Mesmerising Oudh Accord & Gold Eau de Parfum

I absolutely love this fragrance. I currently shower after swimming with the shower gel and I also use the body lotion. The perfume opens a little citrusy with spice notes like cardamom and even cloves. Then it mellows down to a silky smooth milky tobacco with woody undertone. So delicious, sweet but not too sweet, a very well balanced fragrance that makes you want to keep sniffing it. A tame oud fragrance but beautiful and exerts confidence at the same time. So so delicious!

I sampled this a month ago and really enjoyed it and went again to sample it yesterday just to double check. The opening isn’t for me. Though once it dries down, it just smells sophisticated, bright yet formal. The scent is eternal on me. I like the bottle too, simple, yet elegant. *edit* This was in a sale at 30% off. I had to get it. I don’t think the girl at the perfumery likes the opening much either as she complemented the bottle being pretty.

This feels like an uncomplicated, office-friendly, less smokey cousin to Interlude Man. It has an addictive Oregano note (which must be the Davana and black pepper?) Molton Brown fragrances get a lot of shade for some reason, but I'm not sure why... they have some really pleasant and interesting niche releases, and the bottles are beautiful! BTW, the Molton Brown website lists the perfumer as Sylvie Fischer, not Philippe Bousseton.

“...its use of davana for boozy, fruity bite. The contrast between the shadowy, murky depths of the oud base and the bright, tight, sharp, and acidic top notes imparts a brilliance, luminosity, and appropriate sense of the gilded to the composition, dripping marmalade over oud that has been dunked in honey.” Awesome and truly mesmerizing addictive.

sprayed this in the car and my mom asked 'is that old spice?' anyways i think this was quite nice and warm and spicy; i felt i should be a haggard oxbridge professor sitting by a fireplace in a candle-lit room, marking essays and sighing loudly. maybe more suited to an older guy than myself but still lovely and cozy, would maybe buy again

Very beautiful perfume. Need to be careful to don't apply too much as it can get a bit overwhelming. I love it. Is a Oud that is perfectly crafted for western culture. Very Leathery with a touch of smoke and a bit of petrol I would say ?? Vanilla , some citrus there. A beautiful masterpiece in my opinion. I lasts honestly forever. 🤣

I loved this when I tried it on in-store, then found a used 50ml for sale locally. Unfortunately, I bought it without noticing that it wasn't the EdP but the EdT...They smell nothing alike, to me. I much prefer this EdP. It's smoother, more wearable. The EdT is too screechy for my taste.

I've just finished my sample and will be purchasing a full bottle. This fragrance has a beautiful blend of spices, unlike anything else in my collection. It's warming, yet uplifting and zesty at the same time! Looking forward to my tip to Molton Brown in the coming weeks....

Extremely intoxicating scent that others tell me they cannot quite place. I like that its enigmatic to others, like needles.

Very jammy clean oud, quite nice and alluring on both genders, a little pricey but lasts a very long time.

Molton Brown – Mesmerizing Oudh Accord & Gold is the 2019 EDP release following the 2015 EDT release. This is only my second try from the brand, following Orange & Bergamot EDP, and like that previous try, MOAG makes an impression, but in a much different way. MOAG is rather spicy while not being too adventurous for most people. It fits in with some typical designer spicy (cold-weather-leaning) men’s fragrances, and the note breakdown is primarily spicy: cardamom, black pepper, saffron, and oud headline the list, with some woods, rose, vanilla, and black tea underscoring the spices. So it’s not a spice overload but nearly that, I’d say. The “gold” and “oudh” monikers are a bit misleading as I get relatively little oud and there’s nothing all that golden about it, in my opinion. It performs quite well, though. It could be a mainstay cold weather option for those that enjoy spicy fragrances, as it’s dense and loud and pungent for hours after application. Ot’s priced at $160 for 100ml, which isn’t poor but not altogether that enticing, still under the $2/1ml mark but not particularly interesting or innovative. In conclusion, I like it but don’t love it, but could easily see this working for a lot of people—for the nth time, fans of the spicy stuff, predominantly. 7 out of 10

