Aoud Orchid

Mancera Aoud Orchid opens with a moderate projection of very sweet, fruity, floral and ambery notes. The opening is gourmand, delicious, and very pleasant. The fragrance combines mandarin orange, peach, and coconut; the mandarin is slightly above them. The orchid is a soft, white floral note, aromatic and delicate; the patchouli is a faint touch almost unnoticeable. The vanilla is a base note but its sweet and aromatic scent comes up as soon as the fragrance is applied. The amber adds a sweet and resinous touch which adds projection to the fragrance, the woody notes are support notes, faint; similarly, the white musk is a projecting accord without adding a noticeable note. The fragrance is relatively linear, except for the mandarin orange, the featured notes come up immediately upon application and continue into the dry-down; the mandarin orange losses most of its initial intensity. Once Mancera Aoud Orchid has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate to soft projection, very sweet (vanilla), fruity (coconut, peach), and orchid fragrance with ambery and soft woody notes. The fragrance feels comforting, delectable, delicate, elegant, exquisite, faint, fine, white floral, fruity, gentle, inviting, light, modern, natural, resinous, relaxing, romantic, sweet, syrupy, unisex, versatile, slightly woody, young, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 (#18E136B). WOW RATING: 8/10. A faint, but very pleasant fruity and white floral fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10. The fragrance contains no offensive notes. UNIQUENESS: 6/10. Fruity and floral fragrances are relatively common, this one has a unique touch. MASS APPEAL: 10/10. This is a fragrance that people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 or more atomizations. LONGEVITY: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 hours, with 2 of soft projection. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual, holidays, romantic, dating. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 7/10. Good, a great fragrance for mild or cold day wear. GENDER: Unisex with a slight tilt to the feminine side because of the orchid which comes across as a white floral note. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Mancera Aoud Orchid can be found for about $80, it is a very pleasant, inoffensive, and high-quality fragrance. Its performance could be better but isn’t bad either. It is a nice-to-have. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Mancera Cedrat Boise EDP is a fantastic, mildly sweet, lemon, bergamot, pineapple, smoky, and woody fragrance; Mancera Aoud Lemon Mint EDP is a fantastic, intense, citrus, sweet vanilla, almond, leather, and oud fragrance; Mancera Instant Crush EDP is a fantastic, intense, delicious, very sweet, vanilla, spicy, saffron, woody, and resinous amberwood fragrance; Mancera Wild Cherry is a great, intense, fruity, cherry, floral, vanilla, and sweet fragrance; Mancera Sicily EDP is a fantastic, very powdery, citrus, fruity, and floral fragrance; Mancera Jardin Exclusif EDP is a great, fruity, powdery, sweet, and musky fragrance; Moschino Toy Boy is a unique, sweet, ambery, magnolia, woody, and floral fragrance; Creed Jardin D’Amalfi EDP is a fantastic, mildly sweet, citrusy bergamot, mandarin, green petitgrain, vetiver, and fruity apple fragrance; Gris Dior is a great, mildly sweet, rose, patchouli, mossy, and resinous powdery fragrance; Montale Tropical Wood EDP is a great, intense, sweet, very powdery, white musk, passion fruit, oud, rose, and violet fragrance; Mancera Aoud Orchid is a great, mild, very sweet, coconut, peach, and orchid fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate to soft projection, very sweet (vanilla), fruity (coconut, peach), and orchid fragrance with ambery and soft woody notes. The fragrance feels comforting, delectable, delicate, elegant, exquisite, faint, fine, white floral, fruity, gentle, inviting, light, modern, natural, resinous, relaxing, romantic, sweet, syrupy, unisex, versatile, slightly woody, young, and very pleasant.

