Oudgasm Vanilla Oud | 36 Eau de Parfum Intense

My Kayali Oud Collection came in. I watched every single YouTube video and NOTHING prepared me for what I actually smelled. I wanted to know if a person wasnt into oud, should we be afraid of the collection. These are all classic Kayali DNA fragrances. Those who are typically underwhelmed with Kayali, you'll be underwhelmed again. Kayali lovers will find happiness once again. These are all BEGINNER friendly ouds. The black bottles werent necessary. They are all soft skin scents. These are crowd pleasing and nothing is off putting even if it isnt your cup of tea per se. My favorite is Vanilla Oud. They honestly didn't even need to call it oud bc you cant detect it at all. Its a soft pretty dainty skin scent. Is it groundbreaking? No! Does it need to be? No! McDonald's isnt extraordinary either but they are still #1. I want a full bottle of the Vanilla Oud. Kayali is famous for their vanillas and they nailed it once again right here. Tobacco Oud: This is my 2nd favorite and I also want a full bottle of it. It sort of reminds me of a baby Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille. Although this one has supposedly the most intensity of oud, it's still a very elementary level of oud and very safe to move product for the masses. The opening isn't that great but the mid is addictive and the drydown after 2-3 hours is a baby candy sweet vanilla with lace and glitter femininity. Cafe Oud: Im a coffee fragrance lover. I own Delox from Tiziana Terenzi. I love the coffee in Bond No 9 New York Nights & New Haarlem. I also love the coffee in Followed by Kerosene. Cafe Oud unfortunately missed the mark. It smelled stale on me. Not an old stale smell but something that just recently went stale. Rose Oud: Im not typically into rose so to no surprise this didnt work for me either. I would imagine rose ppl would appreciate this one. I do like the rose in the new Carmina by CREED interestingly enough. Kayali gets both a lot of love and hate. (That's what happens when you're on top!) I am a Kayali fan. What else do I own from the brand? ☆ Vanilla 28 ☆ Musk 12 ☆ Déjà Vu White Flower ☆ Yum Pistachio ☆ Silk Santal ☆ Lovefest Burning Cherry ☆ Eden Juicy Apple I look forward to the TWO full bottles from the Oud Collection that I'll grab next month during Sephora's 20% off VIB sale.

Opens with clearly vanilla and a cold, astringent smell of saffron. Some people get something medicinal/dentist gloves from saffron and if that’s you, definitely smell this scent first. It smells more like that when I sniff up close. I don’t get that in the sillage. As it warms on my skin, I get more of a sugared, delicious vanilla and something else. I wouldn’t have been able to identify it without the notes in front of me but it’s praline. The saffron evolves to be more leathery as it goes into the mid. Once this flips the whole scent comes together into something cohesive. It’s like it unlocks the oud and really serves as an enhancer to the woodiness. The oud is light in this one. In the deep dry down, the oakmoss comes out. I love oakmoss. This one is cool, earthy, and gives a vintage touch. The first time I tried this, I was nearly happy dancing at how good of a scent this is! I sprayed this one right out of the package and went on a hike along the river. I kept smelling myself even with all the other smells (of the river, trees, dirt, people, animals). I was loving it! Usually going outside tampers down my fragrance so much that I can’t smell it anymore. So caution there that this scent is powerful! At the same time, it’s so pleasant that I’m not choking myself out. I got the rest of the collection and from my initial sniffs of the others, I’m loving them too. I’ll need to get to wearing those and report back. Off the top of my head, I don’t have anything else in my collection like this. I really disagree with the Eilish comparison I see here. Eilish smelled like artificial-tasting chocolates from childhood that were amazing then but would taste disgusting as an adult. Eilish never came together for me. It was always a sweet chocolatey vanilla with berries on top - a jarring combination that never melded.

Omg I just LOVE this! The longer it sat in my skin, the longer I fell in love. Honestly, I wasn’t going to buy this - it didn’t sound like I would have liked it, let alone love it but I’m glad I do!! In this past few months I’ve bought - Escapade Gourmand (5/10), Bianco Latte (6/10)) I go nose blind to it real quick, Burberry Goddess (7/10) didn’t fall in love bc I have B&BW Cozy Sunday Morning in my collection & to my nose, it smells almost identical so I felt like it wasn’t anything I haven’t already smelled - but I eventually started to enjoy it and I also bought Mahni Cassonade (10/10) I just love it!! I’ve also sampled a handful of vanilla perfumes but nothing but Mahni Cassonade got my love and attention the way Vanilla Oud did. It is loooong lasting on my skin & it just feels so warm and cozy but also sexy and flirty. Yesterday I sampled Nest Lychee Rose on one wrist and I had Vanilla Oud on the other. It is the PERFECT combo! This combo reminds me a little of Lamar Kajal. Mmmm!! I’m glad that Kayali fragrances work on my skin. A lot of people say it doesn’t last long on their skin but my very moisturized skin (stupid dry when not) loves Kayali and it is one of the few fragrance houses that works for me! It is all long lasting and hours later, I can still smell it on my skin.

This is a lovely, powdery vanilla oud fragrance. If you are a beginner to oud I think this one is very comfortable to wear as the oud is very light in it. I definitely agree with the reviews below, this is very similar to Eilish and Lattafa’s Nebras. The only difference is that the vanilla in this is less syrupy and it is more powdery, also there is a touch of oud added. But that’s it! Basically Nebras and Eilish are more gourmand smelling. This is still a gourmandy oud, but it leans powdery. So overall, imagine vanilla topped with some powder and a touch of woodiness. 🍦🪵 Although it is a very lovely fragrance, I think I will use up my small bottle and skip on purchasing the full bottle. In all honestly, I adore Kayali and all their fragrances, but I wouldn’t purchase a full bottle as I already have Nebras and they are very similar in my opinion. And I actually prefer Nebras as I am more of a gourmand girl. I would highly recommend if you love gourmand, powdery, vanilla oud fragrances. Ps. Longevity and sillage is good 🖤

so i just got this and i gotta say, it is not your typical vanilla at all, however it is GOOD! first spray i got a lot of saffron, vanilla and oud, almost like a bitter-sweet combination, in a good way, then it dries down to this sweet leather-y woody vanilla note (i know it doesnt have leather but maybe its the cashemere or something but it really has a hint of leather on my skin. ) It is unexpected and good but there is also a familiarity in it. At first i thought it reminded me of Divine Perversion by Hedonik but then it changed again and it hit me. It smells like a mix between Vanille Supermassive by Les EAUX Primordiales & Lovefest Burning Cherry by Kayali with a touch of Oud and Saffron. On my skin at least of course. But it is good, i reccomend it! Also longevity seems to be longer than usual on kayali perfumes. Cant wait to try the rest!