Black Intensitive Aoud

This will be a honest review, i did not see a proper review on this, i did blind buy this. my taste in perfumes : spicy, woody, clean(shower gel), incense not my taste : floral, fruity, sweet, green stating my taste so you may understand the perspective i am reviewing from. in short this perfume is a clean rose perfume with some spicy and woody notes. Mancera gold intesitive aoud is almost similar to this but that one has a sharper rose note, and very less woody notes. what you get from this perfume is a very airy rose scent with some clean shower gel scent and to counter this is a woody and spicy scent. sounds overwhelming right, no its not! the mixture is of high quality they are both balanced very well that the rose scent is not too sharp nor the woody scent is not too pungent. the oud in this is very mild and takes more of a ambery woody scent instead. arabic people might not like it as they tend to prefer harsher rose and oud notes. i am not a fan of floral nor do i like unisex perfumes as i am very manly in my approach and characteristic, but this perfume is soo soothing and well balanced it gets you into a zen mode. performance i would say is above average but its definitely not a monster frag bomb like spice bomb extreme as it is more longer lasting and more projecting than this, this perfume creates a smaller scent bubble but does last long enough. as a final note the dry down gets more and more pleasing over time as it becomes powdery and woody. a very good mixture. not a blind buy for people who only like freshies, but for those who like warmer scents this is really quite a safe scent, you can wear this on summer, since it has a airy rose and shower gel scent that is pleasant

#479 in my "Tour de Fragrance" This one is a gem. Got it as a manufacturer sprayette from Twisted Lily and I have ordered a full bottle. From the notes I wasn't expecting to love this fragrance as much as I do. I'm always wary of rose notes giving off the dreaded "granny vibe", but even a woman who trashes the notion of rose scents as "grandma juice" complimented this fragrance. I generally have found chili pepper a no go because of my own sensitivity to nightshades, but no problem. This stuff projects (four different people noticed it from several feet away) even with just a couple of short sprays. Lasts on skin 6-8 hours, on clothes all day through. This is a very smooth and creamy scent. The oud is a note, not a crescendo in this mildly sweet and spicy wood fragrance where Oud is just part of the symphony, not even first chair. A woman could wear this to work. Not sure I could. But this is definitely a date scent from the reaction I was getting. And it's reasonably priced. But I don't blind buy oud scents as a rule and I didn't this time. The sprayettes of this from Twisted Lily are $4, so no need to blind buy this one only to find out you like it less than I do.

it is totally unisex, especially for people from Middle east and Subcontinent. it starts with rose mixed with sugar and sprinkled with saffron. it is a heavy smell with a topping of spices. this stays for a very long time and you'll smell it with the outburst of florals in the middle. it gets powdery with time but in its DNA there is rose + Oud + hint of woods. the woods are not in your face and it has this subtle presence. the projection in the first 2 to 3 hours is huge. later it settles close to skin but longevity is perfect, over 8 hours. it is a lovely scent. you can get away with this even in air conditioned offices during summers. perfect for night and cold conditions. LAYERING: if you dont like the soapy opening, layer it leafy Najdia (lattafa). this will make the opening sweet (Invictus bubblegum with a touch of leaf).

Lovely best mode restrained honeyed floral start (mainly rose but with some traces of violet) which reminded me of... wait, I have never smelled anything like this before. This juice shas a killer sillage about it, a creamy feel, with a polished sandalwood backing. Black Intensive Aoud wears smooth on my skin – the oud is not not really intensive at all as I hoped it would be, but a gentle backing player rounding things off. Black Intensive Aoud gives an impression of great sleekness despite its soft and ample bosom of roses, cream and sandalwood. It may be a bit too derivative for some but it’s an absolute silky pleasure to wear. Anything more than two sprays will make you smell like a street walker. That’s how beautiful people suppose to smell – Divine!

Starts off reasonably sharp and potent, but dries down to a more feminine scent. A little too feminine for my personal taste, but could work if layered with a more manly fragrance, or if worn on its own by someone who likes feminine scents. What does the made up word "Intensitive" mean anyway? Intensely sensitive? Tensely sensitive? Sensitively intense? Sensitively intensive? Only Pierre Montale knows...