Happy Oud Friday! Our community project for today: wear an oud fragrance.
As always, do chime in even if you're not participating in the community project.
I was going to wear Yves Saint Laurent M7, the granddaddy of them all,* but I couldn't find mine so I'm in the next closest thing, Tom Ford Oud Wood.
Reminder: next Friday, 2/6, we're celebrating National Grapefruit month. Wear a fragrance with grapefruit; extra credit if Grapefruit (or Pamplemousse or Pomelo or whatever) is in the name of the scent.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2015, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
*"Them all" referring of course to oud fragrances from mainstream designers. M7 was hardly the world's first use of oud in fragrance.
Even though I really like oud, I haven’t yet acquired a fragrance with that as a main note. Time to remedy that.
In the meantime, I’m wearing Cuir de Lancome, and again, I extend my sincere gratitude to all who enabled me to blind request (not buy, as it was a Christmas gift) this one. Warm, beautiful, elegant, appropriate for all occasions. I love my bottle, and I’ll probably get another.
And I’ve decided – I’m applying for the Monday Mail. Need some inspiration, and you all are great at providing it.
Have a lovely day and weekend, darlings
CdL is so great.
Good, and there’s virtually no waiting list for the Monday Mail at the moment (I have 1 person for this coming Monday, that’s it)
What is the Monday Mail?
https://nstperfume.com/the-monday-mail/
Oh awesome, thanks!
CdL is a wonderful fragrance. So glad it worked out for you. 🙂
Its a new favorite of mine too
Ihadanidea –
I’ve tried to get into oud, but just can’t do it. I definitely respect it, though!
If you’re interested, I have about 3 ml left in a decant of Montale’s Black Oud. It’s, um, VERY oud-y. I also received Montale Aoud Velvet in my Olfactif sampler this month. Very pretty and accessible, but not me. Kgoodw2@hotmail.com
You are so sweet – thank you! I’ve emailed you.
SOTD = YSL M7
… And because I’m a wimp, I chased it with Le Couvent de Minimes Eau de Missions
In hindsight, I think I can handle more M7 ( I used 2 paltry half-sprays) and on its own. The layering softened it in a nice way. I just keep smelling good whiffs.
M7 ought to be a lotion! I don’t know if it ever was, or if Oud Wood comes in a lotion, but both make great layering agents.
Oud Wood does come in lotion! Also deodorant, which I cannot imagine using.
Thank you, I should have checked! But of course I meant it should come in a $15 lotion, LOL…I’d love to have some but not sure I can bring myself to spend $65.
Can’t find my sample of M7 either. (Thinking of Tama today – she sent it to me, just sort of out of the blue. Sweet lady.) But in the hunt for it, I came across a sample of Soivohle Carpathian Oud that came with my order of Centennial. I don’t know whether it’s demi-absolute or cologne, and apparently that makes a difference… might be cologne because there’s a distinct floral presence here, jasmine and carnation and violet. Also a bunch of dirt, the good kind of fresh moist just-turned spring dirt (as opposed to brown patchouli dusty dirt which I struggle with). I was expecting to hate this, but it’s nice.
I made sure I have my BK Rose Oud at the ready, though, in case CO gets weird on me.
I hope they eventually found a home for Buster, I was thinking about that earlier this week.
They did! He seems to be settling in fairly well. (There’s a Facebook page for him.)
Oh good, thanks so much.
I love the Carpathian Oud Cologne! Of course, by the time I had tried it, it was sold out. So, so sad.
I just now found my M7 sample and put it on the wrist that wasn’t wearing Carpathian Oud (which is pretty much gone now, after three and a half hours – so it must be the cologne, because most Soivohle demi-absolutes last for hooooooours even on me). M7 was very wacky for about ten minutes – sharp and strange and not pleasant – but half an hour in, it’s become a very smooth gentle woody scent. I’m enjoying it. Probably won’t wear this again, because I very rarely crave something in this genre, but I may hand it over to The CEO to wear at some point. I think I’d like to smell it on him.
By Killian Pure Oud
Against the grain with this one, because I love it some much, and it generally receive so little attention. It might be my favorite western Oud centered fragrance, with Dior Leather Oud.
I admit that by the time it came out, I was pretty much “over” oud so I’m sure I never gave it a fair chance.
Also a fan, AirBureau! I like BK Rose Oud even better.
Ah, Rose Oud! I wanted to love this one so much, but ultimately couldn’t. Rose usually screams on me, no matter how much oud or patchouli you’re going to throw in the mix, with a few exceptions. Portrait Of A Lady comes to mind. Too bad. More money for Malle/Lauder I guess.
