Oajan

This was the first niche fragrance I bought and it was a blind buy. I watched every single review online for this stuff and every single video that made mention of it. This was probably the single most excited I ever was to buy something (more than a car or watch or literally anything). Seller said 3 business days shipping buy unfortunately that meant I had to wait until the next Monday as I ordered it mid week. The anticipation was killing me and the moment I saw the delivery truck come up my driveway I told the driver I loved them and they were a legend. She had no idea why I said this but found it funny and seemed to find joy from my excitement. She laughed and said thank you to me and told me to have a great day, and drove off. Went inside, opened the box, sprayed two sprays in the air and then sprayed one on my hand, took a whiff and immediately had a huge smile on my face and did a little shake, thats literally how happy I was. This was and still is the single greatest thing I've personally ever smelled in my life. This is my favorite fragrance ever with no second place. For the actual scent itself, it's actually very easy simple to explain the actual scent. Despite the descriptions simplicity, it remains a very complex one. Oajan is cinnamon apple pie topped with vanilla flavored whipped cream and warm honeyed milk on the side. It is an incredibly sweet dense gourmand that not a human being alive will dislike. There are 3 fragrances ive worn in my entire life that I have gotten at least one "unsolicited" compliment from a person every single time ive worn them, DG The One EDT/EDP, Lattafa Khamra, and Oajan. People say I smell nice with Khamra, people say I smell great with The One, people have an entirely different reaction all together with Oajan. You smell delicious, I want to eat you, how do you taste, something smells amazing, someones baking dessert, on and on and on and on. Im also a friendly outgoing person and strike up conversations with people even when I'm standing in line at the bank/grocery/etc so that makes compliments more abundant but even if I say nothing to nobody and I am in public its essentially guaranteed that someone will say something about my fragrance either to themselves/someone or directly to me. Performance On skin, until you shower and even after you will still catch whiffs. On clothes, literally weeks. Spray it on your jacket and its there until you wash it. I sprayed it on my leather pen case once and legitimately smelled it months later. I thought I was just imagining it for an hour one day until I remembered that I sprayed it on the case and was shocked and smiled. Fills up a room and leaves an incredible scent trail. Imagine cartoons where a grandma sits an apple pie on the window sill to cool off and people start levitating towards it, that is literally Oajans scent trail. This is unisex but honestly its much more appealing on/for men and probably the single most alluring male scent I have ever tried. If I was a gambler id say it smells masculine because of the patchouli even though you really cant pick it out of the composition. Its there but idk where. Somehow just makes it seem a little darker, and thats why its slightly more masculine in terms of allure and appeal. Not the most versatile because of how incredibly deep and rich it is, but in the cooler months this is king. The bottle is among the most beautiful I have ever seen. I've always found xerjoff to have the nicest presentation in the fragrance industry but Oajan is right up there. The bottle is much nicer in person and comes with a beautiful high gloss stand with a suede-like base. I recommend that everyone who is into fragrances should at the very least try this even if they dont blind buy it. If you like the scent profile as described above you will fall in love with this. It is, in my opinion, a safe blind buy. Well, I enjoyed sharing my experience and excitement with anyone who decided to read this. Have a great day everyone! =)

