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The Wise Men's Gift That Soothes Soul
If I tell you oud, what do you think about it? Oud as a given name to this cologne is misleading, there is no agarwood ruling note in Alyssa Ashley Oud pour Lui, perhaps a more fitting name could have been Oudlibanum. I was expecting a medicinal oud dominant odor and instead of Agarwood, Olibanum took the lead and never looked back. There is a mighty prevailing note of frankincense in here, a good and worthy one. In case you missed it, Frankincense is derived from the French “franc encens”, meaning high-quality incense. Frankincense and Myrrh have long links to the divine. In the traditional Christmas narrative, wise men from the East brought gifts of frankincense, myrrh, and gold for the infant Christ. I find both the plant extracts to be particularly interesting. Frankincense has a woody or warm spiced and smoky smell, whereas myrrh smells like rose or even sweet basil but is sometimes said to have a bitter aroma.
Well, back to Oud pour Lui, it is a perfume for a well-bred and not ordinary personality who loves exotic and special fragrances. It opens with fresh and spicy effluve of lemon, geranium, and saffron, that give a mystic and oriental aspect to the chord. More on the paper strip and less on the skin, the cologne unfolds with a blast of the famous Cynar amaro, an artichoke based bittersweet Italian liqueur known for its distinctive flavor. I get an aroma of gherkin walnut, faint smokiness, bittersweet stewed vegetables, caramel and toffee with quinine, it smells like buttery honey, with prevalent fresh tobacco flower notes, and an astringent herbal ending. This enchanting aroma lasts longer on the paper while muting quite fast on the skin.
The heart is marked by a full flower note of jasmine and an intense note of African olibanum, all is done vigorously by a spicy note of cumin. Long utilized as purifying fumigation in religious rituals, the incense adds a heavenly touch to perfume compositions with its woody, slightly spicy notes. This is the incense of Gregorian chants, liturgies in Latin, monastic ritual. Pure, ethereal . . . rising like smoke to heaven. A processional incense that has a spiritual history dating back to antiquity. So long that it is embedded in our collective scent memories and has a metaphysical impact. On my skin, I experience full-on incense with the expected smokiness and woody undercurrent. You must cherish incense to be able to appreciate this fragrance. This scent takes you to a Benedictine abbey in northern Italy, as depicted in The Name of The Rose novel.
When the dry down comes, an intense bouquet of wood notes of rooty vetiver, pencil sharpener cedarwood, and creamy santal pops up. A few hours into the wearings, the incense chills enough to permit subtle amber and benzoin to swagger their stuff. Overall, the perfume’s fragrance is highly reminiscent of the Orient, One Thousand and One Nights and other stories from faraway lands. This is mainly due to mysterious Oman's incense, which forms the osseins of the scent.
Sillage is good with longevity approximately 5 hours on my skin. The best season for rocking it is autumn, office, day and evening. I think I don't have many colognes smelling that way, a great discover.
-Elysium
Top Notes
Sicilian lemon
Egyptian geranium
Moroccan saffron
Heart Notes
Jasminum auriculatum
African frankincense
Cumin
Base Notes
Java vetiver
Atlas cedar
Benzoin Siam
Amber
Oud
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