Black Oudh

This smells exactly like Amouage Interlude to me, at least in the dry down, which is so overpowering. I bought this because it was very affordable, along with several other orientica fragrances. I sprayed it a few times and went totally off it because of the really strange, harsh, smoky dry down, which lasts forever! Then I bought sample of Amouage Interlude, mainly out of curiosity because of the hype. However, it immediately reminded me of this Orientica fragrance with the same overpowering dry down. I have never smelled a dry down quite like this before and I personally can't stand it! All of this actually got me wondering why Amouage is so highly regarded, if one of their most popular fragrances smells so bad and just like the cheap Orientica one, so I ordered Amouage Reflection man and Figment man samples. I liked Figment at first but went off that quickly as well. Reflection smelled like a fresher Parfums de Marly Pegasus but much cleaner and really quite nice. Then I tried Amouage Jubilation XXV and thought that was REALLY nice, restoring my faith in Amouage. Anyway, I would highly recommend Orientica fragrances because they are interesting and very affordable. I suspect all of the range are secret clones now though!

Really good, it smells like swiss arabian abayad oud (white one) so it smells like interlude amouage for 10 eur 30 ml. Cons are not so strong and longevity. Anyway considering the price is a must. 8/10

I dont know interlude or shagaf oud, so i cant confirm the similarity BUT this to me smell like a luxury lipstick, from notes i can detect only amber and talc, not a resin or rosemary