Today I'm a stright hetrosexual male but 5 years ago i was groomed by a 17 year old man. when i was 15 i just got into highschool, i was like any other highschooler lost, confused, and fresh out of covid. In my 4 period i had spanish 2 we had assigned seats while our 60 year old spanish substitute teacher was trying to figure out how a computer works after our real teacher got covid last minute.That's when i met him, Samuel. Looking back i don't know i fell love with him...oh wait i remember i was dumb naive and had a bad taste in music so when the introduced me to tv girl and korn for the first time i was amazed he felt like a older cooler figure to me, he skated and smoked weed and always acted like he had time for everything but was just too lazy to do anything, while i was excited, nervous, and just bad a catching socal ques, but he always helped. it felt like he was teaching me new things every day How to skate, helped me hit a blunt for the first time,where to get a fake id, and almost helped me lose my v card. He was soo cool to me back then, he was my first best friend there and got me trough some bad days. we've been friends for about 7 months in these months it felt like we've gotten closer and closer skipping class together, playing video games together, and just being that one duo people just knew about.but after school one the phone he was different, he was still relaxed but felt kinda... intimate. he made the causal gay jokes every teenager made but he it was still weird since he was saying this to 16 year old teenager while he soon to turn 18.It was late at night when we were on the game when he said lets go to the park we always used to do this because the park was at the corner of the neighborhood and was pretty secluded we were under one of the slides i was sitting up while he was laying down on the mulch or whatever wood stuff on the ground of playgrounds, i was talking about my problems and stuff it was probably something stupid but samuel proceed to tell me to ̈Relax ̈ and said ̈i'm here for you ̈ something he never says btw then kissed me! i was soo confused when I was ever insulated that i wanted to be kissed while I was sitting up realizing how my first kiss came from a guy, he just went back to smoking. The conversation died down and I just went to smoke. we were kinda quiet around each other for the next week. he got caught smoking in a bathroom and the school we were in had a zero tolerance policy so he got suspended or put into detention for the rest of the school year i forgot tbh i stopped taking his calls after that and 5 years later im here. I'm broke alone and still having feelings for a guy that groomed me while typing this. i got a little off course but Samuel used to wear this cologne. but i guess it worked since it's on my wishlist now. sorry for the typos.

Oajan was not a love at first smell, but it has crept up to my top 3 favorites as of now. Sensational stuff. I like to keep my reviews useful, and very detailed, so I'm going to talk about things I think you should know before purchasing this fragrance. Everyone says Oajan is limited to cold weather use only. However, I strongly disagree with this statement. The dry spice aspect of this fragrance makes it non-cloying even in the summer, so if you love this smell but either it's summer or you live somewhere that is summer all year round (like me), don't hesitate to buy this. It is extremely wearable. Oajan opens up with photorealistic Cinnamon. I can confirm the Cinnamon in here is photo-realistic, as I've been exposed to a lot of natural Cinnamon powder throughout my life. The Cinnamon here in the opening is accompanied by honey in the background, which balances out the dry, spicy, aggressive and bold nature of Cinnamon. The honey stays as long as the cinnamon. This opening lasts for 2-3 hours before transitioning. The transition into the base is not a slow and smooth transition. You will be smelling a beautiful strong cinnamon with a honey accompaniment, and 5 minutes later it's almost unrecognizable. Oajan now transitioned into a slightly sweet, more powdery vanilla/tonka combination, with all the cinnamon and honey gone. The dry-down remains summer friendly, with it not being syrupy or creamy, rather airy and powdery, slightly sweet and very addictive. Performance is above average overall, but slightly below average for this scent profile. I have a 2024 batch (silver cap bottle) which is post-reformulation. I get moderate projection, I do 3-4 sprays for daily wear in the summer, for colder weather, you can comfortably bump it up to 5. This spray count ensures that you won't be overbearing to people, but they will definitely smell you, and you will leave a nice trail. Longevity is 4-6 hours working, skin scent for 10 hours. The 4-6 hours working is enough for most occasions, so the longevity isn't a concern at all. Review is too long and didn't read the whole thing? Here is a short, less detailed version. Oajan is far more wearable than people say, even in summer. It opens with a photorealistic dry cinnamon and honey combo, then shifts quite suddenly into an airy, powdery vanilla-tonka drydown. It is not syrupy or cloying, which makes it much more versatile than its reputation suggests. Performance on my 2024 silver cap bottle is good but not beastly: moderate projection, 4–6 hours strong wear, and around 10 hours total as a skin scent. Not love at first smell for me, but it slowly became one of my top 3. I would like to thank everyone that took their time to read my review, hope you found it useful, and if there's any questions about this fragrance, please DM me. Have a great day!

