Exclusive Oud

Well, I've been deep into Zara fragrances for the past year. Their whole strategy concept amazes me. They usually run three different lines of perfumes at a time: low tier, medium tier and high tier. When those are gone, they're gone for good, though some of them eventually pop up during sales season, to finish off remaining stock. This strategy has made Zara's line of perfume very sought after. Most of these fragrances are just fine, some are dupes, others dupes with a twist, some are masterpieces. This fragrance right there is a mix between masterpiece and dupes with a twist. When this was released it cost 12,95 eur in Spain. Now, that's insane for the quality you get here. Not only the presentation itself is superb, but upon spraying this on my wrist I was blown away this could just be sold in any Zara store at some point for that ridiculous price. I've smelled just about a few oud fragrances, and while I was almost always amazed by the quality of the smell, I also found those quite difficult to wear, especially myself being a rather normal 26 year-old pal. There was one fragrance though which I found amazing and very wearable, that being Nasomatto's Pardon. Beautiful smell with quite an extraordinary performance and evolution on skin. But then again, I can't just go out and spend 124 eur for a 30 ml bottle. I could, but as of now it's not where I should be focusing my spendings. I found this recently rather cheap in my home country, Spain, and got it from someone who at the time of its release got 6 or so bottles as s/he already knew Zara's record when it came to discontinuing fragrances. Sold me one, and told me to be prepared to be blown away. Having already smelled Wood Noir and Ambre Noble I knew that I was in for a treat, but I still did not expect this quality. Now, why have I mentioned Pardon? Well, because this gave me a strong Pardon feel. It is just that with a more linear evolution, but absolutely delicious, classy and elegant. Fantastic oud, maybe synthetic, but amazing nonetheless. Sillage is alright, but this is supposed to be an intimate fragrance, worn for someone who is lucky enough to smell you really closely. This doesn't project beast mode, and it is not supposed to do so. I'd in fact not like it as much if it did. Again, what a thing this is. I feel so lucky to have purchased a bottle. I'll make sure I don't ever finish this. I know it's hard to get as of today, but I found some people in eBay offering decants of this, and I strongly recommend you to get one. You all have to smell this. 8.9/10.

1) This is a quality fragrance. It's a very nice Oud comparable to other nice Ouds in the market. I like it a lot. I Just have one bottle because when I tried to buy a spare one it was sold out. 2) I will just state an opinion related to some very negative reviews about this fragrance; Some people just don't know how to sniff and wear a strong oudy or woody perfume. - Don't spray near the face or neck (near the nose). Use chest, wrists, fore knee, elbows .... or clothes. - For bigger longevity spray your hair above or behhind the ears and your clothes. (this advice works with any fragrance) - Forget about the first 10 or 15 minutes. The food is still raw, let it cook for a while. - Trust what you get from the sillage effect in the first couple of hours. If you spray the back of your hand and then and then sniff it with the skin "glued" to your nose, you may get nausea and headache... - Want to smell it with your nose close to the skin? give the perfume 2 hours or more before doing it. - Want to wear it on a night out? Spray it at least one hour before leaving your home. Better 2 hours :-) You will be the Club King that night. - This is not Aqua di Gio or Versace pour Homme. Don't use the same way you use a citrus fresh perfume. (EDIT) - I MANAGED TO BUY A SECOND BOTTLE :-))))

@konga5000 Hi Konga5000. We meet again now in the Zara Oud page, and again I could not disagree more with you. Let me state some opinions: - Zara exclusive Oud is an extraordinary oud fragrance. - Other inexpensive ouds like Armaf Shades Wood and Ferrari Oud are very good fragrances as well. - For me both Zara and Armaf examples are better than some top line oud fragrances like Armaf Oud, Versace Oud, Boss Oud, Polo Oud, Nasommato Oud, lots of Oud fragrances form Montale and Mancera (but not all) and so on. On top of it they cost less than 20 Euros and the top niche or designer fragrances I mentioned cost 4 to 20 times more. - The best Oud I know is Ettienne Aigner Oud No 1 and costs 30 Euros or so. To finish... Again I do not understand all the rage you devote to Zara fragrances. And Zara Exclusive Oud it's really a VERY GOOD OUD FRAGRANCE. It really bothers me that wou call stupid to all the people who like Zara fragrances. It does not bother me that you deslike Zara fragrances. You have the right to your own olfactory opinion, as I do have the right to have my own opinion.

I'm new to fragrance collecting, but this Exclusive Oud is a knockout. It's intoxicating. Maybe my nose isn't "trained" enough yet to pick up all the nuances of a fragrance, but I know enough to know this is an exceptional buy at $29.90. Exclusive Oud doesn't smell like any of the mainstream designer fragrances. You put it on and it just continues to get better as it dries down. The ladies in my family really like the smell, which is more than I can say for some of my other fragrances. Do yourself a favor and pick up a bottle if you can find one. Edit #1: I sprayed two sprays on my arm as a sample for my family and I about choked myself out for the next 2-3 hours. I apologize for the early glowing review, but the overwhelming smell kind of ruined it for me. I'm still learning, and I'll be more careful in the future about my reviews.

6 feb 2017 I went to Zara last saturday for the Tobacco releases, I got 1 bottle of the addictive (the last one) and 1 of the intense. Nothing else special on the shelf that day..... Today I went there to pick up a 9.0 bottle, saw this one and the Wood Noir version displayed on the shelf, both EDP's....though in a slightly different box and the bottle looks different too (no texture). Grabbed them both too! Price € 17,95 Edit 8 feb 2017 The smell is very nice, not a in your face oud. Projection good the first hours and holds more than 10 hours on me (then shower). The Wood Noir is also a nice and decent smell but I like this one slightly more! But got complimented on the Wood one after wearing it for 10 hours! Can't go wrong with an EDP for this price! Of both I bought a backup bottle the 9th.