Musk Mood

I was looking for the "Oud Mood | Lattafa / لطافة" perfume online since I do not find these Arabic fragrances in Italian shops. Four variations appeared when I typed Oud Mood into the search field, all available at a ridiculous price for a 100ml EDP. All of this tempted me. I couldn't resist, and I blindly bought them all. Like all the pieces of the Oud Mood collection, the packaging and the bottle are lush and well-finished in every detail. For Oud Mood original, the box is a white-coloured cylindrical tube similar to fine whiskeys, with a golden ribbon that anchors the cap. And a white braided ribbon bandages the thick glass bottle. Not to mention the heavy metal gold cap. Incredible how a perfume paid for around €15 can provide such expensive packaging. But what surprised me the most was the perfume enclosed in the bottle, which I will try to describe. Musk Mood is a clean and soapy aldehyde-musky scent. The muskiness is dual, which means it shows the two facets of musk — the soft, powdery, and creamy side in the opening and the animalistic, damp, and deer moss side in the dry-down. The scent opens with an explosion of sparkling aldehydes, with a synthetic, slightly fruity, and soapy accord. I don’t get any hairspray vibe, but somewhat floral. It is an authentic perfume based on white musk. The aldehydes are pungent and floral, with a subtlety of the lily of the valley. Instead, there is already a dry white musk, shimmering, smoothed by that “feeling of cleanliness,” a sort of Muscone or, better still, Helvetolide, more rounded and flowery. Delicate, powdery, and smooth, it spreads tender freshness and harmony and shows the fundamental mood of the perfume. The top note spreads citrus, clean and fruity notes without overpowering. I let the perfume get familiar with my skin and lose the alcohol part, and it doesn’t take long to guess that the perfume has the same profile and yield as "Acqua di Parisis Essenza Intensa - Musk Sultan | Reyane Tradition". I’m not sure what designer or niche scent inspired them, but they are identical in every way. The evolution is parallel and specular on my skin. You immediately perceive a powdery accord, more similar to violet than iris, with a robust floral component. The heart note is a blend of floral scents, white musk, and vanilla. Now the perfume releases a creamy musky, the poison lily is still in the background, while a rose blends with the musk. From afar, the sweet floral and dewy edge prevails; instead, close to the skin, the mouldy and semi-earthy edge of the musk wins. The sense of cleanliness continues. Then it dries, transforming into a clean cloud, powdery and soft, with salty and musky tones. The base rounds off the scent with earthy musk and creamy sandalwood. Now the moss is wild and animal. The dark side emerges; it’s funky and skanky with a masculine bent. There is a thick, dark, musty, damp smell as if there were a hint of oakmoss. And a rather salty and mineral amber blends with a more vanilla undertone. A lot has changed since the opening. Although belonging to the Lattafa Mood collection, Musk Mood is different from the other flankers. This is a scent centred around musk and without the slightest trace of oud. I find it very versatile, even if it is not the typical white musk scent. It is suitable for almost all seasons, although spring and autumn are the most suitable occasions, preferably during the day. It lasts a decent amount of time with a prominent mossiness and projects well for the first few hours. Then it becomes a perfume on the skin that can still be felt for several hours. However, the scent is light and very suitable for everyday use. When its drops stick to your body, they will completely refresh you giving you that sense of cleanliness. Safe, non-offensive, and non-intrusive. I'm basing my review and opinions on a bottle I've owned since January 2023.

