Oud Divin

DARK, SMOKY AND DIVINE EXPRESSO The roasted coffee smell together with resins, a mix of burned oud (and other woods) and burned rubber, are easy to remark upon spraying. This accord is truly pleasant and is unquestionably the DNA of this perfume. After some time, and approaching the drydown, some sweetness, earthy patchouli, and smoked vetiver are also detectable. The fragrance seems to be complete with those bottom scents. This perfume is quite balsamic, dark and smoky. It's truly my kind of fragrance and Piguet excels when blending this type of scents. The nose behind this perfume is Aurelien Guichard, the "regular" perfumist of this house. Besides other Robert Piguet's gems like Bois Noir, Casbah, Visa and Cravache, Guichard signed recently a couple of perfumes that are a reference for me, namely Ferragamo's "Uomo" and Zadig & Voltaire's "This is Him". The first one is sweet and balsamic while the second is balsamic, smoky and has a dark aura. Both of them are somewhat related to this Oud Divin masterpiece. Performance is well above average with longevity above ten hours, a sillage above 7~8 feet and projecting fairly for three hours or so. Let's rate this woody double expresso: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Scent Opening: 10,0 (roasted coffee, oud and resins) - Scent Drydown: 10.0 (sweeter woods and dark patchouli) - Longevity: 9.0 (10 hours with 3 sprays) - Sillage: 8.5 (up to 8 feet sillage, 3 hours projection, with 3 sprays) - Uniqueness: 9.5 (Guichard / Piguet DNA) - Wearability: 7.5 (Spring nights + Winter + Fall nights) - Versatility: 8.0 (at leisure by yourself, formal occasions, dining out, no clubbing, no gym, no seaside) - Compliments: 7.5 (dark fragrance lovers will like it a lot) - Quality: 10.0 (quality ingredients; excellent packaging and bottle sprayer) - Presentation: 9.0 (High standard but not the best) - Price: 7.5 (€80,00 - 100 ml) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Overall rating: 8.77/10.0 between 7 and 8 =above average; between 8 and 9 = recommended; bigger than 9 = don't miss it; My opinion: One of the best dark and smoky fragrances I own, at a competitive pricing for a niche perfume with this quality level. If those are the features you seek, Oud Divine does the job superbly. It's far from being an "all around" or a "barbershop" fragrance. Recommended? No! Do try it before you buy it. It's just too specific. Music: Pink Floyd - "The Dark Side Of The Moon" {Full Album}

The roasted coffee smell together with resins, a mix of burned oud (and other woods) and burned rubber, are easy to remark upon spraying. This accord is truly pleasant and is unquestionably the DNA of this perfume. After some time and approaching the drydown, some sweetness, earthy patchouli and smoked vetiver are also detectable, and the fragrance seems to be complete with those bottom scents. The fragrance is quite balsamic, dark and a smoky. It's truly my kind of fragrance and Piguet excels when blending this type of scents. The nose behind this perfume is Aurelien Guichard, the "regular" perfumist of this house. Besides other Piguet's gems like Bois Noir, Casbah, Visa and Cravache, Guichard signed recently a couple of perfumes that are a reference for me, namely Ferragamo "Uomo" and Zadig & Voltaire "This is Him". The first one is sweet and balsamic while the second is balsamic, smoky and has a dark aura. Both of them are somewhat related to this Oud Divin masterpiece. Performance is well above average with a longevity above ten hours, a sillage above 7~8 feet and projecting fairly for three hours or so. Let's rate this woody double expresso: __________________________________________________________ Scent Opening: 10,0 Scent Drydown: 10.0 Longevity: 9.0 Sillage: 8.5 Uniqueness: 9.5 (Piguet DNA only) Wearability: 7.5 (Spring nights + Winter + Fall nights) Versatility: 8.0 (at leisure by yourself, formal occasions, dining out, no clubbing, no gym, no seaside) Compliments: 7.5 (dark fragrances lovers will like it a lot) Quality: 10.0 (quality ingredients; excellent packaging and bottle sprayer) Presentation: 9.0 (High standard but not the best) Price: 7.5 (€80,00 - 100 ml) __________________________________________________________ Overall rating: 8.77/10.0 between 7 and 8 =above average; between 8 and 9 = recommended; bigger than 9 = don't miss it; Opinion: One of the best dark and smoky fragrances I own, at a competitive pricing for a niche perfume with this quality level. It's far from being an "all around fragrance", if those are the features you seek, Oud Divine does the job superbly. Recommended? No! Do try it before you buy it. It's just too specific.

Bang! Absolutely uncompromising. Aurelien Guichard seems to have a thing about crafting guilty pleasures. Coffee and dry resins set off a really feral (yet not brash)oud note marvellously at the beginning. It gradually melds into a dank Patchouli bomb laced with a streamlined, yet characterful vetiver, the whole time a whispering animalic thing keeps lurking in the background keeping the interest levels high. The materials have unbelievable depth. bravo. I have owned two different bottles from the same batch ('5D1') and they had clear differences to my nose. I never tested them side by side, but i'm sure my first bottle had a much more chunky rawness to the vetiver (which i loved). My second bottle has more clarity to the dry coffee note, leans much heavier towards patchouli, and has a more tamed vetiver (which i'm sad about). Technically this would be seen as heavily masculine, but I actually think it would suit a mysterious and powerful lady much better. Forget all this talk of 'nothing since Bandit': Casbah, Bois Noir, and DIvin are truly singular creations.

Wow. I really like this. I originally tried it in Selfridges in London and wasn’t sure. The more I drove home smelling it, the more I regretted not buying it. Needless to say, it was something I insisted on buying on my next visit. Imagine Tom Ford's Patchouli Absolu, add in some dark and bitter chocolate and some strong coffee and then mix it all up with a splash of well blended vetiver and you get an understanding of what this is. I do admit that I am a fan of strong patchouli scents; the earthy masculine vibe is something that really appeals to me. Add into it the mix the bitter dark chocolate/coffee twist and this is something really special. This is not a clubbing fragrance, and as I am wearing it in winter, I can’t imagine it working in summer months. This is something you would associate with a well cut suit or jacket. I wear it for business and is just radiates class and affluence. A really enjoyable dark and delicious fragrance. Do please test rather than blind buy though. It’s certainly not mainstream at all!

Possibly one of the best aromas to charm my nose in the entire history of (my)universe! Magnificent blend. Wipes the floor with other perfumes claiming to be coffeecentric (Sorry, Follow, I wanted to be impressed, but no dice), and does so just by it's overall dark, smooth, adult vibe. I know folks are fed up with oud, because people selling hype whack stuff in our face because they lack imagination, but, you know, vanilla, rose, citrus, bloody amber, motherflipping tonka beans, etc, etc, they are all ingredients, some of them, you may have heard of before, which is my way of saying that, who cares, if it smells like you're standing on top of a mountain in a velvet dressing gown conducting god and nature. The opening I could see as being a bit bold for some, though I like it, but the drydown, which lasts, and lasts, and lasts...is sublime, darkly so, definitely test though, really, though for me, a full bottle is heading my way, and it is a tad pricey, but it is worth it.