Dehn El Oud Malaki

THE INDIANA JONES SCENT Buy it only after trying it. Everything other reviewers say about this fragrance it's true: - "It smells like dead carcasses", - "It's wonderful", - "It smells like rotten cheese", - "It's amazing", - "It smells like dead animal skin", - "It smells like true oud", - "Nothing matches this for quality". As per Swiss Arabian information, we get the following notes: OPENING NOTES: Leather and Oud MIDDLE NOTES: Animalistic Notes and Oud BASE NOTES: Woods and Oud As you may understand this is a very polarizing fragrance. I found myself in the same situation. I hate it in the leathery ultra-animalistic opening and I love it in the long woody dry down. A distinct mixture of raw animalic leather and cloying oud it's what you get with the top notes. I remember experiencing this scent while walking across the tannery souk in Fez and in some neighbourhoods of Cairo. Later on (30+ minutes) the rotten leather becomes fainter and you get a bit of a soapy animalic cheesy smelly note with a different oud scent as well. The oud is no longer super cloying but it isn't still a civilized scent and still has a vibe of a dirty wandering rogue. After 30 minutes more, you start to get the oud you were after, a good "more civilized" oud. It's a smoky (very) manly oud, with a bit of tannery leather scent still, not cloying, not sweet, but very appealing for real oud lovers. It becomes a head turner but not always for the right reasons. Remember that some people hate the oud scent even when it's pleasant for you. After 2~3 hours it finally becomes what we may call "a perfume" by Western standards. It's probably the most manly perfume that I own and I mean that not in a good way. All the ladies will hate it in the opening and some of them will adore it in the drydown. It's totally the opposite of a gourmand metro sexual perfume like Givenchy Pi or Rochas Man. Can you love both extremes? Probably yes! My cautions: 1) I do apply 1~2 sprays an hour before meeting anybody, either ladies or gentlemen. This way you will avoid somebody thinking that you are covered with an animal's rotten skin or buttered with Roquefort cheese. 2) The secret to using this perfume is very simple. You spray your morning clothes before going to bed at night and leave them in the toilets. No one will match you the next morning. As this perfume has a monstrous longevity you still have something like 20 hours in front of you to share your scent with the rest of humankind as well as other types of animals. My two golden retrievers love this fragrance, especially in the second half hour. Even they cannot stand the initial smell. After 30 minutes it becomes less cloying but it's still a rotten meat feast with Roquefort and they love it. During the bottom notes phase and the dry down, the best descriptions I heard about this scent have been: ... that I smell like a biker with a leather jacket after covering several hundreds of kilometres on a Harley Davidson. ... that I smell like Tarzan, "Tarzan king of the jungle" and not his alter ego Lord Greystoke. Is that bad? I guess not. A comment made by my wife is very interesting: - "All the men will envy your scent because you smell like Indiana Jones and not because you are wearing an exquisite rare fragrance. Half of the women will love the scent of you, and the other half will hate it." So far I still don't know if she likes it or not... nor does she. Let's see the math for Dehn el Oud Malaki: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Opening: 1.0 (disgusting and cloying animalic and leather notes) - Drydown: 10.0 (very very pleasant... fantastic oriental leather oud scent) - Longevity: 10.0 (20 hours+ with 3 sprays) - Sillage: 9.5 (way more than 8 feet for 6 hours with 3 sprays; projects for more than 4 hours); practical skin scent till the 20th hour. So far to my acknowledgement only Tabu from Dana has a bigger sillage) - Uniqueness: 10.0 (unique for me so far) - Wearability: 5.5 (Forget the first 60 minutes. After that it's very good but don't use it on hot days) - Versatility: 5.5 (Forget the first animalic and leather notes for 60 minutes. After that it's very good for an Oud based fragrance) - Compliments: 7.0 (I you are patient enough to wait for the drydown you will attract a lot of attention) - Quality: 6.0 (my judgement; Great dry down, all the ingredients are natural, but it's impossible to forget that it really stinks during the first 30 minutes) - Presentation: 7.0 (discrete but nice, both bottle and card box) - Price: 7.0 (100 ml for 32 Euros in Notino, five years ago) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Average: 8.05 / 10.00 In my top fragrances to wear? No way due to the scent top notes. Will I buy it again? No Will I recommend it? No. Try before you buy it. How do I use it? I spray my leather jacket at night and wear it the next morning. Just perfect! Music: Chopin - "Marsz Pogrzebowy"

