Imperial Wood

My first Pana Dora. I'll be honest, I'm a sucker for classy bottles and I found these beautiful in pictures (and holding it it's even more impressive). The idea of a perfumer of Syrian origin living in Sweden is also quite interesting. As it turns out, I find this is very much an oriental-like fragrance but with a great sense of rusticity from the Swedish countryside. The best of both worlds. What a great surprise, this turned out to be. This is spicy oud with warm woods and herbs with a touch of animalic from a leathery note. I was surprised at first because this seems to turn almost floral on me after a few moments (I'm guessing it's the thyme I'm smelling coming strongly off my skin). It's very pleasant, either way. After that, the spices blend in and it pushes out quite a bit for the first 2-3 hours, I had several people asking me what I was wearing and complimenting me, which surprised me since oud is usually divisive. Later on the smoke gets a bit denser but never becoming a full on smoke bomb either. I think the spices and leathery facets are elevating this quite a bit and making it less, well, "oud-y". And as someone who often struggles with animalic musk, there is none of that here. This is one for the colder months for sure, it's quite spice-centric and warm on the skin. Oh, as for the similarity to Red Tobacco, I can see that, the cinnamon here isn't as forward as in Red Tobacco and Imperial Wood isn't as sweet either but the spices do have a similar kind of vibe and both open quite potent (although take it with a grain of salt from me, unlike many, I never found Red Tobacco's opening to be harsh...). I'm surprised at the comments about the longevity, I have no problem myself. I easily get a good 7-8 hours and the first few hours it's quite potent and very pleasant in the air from what people have told me. For those who don't like oud, I'd say tread carefully but to my nose this isn't a fecal or unpleasant oud: this is very woody and spicy, not at all repulsive, just quite potent. I've been wearing this for over a week now and it's growing on me big time. Looking forward to exploring more from the house.

Oh. My. God. This is just... just incredible. I dont know quite how to put this scent in to words but wow just wow. Smells almost gourmand to me, maybe slightly hazlenutty to my nose im not sure but wow wow wow. This scent is an absolute masterpiece. I am defo folding and buying a full bottle of this because jesus. I thought i had found my endgame at Kropp&Sjal but this scent just came in and destroyed that idea completely. Another absolute banger from the house Pana Dora my rating--- 10/10 only thing i wish is that it was an edp so the projection was better but oh well

It’s a very long lasting, well performing gourmandesque fragrance. No one mentioned (except one) that this has a very prominent cherry-almond accord which stays in the middle of whole composition. I get rose and some woody accords but I can’t associate oud with those woods. I feel honey like accord (not extra sweet ) combined woth rose and cherry-almond is the major players of the fragrance. But it is always subjective to individual noses. Nevertheless very nice winter fragrance. I believe it is perfectly unisex.

One of the most addictive scents i have tried , masterpiece, you should get it , even a blidn buy

Creamy wood, soft and calming, slight swetness. Very well blended, I love