Same, BK Rose Oud is probably my favorite oud…and even so, I haven’t felt moved to buy so much as a decant. I guess that about sums up my feelings on oud! Wimping out this week.
My husband left out his sample of Tom Ford Tobacco Oud for me this morning and before thinking about it, I sprayed generously. Now I remember this is the one that has the super sharp note to it. It’s beautiful from a distance but no perfumista saluted for me today!
Not saluted! Salutes!
Oh, but way to go all in on Oud Friday – I salute you!
I salute you! I am wearing Tobacco Oud as well. A Nordstrom SA told me it smelled like Christmas spices.
While testing out today’s options on paper this morning, I accidentally splashed some Phoenicia Oud Taiga on myself. According to the Blackbird website, the notes are: Davana, Geranium, Spices, Santal, Guaiac Wood, Cedar, Double Super Grade Hindi Oud, 50-Year Aged Vintage Deer Musk….. but I think it smells like blue cheese, and to be honest, the scent turns my stomach.
Couldn’t handle any more oud+musk–even though I’m still getting ghostly wafts of it–so I’m wearing Phi instead.
Eek, I blame the deer musk! I like blue cheese in food but it’s a big no as a perfume scent.
For a while I was trying to find a gardenia I liked… Found several that turned into Blue Cheese on me.
Oy, that’s a pretty hardcore list of notes!
Sorry to hear about the blue cheese effect. It sounds thoroughly nauseating.
No oud for me today. I do have a couple of samples with oud but couldn’t get it together to find them to wear one.
I did get a new sample in the mail yesterday and so that’s my SOTD: Masque’s Russian Tea. Gorgeous tea, soft leather and a bit smokey scent. Wish I could smell the raspberry but nope, not to my nose.
Happy Friday!
I need to try that one!
SOTD = BK Amber Oud, which I enjoy. Seems to be heavy on the amber…not sure I “get” the oud in it. The Rose Oud interests me. Might have to sample that.
There’s not much oud in it, if you ask me. It’s like… hmm, this is a nice sheer amber – wait, do I smell Band-aids? no, it’s gone… At least on me. Same deal with the Rose Oud, it’s mostly about rose and vanilla/benzoin.
I actually sort of like the smell of Band-aids, but I get that it appalls your average perfume wearer for its unwearability, and that it also appalls serious oud-lovers for its unrepresentative smell of real oud. 🙂 Since I’m neither an indifferent perfume wearer nor a serious oud lover, I seem to be okay with it.
I can smell the oudiness in the BK ouds, and as much as I love oud (didnt always- it grew on me), I too enjoy their wearability. Love both the Amber and the Rose Oud. JHAG is a rose oud too, I ought to do a side by side at some point..
Midnight Oud? I think I liked it, but I remember it being woodier and far less cuddly than Rose Oud.
JHAG Midnight Oud! (Slaps own head.) I forgot I had a sample of that one. Very tame and wearable. I halfway wimped out today, thinking I only had the rough stuff.
Hahahaha–well that explains why I like Rose Oud 😉
You smell delicious–but I’m with you, I don’t think BK’s Amber Oud has much oud in it. I get amber, vanilla, spices, very nice and long wearing, but not the punch to the nose OUD I’d come to expect from oud-centric fragrances 😀 Be well.
Put on the last of my Byred Oud Immortel decant today. Lovely, mossy oud. 🙂
I went with the only thing I have with oud in the name…Nicolai’s Amber Oud. I have become a big fan of this one though I detect no oud whatsoever. A beautiful lavender is the star here!
I’m in M7, my only oud fragrance. I don’t wear it very often, which is a shame as I really like it.
Unfortunately I don’t have any Oud scents, I am wearing l’Air du Temps perfume vintage. I love this so much, trying to get some more.
I have no oud, so I decided to go in the opposite direction. SOTD is SL Clair de Musc. I smell like angel wings – I know I read that statement somewhere but I can’t find the blog that I read it on 🙁
I read it on Grain de Musc – Angel with Dirty Wings.
Oh dear, still smelling the Lyric Woman from last night on my sweater and it is so not me! I feel like I had a couple of rapturous one night stands with that beauty, but don’t really want to eat breakfast with her. I am a fickle fickle perfumista! Anyone else had the experience of lust at first sniff, commitment to an expensive fb and then dumpsville? this is truly terrible, but I think I will swap it away next swap meet.
Today I will put on another sweater and my go to scent Imperial Opoponax to feel all is well again. Black later, after clients.
I meant to say Montale Black Oud later
MBO is officially giving me a headache. Time to wash it off!
