Bade'e Al Oud Oud for Glory

Hi NewbieNerd, No, Oud For Glory is not similar to Beau de Jour or Davidoff's Zino. It isn't a fougere scent. I received Oud For Glory this week, and busy giving it a good test. The lavender is practically non-existent, mate, probably revealing itself only ever so slightly upon first spray. But you will get the rest of the notes listed above more prominently. You know, I think this is going to be my review of this wonderful Lattafa offering😊 It is incredibly, amazingly so close to Oud For Greatness. The mind boggles how the folks at Lattafa achieve such proficient clones of more pricey fragrances. I have worn Oud For Greatness once, and I think you good people will be delighted to learn that Oud For Glory actually does three things better - the opening, the additional 10ml. juice, and the price. The opening of Glory is not as heavy; it is more pleasant than Greatness. Half an hour in, and there is no difference I can tell between the two fragrances. Please read cowboylacroix's review below - he's done a fine job of breaking it down better than I could. As for the price, here in South Africa Initio's Oud For Greatness is R5960, which is about $400; Lattafa's Oud For Glory is R329, around $22. One is 18 times more expensive, and virtually no discernible difference in the scent or performance. I got over 15 hours with Oud For Glory yesterday, and even after showering I was getting subtle whiffs of it as I drifted off to sleep. This is a wonderful purchase. A fantastic clone. Oud For Greatness was never great enough to justify the exorbitant spend. I really like the scent a lot, but there was never any goosebumps or walking on clouds for me. I'm just grateful we have Lattafa around. They have knocked this one out the park, and produced what I consider to be a better fragrance than the original. I would happily pay another $22 for Oud For Glory. The presentation is top drawer, too. How they manage this level of class at such a low price is beyond me. Edit: Wearing Oud For Glory today - a rainy, cold day on the east coast of South Africa - and this fragrance is singing⭐ I am thrilled to have purchased a back-up bottle💖

Happy New Year to everyone on the thread. I decided to start the New Year off with trying (and eventually buying) another Lataffa perfume called Oud For Glory. I bought a body deo spray from Amazon to give me an idea of what it smells like. Welp when I received the spray, I decided to open it with a couple of sprays in the air and right away I got the saffron, wood and oud notes that's in BR540 except there's a bit more spice. As I have three clones of BR540 in my possession, Oakcha Sweven, Seeing Rouge by Bath and Body Works, and Untold by Club de Nuit, this fits right in with the rest of them. After I took a bath I sprayed myself liberally and waited until it died down. It lasted all of 5 seconds on my skin, but it lasted longer on my robe. That's fine. I still like the scent, so I decided to gift myself (my birthday was last month December 30) the full bottle from Amazon. Upon receiving the perfume, and removing it from its beautiful packaging, I noted the bottle was quite hefty and for $22 at 3.4 ounces it was a steal 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 The deo spray I use as an air freshener and it leaves a lovely scent through my house. For those of you who say that you detect a "rubbery" or "medicinal" note in this perfume, it's the saffron. All the dupes of BR540 that I have all have that same "band-aid" "Mercurochrome" medicinal note. Saffron is a very expensive spice and it is used in gourmet cooking and can also be made into a tea. Being a nurse, there are certain products that have that same smell; one is Hibiclens, an antibacterial body wash that is usually given to patients to thoroughly cleanse their bodies before they have surgery. The second is Betadine, a product used on surgical patients to prep the area to be operated on by clearing away any microbes found on the surgical field. Anywho, in closing (I'm sorry for the long post!!) I really like Oud For Glory but as with all my dupes, I will let it macerate for a couple months and then come back to it. In the meantime, I will still use the deo spray of OFG to scent my home. Once again HNY🎊🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎊

Oud for Glory is very pleasant immediately on its opening; the first thing I noticed is that the oud is very smoothing, a bit subdued and surprisingly subtle. The musk is strong on the opening but in a very pleasant way as well, it pairs very nicely with the oud. As Oud for Glory dries down the oud & musk notes both take a step back, allowing for hints of metallic notes, patchouli, and florals to appear. There is also just the thinnest amount of spice present in both the opening & the dry down. Oud for Glory has extreme longevity but somewhat low projection. Oud for Glory lasted just under 12 hours on my skin and 24+ on my clothing. A 8/10 for longevity. The projection is more suprising, for the first 3 hours it is extremely strong; projecting 2 or 3 feet around me. After these first 3 hours it crashes to a skin scent and after 2 or 3 more hours I can only smell it if I put my nose to my skin or clothing. A 6/10 for projection. Oud for Glory is very enjoyable as a fragrance, the oud in particular I think is done very well. It’s not an extremely oud oud and if your looking for a very strong oud this isn’t the fragrance for you. It has a very mellow, approachable, easy wearing oud. The rest of the notes in here are well balanced and complementary nicely. Oud for Glory is an 8/10 overall for me, it has oud and nicely complimenting notes but it’s also an extremely easy reach. This is definitely more of an introduction to oud but I think it’s an extremely good one.

OUD FOR GLORY-- BADE'E AL OUD--Lattafa 4 sprays on clean skin in 66 degrees 1. Middle Eastern vibe (Oud centric): Yes. 100%..A full bear hug. 2. Drydown: About 4 hours or a full round of golf. 3. Projection: 10/10. Not for a compact car. My dogs are still sneezing in the other room. 4. Longevity: 10/10. Smacks you across 4 time zones. 5. Time niche: Eve/night. Fall/winter. 6. Nutmeg/musk forward on test strip after 48 hours. Taste: A glass of Retsina (with 7-Up/Sprite) by the fireplace. A sugar cube after a shot of Nyquil. Sound: The Phantom of the Opera (overture) Sight: The opening scene of the movie Desperado. Both Buscemi at the bar and Banderas on the bar. Any full length Cirque du Soleil performance. Al Pacino sitting in front of his stash in Scarface. Touch: A large piece of oak tree bark, one hand touching the smooth inner peel and the other touching the outer side. Smell: A wood cabin in a spruce Forest after a Cavadi tablet and a patchouli incense have burned out. A bowl full of Rahat Lokum (Turkish Delight), both mastic gum and rosewater flavor. Feel free to visit my YT channel: Sense of Scents I break down fragrances in all 5 senses to get a better feel for them.

Love love it. Initial spray is VERY harsh and will scare you but give it some time. Dries down beatufully. Smells exactly like *genuine* incense which I love and gets a bit sweet -- especially on fabric. Somehow smells a bit like sweet vaniIla on my skin, mixed with the incense. Used to buy perfume oils from this Egyptian guy and this was the smell lingering in his store, so it is also a bit nostalgic to me. I had to buy it because I tested it and it wouldn't leave my mind, it's like I had a crush on a mysterious young man haha. I'm yet to bring it on a night out so I've been wearing 'round the house -- can't stop sniffing myself! Small update: I've been wearing it out and about for some time now. I don't usually layer but I have this musky milky vanilla perfume (Vanilla Wonders by Spirit, another cheapie) that combines very nicely with this one (since it already smells a bit sweet and vanilla-like on my skin). Lingers for a long time on my skin and I don't break out from it (looking at you Versace!). I still really like this perfume on its own, but the extra sweetness and vanilla elevates it a lot.