Versace Pour Homme Oud Noir

Versace Oud Noir Released a decade ago, this is somewhat similar to Versace Man Except they replaced the tobacco with westernized Oud and it becomes a more earthy version of Versace Man. Still a pretty underated mass appealing woody oud profile. You've got to wear it properly to appreciate the scent and not on test paper strips. My bottle has been grossly underutilized and sitting in the cupboard with more and more purchases. On the start, you'll definitely get the oud and Neroli. You get a musty dirty dam wet bitterness slight orangey neroli with the woody oud, saffron and incense coming or actually being there rather fast. It's kinda animalic with some spices and not really sweet. It's quite well done and you can liken the whole dna to have similarities with TF Oud Wood which some may prefer but the cost and price difference is big for both. If you have a bottle of TFOW you may want to keep the OW for certain occasions and wears and use more of Oud Noir. Some says Oud Noir has poor silage but with enough sprays, silage and projection is actually very good on my skin. It's enough to make the whole office smells you but not cloy folks around you out. It's not loud but neither is it soft. Performance can be anywhere from 5 to 8 or more hours depending on conditions but this seems to perform better in cooler conditions. For anyone who can handle some oud and matured noses, Oud Noir would be good for wearing at most places, be it office, schools or meetings. For someone trying to get into such profiles, Oud Noir is a good start. It fits into a Designer Oud scent release for the masses and isn't off putting enough to throw even matured noses off compared to some niches or Shanky authentic ouds, since it's pretty much westernized aroma chemical oud used here. Give it a try since I heard it's being discontinued but there are still tons of 2022 production bottles available everywhere

This is phenomenal! Definitely some Oud Wood DNA. The opening is photorealistic bitter orange rind, crushed black pepper, with a hint of saffron, along with some familiar OW facets. It fades into the heart notes within the first hours and you are left with much more rugged and masculine take on Oud Wood. It's spicier and woodier, with some green spice, yet lacks some of the cleanness of OW: notably the rose wood and some other fresher aromachemicals (linalool especially comes to mind). I honestly prefer this to OW in its current incarnation, and I wish I had bought a bottle of this instead of my most recent bottle of OW, that I picked up just over a month ago. My bottle was purchased second hand at about 85% full and has a batch code reflecting a 2022 production and the performance is slightly above average for a fragrance of this style (nice way of saying it's a twist on the Oud Wood DNA). It definitely outlasts OW in terms of projection, longevity, and sillage. I get about 5 hours of performance on skin, great projection in the first hour and a half, slowly receding to a skin scent by hour 4 and leaving a faint hint of spice, wood, and patchouli in the last hour. It lasts over 10 hours on clothing, which is typically how a wear the majority of most of my fragrances (one spray on the back of both hands which I run on my wrists, then a spray under my shirt collar and two on top of my chest over my shirt . It's not a beast by any means, but easily outpaces modern formula of Oud Wood. This fragrance is notorious for having counterfeit bottles in circulation dating back over a decade, if you are having performance issues there is a strong possibility that you have a fake, or it could be due to a more recently opened bottle needing to mature with some air inside.

An exquisite designer oud perfume minus an animalic note. A spicy cardamom forward sweet woody oud fragrance. Sexy yet classy. A bad boy that for some reason also has an MBA with honors. Not as sweet as Initio's Oud for Greatness and not as woody as TF's Oud Wood. It has the Versace Pour Homme DNA through out. Great for a date night, formal occasions, wearing to work, pretty much anything outside of the gym! Certainly signature scent worthy! To those who think this is a clone of TF's Oud Wood, I think you are missing the forest for the trees. The similarities between this and Oud Wood are that they are both Western designer interpretations of an oud fragrance. I don't like TF's Oud Wood, but I love Versace Oud Noir. Oud Wood to me has an almost green, woody cedar/pine vibe while this has a spicy/citrus cardamom vibe. If you're buying this to scratch the Oud Wood itch, don't! They are not the same thing! Get an Oud Wood dupe instead, there are a bunch of them out there. Ok back to Oud Noir, longevity on this fragrance is actually pretty outstanding; I can apply it now and in 24 hours I'll still smell it as a skin scent. However where this thing lacks, is the projection and sillage. It may last a 24-hour period, but during that whole time you'll be lucky if people can actually smell it on you unless they are intimately close, and that's my biggest gripe of this fragrance. It saddens me because otherwise, this is one of my favorite oud fragrances if not my favorite fragrance overall! Also, Oud Noir is now discontinued. You can still find it at discounters, but Versace pulled the plug on this one a while ago.

Quite an exquisite fragrance. The opening is a bit harsh, as it’s very dry and sharp, and a bit too “hippie” at first, but wait a few minutes and it really opens up. Make no mistake, this is absolutely a woody oriental (definitely a creamy incense type vibe) with plenty of spice, and while the opening is a bit bitter and not the best, it evolves into a beautiful, smooth, elegant scent, one of my favorites honestly, it’s intoxicating and addicting. Now, I am no expert, so I’m not here to tell you if it smells like real oud or not, I’m here to tell you it smells very, very good. It’s a wood based fragrance through and through, but it’s also well rounded with hints of a smooth, almost powdery type scent, and a beautiful mix between fresh and warm spice that is mysterious, dark, and alluring. Longevity and projection for me are very good, one of the best I own actually, but it’s not overwhelmingly strong or offensive in any way like Polo Green. I wear this at night, it’s definitely a special occasion type fragrance, whether that be a romantic date night or a special event, it’s not something I’d wear every day, as it really sends out a very distinct and memorable vibe, and is a bit too bold for daytime/summer wear in my opinion. Usually I do fresh/citrus/aquatic during the day and summer months, and warm/oriental/spicy in the evenings and fall/winter. This is in my top 5 current favorites and once you let it sit for a few minutes, it’s an absolute delight: memorable, sophisticated, and truly luxurious. 9.75/10 Opening -9.25/10 Dry down - 10/10 Longevity - 10/10

This is an absolutely fantastic oud fragrance. But please pay attention to this disclaimer: it seems like a lot of people don't understand that oud is a naturally sour and "stinky" note. It's not for everyone, so if you blind buy this and end up thinking it smells like sweat, or cat piss, or whatever, well ... that's what oud smells like. It's up to the perfumer to make sure the oud is well blended with other complementary notes that simultaneously mask the offensive characteristics, while still letting the oud have a voice. It's not an easy task, and some fragrances (like M7 Oud Absolu) just bury the oud under sweeter notes. Versace Oud Noir blends the oud with peppery spice, and it's a beautiful combination. The oud is here, not shy or hiding, but the pepper keeps the oud from turning noxious, and actually props it up so that it becomes respectable and sophisticated. Not an easy thing to do! I have enough fragrances in my collection that I almost never wear the same thing two days in a row, but Versace Oud Noir was so delicious that I wore it for two consecutive days. It was that intoxicating and addictive. Both days, I sprayed it on at about 7:30 a.m. and was still catching wonderful wafts of it at 6:00 p.m. -- but it's definitely a scent that naturally stays a bit closer to the body because it's thicker and heavier. This fragrance might just have displaced Polo Supreme Oud as my Number Two overall oud scent. (Varvatos Oud is still Number One.)