Take it or leave it advice: Put the Lyric away for a while and try it again when you are curious. Bumpy start to my relationship with it too–but now we are on solid footing and everyone says we make a great couple 🙂
OK thank you for the couple’s couselling. I will calm down and put Lyric away for now. You’re right, it’s so much like a bumpy start: I love you, I hate you, come closer, get out of my sight! It’s such a far cry from any perfume I have, much more complex and rich. I may have to grow a bit as a perfumista to really be able to appreciate it.
You are young yet in perfume years and you just don’t want to push things too fast. You’d be surprised. One day when you have grown tired of sowing your wild roses, you may discover that in fact you love the perfume next drawer.
Lol! Sage advice OF 😉
I agree totally, (although Lyric is a soulmate of mine) in regard to other loves. I’ll just ignore the fact that i have over a hundred true loves… 😉
🙂
Hahahaha, absolute perfection!
Oh good lord that’s funny. I’m definitely the teenage perfumista in need of the facts of life talk LOL. …
Ive had blindbuys ive taken into my home and have instantly regretted! But for the most part, having sniffed then shunned, at some point Ive developed a craving to go back and in many cases now they are constants.
I have many fragrances that at times I could say ‘that’s not me’, but in my clothing, makeup, and perfume, I am a chameleon. I adapt my look to my mood, and probably have so many perfumes for this reason too..
That’s really helpful Perthgirl. I can totally relate to the chameleon state. Lyric goes into the perfume archives for now.
I think a lot of us are guilty for brief rapture of a fragrance. And I’ve forgotten who I’ve dumped. It’s good to have a short memory for these things. They make it out the door via swaps, etc.
As far as Lyric – it is so gorgeous, but so massive. I’ve been nursing the same 10 mls for about 7 years now, and I will probably have it that much longer as well. This is definitely one of those times when a large decant really helps to manage impulse control.
I have a 15ml decant of Lyric that I bought five years ago, and it’s only down to about 8ml now. Sometimes it’s perfect, but I don’t think I’d wear it very often even if I had a big bottle.
Memoir, though… that gets worn a lot.
Reading your post, I really think I would have been much better off getting a decant and trying Lyric that way. I saw the huge markdown on line and was trying to decide between Lyric and Memoir, but the Memoir reviews were so mixed. I think I made the beginner’s mistake of taking other people’s word for the goodness of the perfume rather than finding out for myself before taking the plunge.
I was lucky on my bottle of Memoir, but I’d already had a LD of it from a split, so I knew that I loved it. It’s tough with Amouage for sure. I’m still holding our for a FB of Beloved!! But I really should just get a large decant of it.
I know, it’s such a big perfume. I bought the 100ml bottle of EDP and will probably need to decant it out to people and/or leave it to a niece in my will. I can’t imagine using it all. It’s nice though, to have permission to just put it away and not worry about it.
You would do well for swaps if you decanted Lyric out in 5-10 ml portions. I actually decanted a 5 ml swap out of my original decant of Lyric! It carries a lot of swap power.
Oudh is a note I can only take on myself in small doses, so I’m in Mohur. It is such a great spicy floral that really does remind me a lot of India. I thought I dabbed generously from my sample, but I can hardly smell it now, so boo.
Did you use the EDP or the extrait. I have both but have het to try the extrait.
The EDP. What are you waiting for on the extrait? Break it open! Full report expected in the morning. ; )
I have to find it first. I have a shopping bag of unopened packages!
SOTE is MFK Lumiere Noire Pour Femme. We went out to celebrate my husband’s birthday and this is one of his favorites.
Didn’t even realize oud was in Mohur! Mohur is insanely gorgeous! Aha, I now have an oud scent I like! And thanks for inspiring me to throw some on last night!
I’m in JHAG Midnight Oud, which I liked well enough to buy a full bottle almost 2 years ago, and now wonder why? It feels heavy and very much “not me”.
It goes with today’s theme in terms of name but not really on skin. I mainly get lots of dense saffron and rose.
Happy weekend everybody!
Aww, I love Midnight Oud. It’s my go to big night out perfume. It makes new feel fabulous and I get strangers following me around to ask what I’m wearing, which surprised me at first because it is no Light Blue or Daisy. I agree that it’s not very oud-y though. Sorry to hear you aren’t feeling it!
I’m wearing that too! I just have a little sampler, and I almost never wear it. I think this is only the 2nd time. I feel like JHAG does nothing but variations on rose and patchouli, and this seems to have lots of both those things. I like this, but from that house I prefer the Vengeance perfumes.
Tom Ford twinsie! Plum Japonaise for me today!
I really enjoy the jammy, dark sweet plum and it also reminds me a little of those delicious Ume-shuu (plum wine) from Japan.
