Oud Wood Intense

Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense opens with strong, deep, dark woody and leathery notes, very simple. Although potent, the fragrance feels of high quality, elegant, masculine, and modern. The oud and Castoreum are the most prominent notes. The juniper adds its woody, and slightly bitter tone, the ginger adds a spicy touch; the cypress a feels green, sharp and fresh; finally, the angelica adds more woody and early tones. The oud is strong but does not feel offensive or animalic. The Castoreum in the other hand, is an animalic and strong leathery note, the animalic accord serves as a booster but it is not offensive, on the opposite hand, the leathery note is also very strong, it has a soft gasoline-like vibe and it boosts the projection of the fragrance, but it is all well balanced. The combination of both oud and leather is strong, yet, it is pleasant, dry, very dark, and masculine. Once Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a strong projection, dark oud and leather fragrance with soft animalic, and spicy accords. The fragrance feels bold, classy, commanding, dark, earthy, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, heavy, high-quality, imposing, leathery, masculine, mature, mysterious, nicely-blended, nocturnal, powerful, resinous, refined, slightly smoky, sophisticated, strong, warm, woody and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 WOW RATING: 10/10. This is an impressive fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 7/10. The combination of oud and leather creates a very strong note that has a gasoline vibe, something that some people will find offensive. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. This is a very strong and refined fragrance, unique. MASS APPEAL: 1/10. This is not a mass appeal fragrance. PROJECTION: 6/10. Very good. About six feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 10/10. Excellent. About 10 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 2 to 4 atomizations should suffice. LONGEVITY: 6/10. Excellent, about 8 hours with 3 of solid projection. SEASONS: Winter, colder nights, or climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, casual, holidays, clubbing. VERSATILITY: 4/10. Moderate, this fragrance is reserved for formal or casual wear during the colder months. GENDER: Masculine. AGES: 30 and above. RECOMMENDATION: Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense is a fragrance for mature men that appreciate very dark, woody, and leathery scents. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: No, sample it first. SIMILAR: Here are some oud-based fragrances. Amouage Jubilation XXV contains oud, incense, floral and sweet; Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade EDP by Louis Vuitton is a fantastic oud fragrance but lacks performance; Montale Paris Oudmazing, although oud-based, the oud is softened by fruit, some floral and citrus notes; Amouage Memoir Men EDP is a woody, tobacco, and leather very dark fragrance; Amouage Interlude is a very dark and spicy fragrance, with outstanding performance; Xerjoff More Than Words is an oud, sweetly fruity, floral, and ambergris, a good but overpriced fragrance. SUMMARY: A strong projection, dark oud and leather fragrance with soft animalic, and spicy accords. The fragrance feels bold, classy, commanding, dark, earthy, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, heavy, high-quality, imposing, leathery, masculine, mature, mysterious, nicely-blended, nocturnal, powerful, resinous, refined, slightly smoky, sophisticated, strong, warm, woody and very pleasant.

Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense. I struggle to pick a number one from this house. It's between this one and Tobacco Oud Intense for me, and it all comes down to my mood and what I feel like wearing that day. If I want something more complex, sweeter, and warmer, I'll say it's TOI. If I am in the mood for something dry and butch, it'd say this beauty right here. As so many have already mentioned, there is no common ground that this perfume and the original Oud Wood share. Perhaps the mother brand. This fragrance could have been named "Aromatic Leather" or something along those lines, as the two facets are most prominent to my nose. Aromatic qualities in the opening, dry leather for the most part, dry woods, sweaty musks, and to my surprise, a good amount of salty and inky oakmos in the base. It feels rather monolithic, although there are some clear transitions from the top to the base. The opening is very aromatic and calls back some old-school men's colognes. Juniper, cloves, and ginger abound. Later, the beautiful cypress joins in. Shortly after the initial burst, the leather creeps in and stays throughout. I'd imagine the castoreum works to define most of this leather accord. It feels like an Oriental take on leather, somewhere between refined and rough, smoky and musky, with an intoxicating allure. It is a dark but mysterious perfume. The woods are there, although I wouldn't scream "Agarwood" at the smell of it. It comes across as fumigating wood, therefore, I believe part of the traditional incense-burning bakhoor is showcased through it - a leather garment infused with bakhoor smoke. In the later stages, I get this constant creamy and salty muskiness that pairs with an equally salty, bitter, and inky oakmoss. It lingers on the skin and clothes for days and smells incredibly enticing. The overall experience is bone dry, with no sweetness whatsoever, with plenty of leather, wood, smoke, musks, and earthy-aromatic facets. I understand why this perfume doesn't appeal to so many Tom Ford fans, as it stands alone among the other releases from the house. It is a pure androgynous beauty, and those who like them butch and assertive, as well as those who love Leather-Orientals, will find much to appreciate here. I know I love it. IG:@memory.of.scents

Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense is a significant misnomer, as the fragrance does not correlate with the original Oud Wood all that much. However, it is a great fragrance that merits smelling and enjoying wholly apart from the Oud Wood that preceded it by a decade. Oud Wood Intense is mainly an animalic woody leather sort of fragrance, the mix of cypress and oud being almost taken over by the additive of castoreum that most dramatically separates it not only from the original Oud Wood but also from the rest of the Private Blend collection through 2018. The castoreum fosters a sort of "dry leather" smell that more or less characterizes my experience of the entire fragrance. In this respect it feels masculine and boastful while being slightly sophisticated, as well; it contains just the right amount of an animalic leaning that it works quite well to satisfy an interest in leather without being too oud-intensive or borderline fecal. At the time of its release in late 2017, Oud Wood Intense (and Tobacco Oud Intense, simultaneously) joined FF and Neroli Portofino Forte at the higher price point of $310 (now $320) per 50ml, with only the re-release of Bois Marocain having been higher at that point ($330 in 2016). So it may seem like a steep price for the juice, but it's available on secondary markets like FragranceNet, where a 50ml is at $227 with the 30% off coupon. Its performance is excellent, as well, just a tad bit behind the beasts of the line like TV, TL, NDN, AA, etc. It's also perhaps the strongest Private Blend that isn't at least somewhat sweet, either (another example being Italian Cypress). Overall, Oud Wood Intense is a great option, not the superlative offering that I regarding NDN, TV, and AA as, but still, one or two notches below that. Really excellent juice. 9 out of 10

'Oud Wood' is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and everyone's invited - this woody-creamy compliment-educer is a true modern classic that helped mightily in putting the word 'oud' on the olfactory map. Stumbled across it (along with 'Tuscan Leather " and "Tobacco vanilla") is the first thing everyone who tackles Ford's impressive collection of fragrances does. But what can the new Intense variant do? Turns everything up to 11, my friends at Spinal Tap would say. "Oud Wood Intense" is an almost completely new fragrance. Unlike many other representatives, the word intense fits here remarkably well. While the original is pleasing and gentle, and hardly wants to be called a serious oud fragrance, "OWI" rocks towards the night without brakes. He's a lot harder to carry, has a lot more balls than his father. Almost a real rebel. Animalistic, surprisingly leathery, surprisingly potent. And the latter was the original. But the new master Ford is a black beast. FC Bayern Munich for Real Madrid, the fire bull for the last unicorn, Voldemort for young Potter, Sauron for the Shire, Harvey Weinstein for aspiring actresses. If you like the rest of Ford's crackers and like it a little heartier, you're welcome to nip your wallet. Nevertheless, I would always go for the original, because I also want to wear my perfumes and my celebration years are mostly over. Bottle: just as outrageously stylish as the prices are outrageously expensive. Sillage: kicks out like a horse - darker, stronger, harder. Durability: puts the thing in double digits - it stuck to me for 10 hours. My vote 10,10

GODDAMN YOU TOM FORD, YOU SLEEK DEVIL! I CAN'T AFFORD THIS! Rarely would I use the word masterpiece about a fragrance, but I will about this one. Being a lover of 'fuck you and the nostrils you rode in on' fragrances, Oud Wood Intense is right up my alley. It's harsh, it's animalic, it smells a bit like burnt rubber, and it's absolutely delightful. Tom Fords Fragrances are hit or miss for me: Anthracite is horrible, his whole blue line is rather boring, the Original Oud Wood is very, very, very nice, but not for the price. But Oud Wood Intense is something else entirely. It's in a league of it's own. I have a policy of never spending several hundred bucks on a fragrance, I'm simply either too poor or too stingy for such a frivolous expense. Only twice have I been tempted to break that policy - once by Green Irish Tweed which smells exceedingly pleasant - and once by Oud Wood Intense which smells exceedingly fucking fantastic. As should be obvious from what I wrote above, I don't own, have never owned and will probably never own a bottle of Oud Wood Intense, and as such, I have absolutely no business writing a review for it... But Damnit, I wan't more of this scent in the world!!! So if you're less of a penny pincher than me, you owe it to yourself to try this out (don't blind buy it, it's not for everyone). Hopefully you'll love it. Hopefully you'll buy it. And hopefully you'll wear it near me, so I can inhale your skin and I can get my fix vicariously till I win the lottery.