this one was challenging. it was great straight out of the box with a lot of sweet fruity cherry-citrus-vanilla and light floralness and faint musk. then on sitting for a couple weeks, the sandalwood came out, sharp and loud and steamrolled everything else, and the fruity soda top disappeared. I though it had turned into something interesting with all that shouting photorealistic sandalwood, but functionally unwearable. Another several weeks later and it shifted again and now seems settled into a balanced and lasting fatty, soapy aldehydic musk on top of a vintage-iris-rose and sandalwood accord with warm, wheat-y, waxy (not scented candle waxy, more beeswax) vanilla wrapped around it. I do wish some of the citrus-cherry-vanilla-float effect of the very first impression would come back and I'm sort of mystified about where those notes went, but the apparently-finished version of this scent is much richer and less cloying and frankly, probably better and more grown up. It's not a pretty-candy-girly scent, instead it is extremely comforting and nostalgic, dirty-clean, creamy and classy. Makes me think of the base dry down of one my grandmother's frequently worn perfumes, Tresor, so it might use some kind of Grojsman accord variant, for a soft fuzzy warmth and lasting woody-amber-rose backbone to the soapy foam top. It works extremely well in warm weather despite it's full bodied strength, and i bet it would be good in spring and autumn as well. I'm usually more of a fan of much 'cleaner' airier white musks, but there's something so charming and addictive about the 'old fashioned soap flakes' richness and the vintage talc and sandalwood heart that I find i'm reaching for it way more than anything else the last few months. Has 'until you wash it off and maybe even longer' longevity. Extremely potent, overspray at your peril lol, I use 2 spritzes max and I have 'skin eats perfume' chemistry.

This was a blind buy Everyone on Tiktok was saying how this perfume was the ultimate "clean girl" scent- and how it smelled super soapy and as if you just stepped out of the shower. I AGREE 🤍 yasss When I first sprayed this is was super musky. Musk to me smells sort of like baby wipes and it was very much giving baby wipes vibes when I first sprayed it. Afterwards (around 30 min to an hour depending on how much I sprayed), it dried down to a very soapy, fresh perfume. It really does smell similar to dove white bar soap, but this perfume I would say smells slightly more perfume-y (well obviously cuz its a perfume da fuq). When it dries down it giving soap, like its still musky but not baby wipe vibes more sudsy vibes, probably cuz of the florals and other notes peeking through more. I didnt smell any vanilla whatsoever either. I would say you should only spray 1/2 to 1 spray if youre sensitive to fragrance like me and just want to smell pleasant without being super smelly and filling the room. With half a spray people who are very sensitive to small can smell me from 4 ft away, but in public settings like school or at work ppl probably wont be able to smell you with only 1 spray on your arm. I dont reccomend spraying too much because it gets overpowering and also when I sprayed it a lot it never really dried down to the soapy goodness I love, it stayed at that weird baby wipe-ish scent like idk yall. RUN DONT WALK!!! (JK i hate when ppl say this😭😭😭)

This is exactly what I always wanted musk to be! It is a fuzzy, cozy white musk that reminds me of snuggling in a clean blanket, or a clean baby's skin, or skin still pink from a hot shower. Most of the musks I have tried either smell screechy or scratchy or they smell funky after a while, but I took a long run wearing this one and was still in love with this clean and slightly creamy fragrance. I do not specifically smell the notes individually (other than the musk, which, as the name suggests, is prominent), but I get the slightest hint of the citrus in the beginning, and the creamy sandalwood in the drydown. When I say creamy, I don't mean overtly so or lactonic, but just a slight warmth and roundness to this that I don't often get in other musks. Now, I bought a used bottle, so mine was probably already macerated, so perhaps a brand new bottle wouldn't smell this nice or well balanced, but I would call this the musk I have been looking for. Word to the wise - it can be quite potent, especially compared to the Jovan musks I have tried before. Do not over spray until you gauge its strength for yourself.

I've been on the fence about buying this perfume. After reading the reviews and seeing the love and the hate it made me hesitant. But I finally said f*ck it, for $17 why not. You know that feeling that comes over you when you get in a bed that has fresh clean sheets on it? That's how this fragrance makes me feel. It's so clean and soft to me. I don't get baby powder vibes from this. I get downy dryer sheet vibes from this. It's so relaxing and comforting. It's great when you want to smell like you, but better. This perfume is great for bedtime, running errands, lounging around, or anything you want to use it for. My coworkers love this one. If you like clean scents this is for you. If you like bold sweet, vanilla, gourmand, or niche fragrances this might be to tame for you. If you are interested or curious I say pay the $17. If it's a fail give it to a niece or a friend's daughter. But if you hate it, don't do like me and give it to a coworker. Then you are stuck everyday trying to keep from throwing up on them lol. Imjk....kind of.