Dignified

I was going through my collection and realized I never left a review for this beauty. Similar to what a couple others mentioned below, I have always had a problem with any fragrance that contains oud (other than TF Oud Wood which realistically must just be a name for some kind of skies and clouds, fantasy type of oud he imagined or something), cloves are a tough note for me as well if it isn't subtle, and even Vetivers have always been a very hit or miss note for me. Strangely enough, the 1st time I smelled this in Bloomingdale's I immediately could tell that it had both of these notes along with the saffron which also can be polarizing, YET I was enamored with it and went back the next day to buy it. It still is a shock to me how the overall composition of a fragrance which has so many notes that I don't normally spring for can create such a unique aura and scent bubble. I have received MANY compliments from this one as well, and surprisingly from men and women of all ages. I originally thought this might be one of those fragrances I wear for me in my alone time, BUT for me just one spray on my chest under my shirt in the morning and it is a perfect office scent. On cool evenings, the cloves and saffron seem to come out a little more, and almost have a warming effect. And on warm summer days I somehow notice the Vetiver and Cloves working together to create a seemingly fuzzy, nutty type of feel that is somehow cooling. Kind of a chameleon of a scent really. I agree with another review below that this is almost like a mix of Guerlain's Original Vetiver, Versace Man (the AMAZING "Purple Szrp" version they sadly discontinued), and ELdO's Fat Electrician, which even saying that surprises me how much more I like this scent than each of those individually. Every time I wear this I get about 6-10 hours of Longevity and a pretty consistent 3-6 foot bubble, I love catching wafts of this throughout the day or night and interestingly it's one of the first scents that almost doesn't end with just a skin scent like everything else. After the mid and into the dry-down it really maintains a great Sillage and doesn't evolve much from there, which is perfect cause it is not overbearing, it is enjoyable to many people, and is just persistent enough that you always know it's there. I guess that sounds like a pretty good description of the word Dignified to me. 🧐

I am not a fan of oud at all. Maybe cause Im young, but to me Oud smells the same as a Michaels craft store. Thats not a bad thing but just not a fan of smelling that way. I like woody scents not my first choices but I like me a good woody or wood resin type scent here and there!! I got the House of sillage sample pack cause I wanted to test the numbered scents. I had no idea this was included and tried this one out of the bunch first and wow was I caught off guard cause I looked at the note breakdown on here first and I was already thinking, “Yo Im gonna hate this”. Not a fan of middle eastern type scents at allllllllllllllll and this looked like one to me, Saffron, Oud, Cloves?! I read all the comments and the ones that actually broke down the scent (cause I didn’t bother looking on the site) And it still scared me a little. But this one my gosh, I sprayed some on and jeeze is all I can say, this is the first time I enjoyed Oud in a scent!! Honestly Im a huge Bergamot and Cardamom fan and the way this is made my goodness its so good!! Im still sort of a noob in the scent world, but I can honestly appreciate how this was made. The Bergamot, the Cardamom, the Vetiver, and the Oud are the ones that shine in this scent here! It’s a classy scent that can be pulled off at either a nice dinner or in an office. This is bright but not too bright at the same time, it wont choke anyone out. Its just so nice, and it can be worn year round in my opinion. Now the power on this one wasn’t too big on my skin, and once it gets to the dry down you only get wood resin with a slight coolness to it. Over all this is a winner in my eyes fam. The price tho?! Im not too sure, I’ve bought only 2 expensive scents before Elysium from Roja and Sedley from PDM those 2 preform for me on my skin, this one not so much, I love it, but I can’t justify the price, if someone can suggest something super almost clone like similar to this please let me know. Shoot if push comes to shove tho, I may splash for this one (yes I liked it that much haha) Long story short this is a cool, sort of fresh Oud. If you’re young under 30 and haven’t liked Oud, then I would say this one can change your mind.

Back with an updated review of dignified. So I'd say this one has a lot more backbone than encre noir extreme, it's more noticeable, robust and you can easily smell it. I know this shouldn't matter but I was surprised to be complimented on this one by people who don't know that I am into fragrances. So to kind of sum up, it is a better, improved version of encre noir extreme but the price gap is still the price gap, one of the bigger ones when comparing a original classic to an improved version. I would say this, if you love the original DNA of encre noir, but are yearning for more quality in presentation and performance than this can be the answer IF you find it at a good price which I would say is under 200 euro/USD, about 180 is what I ended up paying and it didn't feel wrong. I hope this series of long reviews is helpful to anyone hunting for this, because it took me a long time to find one in the EU and more details sometimes can be helpful. Cheers! Edit: if your from the US it's easier to get, I frequently see it at half price on the house of sillage website.

Gorgeous scent. Vetiver bomb. VERY remarkably close to Parfum De Marly Byerley - one of my faves. This is deeper slightly more resinous especially on the dry down where as Byerley has a brighter citrus in the dry down with a smoky incense feel ala Guerlain Vetiver Extreme. I now own 2 HOS and this is the fifth HOS I’ve tried that I want to buy - a definite winner however I already own Byerley and I find it hard to justify - having said that it took me two weeks of samples to make up my mind. None the less if you want a stinker(in a good sense) and a great example of a Vetiver this is one you will HAVE to try along with Guerlain Vetiver Extreme and Byerley - best of luck if you can settle on just one...

Better Encre Noir. Seriously, to deny the similarity is ludicrous, Dignified is built on Encre Noir. However, like EN, this smells good, it is more warm spicy, stronger, has decent sillage in the first two hours. It's not a bad frag and I wouldn't call it a clone, I would literally say this is an improvement on the original. I appreciate but don't particularly like EN so this won't be finding a home in my collection but the quality is good and on the brand website I frequently see it discounted do around 145 usd which I feel is a fair price for this. If something classy and minimalistic with a punch is your thing or you are a fan of Lalique's Encre Noir you will probably enjoy this.