Oud Sahara

Yes, the oud craze is well over but why do you even care what is in style and what isn't? Especially when this beauty has been widely available at your local mall for several years now for $15, and has been quietly hiding its androgynous ambery, smoky complexity to all but those in the know? If you are interested in bargain hidden gems and are not regularly checking on new releases in the Gourmand range at Urban Outfitters you are making a huge mistake. The catalogue on Fragrantica is still catching up to the now 20+ series of interesting releases in this minimalist Gourmand range, some pure garbage, some phenomenal. Oud Sahara in particular is a remarkable standout from the usual fast fashion fragrance offerings for women (it seems like every fast fashion store has a large perfume line these days) and offers this dry, smoky, balsamic beauty that has just enough creamy vanilla to win vintage Dior Addict and Dune fans over (though this is drier and earthier than these beauties, but certainly in the same family) Good sillage but only ~2 hours longevity before it turns into a smoky sandalwood skin scent. If you don't mind a mid-day respray you will fall madly in love and never look back

A friend gifted this to me and it actually became my everyday favorite perfume. I had the rollerball and one day I dropped it and it was all over the bathroom floor. I’m still devastated and I can’t find it anywhere. I bought Oud Wood by Tom Ford because it’s the only perfume listed as similar, I loved it but it was too masculine for me. Please let me know if anyone wants to get rid of it I’ll buy it from you, or where I can buy it online!! It’s a lovely unisex but slightly more feminine oud scent, it didn’t last very long but I loved how subtle it was, perfect for everyday use (at home, running errands, appropriate for work, although I wore it around my partner also because it was his favorite too!) Desperately searching For a dupe/similar scent!!!

This is an old favorite of mine. I got my original bottle at Urban Outfitters for maybe $20 back in 2016 and then recently rediscovered it at TJ Maxx and got two bottles for $8 a piece. It's clearly not a niche or 'serious' fragrance but it's very nostalgic for me. The scent itself is very pleasant. I'm not sure if it's actually an oud per say but it is a soft ambery spicy fragrance with a good balance of notes. It's doesn't change much upon dry-down other than maybe leaning into the vanilla warm aspects. If you ever come across this at TJ Maxx or even UO, I definitely recommend grabbing a bottle just to have.

This is my signature summer scent. It's sexy, spicy, ambery and just so different than anything else in my collection. You're either going to love it or hate it. I learn more into spicy sweet scents, but this perfume makes me feel so powerful. Envision you woke up smelling ambery after a beach bonfire, a tinge of a smoke smell still on your clothes. You burn some incense while getting ready, spritz on some vanilla and go to meet your friends for a cocktail by the beach. Doesn't last super long, but drys down nicely on clothes. Best $12 at TJ Maxx I have ever spent. A very mature scent for a low price.

Middle Eastern dessert. My mom’s baking. Easter. Novruz. Spring. Home. Sweets. Spices. My childhood. These are my associations. I just stole it from my 70 year old dad who loved it but used it as his bathroom spray 😆 Everything he had in this bathroom smelled like spices and sugar so this was accompanied by similar smelling hand soaps and lotions from another brand. Anyway, if you can get your hands on it at TJMaxx get it. It’s a beautiful spicy sweet dessert like scent.