Terryfic Oud

There are perfumes in my samples that have the gift of clinging to me to assure me that their full bottle would not be too much in my collection.. and I have to stay firm not to fall into the purchase. Terryfic Oud is one of those He is sublime! A powdery rose on a background of oud...oud which after the first minutes softens and becomes the stage on which the rose waltzes and rounds off, powders itself, spices up and lights up... The rest: it's is decor to sublimate the rose and the iris: the patchouli, the spices only bring light to this main actress. From the first half hour, everything is said..the theatricality of the notes fades and forms an exquisite picture...however you are not there to admire it, you are in it!! The winter cold in a crowded street in New York or Paris, you are in front of a famous theater or a big cabaret, you seem alone and lost in your thoughts, thinking you are fighting the cold but a torpor assails you...it is then that costumed and perfumed women come out of the back room, the lethargy in which you were suddenly dissipates: The smell of make-up, of that rose perfume which floats and dances around you hypnotizes as if by magic: these beauties come and go and you don't even notice them, but the warmth that emanates from their bodies and gently caresses your face, their complicit laughter and the fragrant atmosphere hitherto confined attract you in an ecstasy and pleasure impossible to foresee. This smell, which mixes the sweet scent of skins and the intoxicating scent of spicy rose, of a decor heated by lights, takes you to an unknown place: so much the worse or so much the better, and for once it's neither a dream nor a mirage..it's just a miracle recognized as such! There is a slightly acidic/pungent almost synthetic background (and that's why the reference to the costumes/or the room)..but instead of stripping away its beauty, it adds an expressive facet, a dimension, a story. Sometimes it makes me think of leather, pepper, turpentine... the responsible oud here has a medicinal side. It's a very interesting and really beautiful fragrance...completely unisex for those who appreciate rose and the underlying oud!

Well, this was a surprise and I dare say deserves to be introduced to a wider audience. A cross between Amouage Epic and Fate for men, Terryfic Oud's opening borders on the spectacular. Whereas many offerings from this genre save the oud for the latter stages of development, here it is front and centre from the get-go, a more than generous helping combined with piquant dry-roasted cumin and a dash of pepper. It's undoubedly powerful but in a grab-your-attention rather than overbearing kind of way. Better still is the clever use of iris, acting as a boundary to allow the potent mix to pack a punch without it overplaying its hand. Short of the hour, Terryfic Oud takes on what I can only best describe as an 'acidic' tone, redolent of the slightly sour smell that you get from damp wood; this could just as easily be attributed to the unripened berries incorporated, however. If it sounds unpleasant, it's not, not even remotely, and in any case the iris, which has become more prominent by this stage, acquires a degree of creaminess to help mellow out what still reamins a strident mix of oud and cumin. By the time you reach the drydown, the fragrance becomes sweeter - but not sweet - with the appearance of amber, and adds an unexpected though welcome nutty vibe (possibly hazelnut?). Small quantities of clean patchouli and polite musk round everything off. Nothing wildly original at this stage, admittedly, but delightful all the same. Well worth seeking out.

Strong like and it seems to have nice performance but definitely it's not a beast. The only minus, the soft BO/sweaty vibe from the cumin which has equal strength with the oud note and it lives till the end. The best part is the opening, strong, on your face, beautiful. The rose is not playing big role here, fortunately for me, it's at the background. It's not the common rose/oud combo. Only at the late dry down you can feel a jammy rosy vibe with some slightly sour red berries. The scent feels totally unisex. If you can live with this light BO cumin smell, it's a very good choice but NOT for the oud lovers. This is much more than oud so if you want an oud based scent stay away from this. EDIT After 6-7 hours I also get sweet incense or to be more specific it might be opoponax. EDIT I'm very happy with this buy. Excellent longevity for my taste, about 14-16 hours before it's completely gone. At the 12 hours mark it is still detectable from a close distance.. after that becomes a skin scent.

I just re-read the review I left for this over 10 years ago, and I'd like to think that my tastes, nose and writing skills have since improved! Firstly, no oud AT ALL -- this is musky cumin with a resin or two -- there not real oud in this OBVIOUSLY, but there is also none of the token synthetic stuff, either. Okay, maybe a bit of that bandaid oud aromachemical (Oud Blend? Black Agar? Whatever it is...). Rosey berries, some resolute iris and animalic STANK -- and that's basically it. But what a masterpiece -- I didn't love it THEN (2015) but I certainly do now. I'm guessing from the lack of recent reviews (or not many of them) this is now discontinued, which, again, is tragic as I will need to ration out my stock. This is good stuff, just short of the pantheon, but really REALLY close...

I have blind bought this and I'm happy I did. Starts loud, continues strongly for 4-6 hours and than keeps you good company for anoter couple of hours. Surprisingly after 12 hours it's completly gone. Stays on clothes for a day max, which is actually perfect as some of my loud and strong perfumes linger for weeks which is often annoying, if you want to change smell and do not want to wash a garment. I agree with the notes listed and find it well balanced overall. This is my evening perfume, suitable for year round use. Maybe not for a hot summer nigh. This is confident amd sexy, adult. Elegant with an edge. Lavish. Not sure this is a safe blind buy unless you are into heavy scents, incense, oud, ambers and spices.