Aoud Black Candy

This is a light licorice/sweet perfume with a little minty/flowery opening. The mint scent is not not a scent but more like a little cool feel around the top notes. When it settles (in about one hour) the licorice remains and the Oud /musk come out. Yes there is Oud here, but it is soft and tamed. There just enough Oud to blend well with the overall scent of this fragrance but not to dominate it. I can smell it more so during the dry-down and on my skin the morning after wearing it (if I don't remove the perfume before going to bed). Its function is to add a very light smokiness/woodiness behind the licorice. I can detect it well and clearly, unlike other reviews have stated. As Madrona says, this perfume is not overly licorice sweet nor Oud/musk dark. It walks between these two extremes. I don't smell the amber at all. I think, like the Oud , it contributes to the aggregate scent of the perfume by adding sweetness without making this an amber perfume. I do smell a flower note at the opening but it fades away within the hour. This is not a Mancera bomb like some of the darker Oud perfumes in the Mancera lineup. This is a subdued juice, befitting of occasions and places where you have to get close to people. If it was stronger on the licorice and Oud departments it would be total love for me. Not full love, but nonetheless, I like and enjoy it. Girls at work love it. It don't perceive much projection but people who walk by me smell it beyond my personal bubble. I can smell it at skin level for 6 - 8 hours. Just a minor note. Like its brother, Aoud Cafe, Aoud Black Candy hits me with a little celery smelling opening which quickly goes away (within 5 minutes). I also disagree the Mancera perfumes are like Montale's. Yes , there are some strong ones here but in general I find Mancera using Oud in a different way (to blend in and shape the smell of the perfume without becoming Oud dominant).

I'm a little shocked this hasn't got more attention, because it really is amazing. This was a blind buy. I found it dirt cheap and the notes looked interesting enough. I really think anyone could wear this year round and smell great. You won't smell like everyone else, or anyone else for that matter. If a stranger walked by and I got a sniff of this, I'd definitely ask what it is. And that's not something I do a lot. It's really great but it's not obnoxious. It will get you noticed in the classiest way possible. I can see how some would think it leans fem because of the rose and powder. It's not overly sweet like I thought it would be. It also isn't projecting like crazy either. On me, it's just a very cool and clean scent. Very clean. I'm unsure about the versatility because of the powdery floral. Office, church, running errands, having a drink at an upscale bar/restaurant, yes. This would be perfect for a coffee date or a wedding. I probably wouldn't recommend wearing it at a biker bar or some slummy shit hole, unless you have a penchant for getting your ass kicked.

I blind bought this because licorice and anise notes are interesting to me. This is the first fragrance I own by Mancera and i'm not disappointed. Upon application I was a little thrown off by the huge influx of rose, but rest assured it does meld down into something beautiful. I can understand how someone could sense celery in the opening, but it isn't an aspect that persists and from another opinion I know that it only smells this way up close(at the beginning). What you are left with after awhile is damp roses with smokey licorice tones with white musk and yes accented by aoud, but not the typical middle eastern style aoud that we are normally used to. If you are a licorice fan and understand the difference between it and anise I would say go ahead and try this one. It's suitable in any weather in my opinion and is signature scent worthy. I love it, it's good.

Not nearly as over-the-top or saccharine as I had warily expected. Aoud Black Candy is sort of the snappier, watery counterpart to Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin. It's crisp--a bright woody licorice note with a candied flavor and some very mild tones of rose floating in the background. Performance is solid, and I was surprised by its polite, relatively restrained level of projection. Other people will certainly smell it, but Aoud Black Candy is in no way an obnoxious attention-whore. It's not an Oud fragrance either, so you can forget about that. If anything, this release by Mancera reminds me of an updated, sharper and more sophisticated version of Body Kouros. The bottle is much prettier as well. Altogether an enjoyable, easy wear and worth checking out for fans of licorice notes and fragrances with a sweet side. I like this one a lot.Thumbs up.

Oh, this is good. I've recently discovered my love for licorice in perfumes and I can't get enough. Mancera Black Candy is my newest licorice and it is gorgeous. It opens with a minty licorice which is fresh and unique. There is an underlying rose which anchors this scent and gives it more body. The oud is gentle and "western". This is an easy, all season perfume which is unique enough to separate you from all the popular mainstream ones. I do not find this cloying. Performance is great. This minty licorice is so intoxicating. I'm wearing Black Candy on this 92F (though I'm inside with ac at 79F) and it is amazing. EDIT: On this 48F cold morning, Black Candy is even better. 2 sprays are more than enough. Love.