Oud Glacial

Surprisingly fresh overture, the ringing mint emerges supreme, victorious, the absolute protagonist for most of the olfactory experience, wrapped in a sweet and soft cloud of almond with very slight floral scents. The blend becomes balsamic, engaging, incredibly harmonious, pleasant, unique in its kind. The Glacial aspect imposes itself in its complexity. At dry down the shy oud immersed in the enveloping warmth of patchouli and white musk emerges elegant, silent, without imposing itself in a characterizing way, a pleasant fragrance that deserves to be tried. Wonderfully unisex.

Camphorated, terpenic, reminds me of blooming labrador tea. Amazing value for money and a must try if you're into natural smelling plant scents, but certainly NOT blind buy safe. Insane performance, good price on discounters. REM can do no wrong with their releases, they shine with quality materials as they grow on you. Similar to Gucci's Mémoire d’une Odeur in which you may find it interesting on first smell, but you still have to learn to like it, and when you do it is love.

It's a mint scent with a little bit of oud at the beginning, somewhere in the background. Doesn't last long but but smells nice and fresh, even unique. There's something more, something green, maybe basil, but I don't know how cypriol oil smells so maybe it's that.

I noticed there had been no review for Oud Glacial, and lo and behold as I started to write this, vdxl pipped me to the post! For the life of this fragrance, which for me is 1-2 hours of moderate projection, moving to 4-5 hours skin scent, the key note is mint. Its surprisingly persistent, but for my taste skirts a little too close to Wrigleys Spearmint gum. The mid-phase florals are what I also think push this juice a little feminine. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of Rose-forward fragrances I couldn't live without (er, yeah I'm a bloke for the sake of clarity) , but I think it's the Lily of the Valley skewing the mix pour femme. The dry down is, for me, a soft patchouli musk, and oh yes, that ever-present mint still lingering in the background. Despite all this, I find it quirkily pleasant. And I'll still wear this every now and then. I would've appreciated a little more agarwood to at least allow it to live up to the other 50% of its name though! Worth it if you see it on offer. Not a patch on their classic original Patchouli though.

Got it for a bargain at a local drugstore. The lasting power both on skin and clothes is impressive. Starts with a pungent mint, then it settles to a vibrant fresh oud. I can envision myself wearing this beauty as in winter so in summer, but not in the mid-seasons. I get it as quite polarizing/polarized fragrance, not for the faintly-hearted, incredibly original and unique.