Tom Ford triplet! I find this scent very calming… something I really need at work these days…
I want some – my coat cuff still smells slightly of the spritz I got last weekend…
I was planning to wear 10 Corso Como, which I think is the first scent where I ever really smelled, or at least recognized, oud. But at the last minute I went with Mohur instead.
Mohur is a chameleon on me… sometimes an almost-too-pretty rose, and then suddenly there is a much darker, sort of funky undertone that keeps things interesting.
10 Corso Como counts? I’m definitely wearing that today! I’ve stalled with perfume application today because I don’t have anything with Oud in the name, so wasn’t sure what to do… what others are out there with oud that isn’t in the name?
Oh, I forgot I had a sample of 10 CC. It’s kind of an oldish one, so it’s more sandalwood than oud.
Unfortunately synthetic oud never worked on my skin. I am wearing agarwood e.o. diluted in some carrier oil.
You probably win this project!
I have no oud scents, so in the spirit of continuing to clear out my samples I put on Caron Narcisse Noir. I should have used the whole sample, because my little dabs are already gone. That is why I prefer minis to samples when I can get them. They are generally easier to apply, and I don’t have to dab.
Gee, hadn’t even realized this was going on when I spritzed some Bond No. 9 NY Oud on this morning. Loud and proud! I really do like the plum, honey and saffron accords with the oud. The rose is prominent, too, but I’d almost wish it were a tad bit in the background with more plum upfront.
How serendipitous! Those notes sound great too, ill have to try this!
I’m wearing Atelier Cologne Rose Anonyme — not very oud-y at all, but the closest thing in my collection.
Me too – the only thing other than Rose Anonyme with an oud note in my collection is TF Sahara Noir, and in that one I can’t smell the oud at all (just tons of incense and amber), so I went with the Rose Anonyme.
Twins! Oudy or no, we smell pretty great.
Another twin! I’m not a big fan of oud in the first place so I son’t have anything too focused on it. I think it goes nicely with the rose in this, though
Me too! Never tried anything with oud before, so i tried this.
SOTD is M7 (YSL). Got this in the mid-to-late 90’s, the SA at Nordies hated it, naturally I loved it.
It has mellowed out some, not as sharp as it used to be, but still very, very good. 🙂
After reading another post from Pyramus (about wearing M7 today), I must have my dates mixed up about when I acquired it. This didn’t launch until 2002, so unless there is some kind of oud timewarp, I got my bottle sometime around 2002, not “mid-to-late 90’s.” 🙂
Oud glorious oud!! 🙂
My favourite oud today, AdP Colonia Oud. Oud and citrus and such good quality.
Went to the shops tonight and spritzed on Farenheit on on hand and Farenheit Parfum on the other. They’re quite different, and the parfum is very long lasting. It has a very deep spicy base in the Spicebomb manner.
Perthgirl, you made me smile this morning!
Oud glorious oud! Hot Couture and Musk Oil…
Poivre Caron and Soivohle… what next is the question?
I just realized that to the uninitiated–my comment is probably insane 8-0…. Errrrr, that would be all you folks not forced to play an urchin in your middle school musical production of Oliver Twist.
🙂 Happy to share my oud song with you OF, it’s been stuck in my head all week! An urchin, how cute 🙂
(it’s made me realise how much of my brain is reserved for show tunes to be sung randomly whilst pottering about the house… 😕 ) lol
Urchin=no acting or singing talent whatsoever.
I’m wearing Montale Nepal Aoud, which reads me to like oud with a clean musk; actually a very pleasant combination.
P.S. I’m finally home!!
Glad you got home safely 🙂
Escape from Brooklyn 😯
Oud is not my favourite note, so I didn’t have a lot to choose from. I dug out my sample of C&S Dark Rose, but I’m not loving it so might change into Aoud Cuir d’Arabie which so far is the only oud that genuinely enjoy.
I wish Montale didnt have sooooo many to try, because I can never remember which ones have been recommended! So, taking note. I only have decants of the white, black and red aouds. Red Aoud= Popcorn Aoud!
On me, Red Aoud = Chocolate Aoud!
Argh, I keep thinking of oudy samples I have but had forgotten about! Somewhere I have samples of Oud Queen Roses and Aoud (why the different spellings?) Roses Petals.
Lovely to wear my #1 fragrance today, Mona di Orio’s Les Nombres D’Or Oud, I can’t imagine ever finding a fragrance I love more than this one.
