More Than Words

This is my 2nd purchase from the brand of Xerjoff I've got this fragrance as a gift on Saint Nicholas Day, the 50ml bottle. I remember I tested it in a duty free along with other 5 or 6 niche fragrances and this one for me shined the most. The price was absolutely fantastic so in the end it was a well thought gift to get. More Than Words definitely smells like the Xerjoff "thing". Unique yet appealing. This is ambery, dark, oriental, modern, smooth, oud, woody, in your face. It has a slight aquatic blue nuance in the first 30 mins of experiencing this fragrance. After around 1h everything changes, the oud is more apparent, the rose and the fruit notes start to dry out and eliberating a dark allure onto the skin. It has a very round geometry of notes and scents around. At the performance part, this one is definitely a king. 12-14hrs longevity with loud projection, making it a very bold and announcing fragrance. Note: it's a love-hate fragrance due to its beast mode intoxicating aspect About versatility this is a little tricky to pull off in some situations, but if you use the right amount of sprays (3, max 4) I do think this can be suitable as a daily or signature scent due to its uniqueness. You will stand out in a crowded or clubbing environment. I don't consider this as a formal occasions fragrance though The packaging is absolutely beautiful and high quality, clicking cap and amazing atomizer. Oh something I forgot to mention. When I first smelled this fragrance it reminded me a lot of LV Ombre Nomade, it has that oud-rose combo but More Than Words makes the scent more versatile and wearable. If you smell them side by side you would consider the fact that Ombre Nomade smells more leathery and old-mature-formal and the fragrance I'm reviewing is his kid In my opinion this fragrance is a mix between MFK Oud Satin Mood & LV Ombre Nomade and other Xerjoffs combined. It has the softness and smoothness from oud satin mood and the darkness from ombre nomade, to my nose obv I do feel it's one of their most underrated work. This is a beast mode oriental amber oud-rose smooth stand-out fragrance. 9.5/10

I’m currently in a love affair with this one. Every stage of MTW is beautiful. I’d consider this to be a unisex fragrance. Although, some would probably say it leans more towards the masculine side. A woman could probably pull it off easily. In fact, sometimes a slightly masculine scent ends up smelling amazing on a woman. You get the fruits and oud with a bit of floral notes in the opening. It almost smells like a rose oud combo, but the fruit adds more character and makes it unique from other typical Rose/Oud combos. Then when the amber kicks in it adds a sensual and inviting warmth to the fragrance. I’m trying to tell you, every stage is distinct and different from the next. It’s breathtaking, in my opinion. The experience continues to wow me far into the deep dry down as well. That’s when the labdanum and olibanum start making their presence known. I love the beautiful smokiness from a good labdanum note. That mixed with the olibanum make a heavenly aroma that’s to die for. The smokiness in the deep dry down reminds me of the smokiness from LV Ombré Nomade. Except smokiness is more nuanced and not as pronounced. But it’s definitely there adding additional warmth and character to the amber and slight fruity notes that are still swirling around in my scent bubble. If you have more of a developed nose and you want something that smells amazing, niche, and like you spent a small fortune on it, you’ll love it. It was a blind buy for me and I’m so glad I took the chance on it. Projection and longevity are what you’d expect. 3 sprays will completely fill a room. The scent never completely wears off. I’m getting over 24 hours on skin. In other words, it’ll be with you until you scrub it off in the shower. The quality is definitely something different than your average designer or popular clone fragrances. Top tier quality for sure. I think I’ll always keep an extra bottle of it in reserve, because it’s just that good to me.

Unbelievable. You’re getting many perfumes in one here. Hints of Oud Satin/silk Mood, Gris Dior, Smoking Hot, Moonlight Patchouli, Ombre Nomade and some slight whiffs of amouage interlude, still its very different from them and has its own style and scent-profile. wow. Its crazy how chris maurice did all of these dna’s in one! Such a master-work, its like buying all of these fragrances but all made in one beautifully well made perfume. mind you that all of these came after that one. so if any copying happened its by them, and thats the impressive part. ⛔️ Not identical to any of them, but you’ll definitely catch the vibes. Very mass appealing yet still unique. Masterfully crafted, perfectly blended, and the performance is top notch. Not a loud in-your-face scent more like the ( do you smell that guy who passed by? Damn. ) kind of presence. Patchouli is noticeable, oud is there but beautifully tamed nothing animalic, just smooth and elegant. Even my family members who usually can’t stand oud actually loved this. Completely unisex. Doesn’t lean either way. You get both the feminine energy and masculine edge in perfect balance. I’d love to smell this on anyone. Not to be worn everyday, it requires cold weather and made for special moments. Not specifically “occasions” just any specials moment that matters to you as less as a beautiful night out with friends/family/wife. Velvety, fruity, luxurious, and effortlessly refined. Guaranteed compliments. And respectfuly all the hate on that fragrance, are people with noses of 9 year olds. (Edit) in a certain phase of the dry down you get the oud/smoky vibes of “the moon” by fredric malle.. C.R.A.Z.Y Other perfumers may wanna start leveling up Cause chris maurice doesn’t play

I'll be very honest, I loved this perfume, definitely one of the best smelling rose oud combos out there. Perhaps it's just my personal opinion, I love collecting perfumes and I have way too many rose-oud combo scents that are heavy enough on the fruity-ambery side. Maybe it's me who's just bored of such specific kinda scents, but this one doesn't have any uniqueness factor to it. There's too many such perfumes, all high end niche stuff, that have scents in the similar category. So if you have a smaller collection and want a soft and uplifting oud, you can surely buy this as it's obviously lovely. But on a general note, if you're looking forward to go for something unique in the soft oud segment, trust me, this one does not smell that extraordinary. You'll pull a lot of compliments you'll get a lot of girls by wearing this, but just as a personal opinion i feel like this is not unique at all. Performance is lovely though, again saying this, try a few more scents of such type and only then decide which one you wanna go for, cuz once you get into too many rose-oud combos all this will simply become boring.

Xerjoff Join The Club More Than Words I blinded this because it was at a really good deal. Read up quite a bit on it and decided it's safe to blind without getting a decant as it shares similarities with LV Ombre Nomade. I haven't nosed Armani Privé Rose d'Arabie so I can't comment on their similarities. With them being dominant rose and oud scents, both are rather different, especially in the opening and top notes. More than Words opens with a sweet honey like dried fruits and amber with a detectable light oud. Ombre Nomade opens smokey incensey and leathery. However when it comes to the later scent development, the middle and base notes, they are somewhat similar for rose and oud notes. More than Words comes across as more versatile and fresher sweeter oud. Perhaps folks of sweeter fruity rose oud or fruity leather fans in the ballpark of TFTV or TFTL or even PdM Godolphin will like More than words. Whereas Ombre Nomade is darker, deeper smoky incensy leather rose oud. Unless you cannot handle rose oud, I'll say this is pretty wearable and will get it's fair share of compliments.