Oudh Infini Dusita 2016

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6.9 / 10 180 Ratings

A perfume by Dusita for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is animal-floral. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Animal

Floral

Woody

Oriental

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Laotian oud

May rose

Tunisian orange blossom

Heart Notes

Mysore sandalwood

Benzoin Siam

Base Notes

Civet

Bourbon vanilla absolute

Musk

Perfumer

Pissara Umavijani a.k.a. Ploi Umavijani

Ratings

Scent

6.9180 Ratings

Longevity

8.5157 Ratings

Sillage

8.0158 Ratings

Bottle

8.1143 Ratings

Value for money

5.362 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 28.03.2024.

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/04/2016

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Top Review 7

growl.

The oud/flowers pairing works in the same fashion that the classic leather/flowers combination does. They amplify each other’s most ambitious attributes. Floral notes take a whip to leather and leather notes give flowers a cold flame. Look at Germaine Cellier’s Miss Balmain or Parfumerie Générale’s Cuir d’Iris. Oud Infini has a similar dynamic. Oud’s sweet rot brings out the decadence of the floral notes and an overt animalism underlines the whole sweaty scene. A lush sandalwood note gives Oud Infini a charismatic drawl that suits the growling animalism perfectly.

The perfume industry has been performing back-bends to get back the prohibited materials that built the business. Guerlain have stripped oakmoss of a single toxic molecule to keep Mitsouko alive as s/he approaches 100. Caches of 80 year old deer musk pods are being unearthed for guilt-free use. Beavers are rufied rather than killed to collect castoreum. Sandalwood has been resurrected. You feel safe that nothing was tortured and the environment wasn’t wounded for your pleasure.

But there still room for a little ‘I wanna be evil’ role-play. Who cares if some civet cats were culled or that using Mysore sandalwood is right up there with wearing sealskin. I deserve the real deal. I Want The Authenticity. Usually we have to follow a vintage fetish to scratch this particular itch but Oud Infini gives us that good-old, bad-old vibe of the 1920s animalic perfumes in a more modern setting. It resists nostalgia by using the contemporary vernacular of oud. The animalism and the luscious sandalwood provide the subliminal touch that brings the fantasy to life.

The fact is that I have no idea what materials perfumer Pissara Umavijani has used to make Oud Infini. Real oud, ‘genuine’ animalics? Mysore sandalwood? I don’t actually care. Fantasy has long been a selling point in perfumery. Mostly it’s a schlocky story used to sell you a perfume: cheap orientalism, Town-and-Country aspiration, sex. Oud Infini doesn’t sell you a back-story. It creates a perfume packed with references to the materials of the golden era of perfumery. It smells lush and decadent. It feels predatory. It creates the set for the drama and invites you to enact it yourself.

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12/13/2020

9
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Manogi
83 Reviews

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Manogi

It's the sample that counts: Why I like Oudh Infini after all

I had already tested Oudh Infini about a month ago. Good thing I wasn't here then and couldn't write a comment. Because there I found the scent rather unpleasant. It was the only Dusita I knew with whom I had my difficulties. I had ordered a sample from a big German supplier, because I found the reviews and the scent pyramid very exciting. Animal scents and oud are my speciality.

But what I was offered was not animalism. It was Muff. Just by lifting the lid, there was an extremely musty citrus note in your face. The musty one stayed for quite a while after spraying on, before other notes like benzoin came to the fore and made the whole thing more bearable. In between there was a bit of Laotian oud, musk and civet, but none of them bothered me. The musty citrus smell, on the other hand, caused me slight nausea. My conclusion at that time: That was probably nothing. I did not understand how such a smelly perfume could come from Dusita, of whom I was used to better ones. And there should be a reason for that
Because some time later I ordered a complete sample set directly from Dusita. Of course Oudh Infini was also included. Since the labels on the transparent glass are hard to read, I caught the scent by chance while testing, although I wanted to leave it aside for now.

And then came the revelation! The orange blossom that makes up the citrus scent came across as anything but musty from the very beginning, but wonderfully fresh. I'm not a fan of dominant citrus scents, but I put up with it like this. This is really nice and reminds me of orange trees in summer somewhere warm.

Without question, with time the animalism sets in. The Laotian oud, the civet and the musk make their presence felt. But as I said, that doesn't bother me. Precisely because it is animalism and not muff.

