Oud Maktum

Opens with an animalic and woody barnyard smell, followed by an intense boozy note. The barnyard note lingers in the middle, as the booziness gradually fades away. As the scent dries down, the barnyard note is all gone and you're left with a very dark and earthy woody note. *This fragrance smells very different on paper than on skin. Definitely not for for everyone, and absolutely not a safe blind buy. The fragrance is very well made and high quality, and it does have an authentic Cambodian oud smell, but even among oud connoisseurs, this fragrance may not be to everyone's taste. It's a dense, dark, earthy, oud fragrance. If that's what you're looking for, give this a try. Also, if you are curious about authentic oud smells, this is certainly a good pick for the Cambodian oud variety. But it is quite strong and a full bottle might last you a life time.

Wow. I picked this up at a fragrance shop in Vegas. I knew this was it. It’s a bit spicy, a bit airy, it’s fresh, and it has great amount of oud that is not overpowering. The oud begins to develop overtime becoming a bit darker but not so much that you can only wear it during cold winter nights. For me, it can be worn during the day as well (take caution as always with oud during hot days) but I think this is so versatile it can be worn on a bright warm day. A nice intro to oud. And for the price, it’s a no-brainer. An oud that you can comfortably wear in public and turn a few heads while simultaneously enjoying the scent.

If you are looking for genuine oud, this is exactly what you want. It's not the kind of oud that can be kind of too barnyard-ish, however this is literally the perfect oud fragrance hands-down. I layer it with Oud Aswad from Swiss Arabian.

Layer on top of this with Oud touch by Frank Oliver and you get the smell of $600 The Moon by Frederic Malle. It's really close. I paid $45 for Oud Maktum and $20 for oud touch and it smells wonderfully close for 1/10 of the money.

Has this been discontinued? I can’t find it anywhere. One of my favorite Oud fragrances ever for its price point and I want to double up.

Overall this is a lovely fragrance with some real oud that has insane projection and longevity. The opening on this is the best from all the oud fragrances I have in my collection so far, but the dry down is that of a very dry medicinal oud which compared to the opening is a let down but that doesn't mean that this fragrance is bad or anything it's just a really great opening that's hard to follow up.

First Impressions: (Discovery set) Note: I was smelling a lot of perfumes at once. Sorry couldn’t help myself lol. The only oud I’ve ever smelled was oud satin mood MFK. That one I grew to love because it smells like deep rich baby powder but a womanly sexy, grown up way. This one is straight up oud. However, on paper I can tell it’s definitely tell it’s a smooth oud very much leaning masculine. Although inherently I think oud is naturally on the masculine side. Anyways, I shall see how I feel about this on skin & let y’all know.

I don't have the cultural background to be any kind of authority on oud...but in my limited experience, this is classy and quite masculine. I wear it anyway, could be layered with almost anything. This feels authentic without any "scank"...Was thinking about Oud Indonesia or Dahn Al Oudh Shams to layer as quality oud edp's, but sampled this and decided this is good stuff and all I needed in that genre.

Hi, If anyone has a bottle of Oud Maktum for sale please let me know: [email protected] Many thanks P