Oud Al Sultan

There's a dank, rotting wood smell alongside the oud. Sort of like an old, wet, muddy plank from an abandoned building site. The oud and cedar smell like the bone-dry oud and cedar from Zemfira, while the rose is much more restrained. The citrus top notes are my least favourite part of this perfume. They're not like the beautiful shimmering Bortnikoff citruses in Oud Cologne, but more aggressive and synthetic smelling (although once they abate, a warm, sweet base takes over and makes it feel more like the old Bortnikoff gems). I don't know why he started doing these histrionic citrus tops, maybe the materials he used to use aren't available any more or perhaps he just likes that style. From what I gather, none of his fans enjoy these latter citruses. This perfume is extremely strong and can be nauseating, but applied minimally the sillage is wonderful, while I must admit I continue to struggle with the up-close experience of it.

It's like a zemfira for the rose note and like oud Sinharaja for the clean oud profile but with a little dirty monarch tailandian oud (if I am not wrong). Very pleasant Parfum, good one. Edit: After 48h, I can smell the most wonderful and smoothest oud scent on paper and it seems that it will oast forever there tenderly.

Damn I like this, aromatic punch of citrus in it's opening while having a strong background of florals, soft vanilla, and oud. Beastly and definitely worth it's price if you enjoy!

Wore this and my entire family appreciated the scent. As far as longevity/silage.... they could smell it when passing several feet away. A very unique spring/summer rose oud. I enjoyed the vanilla/oud at the base. Definitely on my must have shelf. Wife loves it. I agree some with rbalkris below, but still want a FB.

Light powdery woody citrus scent showcasing a clean Thai Oud. The scent opens with citruses, transitions to a floral middle and settles fairly quickly on a base of guaiac, vanilla, cedar and oud. The unisex scent has intimate to moderate projection and longevity. On the plus side this is an Oud scent that can be worn in summer. On the flip side it is too soft to make much of an impact. One of the lesser offerings of the brand. Enjoy!