Ramaad Al Oud

I just got this one second hand and I think it’s a more mature version than what others are smelling - I’m getting all the listed notes on Fragrantica. This opens bright and citrusy from the pink pepper and fruit - then I get spicy sweetness. The oud is smooth and I don’t get any smoke/burned wood smell at all. It’s resinous and woody but the citrus and raspberry hang on to keep it bright, not a dark oud smell but definitely fresher than expected. It leans masculine but I would love to rock this during the day in the winter or even on a cooler spring/summer night. I think this is like so many of the Arabic fragrances - some just need some time out in a corner and they’ll grow up and be goooood. This smells great.

Great sillage and performance on this one. It's nice smoky oud with amber and patchouli. Like i said before fantastic performer. 9/10. Some of these lattafa cheapies are absolute bangers. Notes are correct on here.

Notes are wrong. This is a spicy, woody, resimous fragrance. 8/10

Smells like rubber, and I actually really like it.

Ramaad opens fresh-spicy, citrusy, and peppery before moving into a smoky-resinous character mixed with dry, charred, rubbery wood, like oud burning in a small fire with a patchouli incense stick. There's a slightly sour green quality to it, and it feels relatively natural. Sweetness is present throughout, but it's blended into the composition rather than sitting on top of it. In the later phase, it becomes more woody-leathery. This is not an accessible profile. It brushes against ordinary masculine classics, but in a much less wearable version. It takes their citrus-spicy code, then runs it through smoke, dry powdery oud, and a rough rubbery edge. I think it can confidently be described as enigmatic. It stands out, maybe even extremely so. It doesn't specifically remind me of anything I've smelled before, though among possible similarities, maybe there really is a bit of Musamam here. Projection is ok, and the longevity is pretty solid. It's clearly masculine. The bottle looks nice from a distance, but it's simply plastic with a cool texture. Still, it's fairly aesthetic, and it fits the charred wood theme quite well. It's not beautiful in the classic sense, but it's intriguing and has a very distinct identity. I'd wear it carefully, preferably in cold, damp weather, and more when I want to smell unusual rather than necessarily pleasant. A blind buy only for people who like smoky weirdness with non-obvious, abrasive taste. It's decent, but it didn't sweep me away. I have better oddities. I had it for a very long time before writing this review because it's hard to define: it surely is different from everything else. And it's cheap. Opening note: 6+ Sillage/Projection: 7 Drydown: 7- Longevity: 7+ Blend/Composition: 7- Versatility: 3 Uniqueness: 9- Value for money: 8- Bottle design/Aesthetics: 7 Overall experience: 6+ Blind-buy rating: 3-