My conclusion now is: I'm reconciled to Oudh Infini and despite the dominant citrus note, I think it's great. The fragrance is freshness combined with - admittedly quite strong - animalism. This is certainly not for everyone. And that's why I would like to issue a warning. You have to be prepared for an animal experience, which is however accompanied by a fresh citrus note. But I like it.

The question remains what was wrong with the first sample. I can only speculate, of course. My guess is that the bottle from which the sample was bottled has been standing around for a long time, perhaps because a sample is rarely requested, and that the orange blossom oil has oxidized. My experience with other essential oils is that they can get musty when this happens

02/06/2017

Rickbr
190 Reviews

Rickbr

Very helpful Review

OUDH Infini

I left Oudh Infini at last in my journey of brand evalution precisely because of the most controversial air surrounding its existence. The constant launching of oud-themed perfumes in the marketplace has made people saturated and not very tolerant. It only complicates if such a perfume has a price and luxury positioning - today many reviewers falsely believe that the easiest thing to do is to buy the available agarwood bases in the market and make a creation that emulates the complex and complexion of the resin generated by the infection of Aquillaria trees. This is not only not true as approaching OUDH Infini with such a prejudiced view certainly closes the eyes to the fact that Pissara has been able to maintain here the animalistic aura of the wood at the same time that it makes a multifaceted creation and with a evolution in the more classic and French style of perfumery.

It is interesting how OUDH Infini seems orchestrated around the absolute of agarwood of good excelence, one of those with nuances that refer to barnyard and cheese. As much as these words may sound scary (and indeed they are), there is an interesting care in balancing the elements in the composition while strengthening the richness that makes it an expensive perfume. In addition to the Agarwood, I have the feeling that in OUDH Infini there is an excellent quality of natural absolute of civet and castoreum, which complement the nuances of the note giving it an animalic aura with a certain vintage feeling as well. It is interesting that there is also citrus floral nuances that act in the background balancing the weight that would be the composition if it were composed only of animal and heavy elements. As time passes on the skin, OUDH Infini extends the naturalness of its main raw material with a quieter woody base, where it is possible to perceive the cypriol by playing the oudh at the base in conjunction with vetiver and musks. Vanilla finishes giving a creaminess to the intense animalic tone of the composition and rounds very well the whole work. After passing the heavier and more challenging opening OUDH Infini behaves like a classic scent, demonstrating different aspects of its personality on different days. Sometimes more woody, sometimes more animalic and even with a musky and clean civet scent. It is a very interesting perfume that certainly delivers what it charges for.

02/02/2024

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Kurai
375 Reviews

Kurai

Unforgettable

The market for discontinued gems is a whole different world than the luxury boutiques offering the latest hypes. Vintage perfume conventions, shady Souk interactions, online exchange groups. While for some all that is an inseparable part of the perfumed journey, for me it is too much of a hassle. For Oudh Infini I made an exception, though, and I could not be more excited when I finally found a full bottle on offer. This has a legendary status in some circles. For good reasons, if you ask me.

The oud of choice is bold as hell, to say the least. It introduces itself with quite the dramatic entrance and as it warms up on skin becomes increasingly manure-like. At the same time there is a huge floral side to the perfume even during that overwhelming first phase. Both the oud and the musks boost those florals - rose particularly - to incredible levels. Ultimately, when the oud has settled into a more polished shimmer, a magnificent sandalwood note emerges adding the necessary warmth and softness into the composition.

The oud plays a significant role but only to bring out the best of the rose. On me this is a full-on floral perfume. A statement piece that is both daring and dramatic, leaving an unforgettable impression. Absolutely worth the scavenger hunt.

12/17/2022

4
Pricing 5
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Authopsy
1 Review

Authopsy

Take your time and spray two or three times maximum.

Fecal at the start, with a pungent entry, this perfume needs time to prove its worth.
Musk, Oud and civet are no small feat and if you put them together you have to be aware of the slap in the face you will get.
Personally I like these notes and love perfumes that play with them without subtlety.
Pissara could have masked it all and shown a delicate fragrance that everyone would like.

But here it shows what niche perfumery is all about. Daring.

Its price makes it worse to buy, but in this sector it is what prevails.

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