Its overwhelming black pepper opening (which is not really of my taste, others might like it more) doesn't do this perfume any justice at all as its real power unfolds overtime. When the peppers subside, leaving only a touch of spiceness, a deep and enduring luscious tobbaco scent arises, underlined by saffron and then mildly restrained by the subtle sweetness of honey. It is VERY satisfying and should stand as an example of how marketing can alter perceptions: this is labeled as unisex and comes in one of those Molton Brown bottles that look like something between a luxury perfume and... a bath product, ultimately FAILING to reach its TRUE target group, which should be MEN. Sell this as old-school masculine tobbaco powerhouse in a brutal bottle and watch everyone go wild.... I always lie when I am asked about this (and I do get asked frequently) and tell people it's the new Dior Sauvage Tobbaco. 8.5/10 (it would be a 9 if the pepper wasn't that loud in the opening)

Overall, this is a rich, warm, spicy oud fragrance which is really well blended in my opinion. It has a subtle brightness/sweetness to it, which lifts it away from leaning too heavy or animalic. Great longevity and performance, and has gotten me a few compliments here and there. I do feel like it’s a tricky reach however and I’ve only ever worn it a handful of times for that very reason. Overall I’d recommend if you’re into your oud with the added spiciness described. Deffo stands out as well.

I like this one a lot. On my skin, it doesn’t lean masculine, but is unisex, maybe even slightly feminine. Very warm and luxurious, spicy and elegant. Not something I’ll wear very often, as it’s a little too loud for me (usually I reach for musky-aquatic scents), but this will be amazing in cold weather or for night events. I’m very lucky because I got my hands on a 7.5 ml spray, which was only 30 €. Perfect for me.

Oud, cardamom, and tobacco are heavy in this fragrance. I dollop of honey starts to soften these notes upon dry down. Different key notes than Creed's Oud Zarian, but same dark/animalic/primal profile imo. If you think Tom Ford's Ombre Leather is for special occasions rather than daily wear, you will think the same about Mesmerising Oudh. Worth sampling, beware blind buying.

warm and comforting, rich and luxurious. one of the best masculine fragrances I've ever tried. reminds me of London and friends I have there. I'm usually more into sweet feminine fragrances, but I could see myself getting a small bottle of this for next autumn/winter.

The name says it all. I would have preferred it without the tobacco if I’m going to be completely honest- it doesn’t necessarily ruin the fragrance, but it still is more pronounced than it should be, especially considering the name.

Gosh this was a ride. The opening is really nice, like a firewood with spicy and wood notes. I loved it. But then the dry down was bizarre. I can only describe as icky then some synthetic sweet musky notes. Not for me. Maybe it's just me and I really can not enjoy any of these modern fragrances these days. They all seem watered down, samey and well over priced for what they are. I'll stick to my essential oil blends for now. @scouseboy your review made me laugh! 😂

Reviewed on the back of a single full wear from a discovery set. I was really looking forward to this one, as it was my favourite top note during a smell test session in my local Molton Brown shop. Warm, spicy, with a layered citrus tang at the edges, it smooths into a full-on tobacco fest that would be amazing... but the heavy tea, with a slight whiff of honey, comes over as a cigarette filter floating in a puddle of piss. I like a tobacco scent; as an ex-smoker, it's nostalgic. But the tea isn't my bag, and the combo is very off putting. I've still got high hopes for others in the range, but I'll not be revisiting this one soon.

I'm going to do something I don't normally do on this site. I'm going to list what this doesn't smell like first, compared to other comments here. Respectfully, it does not smell like: - Amouage Journey Man - Initio Blessed Baraka - Cigarette filter floating in piss - Amouage Interlude Man On my skin, the opening is black pepper-heavy, slightly sweet (I assume from the honey note) slight tobacco, and a slight conifer/balsam smell. It settles to a mildly sweet, slightly spicy, ashtray, peppery, smell. I liked the mid but then the smoky ashtray smell ruined it.