This is just such a beautiful fragrance. You definitely get that syrupy-sweet apple pie, and this perfectly balanced booziness. I'm surprised apple isn't a listed note, because that apple is so prominent, cinnamon-y, and warm. The cinnamon is a really nice touch; It's powerful, strong, but not sneeze-inducing. I first smelled this in a boutique, and man, it was one of the only PDMs that stood out to me. It smells incredible on my skin. It's warm, yet fizzy. Sweet, but also spicy. Dark, but bright at the same time. There's this light, tangy, sour-stinkiness in there that I cannot identify the note of, but it reminds me of the stink that I described in my review of Aqcua di Gio Absolu Instinct. It's not as noticeable in this fragrance as it was in ADG AI, it's much, much lighter in this fragrance, but if you pay attention, it's there. This "stink" (which isn't stinky at all, just tart) really adds character to this fragrance, and works incredibly well with the notes. Just a hint of tartness to bring out that apple pie scent. I really want a full bottle of this someday. Maybe I'll search for a dupe so I can actually afford this 😂 Similarity to Angel's Share: I have smelled Angel's Share, but I don't remember being very fond of it. It was just this giant hit of cinnamon and booziness. I think I would like it now if I put my nose onto it again. But just going off of my memory of Angel's Share, PDM Oajan really doesn't smell all that similar. It's more toned-down on the cinnamon, way more apple-y, and less eggy. (I remember Angel's Share smelling pretty eggy). This is also a brighter, warmer kind of sweetness. But then again, I'll have to put these side by side to give an accurate comparison, and I may update this post when I do. Longevity: will update when this spray wears away. (2:25pm spray) (9:10pm update) This projected for maybe an hour and a half, then became a skin scent. I can still smell it on the back of my hand after 7 hours, but its very, very faint. Drydown: Smells like sweet baby powder in the drydown as a skin scent. I'm not a big fan of powder in a fragrance, but I don't mind this. Unfortunately, I don't see this being a super versatile fragrance at all. It's far too fancy and sweet for most occasions. I don't see myself being able to wear this very often. I wish I was the kind of person who was always at formal parties or something so I would have a reason to wear this often haha. Overall rating: 9.3/10. Delicious, confident, and inviting. Incredible gourmand scent profile.

Oajan is one of the standout releases from Parfums de Marly, belonging to the prestigious The Thoroughbreds Collection. Launched in 2013, this fragrance masterfully blends a warm oriental character with luxurious gourmand sweetness. Upon first spray, Oajan bursts open with rich honey and warm cinnamon, accompanied by a soft touch of osmanthus that adds a delicate fruity nuance. It instantly evokes the comforting image of a freshly baked apple pie or a warm honey-cinnamon cake straight from the oven. The heart soon reveals its elegance through amber, benzoin, and labdanum, creating a deep, resinous warmth and refined luxury. In the dry-down, tonka bean and vanilla take center stage, enhanced by a subtle boozy edge from davana and a light grounding touch of patchouli that keeps the sweetness perfectly balanced and never overpowering. In terms of performance, Oajan is exceptionally strong: it easily lasts 8 to 10 hours on the skin and delivers excellent projection and sillage, leaving a noticeable and impressive trail — making it an ideal choice for cold weather and special occasions. Oajan shares similarities with Ambre Narguilé by Hermès and Angel’s Share by Kilian, yet it stands out with superior projection and a clearer, more pronounced cinnamon-honey signature. This is, without question, a quintessential winter fragrance: warm, inviting, comforting, and undeniably luxurious all at once. It perfectly suits lovers of sweet-spicy scents that bring to mind cozy fireplaces and holiday atmospheres. For me, Oajan ranks among the most beautiful and finest creations from the house, and I return to it every year as soon as the cold weather arrives. My personal rating: 9 out of 10 A winter without Oajan simply feels incomplete! 🥧✨