I went into the brand new Montale store in Paris (just across Guerlain's flagship boutique on Champs Elysees at 50m in a side road) to buy Intense Tiare but I was deceived by Tiare's excess coconut. So I tested a few and bought Moncera Aoud Orchid. This new boutique is funny and very pleasant: behind the entrance, on the left hand side are aligned all the Montale flacons, on the right hand side all the Moncera flacons, and in the middle, the test desk with a number of very good SAs who don't need much time to diagnose your preferences. BTW i discovered a hidden treasure (not on the shelves) which is pure osmanthus oil ... but also on sale. Pierre Montale was not there, I was told he works in this atelier in Grasse in this cold Paris winter season. Coming back to Aoud Orchid, the edp looks quite concentrated as it leaves an oily film on the skin for several minutes; it opens with fruity notes (too light of mandarine to be mentioned here and peach, already dominated by oud. The coconut is present but so discretely fleeting that it allows the orchid to develop quite quickly. Then comes the vanilla, still dominated by oud, but it enhances the floral scents which come like alternating color spots for hours, completing, or should I say nuancing the dominating combination between oud and orchid. This excellent parfume has a long way to go, could be a classic in the making. When I proudly went to Guerlain, Hermes and Tom Ford boutiques carrying my golden Montale bag to complete my shopping, some SAs asked me "is Montale finally back to Paris?". Obviously most of them didn't know about the new boutique. When I'll have more time, I'll confront some of the Montale flacons to those of Mancera: it's the ideal place for this kind of exercise with this boutique's setup.

This one is unusual, in a really good way. The opening is what you would expect considering the notes. The interesting magic begins a few minutes later. My first thought is that this is a weak fragrance. It quickly amps up on my skin. I smell well executed coconut first, and not much else. Once the dry down begins, I smell fresh peach. As time passes, I get whiffs of coconut ,peach, and that beautiful orchid, but at different times. This is the unusual part. The scent seems to alternate between these notes. I love this! The orchid is neither masculine nor feminine. The best example is: Riding a bike in the summer and passing a honeysuckle bush (this doesn't smell like honeysuckle, this is an example of what I feel) and smelling a beautiful aroma that elevates your mood. You don't think of gender, only how good you feel smelling nature's artwork. This is what I get from this fragrance. This is a work of art in the same realm as nature. I don't detect much aoud, but I don't consider that as a negative in any way, considering the beauty of this masterpiece. This is a special fragrance that I feel could be worn by anyone anytime. Absolutely wonderful and should be in everyone's collection. Blind buy? By all means! UPDATE: Wore this to work. A woman I work with asked what I was wearing that smells SO GOOD. She normally doesn't like strong fragrances. I refrain from the stronger ones on days when we work together. She came in today to cover for someone, and I was concerned that she might find this one too strong. She LOVED this one, saying how clean and fresh it smells.

Bought 5 ml of Aoud Orchid by Mancera to tried before I commit to 4 oz. I must say I am so blown away. I have 24 full bottle of Mancera and 20+ Montale so I am not new to the house. However, the oldfactory is so amazing. First, I initial spray it is buttery smooth. I can't pinpoint the top note at all. Just creamy almost like slicing a stick of butter with hot knife, literally! Thirty minutes to 2 hours in and I thought I smell like I'm wearing another perfume by Mancera that happens to be my top 2 which is Pearl by Mancera. Which is a fig prominent note to my nose. It is so feminine and indolic at the same time at this point. Three hours mark to 7 hours the journey changed to myself smelling something rose type. Modern rose to be exact. Similar to Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge, Rose Cafe or even ROSE OF NO MAN'S LAND by Byrado or even Delina Exclusive by Perfume De Marley. Again not the same exact but same vibe. May I also add that this fragrance are feminine however a male can also wear it. At the end my 5 ml lasted me only 2 full day wear. Although I did not think it is a compliment magnet because it is not to me a simple perfume such as Chloe, Chanel, or Carolina Harrera. Which means it is not a blind buy safe. I quite love it and enjoy 😉 the journey wearing it therefore I order a full 4 oz bottle. I am now 25 bottle of Mancera mom.

have blind bought this fragance because i have seen a very good offer and i felt atracred for his notes and i dont regret for this. It is a very nice fragance. The start is powerful. It is very noticeble the tangerine and the Peach, whichgives a fruity vibe to the fragance, but overall the coconut and the medicinal asoect of the oud Woody. This is not the tipical oud fragance. It has some similarities with the tipical rose/oud fragance, but changing the rose for the orchid, which vives yo the fragance a hint of elegante and sweetness , but the dry down is totally different. The most noticeble notes on the deydown are for me the orchid and the vanilla. It has some similarities yo me with orchidee vanille by van cleef & aroels. The more to the dry down It goes, the more subtle and floral It becones. The oud get Lost to the deydown and It takes much more importante the orchid. It is an easy wearing fragance. The longevity is good but the performance moderate. In the opening the sillage is strong but un the deydown much softer. For me is suitable for any swason, better for a daily use Than evening and perfect as an Office scent. Totally unisex but different than any men scents.