I was longing for a dramatically animalic, barnyardy, deep and strong oud fragrance that is affordable and after readng all the reviews here, raving and negative ones as well, I blind ordered it. THis is nothing I expected. I was literally scared to spray it on my wrist to test it, I sprayed on a tissue and throw the tissue right away onto my desk to leave it there for a few hours before smelling it. But I was expecting a strong smoked cheese and cow and barnyardy smell even from that distance.... and nothing could be smelt. I smelt the tissue itself and a beautiful, deep, ripe fruit and smoke and wood smell was all I could detect. I was in Oud heaven, only real pure oud oils have these facets! I sprayed on my wrists immediately and waited for the miracle but again, I could hardly even smell anything. And I mean this since I'm a chronic undersprayer with my total sprays of max. 2-4 normally. I found myself sprayinf this EDP all over my body and enjoyed all the 2 minutes I could smell it, after that it fades to a soft skinscent that is only detectable when I put my nose to the point I sprayed before on my body. The fragrance itself is beautiful, they recreated the smell of certain pure oud oils that are multifaceted on their own. Leather, smoke, fruit and balsams on a woody base. I can't smell any barnyard, any cheese, nothing disgusting or off putting, quite the contrary. But the performance is very dissapointing. I've never had an arabian fragrance that was so weak and soft. And it's not only me: I sprayed it again all over my body: chest, neck, wrists and 10 minutes later I said good night to my children, hugged and kissed them and they didn't say a word about my fragrance as if they could not even smell anything! I'm sure I will keep it and try it as a layering tool, too as suggested by many reviewers. Also, if someone loves the scent of real ouds but in pure oil form he /she can't afford wearing them every day, or they think their pure ouds are not office-appropriate, this fragrance may be the answer for their problem because it's hardly detectable by others but has the uplifting quality we love in ouds, on the other hand, it's like the smell of one's own skin but better and this won't offend anyone, but it's irresistible and very, very sexy. And the best thing is that despite this is very affordable if not even a "cheapie", there's not a single second in it's life on the skin when it smells cheap or overly synthetic. The price is justified by the low concentration, I guess. However, the packaging is still a bit dissapointing. From a distance it looks very nice, the colour of the liquid is greenish-brown and similar to some very high quality arabian oud attars' colour, but the cap and the metal parts on the bottle look - and are by that matter - very cheap. Mind you, some Dior fragrances have just as cheap looking plastic caps, too..... it's just a note for those who are interested how the bottle looks in real life. And a final note: I'ma woman and I find this fragrance just as unisex and easily wearable for a woman as any other oud fragrances. There are fragrances out there, marketed to women that are way more masculine than this fragrance, IMO.

Buy it only after trying it. Every thing other reviewers say about it it's true: "It smells like dead carcasses, it's wonderful, it smells like cheese, it's amazing, it smells like a dead animal skin, it's smells like true oud, nothing matches this for quality." TOP NOTES: LEATHERY MIDDLE NOTES: ANIMALIC BASE NOTES: WOODY (mainly Oud) As you may understand this is a very polarizing fragrance.I found myself in the same situation. I hate it in the opening and I love it in the loooooong dry down. A distinct mixture of raw leather and cloying oud it's what you get in the opening. Later on (20 minutes) the leather becomes fainter and you get a bit of soapy cheese with a different oud as well. The oud is no longer cloying but it's still a not civilized wandering rogue scent. After 20 minutes more, you just get oud. It's a smoky (very) manly oud, not cloying, not sweet, and very appealing. It becomes an head turner but not always for the good reasons. It's probably the most manly perfume that I own. Ladies will either adore it or hate it. It's totally the opposite of a gourmand metro sexual perfume like Ultra Male or Dazzle. Can you love both extremes? Probably yes! My cautions: I do apply it half an hour before meeting anybody either ladies or men. This way you will avoid somebody to think that you are covered with an animal rotten skin or buttered with Roquefort cheese. As this perfume has a monstrous longevity you still have something like 20 hours in front of you to share your scent with the rest of the humanity. The best descriptions I heard of the scent, at the bottom notes and the dry down, have been: - that I smell like a biker with a leather jacket after covering several hundreds of kilometers on an Harley Davidson. - that I smell like Tarzan, "Tarzan king of the jungle" and not his alter ego Lord Greystoke. Is that bad? A comment made by my wife is very interesting: - "All the men will envy your scent because you smell Indiana Jones and not because you are wearing a fragrance. Half of the women will love it and the other half will hate it." So far I still don't know if she likes it or not... nor does she. Let's see the math for Dehn el Oud Malaki: - Scent opening: 0.0 (disgusting - my judgement) - Scent dry down: 10.0 (very very pleasant... fantastic) - Longevity: 10.0 (20 hours+ with 3 sprays) - Sillage: 9.0 (more than 6 feet for 6 hours with 3 sprays; projects for more than 4 hours); practical skin scent till the 20th hour.) - Uniqueness: 10.0 (unique for me so far) - Wearability: 6.0 (Forget the first hour. After that it's very good with the exception of hot days) - Versatility: 6.0 (Forget the first hour. After that it's very good for an Oud based fragrance). - Quality: 6.0 (my judgement; all the ingredients are natural, but it's impossible to forget that it stinks during the first 30 minutes) - Presentation: 7.0 (discrete but nice, both bottle and card box) - Price: 6.0 (100 ml for 32 Euros in Notino) Average: 7.95 / 10.00 In my top 20? I don't think so due to the first hour scent. Will I buy it again? Yes Will I recommend it? No. Try before you buy it- Updated on 03/14/2018

