Arabian Oud perfume - Rosewood 100 ml

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I detected SOME similarities to Tom Ford Oud Wood and Acqua Di Parma Leather briefly. the 'animalic' note mentioned in the note breakdown of Oud rosewood gives off a similar vibe to the leather note in AdP leather when smelled from a distance. they are not close though. i didn't get civet or castoreum at all. Soon after spraying i got those minor similarities to oud wood. it even felt like i was smelling a cardamom note along with that rosewood. again, not much similarity. Significantly different from oud wood intense . Maybe hints of similarity . Fragrances, like music are very evocative of memories of times, places, and scenes you have encountered during your life experience. Some fragrances take you on a journey. On first smelling Oud Rosewood in an instant I was transported somewhere...

But Rosewood didn't let go of me, I couldn't stop thinking about that fine fragrance. It is not mega unique but I have never met anything comparable. I loved the smell of Bronze, but was unable to pull it off because of the tartness of the lemonade accord. I do envy those who can make tart citruses work. I don't normally blind-buy perfume, but I ran into a large bottle of this at Marshalls, and after reading the notes here I decided to buy it. And I'm glad I did! The opening is a slightly sharp but bright bergamot blast, which to me is just fine since that's one of my favorite notes. The dry down mellows it with vanilla and Amber, with the rosewood-ish note lingering underneath. It also has a nice powdery tone to it that spreads and softens as it stays on the skin. All in all, it's a pretty fragrance. Not terribly original - and I couldn't detect a real rosewood scent- but it's still very pleasant. I'll enjoy wearing it. Oud - I think it’s safe to say Oud Rosewood uses little to no real oud. The oud is a synthetic oud, but it is done much better than what I’m used to smelling from designers. At the drydown, the oud note smells kind of like a bandaid, but it’s much more pleasant than the medicinal bandaid-type oud you find in some Montales.If it is so appreciated by perfumers, it is because the essence of rosewood is distinguished by an olfactory profile of great finesse, with multiple facets. Its scent is soft with a refreshing side. Influenced by the important presence of linalool, this essence reveals citrus and aromatic tones that evoke lemon and grapefruit, but also petitgrain. This freshness is also dressed with floral nuances, which recall the delicacy of the rose with more spicy and peppery nuances. But rosewood has not yet said its last word! Indeed, its fragrance also gives off woody notes with accents of cedar. In a perfume, this raw material will evolve over time, revealing a rather wet aspect with an almost mineral side. Noses use it to bring softness but also naturalness to compositions. When synthesis helps nose Oud Rosewood has a similar DNA to Santal Noir however, it is less sweet and much spicier. It has a beautiful smokiness to it that I really love - it's like the smokiness in Santal Noir's dry down but better. This tips it more masculine than feminine for me. I love the rich amber color, representing the twilight desert, inside the jar made with French glass. As for the projection, it is a fragrance of low trace and high comfort. It exudes to the wearer and draws attention to who is close enough to feel it. It has high durability. This is a lovely fragrance that reminds me of one of my favorite smells: fragrant triple-milled soap in an old wooden drawer. It's supposed to be for women: the box is super femme, the bottle is a little whimsical (but also quite attractive), but the fragrance doesn't smell feminine to me. It smells more like a nice amber candle burning in a massage studio or an upmarket retail shop (like Banana Republic, or if that's too on the nose, maybe Pottery Barn). That sounds like a diss to committed fragheads, I'm sure, but I actually like this fragrance sometimes. Maybe it's not as deep or as intoxicating as Samsara, but this reminds me of the scent of my 1928 Knabe parlor grand piano, that rich old resinous mahogany aroma that reminds me of childhood visits to a very old neighbor who had beautiful antiques.

To my nose there is no close comparison to the 2 other fragrances - Oud rosewood has much better projection and silage and is of a much higher quality blend. Oud Rosewood is a big hit for me, I'd even go as far as saying it's probably one the best MCD releases to date, so much so that I bought 250ml to sit alongside my Oud Ispahan and Leather Oud. I have to say out of all of them this one is my favourite and I plan to get this when I finish my bottle of ristretto intense cafe.Not sure if I've already reviewed this, because I've had it over a year and only used it once so far. Also, if you don't know what you're smelling how can you critique a scent? Did anyone ever smell Palisander Rosewood? I haven't. Guilty. NO idea what it lends to this overall concoction. Bought the discovery set and this ended up being my favourite, as well as my favourite fragrance I've smelt so far (as a relative beginner). I get a warm spicy, but not too spicy (otherwise it would remind me of something "old fashioned"), vanilla, booze-y, gourmand smell. I couldn't get enough of it and on some nights would give myself a spray before going to sleep just so I could smell it as I drifted off too. I personally don't get anything "medicinal" or synthetic from this like some, I get something very warm, very gourmand, quite whiskey/liquerous and vanilla (with also wood undertones).