioned that smells like dates. The smell is oudy, woody, ambery, incensy, sweet, saffrony, & lightly rosey. This sweet, ambery, oud/rose scent does share obvious resemblance to the rumored to be now-discontinued MMM Across Sands. The similarity is uncanny! Personally, I prefer Across Sands but the difference is mild. OA smells like Across Sands mixed with a small amount of Armani's Oud Prive. I get why people voted it smells like Armani Oud Royal; they both have an oriental sandalwoody-like smell at the dry down. However, that is more applicable to Oud Royal than OA. OA is also oudier & sweeter if that is something you're looking for. Overall, OA is a beautiful take on sweet, Arabic oud, that is mature & properly unisex with a slight lean towards the masculine side. OA is best worn on cool night. "Love"

Wow! Got this as a sample from my fiancee. This fragrance is lovely. It is truly intoxicating. For me it evokes an attractive, musky, old leather-bound book. This fragrance really makes me want to keep coming back for another sniff. I wouldn't be able to pick out the base notes labdanum, guaiac wood, castoreum, or ambroxan - I'm relatively new to the world of fragrances so I am completely unfamiliar with those notes. But I think that's part of the allure for me! I love the discovery process of sampling fragrances, coming to understand unfamiliar notes, and developing my nose. I can 100% detect the incense pretty much right away. It smells like nag champa, but it isn't too loud or cloying like incense can sometimes be. The oud is also immediately detectable but by no means overpowering. I have trouble discerning the other individual notes, other than the rose and patchouli. It seems very well balanced, well blended and well formulated to me. Definitely glad I have a sample to play with!

I read the comments and I see how it could fool one into thinking that this is a properly nasty animalic barnyard oud, but it's not. It actually reminds me of a scented indian incense stick, it's sour, woody and spicy, there's a touch of oud in the base. But the thing that really stands out for better or for worse, is the slightly sweaty cumin note, that's where all that skankiness comes from. The result is interesting, it's filthy and polarizing but also well balanced, light, playful and wearable. I really like the big, sour, punchy opening, the transitional phase feels a bit chaotic and too heavy on the cumin, but the drydown is harmonious, with a pleasant, natural spicy sweetness that comes out after an hour or so. This isn't for everyone, but it certainly stands out among the countless boring, unoriginal oud scents that the market is flooded with. I'm surprised to see such a daring release from a house that tends to play it rather safe, often to a fault. I'm into it.

Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 9/10 Sillage: 7/10 Bottle: 8/10 Batch: 4230615 This is a wonderful fragrance not for the faint of heart. The opening has a lot of oud and animalic notes, so if that’s not your style, stay away. Sample, not something everyone will like. It transforms to a very dry, earthy and smokey scent with some hints of the Castoreum in the background, and eventually sits closer to the skin and is super smooth wood and soft floral notes lingering in the background. This is a wonderfully blended perfume, with an intense opening and a smooth, challenging scent all around. I don’t pick up much of the cumin or ginger, though. I love how it has a pressurized atomizer, and the juice itself isn’t runny, but more of an oil which I like. Longevity is 8-10 hours, sat close to the skin towards the end. I also sprayed everywhere.

I've really enjoyed getting to know this fragrance. I've just basically finished my sample. Oud Abramad is really one of the best Oud scents that I've tried. I agree with other commenters saying that's it's rather dry and medicinal. The first spray is a blast of oud, incense, and cumin which can be a bit much but it dries down into a beautiful incensey-floral oud without that artifical note that so many "oud" fragrances have. It's one of my favorite fragrances that does not have a vanilla and/or tonka base at the bottom. Just well done all around. Definitely thinking of getting a FB at some point.