Gucci Oud

After having lived in the middle east and exploring many fragrances around the world in my military travels and have been exposed to Oud plenty of times. I agree with many that Gucci jumped on the bandwagon of the newest gimmick of including Oud in fragrances. I've smelled many different varieties of Oud mixed in many combinations. Westerners don't know this so of course its new and new can always be priced at a premium. I was very intrigued by this perfume and bottle and the fact that this one is labeled unisex because I really loved this bottle also so I went and got it. So far very hard to find as i'm typing this up. It was delivered to me and very excited to spray it and at first I was moved, WOW this is an amazing smell , very beautiful, but wait a minute. Why does this smell familiar? I realize looking over at the many different middle eastern oils I have of musks and oud , this perfume by Gucci isn't something new, its just repackaged. One can say all combinations of fragrances have been found and honestly todays "new" fragrances are just repackaged fragrances. The oils I bought in the middle east are cheap. They are pure perfume grade and if packaged to look expensive they would be, but they don't bullshit you. What you have here is just repackaged scent. I love it but the arabs have had these oud fragrances for the longest times and the idea of the european companies to try to get in the arab market is silly, because arabs are laughing at us for spending so much on these "oud wannabes" as I like to call them. overall I love the smell, but I had to call it out on the bullshit. Also I am a male, and I'll say not every guy will be able to pull this scent off.

I will precede this review by stating that I love Gucci by Gucci EDP. I found it unique, modern in a way and very classic in another. Since Gucci by Gucci is now harder to come by, I am nose-shopping around for other perfumes I like that fill the same spot,preparing myself for yet another of my perfumes to become elusive. I tried Oud yesterday. I like Oud perfumes, though a lot of them tend to be too dry. I found the oud scent to come through loud and clear as a top note, though its dryness was cut down with a sweetness that reminded me a lot of the way Gucci by Gucci cuts its very masculine flavours with honey. As time went, it reminded me more and more of Gucci by Gucci. When I got home, I looked it up and recognized the saffron from its description on the Gucci site. All in all, I liked it very much, though I wouldn't own both this one AND Gucci by Gucci due to their similarity. I think I will go back to test it with one arm wearing Gucci by Gucci so I can compare them side by side and see which one I prefer.

Not at all creative nor innovative for a perfume, but let me tell you something. Next to Gucci PH II, it's the only Gucci that smells natural, without, more or less pronounced, synthetic accord. The rose here is really beautiful. Until I've sniffed this fragrance, I thought the best rose in the mainstream genre is Cartier Declaration d'Un Soir. But the thing with d'Un Soir is that rose presented there is kinda' to jammy for my taste. This smells like plenty, thousands, millions of rose petals cascading from the air. And I mean it. Ok, we have a jammy moment here - right after it's sprayed on the skin, you can feel the jammy raspberry. But after 15 minutes it's gone.Luckilly, it's not too oudy when it dries down, the oud here is like a woody backbone to the whole fragrance. Longevity is solid, over 10 hours on my skin, projection is rather moderate. It should be cheaper though, it doesn't deserve the niche pricing.

I am a serious perfume collector. I just began a few years ago (after I quit smoking cigarettes) as my reward for quitting. I started out loving all things citrus and neroli. Then it evolved to fresh/clean scents. Then my taste became richer and darker. I have been looking for the perfect oud for a year. I have bought many high-dollar ouds that were highly recommended. Most smell great but I just got this one today and it is THE ONE I have been searching for all along! It is a WONDERFUL combination of fruit and oud. sweet and oud with rose. NOTHING beats this so far. I have paid up to 400 for designer niche oud perfumes and they don't even come close to this in my opinion! Best blind buy ever! By the way, most all of my selections have been blind buys. I live in the mountains of WV where there is little to no good shopping alternatives. Also, I am always looking online for the best deal.

Phenomenal scent. Starts off with a strong , fruity raspberry which is a bit tangy. Soon the rose , pear and some spices come through. The rose is prominent , the pear and saffron are supporting and adding nuance and detail they’re not in the front of the fragrance and are not necessarily standing out to me. A bit later you start to get the very natural but also very polite and quiet Oud. It’s definetly there and it’s one of the star ingredients of the fragrance but it doesn’t take the “main stage”. It adds this oriental and mysterious facet to the fragrance. Together with the amber and musk this has a heavy, more masculine base that contrasts with the strong more feminine and sweet top notes. Very very good and signature scent worth. Fall winter basically exclusively. Too heavy for any heat unless you want to be smelled in the next block.

