Oud Extravagant

Just when I thought I'd been jaded by Oud, MPG introduced this Masterpiece. Too late to the party? No, fashionably late more like it. A must have for collectors and limited edition. This is surprisingly easy to wear, can be versatile for all seasons and unisex. Such a pleasure to have a different take on Oud. Opens sexy, masculine, funky, smoky and animalic, with authentic oud, yes but quickly morphs into a unisex subdued velvety smooth blend of Oud, Coriander, Labdanum, Musk, Myrrh and Vanilla for the rest of it's stay. Straightaway, you get a Niche feel. I'd place this quality on level with Nouveau Monde/Ombre Nomade LV, and possibly The Night FM for it's carnal nature. I’m very fussy with vanilla and this is not cloyingly sweet nor too woody nor too thin. It has a rich, thick/wholesome, old-world backbone to it. Merges with skin easily due to quality ingredients. If Oud Infini had a brother, this would be him. A gothic amber if you will. Terribly sophisticated and so well blended. Projects 3-4 hours. Lasts 7 hours. Needless to say, I'm in love. It’s easy to see why frags from the house of MPG are so coveted.

عود لاوسي من الطراز الفاخر، لا يمكن تجاوز فخامة وقوة هذا العطر في الشتاء البارد. يضفي دفئاً للحظات شديدة البرودة. حضور رائع وجودة متناهية. عرفت هذا العطر منذ أول إصدارة ولكن تريثت في شراءه ثلاث سنوات وعدت إليه وجدته بنفس الجودة والإتقان والحضور ولم اقاوم نفسي تلك اللحظة، كانت اللحظات باردة جدا وساعدتني كثيرا في عشق هذا العطر الفاخر. لمحبي العود هذا هو أفضل مايمكن ان تقتنيه بل يجب ان تقتنيه. العود اللاوسي حاضر معك في جميع مراحل العطر مع نفحات متقطعه من انتعاش الخزامى ورائحة البخور. تستقر على عود لاوسي دافئ مع حلاوة الفانيلا والباتشولي تشكل لك رائحة عنبرية مع عود فاخر. العطر أسطورة يجب أن تخلد. الرائحة 9/10 الثبات 10/10 التعقيد 7/10 الجمال 9/10 العطر في المجمل يستحق 9/10

not to animalic as people mentioned, im getting a whiff of ambergris that has an animalic note to it, but the oud is not that animalic to be honest. kinda reminds me of deep amber by ramon bejar without the vanilla

Quality is there as usual with MPG. It starts very strong, very animalic. But after a few minutes it calms down to an amber accord already smelled (in Ambre Doré for instance). Not for me. I prefer Ambre Précieux and Ambre Mythique from MPG. I also think Oud Extravagant is coming too late on the market. 4 to 5 years late. And the price is quite high: 370€ for a bottle of 120ml.

this is a monolith of a perfume. I guess you have to be an Oud-Lover for it to fully appreciate the perfume and smell it's particular facets. at first I missed the Rose, being an ardent Montale lover and also admirer of the famous and infamous Oudh Infini from Parfums Dusita. beneath someone mentioned that this could be the brother of Oudh Infini and I had to laugh very hard. but also without the rose and after some time getting acquainted, I can now fully appreciate this dense and present perfume and am able to smell distinctive features within the perfume. the Oud is extraverted, fecal, barnyard and Band-Aid quality. yet you will learn, as I did with Montales from off 2003, that you do not have to smell the perfume immediately close by your wrist. (and with Montale this is yet not necessary for these perfumes come after and in your nostrils soon enough.) maybe this goes for any perfume (and especially the heady, dense, thick, cloying, bewitching and whorey perfumes I love). but we were talking about Oud. yes it is present here and it personifies the Monolithic Character of this perfume for a great deal. but what I learned in due time, is that this perfume has many facets. be it, that they all seem to reside in the amberous resinoid forestfloor athmospheres. which is okay with me. I must say Coriander, Lavender and Geranium go alongside me. yet this doesn't mean the geranium doesn't constitute a Rose-aspect here. in a supportive, stealth way. (I am used to Rose and Oud domineering the entire rooms and spaces where we then reside in.) but here these stealth aspects play an interesting part. now and then I seem to get a whiff of lavender and coriander (mandarin-like). Labdanum, Incense, Myrrh, they already begin within an hour to cement on the ambery resinous as well putrid as Petrichor-like underground of the perfume. but if this perfume makes one thing clear: while the Oud stays present, the whole evens out in a lovely and mysterious balm like sillage. Labdanum can not be underestimated (le Labo). yet also neither the solidifying effect of Patchouli and the feeling of calm woodiness of Sandelwood. this is yet another Oud that I love. I love brother (Oud Extravagante) and sister (Oudh Infini).