Starts with notes of your typical sharp Indian oud, ironically going against what westerners call perfume. Not the most skanky fermented oud, but definitely animalic, aggressive, I would say quite inappropriate for a closed environment during this stage. The savage opening remains through the EdP's heart and fortunately mellows significantly with time. Settles down for quite a long period, with waves of wicked skank coming and going for 2 to 3 hours. The warmer the surroundings, the vicious it gets. After a couple of hours, takes the scene the Cambodian oud (facets). Embodiment of a wet forest after a long rainy day, earthy, still boozy (a cognac note there maybe?), but remains surprisingly luminous. Loving this stage. Floral accents are developing in the background, while a leathery vibe comes to play its act. I see why Cambodian oud is presented as being the heart of this EdP. The oud is definitely of culture, if not entirely artificially produced, nevertheless enjoyable. The composition dries to a tasty wood, you can feel a note of honey with smoky exsiccated fruit accords, which define its final sweet profile. Bright woods and zero skanky notes here. I don't identify it as specific Vietnamese oud. Dehn Al Oodh Malaki (how can fragrantica misspell the name?) unfolds through a very long period of time and while born outrageous, it dies gloriously. It largely depends on the skin chemistry, but can be applied on fabric for a consistent result. Not for everyone. While challenging on its own, it suits perfectly for layering, adding depth and character to other perfumes (you name it, it works with any other perfume I have). Something magical happens every time I'm using it as a layering base; it hides the skank and delivers the Oriental atmosphere. For the price, I'm amazed.

Dehn El Oud Malaki hits me like a portal opening; one minute I’m in my room, the next I’m standing somewhere ancient thousands of years back, earthy and strangely spiritual. This isn’t just a fragrance I wear; it’s one I survive, and honestly, that’s half the thrill. What makes it legendary is the blend: rich proportions of Indian, Cambodian and Vietnamese oud, all wrapped up in a beautiful bottle spray format that feels almost too convenient for something this regal. From the first swipe, it feels raw and untamed, the kind of oud that doesn’t care about being polite or “wearable.” It drags you straight into its world: dense earth, smoky shadows and that celestial lift that makes you wonder how something so primal can feel so otherworldly. Every time I wear it, I’m reminded why I love oud in the first place - the honesty, the grit, the audacious character. And let me be clear, this is not a TikTok-friendly, vanilla-sugar, dopamine-hit perfume. If your idea of oud is whatever went viral last week, Malaki will chew you up and spit you out. This is for people who choose the wild side, who enjoy a scent that challenges them instead of flattering them. On me, Malaki struts with the confidence of a honey badger in a leather jacket - zero fear, zero compromise, leaving a trail of “what on earth was that?” behind me. I love that about it. It doesn’t try to be pretty or approachable. It just is, and you either rise to meet it or step aside. If you crave a fragrance that refuses to blend in, that laughs at the idea of mediocrity and that rewards you with a deeply personal, almost spiritual experience... this is the one. Dehn El Oud Malaki isn’t just a scent, it’s a statement and wearing it feels like claiming a little piece of the extraordinary jewel for yourself.