Malesia

Another successful blind buy. I am now convinced that you can make due with just Xerjoff (but I won't 😀). Such a wide variety for any occasion. I should have just started here until I had all of the ones I wanted. Oh well. I guess having the others makes my collection more diverse. This is amazing. No funk. Not fecal or skanky. I suppose there could be a sour facet deep in the background. But that is drowned out by the rest of this beautiful creation. If I squint my eyes and look for it, I can see that. However, it doesn't matter. This is like pouring a fizzy cola on a bed of white florals and powder. So good. Not too sweet. Certainly not as sweet as Tonka Cola. I haven't tried Enigma. Its on my list. This is beautifully balanced. I was recently gifted More Than Words and it was an instant favorite. Now this is as well. The kicker, my wife likes it. May need to make some changes on my list of top fragrances. I will give them more wears and let them battle it out. Get your nose on this. Edit. After more use, it reminds me of those Bottle Cap candies.

The Laotian oud in this smells similar to Tigerwood Royale by Ensar Oud. I purchased a sample of the pure oil for about $55/.05ml just to find out what it smells like. It could be described as a top of sweet rotting wood over a base of coal tar and ancient machine oil. Malesia smells like it could well have been formulated using this exact ingredient. This fragrance is the highest form of art in that it develops consonance out of the most dissonant motif. The agarwood retains all of its pungent and volatile facets: there is no attempt here to cover up the nuance of lawnmower gasoline and sour, rotting crabapples. Rather, these difficult facets are rendered intoxicatingly pleasant through a careful balancing with balsams, musks, and florals. Malesia is a sublime pleasure to behold. Scent/Quality: 10/10 Versatility: 6/10 (strikingly unusual, but not polarizing) Sillage: arm’s length Longevity: 6-8 hours

Florals and Oud, a little sweetness and boozy smell as mentioned. This one is a crowd pleaser as evidence by the rating. The lily of the valley and sweetness are there pleasing the mainstream. The oud is plentiful enough to please the oud lovers. I have no reservations in wearing this as a guy but I could see a woman easily wearing this one as well. This is loatian oud which I didn't think I favored but this one is so well blended I can't help but love it. It is repetitive but I'm going to reinforce what has already been said two key ingredients that shine here are the Lily of the Valley and oud. This one lasts all day

Mesmerizing Floriental centered around a beautiful lily of the valley. The perfume opens with this note before moving to a balsamic ambery heart accentuated with amber and gurjun balsam. The perfume settles on a woody powdery base of Laotian Oud, Tolu balsam, musk, labdanum, tonka bean and vanilla. Slight feminine leaning with moderate sillage and projection and very good longevity. Absolutely exquisite and stunning like many in the Xerjoff Oud Stars line, Oriental perfumery with very high quality ingredients. Enjoy!

Oh this is gorgeous. The best Oud fragrance I have sniffed from a luxury brand. A regal Oud accord sweet woody and ethereal supported by a bright floral sort of note I guess Amyris as its unique to me. Pink Pepper accord is not sharp and I get a generic sandalwood in the drywdown. Works really well for me. I got a generous sample from a friend (Kenneth,USA)and I am blown away. First the Pikovaya Dama and then this. Very luxurious Neo Oriental Blend. 10/10