Salvatore Ferragamo Ferragamo Oud

this is a very nice scent. i bought it because of the endorsement of max forti, one of my favourite reviewers on youtube. i like his taste in the designer category so i trusted him. i have to say this fragrance is a good compromise of modern and old-fashioned, it has a good complexity so it's not your super mass-appealing edp. it opens with a gentle taste of rum, then the leather appears. the leather note reminds me a bit bel ami by hermes in the (very nice) current formula, slightly animalic but very smooth. the leather goes in the background with a soft note of iris and amber, so the protagonist of the drydown is a superb note of tobacco. the tobacco here is more like a smoked tobacco in a pipe: my beloved father used to smoke with pipe so for me it's a good memory. i have to admit that i cant detect any oud here, maybe something in the opening and in the deep drydown, but the title "oud" is a mistake. however the blend is well done, ferragamo oud doesnt smell cheap at all and the smoked tobacco in this juice is one of the best i ever smelled so far. it's difficult to compare it with other fragrances: maybe if you put in a shaker some gentleman scents like bulgari man in black and hermes bel ami u can have ferragamo oud. another fragrance/after-shave similiar but absolutely not identical is extro cosmesi tabacco: the difference is the extro one instead of the boozy note have the vanilla, and the leather is not animalic, more creamy like ferrari leather essence. the major issue of this scent is the performance. it works like ch men prive: moderate projection in the opening, skin scent after 2-3 hours, gone after 5-6. maybe the ferragamo one is bit longer lasting but it's the same performance more or less. it's a shame having a so bad performance for a so great fragrance. due to the poor longevity-projection i recommend this edp only if u find it under 50euros. who can wear this fragrance? a smoker for sure, someone well dressed even after work. do you remember jude law in the fantastic beasts? in my opinion is a good picture of someone wearing this scent, a bit dandy and well-dressed without being outdated. only for cold season, for 30 and up. not for every one,if u cant try it blind buy only if u like the perfumes i mentioned before. ottimo profumo, mix di rum, cuoio e soprattutto tabacco fumato dalla pipa. performance deludente ma il profumo merita. non adatto ai giovanissimi, meglio dai 30 in su. scent-8,5 long-6 sillage-5.5 versatility-7 uniqueness-8 presentation-8 compliment factor-6 my vote-8,5 in one word- pipe alternative: bulgari man in black, hermes bel ami, extro cosmesi tabacco, Ferrari leather essence, ch men prive.

This is one of my best blind buys and I can’t be any happier. I can also understand why this scent can be polarizing to some folks. Its the fun part of this hobby. You can’t describe your happiness once you smelled a scent that exist only in your imagination then your nose fell in love with it on the first encounter especially when it starts to evolve. Its love at first sniff to me. I like it’s opening but some folks find it pretty strong. It reminds me of three fragrances that I also have in my collection namely; Ungaro III, Jacques Bogart Oud Edition and Interlude Man Black Iris but this one stands out. Between this one and the niche Interlude Man Black Iris, I would pick this one in a heartbeat. Definitely not a mass appealing fragrance, but probably an interesting scent for collectors and hobbyist to try. For some reason, I didn't detect any Oud as the name says or maybe its just hiding in the background like a friendly ghost. I was amazed by this scent profile. The more prominent leather notes blended well with the spices and rum giving out that gorgeous aroma. Needless to say that I am a big fan of leather based fragrances because of its masculine appeal. I am not an expert but as I curiously read the odor profile, probably the Tonka bean gives out that faint sweet tobacco almond vibe and the benzoin enhances it for that sexy smoky whiff, something that I personally like. It's great for cold weather and since fall season is just around the corner, I am excited to wear this soon or more for personal olfactory pleasure rather than compliments. SF has amazing fragrances in their arsenal and my favorite was SFU Signature, but now it was dislodged by this one. I personally think SF is an underrated designer house. After I tried and tested it, I wholeheartedly say that SFerragamo Oud truly belongs to my personal fragrance collection. Performance wise, pretty decent in all departments plus the reasonable price point. I would give this amazing juice a 10/10 “Let us spread the scents of peace and kindness. The two most beautiful fragrance in the world that will cost you nothing and will get you a totally different kind of compliments” 🙏