In total agreement, flannery, and we are scent twins today. 🙂
Add me to the MdO Oud fan list. That is my SOTD as well, dabbed this am, but I will spray later. It is massive, lovely, multifaceted. I think this is one that I enjoy best dabbed, but want to experiment with the bugling blast later in private 😀 Be well, fellow perfumisti!
I just have the sample size, which does not have a sprayer, so I’m a dabber, too. This fragrance is so expensive that I hope I can make my tiny bottle last awhile!
I’m not a huge Oud fan, but I love this one.
My only oud is a sample of Midnight Oud from Juliette Has a Gun so that’s what I’m wearing today. Can’t say I love it – it’s tickling my nose. I hope the dry down fares better with my chemistry.
Scent twins today and for the same reason. I like it though. Probably not enough to ever get more than the sample, but definitely enough to keep and finish the sample.
got no oud. Wearing Pd’E Cuir Ottoman instead.
Wearing Soivohle -Oudh Lacquer today because I wanted to guarantee that I was wearing real oud. I really wanted to wear Anya’s Garden- Temple but I can’t the cap of my sample unscrewed…..
Not only did I completely forget about the Oud I’d chosen, something called “Oud by Josh Lee” I picked up in Penang over the holiday, I thought I was grabbing Timbuktu this morning. After recovering from a moment of moth ball scented disorientation, I sorted it out. I am wearing Mure et Musc… about as far from Oud as you can get…oh well. It is a good comfort scent…
I do really enjoy that one, the extreme version at least. I haven’t tried the regular yet.
Me neither. I’ve never seen it out for sampling and I am too lazy to order a sample of it. Anyone tried both (Mure et Musc and Mure et Musc extreme) to compare?
I dug out a couple of old Montale samples that I had forgotten. I am wearing Aoud Leather today which is a nice enough old school fougere with some leather and oud. No great shakes but pleasant and presentable.
And it is gone in three hours–even in my freezing office–nothing left but a faintest touch of slightly sweet leather.
I couldn’t find anything with oud in my collection. Today is an Amouage Lyric day. I had forgotten how fabulous it is.
I’m in YSL M7, the only oud I own. I bought it when it was launched in 2002; since it was the first big mainstream oud scent, as far as u know, I assume it has at least some real oud in it instead of the synthetics that are in everything today. I didn’t wear it much for years because it was so aggressive, but now it seems to suit me much better, so either it’s changed or I have.
I would say it has changed. It used to be much sharper than now, but I am still very fond of it.
I’m wearing my sample of Montale Aoud Velvet. I’m not sure how oud-y it really is but I like it. It’s kind of fruity and jammy and spicy. Thank you Olfactif!
Scent twins! I’ve been sitting on my sample of Oud Velvet since my Olfactif shipment arrived and figured what better excuse to break it out than Oud Friday?
I agree that it’s not super oud-y (unlike Solstice Scents Manor–a gorgeous oud bomb!–or Caron Secret Oud), but as you say, it’s a very pleasant scent; like a continental breakfast of fresh fruits and dense toast covered in rich jam served somewhere warm and exotic.
Scent twins with flannery in MdO Oud. I looked it up last night and the name has been changed to Oudh Osmanthus, which is much more appropriate for the scent. It’s a very wearable oud on me, the note is evident but not overpowering.
One of these days I will have to find some M7 to try.
I didn’t know the name had changed. It is a very osmanthus dominated oud fragrance, somehow the oud seems green to me, and the osmanthus sweetens it. There’s quite a crowd of MdO Oud wearers out and about today.
Like you, I’ve never tried M7, and I’d like to do so. I should track down samples of original and the more new formulation to sniff. It sounds fascinating, beast mode big 😀 Now why that fascinates me, I dunno, but I like trying things that people find scary! Be well.
I forgot all about the oud today. I awoke to the most beautiful smell this morning and realized it was the Dans Tes Bras from the night before so I reapplied to keep the goodnesss going. This drydown is to die for!
SOTD is Montale Black Aoud, the beautiful black rose in this balanced by woods and patchouli takes my breath away! I love it.
My oud note today is from Serge Lutens Cuir Mauresque, which I layered with a bit of Borsari Violetta di Parma … it is a very, VERY lovely combination.
Wearing Kerosene R’oud Elements which is oud balanced wonderfully with incense, vanilla and orange bitters. I get some lavender and iris as well. I believe this was the first perfume from this line and it is divine.
I love R’oud Elements too. Was wearing BK Incense Oud yesterday, and the far drydown reminded me of the Kerosene, will need to try these on at the same time to test.