I finally found my new signature scent in this perfume. I used to wear the Gucci EDP (the brown one in the clear glass bottle), but it was discontinued and it's very hard to find now. After a 2 year hunt, I happened upon what I had been missing - a strong, oriental female fragrance. It is marketed as unisex, but I'd find it difficult to imagine a man wearing it. It's a bit on the heavy side, but definitely still within the female range. The fragrance makes me feel sexy and confidence, and the Oud smell is so unique that to most people it's quite intoxicating. I've used two bottles of it now, and find it suits me as a strong signature scent and you can smell it for days afterwards..maybe even weeks. It definitely lingers - my now-ex-boyfriend used to say he could smell me for days afterwards in his car.

Oriental Rose I own a lot of rose and oud-fragrances and this is definitely a rose fragrance. From the beginning all i could sense was the rose combined with pear and rasperry. Around 10-15 minutes later saffron and patchouli take over and make the rose creamy and seductive. Until the end the rose is and remanins at the center of this fragrance. I do not sense any oud at all... but maybe that's only me.

Sweeter than anticipated. Has the Gucci by Gucci dna, but with a touch of oud and rose. Neither dominate. The rose and raspberry make it sweeter. Happy to add this to my Gucci by Gucci family. Still prefer the Gucci by Gucci edt. It’s less sweet.

This is feminine. Very feminine. This is more "floral oriental" or "floral spicy" than "oriental woody". It is a nice smell but more feminine than masculine. PS: this a fantastic floral smell for women! it's a killer romantic fragrance for women

Wow... What an under the radar fragrance. This wears great on guys. Wore it today received several unsolicited compliments. Ordering another bottle now. This shit is getting pricey. Love it as I do the intense version.

You can either consider this a Rose/Oud version of Gucci Pour Homme I with a fleeting Tom Ford Black Orchid undertone, or a better done version of Calvin Klein Encounter. Either way i love it.

Gucci by Gucci OG but with extra oomph. Got it because my GbyG was running out and I couldn’t find it. Got this, not disappointed.

Intense unique fragrance, reminded me BlV from Bulgari, I loved it from the second I smelled. It is almost like a spell casted :)

Victorious oud. I don't like oud usually but exception this. For winter autmn; Scent: 9/10 Long: 8,5/10 Sillage: 9,5/10

I own this. Currently available exclusively at Dubai Duty Free. It is BEAUTIFUL!! Pricey but SO worth it!!

Liked it, but became to feminine for me, so gave to the misses

Herbal opening but the dry down is pleasant and easy perceive

Very sweet and more toward feminine side for first hour. It change to something masculine if the humidity be low or you not sweat. If humidity increase or you sweat, then the sweat scent screams again and you get stinky like a gum! Like a strawberry gum in the mouth of smoking man! It's very pricey for its quality ..... If I was to purchase a rose oud, I prefer to spend on Dior Oud Ispanan instead. Oud Ispahan is more expensive, but the scent and quality you get from it is much more that what you get from Gucci Oud. Acqua de parma Colonia Intensa Oud is also amazing with similar price. Consider it if you want a Oud perfume ...... Longevity and sillage is better than most of the fragrances in the shop. The scent can be excellent, or it may turn to gum. Recommend? hmmmm ...... You can smell it yourself and buy it for yourself, but do not give it to a men as a gift. For women it would be more safe .....

An oriental masterpiece from Gucci. After reading some guys saying this could be a unisex scent, I tried it. Westernized oud, spicy rose, slightly sour, rasberry, a noticeable powdery feel with the ethereal note of aromatic incense, I guess from the smooth combo of amber/saffron/patchouli . Very sensual and very pleasant. I'd love to smell it on a woman. I don't know if I could wear it.. I guess not. If it had more depth and a touch of darkness, maybe more oud, resins, smoke etc, it could be easily unisex scent equal for example to Amouage or something very special. Well, the price for the big bottle here is almost 11.000 rubles. In my opinion the smell does not justify the price tag. Conclusion. It's an overpriced but beautiful feminine scent. Gucci could have done it better, I'm sure.

My favourite perfume is Gucci by Gucci Edp and I am surprised that some of you find Gucci Oud very similar to that. These two are VERY different to my nose. Gucci by Gucci is honey-flowery-smokey with a little bit of masculin bitterness. This one is an oud bomb with a little bit of fruity sweetness and rose. I would not recommend it for men, I think it seems to be unisex in the first couple of minutes but grows to be very feminin in the drydown with the sweetness and the rose. It smells like a rich Arabic lady from the Gulf Bay (no offense, half of my family is from there). My husband (who is Arabic) loved it but I'm not really into oud scents so I did not really like it.