Gold Edition Oud

My friends, you've found it. This is, in my humble opinion, the holy grail of "cheap but good" fragrance. I picked up a bottle of this for $19 from a discounter. You never know with western oud perfumes, but for $19, I said what the hell. I expected maybe it would be your typical incense kind of smokey oud with a heavy rose note, maybe it would be good, maybe it would be ok. What I did not expect was for this to be one of my favorite bottles in my entire collection! To my nose, the rose doesn't come up right away, but rather a more amber, woody, warm spicy top, and a little bit of maybe an apricot note. Whatever it is, it's lovely. After a short while the sandalwood becomes apparent and what I could describe as oud, along with incense and a slight saffron. It's a very French composition, a little sweet, a little spicy, a little bit heavy, but masterfully blended and just beautiful. Performance is great and I consistently smell it for many hours after application. It's bright enough to wear in hot or cold weather which is an added bonus. It appears this may have been discontinued by the manufacturer, so I will be buying two more bottles, because this is something I am sure will get a lot of wear.

This is really good, be aware that in the dry down it has the feeling of anemalic honey/piss combo which is excellent BUT, BUT if you haven't tried something similar you could be tured off. I would (blind) buy this if I was getting into anemalic fragrances because it's tame anemalic, it has the vibe of Kouros without the overwhelming piss note, just a little pissy and unlike kouros it's enjoyable. The oud in here is weird and smells to me more like civet (anemalic-pissy) but not fecal at all. On the opening, if you're drunk, but you could maybe mistake this as a unisex frag, but not more then 30min later the anemalics start to rise and it becomes as masculine as kouros. Be aware this is not for females or for younger playful men/boys. Old school oriental aromatic fougere (niche scent profile, unique). If you like the idea of anemalic floral fragrance then buy this

Bargain find at TKMAXX! This shines! Everything is in perfect balance - the rose is bright, the saffron is a condiment and I get leather with a tiny bit of animalic oud in the base. This cheers me up like a sunshine piercing through clouds and I feel lifted and happy when I wear it. Quite versatile too as it works well with 3 a sprays and sings it's heart out if you overspraying. Today I am wearing 3 sprays on the top of each forearm, 3 sprays under, 5 sprays around my neck and one one my chest. It's so refreshing to have an oud/rose/saffron perfume where the saffron slays everything. I'm not a rich man and I drive a Peugeot 107 but wearing this makes me like a millionaire driving a drop top Bentley. Absolutely my summer fragrance of the year so far!

Really solid. I bought it kinda accidently whilst looking for something else in a fragrance store And.... it is really nice. It was cheap but smells much more expensive It's long lasting. Stays for good 5-7 hours on skin and few days on clothes To me it smells unisex. Sometimes reminds me of some perfumes my Grandma used to wear in late 80s but in a good way. If you like oud and rose but not too strong funky version of it, then easily go for this one I do not regret buying it for a moment

To me it’s an instant love. Oud plus incense can be harsh and head-aching for some people, but here they smell bold without being aggressive. I love how refined this perfume is. I can smell the rose and saffron in the background, and the sandalwood is definitely the one balancing all the components, adding lil soapy and creamy aspects without cutting down its smokiness. The tacky gold flacon is forgiven because of what inside.