As I mentioned earlier in the week I’ve been all in a dither over this day…I adore oud, have dozens of samples and about 5 bottles that feature oud….what, oh what do I choose? So I started last night after my bath and used Demeter Oud massage oil. I went to bed wafting the scent and drifted off to dreamland. This morning I dug out a sample of something new (for me) and am test-driving Piguet Oud. NOT OUDY ENOUGH! LOL So I just layered Agarwood by Heeley, one of my favorites. Later tonight I will use some pure agarwood oil a friend sent me from the middle east. A tiny bottle of oil that is almost brown and thick like syrup, and just about knocks you over when you sniff. She said it’s mostly used for religious purposes and not everyday. Ha, she doesn’t know NCT! Have I mentioned my husbands out of town? He’s not a big oud fan, so I am totally taking advantage of that fact and going whole hog today. I spent 8 yrs of my early childhood in India and those were formative years when it comes to scent. I will never be the “clean laundry” type of woman, it will always be “go big or go home”.
I now pronounce you the shameless enabler of the day! I have the Demeter oud oil in a shopping cart already! I will try to get a sample of the Heeley which sounds amazing! I have only 2 oud centric fragrances and I would like to explore more.
Try Demeter Amber too if you like that scent category, it’s soft and lovely. At one time Demeter offered a BOGO and I got doubles of both amber and oud. They don’t last long on the skin but are lovely when applied. Aedus has been my enabler for oud, they have lovely ones and are generous with samples. They have the Heeley.
Kelly Red, I have Piguet’s Oud, which according to most voters is supposed to be more myrrh than anything else. Either way, it is one massive stink-bomb of a scent. If I wear it on the right day, I love it, but on the wrong day it probably has the power to make me ill 🙂
Yes, I decided it’s not for me either and said sample has been tossed in the “trade” box. It’s too sharp! I scrubbed my wrists and reapplied Heeley’s Agarwood on one and Killian Pure Oud on the other. I’m still planning on my oud oil later tonight. I will REEK by the time I go to bed 🙂
Though I have to say I enjoy it very much layered with Evening Edged in Gold; and on its own when I’m in a sufficiently pathological state :p
I am not familiar with oud, and dont believe i have anything oud-related. But digging learning from all of you and the many more who will post later on today!
I an wearing chanel no.5 Eau pemiere, the reformulated version. (I like both versions, own FB of the pre-reform, but i grabbed a sample of the new one when i was in Nordstrom some months ago.)
Happy Friday!
Up until yesterday, I didn’t have any oud at all in my collection. Then lat night I opened up an envelope of FreebieMeet samples, and found Demeter Oud! There’s not really much oud to it (makes sense given the price point), but it’s fun to be able to play along with today’s theme!
I am wearing Bond No. 9 New York Amber, which contains about as much oud as I can handle . (In other words, it is not dominant here.) I am smelling the amber and some sandalwood, and it is really nice.
I didn’t think I had any oud, but was reminded of the BK samples sent so generously by the company. So I’m in Amber Oud today. I’m not really familiar with oud since I’ve never gone out of my way to acuquire samples as it didn’t seem like something I’d like. And from what I’ve read in the blogs, this is not really oud-y. It’s very nice, amber and vanilla and spice – reminds me of something I’ve tried before, maybe SDV or Havana Vanilla? Happy Friday everyone!
Scent twin! I like Amber Oud quite a bit, and I wonder what a “real oud” smells like!
I’m wearing M7 by YSL, which seems a popular choice. It’s the only oud fragrance I own.
Em Seven. I smell awesum.
Sadly, took me a minute.
😀
I wore Montale Velvet Aoud from my Olfactif sampler last week – it’s alright, but Oud is just not for me, I don’t think. I wore Montale Black Oud once and couldn’t get off me for three days – I tend to overspray, however.
I’m going a completely different direction and wearing Chanel 31 Rue Cambon. Too much for work?
No, never! Beautiful scent for the office. Very classy.
Yes! The only compliment I ever got from a coworker (mind you, I worked by myself generally, doing the books in teh back of the auto parts store) on my perfume was for 31 RC.
You smell like the one in charge. 🙂
I’m wearing Atelier Rose Anonyme, which is just about as much oud as I can take. I got a 7ml spray in a little set from Sephora and ended up liking it enough to buy an ounce. It is complex yet light and one I go to all year round.
I’m in Shalimar PI today, the edp plus a little of the lotion all over. Actually nice and light!
I don’t have anything heavy on oud in my humble little collection, but I’ll probably wear the Under My Spell Noelle from Benefit, for tomorrow.
Oops! That’s today. I lost track… It’s been a long week 🙂 No oud today.
