Ombré Leather (2018) was launched in 2018. The nose behind this fragrance is Sonia Constant. The top note is cardamom; middle notes are jasmine sambac and leather; base notes are patchouli, amber, and moss. Our reader Jonan got this right, saying, "If you are looking for a crowd pleasing club monster to get the attention of young girls with, then please move along, nothing for you to see here." I think Oud Fleur is a pretty, pleasant fragrance that has some wonderful creamy bits and can be quite lovely at times. It is more complicated than a simple, small application would lead you to believe, and veers from being sweet, sexy and feminine, to being quite cozy in an elegant manner. However, at heart, it’s really a misnamed fragrance that is more a light fruity-floral with spices and some generic woods than an actual oud fragrance. If I’m to be honest, I think Oud Fleur is very pretty, but somewhat over-priced for a fragrance that isn’t very distinctive. I also think those expecting a true agarwood perfume, or something with the heavy, woody richness of Oud Wood will be sorely disappointed. The same applies to anyone seeking a very masculine or true oud. This is not Xerjoff or Amouage territory!

Yes. Our products do not contain any animal derived ingredients: they are 100% vegan and cruelty-free. A juicy, completely dark and mysterious rose enters the ring, which wants to fight a battle with the spicy oud. So at least the first impression.Because Oud Fleur represents exactly that, but without any negative connotations, but full of euphimisms: either-or. Royal Mail will attempt to deliver the parcel twice. Once in the morning and once in the afternoon later that same day

Oud wood with its “noble rot.” Source: The Perfume Shrine via Dr. Robert Blanchette, University of Minnesota – forestpathology.coafes.umn.edu Stars on 45″…. hahaha, that was EXACTLY what was in my head, Jordan! Exactly! Re. Oud Wood, I think that that perfume — along with a number of the older TF’s — is in a whole new class from the new ones. Very different in heft, weight, depth, body and power. He’s changed his style, or, rather, I should say Estee Lauder may seem to want something else from his new perfumes. Whoever is behind it, the bottom line is that coming out with EIGHT PERFUMES IN A SINGLE YEAR can only have a bad impact on the result. One simply doesn’t have the time to focus and develop the scents. Yann Vasnier worked on two of the ones from this year. In the old days, houses like Dior, YSL or Guerlain would take years and years for a single perfume release. Carrier: unisex with a clear tendency to the masculine by the animalic opening. The drydown then rather soft, warm and somewhat more feminine.

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The rose is thereby full-bodied, mysterious, dirty and so not at all sweet and tender. No, the is not only here to play - To fight but also not. Seasonally, this is a colder weather scent. Though, in a temperate climate, it wouldn’t be too out of place. I would avoid the heat. It does have good versatility, as it can go formal, or serve as a romantic wear. It has more of an elegant profile, but I wore it casually, without it feeling too out of place.

NEROLI PORTOFINO is perhaps the most popular one (amongst men) and it is certainly good quality stuff, but I find it hopelessly overrated and overpriced. There are endless less expensive and equally good nerolis out there. Due to differences in skin chemistry, the opening I experienced was much more ambered and sweet than hers, as well as with substantially less tobacco and dryness. Nonetheless, I think she’s absolutely right about the overall differences, and she’s summarized them extremely well. I also agree that Amber Absolute has far greater sillage, weight, and duration. It’s one of the better examples of this sort of perfume, but still not an amazing one. Most of these rose and oud based fragrances, are around this same Tom Ford level price point. Years ago, there was once an article about Generation Z, there titled "Generation Maybe", and was about the fact that this generation Maybe has lost itself in the either-or, can not decide, has no answer to any question, would not like to commit. Issued in 2011, the fragrance includes top notes of Indian spices, cumin, cinnamon, carrot seeds, and fenugreek; heart notes of jasmine, ylang-ylang, and rose; and base notes of Australian sandalwood, cedar, benzoin, musk, and oud.

Even if individual chords over and over again remind of the spicy, striking Booziness paired with pipe tobacco and exotic oud, and other chords quite evoke associations with the most seductive rose that the house of Ford has to offer, Oud Fleur does something quite brilliant in the later course: If you're expecting just another "rose/oud" candidate from Oud Fleur (something the majority of comments and statements here would lead you to expect), you're mistaken. Oud Fleur finds a completely different approach to this already worn out topic. Other key ingredients include roasted Tonka organic absolute, coumarin, sandalwood, amber, cistus oil, cistus absolute, cedarwood Atlas ORPUR, patchouli and castoreum. Only in the course then the rose comes out with me. No soft, bright but a somewhat coarse and slightly "dirty" rose. Paired with this oud accord from the opening of the fragrance, this becomes a very spicy composition, which is completed in the drydown by earthy patchouli. Admittedly, the title does not promise anything positive, resonates just with the word Maybe a relatively negative connotation.