#1314 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Basically this is a take on Bvlgari "Man in Black" with a light lean to the discontinued flankers "Man in Black Essence" and "Man in Black Orient", two scents that are tragically no more, while a whole host of barely mediocre and not-worth-owning Bvlgari "Essence" scents remain, like "Glacial", "Neroli", "Rain", "Terrae", "Wood." "Man in Black" itself remains on the market, and I'm certain Amouage "Interlude Black Iris" was released in response to "Man in Black's" success, upping the ante with olibanum and myrhh, as Amouage is wont to do. But this is pretty damn close to a hybrid of both for a mere $50, and I'm not missing the incense at all. This is long-lasting and gets noticed right away, which tells me don't wear this in the car pool, on the plane, unless you've been traveling some time without a bath and you'd smell the worse without the fragrance (It happens. Been there.). Casual and date wear, but not for the kiddies (no oud is). Business, dating and formal wear for the forty and up I think, but I'll share this with a 20-year-old fragrance enthusiast I know this afternoon to get his reaction. His taste runs more to freshies and amber-vanilla's, so we shall see. In any case if you like westernized-oud scents, that come without grandma's rose oil added in, which is my own preference, you can't make a mistake with this. If it had it to do over again, and compared the $185 Amouage "Interlude Black Iris" and this head-to-head, I'd put the Black Iris back on the shelf, and not solely because of price either. I prefer this!

This one was a slow burn for me. I picked this up based exclusively off of the note breakdown (I love boozy tobacco perfumes) (probably indicative of a problem), and was pretty disappointed based off of my first wearing. While at the time I was totally fine with masculine LEANING perfumes, perfumes that went full on masculine always reminded me of that annoying guy that swears something that "will put hair on your chest" in earnest. Not the kind of person I personally want to smell like... or be around. I put it away for a couple of months, figuring I'd give it to someone as an unsolicited gift. I came back to it after my bottle of Pavillon Rouge broke (RIP), because I was in the mood to smell like I might be a walking talking red flag, when the depth of this perfume really kicked in. On my skin, the guaiac wood takes center stage; it's very smokey, but is sweetened up a bit by the vanilla-like tonka bean and benzoin. The leather sits just behind the guaiac wood, but is softened by the floral notes. While I wish that the tobacco and rum played a larger role (again, just based off of MY chemistry: ymmv), this still satisfies an itch that I didn't know I had. If you are wanting to dip a toe into perfumes that are more traditionally masculine, I think this one is a great starting point. Prior to this, I couldn't stand overtly masculine scents: this has slowly but surely changed my mind. It is now one of my favorite perfumes in my collection, and for its price (I paid around $50 for 100 ml) should be in more people's collection.

This stuff right here is a banger!!! And I can't stress that enough although I'd like to add this is also something most people might need to sample before buying hence not blind buy recommended. This kind of reminds me of Lancomes; O De Lancome even though the notes are polar opposites but the opening really put me on that track. This is something which kind of Makes me embody the term "Anemoia". This is no where near to smelling like oud, it's more spicy and powdery if you will. The spicy feeling stands atop almost like cinnamon and coriander as well as bunch of those grounded and nutty spices mixed up together. The rum note does stand out more in the opening but by the end and the drydown it turns into a more sophisticated masterpiece something like spicy powder lol I don't even know if that's a term. I feel like that powdery feeling is the direct result of iris but it's more soft and not overwhelming but it's still there, take DHI and reduce the iris potency by 95% that's what I get of off here. Overall it's a 10/10 frag for me, it's got all the things I need in a fragrance like staying power and strong sillage like straight in your face which made me feel kind of nauseous hence I'd say easy with the sprays. Great scent trail as well. Best for those who like spicy, earthy, powdery, tobbacoish and boozy fragrances. I wouldn't say it's for everyone hence try before you buy. Sillage: 8.5/10 Scent: 10/10 Projection: 8.5/10 Overall: 9.0/10 🥃🌉🌑☃️🌶 Perfect for the winters and night time 🥂