I couldn’t find my Oud Luban sample, and I gave away my Demeter Oud sample, so I thought I was going to have to sit this one out.. but no! When I was looking at my stuff last night trying to decide what to wear today, I saw my travel spray of The Smell of Freedom from Lush, and I remembered that it does, in fact, contain oud! So that’s what I’m wearing today.
I respect oud, but I don’t enjoy wearing it. I did find my small sample of Montale Aoud Damascus, which is probably the most gorgeous straight up rose I’ve ever smelled, and the only oud I could ever wear b/c the oud part only lasts for about 10 minutes before it gracefully bows out and goes away. So…. Today I opted to wear Amouage Memoir Woman, because it’s as close as it’s gonna get to oud for me (incense is my next most challenging accord), and it’s “middle eastern”. And gorgeous. And managed to keep a smile on my face as I was shoveling my driveway this morning. Cheers!!
Yum, Memoir.
I had forgotten I had some of those Montale rose scents in sample vials. Don’t think I have Damascus, though… I really rather enjoyed Aoud Roses Petals.
I have a smidge of Roses Petals too. It has a more going on than Damascus. I tried this last night as well to see if either would tempt me for today. Montale is good with roses. Damascus is pretty much just sweet, heady roses with a few light dashes of other accords to lift it up. It smells a lot like you took some of the Annick Goutal Rose Absolue and just added a dash of oud and some very light musk to counterbalance the swoon of roses. I haven’t tested it in years, and put some on last night. It quickly dries down to a very delightful rose soliflore type, but its not boring. Best use of classic damascus rose in a fragrance. I like it better now than I did years ago, and I’m starting to think…. Hmm, maybe I need a bottle of this? Another rose is always good, right?
One can never have too many roses 😉
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I think Aoud Damascus was the first rose I tried that didn’t go sour on me. It is a beautiful rose. It’s probably my favorite of the oud-heavy scents I’ve tried, too.
Good to know I’m in good company! There are so many Montale’s I’ve not tried, and there are only a few I like, including this one.
I’ve been looking forward to today as a prompt to get out Amouage Homage Attar. Hmmm, high quality rose, oud, and frankincense, accented with citrus and sandalwood. There is a wind chill warning here today, though mostly sunny, so this is a perfect day for some Arabian heat.
Hi nozknoz. I saw your comment about the Nesti Dante soap that you ordered. I’m glad it passed the sniff test. I store mine with my sweaters and it keeps them smelling nice and fresh. You might want to try this while you work through that Claus Porto soap. Which Claus Porto scent are you using by the way? I’ve been wanting to try Claus Porto for a while now but I’ve already got an embarrassingly weighty stash of soap as it is.
Hi, Jonas, glad you checked back! I love the sweater idea – no need to waste that pleasant aroma.
It’s the rose soap. One year I bought a box of six Claus Porto soaps on sale after the holidays. The wrappers are so beautiful, and they really last, which is an advantage in terms of value but a disadvantage in terms of trying new soaps.
I don’t have any oud, so I went with another botanical defense mechanism: Borneo 1834.
delicious!
I’m wearing Oud for Highness, which I had to make myself put on, but wasn’t the oudfest I always remember it being – the oud is very soft and pleasant, not unlike Caron’s Secret Oud (most likely the same chemical).
I never wear this, so I should probably get rid of it, but I’ll never be able to sell it for what I should because Krigler is so under-the-radar as a perfume house and I can’t resign myself to taking the loss. So perhaps this is the right answer after all – just wear it. 🙂 It’s really very pretty. I was soooo happy when I got this. I had been looking for a soft rose oud. As is usual, though, anything where I have to think once, twice, three times about whether or not to buy it? Doesn’t get that much wear.
I really wanted to put on Oil Fiction instead, as I was kind of down with the rose idea but not really feeling the oud. But I’ve been happy with Oud for Highness today. 🙂
Today I am wearing Opium Noir on my left wrist and Clinique Aromatics in White on the right.
Aromatics in White is a masterpiece and I can imagine wearing it at some point, albeit not too often. The original was a bit poisonous on me.
Opium Noir would look good as part of a Juicy Couture collection, but as part of the Opium team … I’ll say it this way: if the original Opium was Scarlett O’Hara, Opium Noir would be Belle Watling. A disgrace if ever was one.
Thank’s for the laugh!
Whoa! I was just wondering if Aromatics in White was available. I haven’t seen it yet. May I ask where you found it?
Of course you may. Douglas has it. It’s a chain of stores much like Sephora, but I believe they’re German.
I live in Europe.
Mohur Extrait, the most gorgeous rose I know. I must admit that I’m quite a fan of oudy roses, from Amouage Epic and Guerlain Rose Nacrée to AC Rose Anonyme. But Mohur beats them all, by a mile. So rich, round and delicious. Wish a bottle would materialize in front of me, due to some unlikely quantic fluctuation.
I’m with you on both Epic (Woman) and Mohur Extrait–wish I had full bottle genie for that lovely!
We have great, albeit expensive, taste. 🙂
As ususal, I had totally forgotten the weekly theme in the morning.
Since I was packing for a business trip, I tested a sample from Killian which I got in a gift with purchase bag from a Dept’. store. I did not look at the name of the scent.
It smells like candy: both Prada Candy and hard,maple carmel candy suckers, whatever it is. (It undoubtedly costs alot more than either of those). Probably more Imortelle than Oud.
Not the sophisticated business image (or scent image) I was looking for, and it will not make it into the suitcase. Not a bad scent for those with sweet tooths.
Montale’s Black Aoud.
A recent discovery for me is The Different Company’s Oud For Love. Personally I can’t identify a strong oud note in it – but that may be because I am used to inferior synthetic kinds. It is a beautiful spicy balsamic scent with plenty of floral notes too! Unfortunately it’s on the same price-tier as Amouage – which is more than I am happy to spend on a single scent! Perhaps if I control my perfume-spending for some months I will re-consider 🙂
Like so many others today, I wore M7! I’m surprised that after the never-ending oud-affair, most of us seem to own relatively few oud scents. And, M7 is still the go-to for oud! I layered mine with Mille et Une Roses, which has worked quite well.
This is a very interesting theme…I’m also amazed how many people have M7 and considering how ubiquitous Oud has become, how few of us really have much (or any) of it!
I had also got the impression that M7 was regarded by many as a rough prototype of the genre, but it seems like I’m not the only one who still prefers it to its descendants!
Wearing Guerlain Encens Mythique D’Orient and feeling like a Rich Lady even though I am dressed in cords.
I couldn’t find my sample of Montale Black Aoud this morning, so went with Memo’s Luxor Oud instead. Reminds me of a shrieking violent… 😉
I am wearing L’Artisan Parfumeur Al Oudh, which I just adore. Doesn’t seem like there was ever too much buzz about this one, but I feel very comfortable in it. It is “dirty” enough to spark my interest, but sophisticated and subtle enough to be perfectly polite. It also comes in one of the prettiest bottles I own.
I don’t have anything with oud so today was a sample of a lab on fire made in heaven. Two dabs and woo the tuberose is big and screechy! I’ll stick to my carnal flower for a tuberose hit I think
Now that I’m home I put on a spritz of Montale Aoud Oeillet des Inde, one of my favorite oud scents.
That one sounds really good — do you get much of the tagetes note? I love that in perfumes like the old Niki de Saint Phalle (haven’t smelled a recent version).
Since rational evaluative thought comes after more than a half cup of coffee , my choice was made by “the name has Oud in it ” criteria. Thus I wore Lanvin Oud and Rose ( #2 in the trio , Orange Ambre and something Vetiver are the other two) today. I can still smell it slightly. I spritzed one spray of Just Cavalli on while trying to see if I needed a bottle and it drowned it for the past three hours( meh. No I didn’t get JC- too bitter almond custard-y for me . Might be good for a Hypnotic Poison lover as a summer scent.). I bought Vince Camuto (original).
Currently debating purchasing one or more of the A*men flankers-Malt,Wood,Havana,Leather,Taste of Fragrance. Any opinions?
Was looking forward to today, but woke up headachy and crabby and not really in an oud mood. Went digging for a couple of untried Montale samples (from a set that was supposed to include Black, Red, and White, and had none of those). While hunting I found a sample of Amouage Opus VII that I won in a drawing very early in my perfume obsession. I can’t remember if I even tried it on skin when I first got it–it must have leaked a bit in transit, and the smell wafting from the little box was, as I recall, rather terrifying. Anyway, I ended up with Opus VII on one wrist and Montale Aoud Ambre Rose on the other. The Opus VII was easier to wear than I would have guessed, although certainly possessing the furriness and feral qualities I remember Kafka discussing in her review. The Aoud Ambre Rose opened with a lot of winey rose that unfortunately was sour on me, unlike Aoud Damascus, which is still the loveliest rose I’ve smelled in perfume. Anyway, I got headachy and annoyed and wound up scrubbing both, which was a mistake with the Opus VII, as I managed to scrub away the good parts and leave the irritating part.
Anyway, I don’t know whether my taste has improved or I’ve just become jaded. I remember how excited I was to find Trish McAvoy Black Rose Oud at Nordstrom, because I’d never smelled anything like it. Less than two years later, I think it’s kind of nasty and artificial-smelling.