Top Notes
Bergamot
Orange
Pink pepper
Jasmine sambac
Cardamom
Heart Notes
May rose
Indian rose
Rose
Magnolia
Frangipani
Clove
Tonka bean
Base Notes
Indian oud
Birch tar
Tolu balm
Vanilla
Deer musk
Civet
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Notes06/04/2021
Shourav
5 Reviews
Shourav
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Complex and beautiful
People who know me knows how much I appreciate Oud and other Natural Aromas from the beginning of my journey. Oud Maximus is one of most complex and beautiful Oud fragnances in my humble collection. As Demitri named this after his son, he made it worthy of that by designing it in such a way that it contains complexity and beautiful facets after facets without breaking the harmony of the total composition. Sometimes, I even prefer it over Oud Monarch, another masterpiece by Demitri Bortnikoff, for it's not being linear which gives me more of a satisfying olfactory experience.
"Oud Maximus Autumn '19 by Demitri Bortnikoff" opens with blast of Citruses wrapped in by some florals (most likely white) in such a way that I can't pinpoint them individually TBH. The blending is so smooth. Of course, there are some sharp edges as they are all rare naturals but it's nothing uninteresting let alone irritating. This monotonous citrusy-floral facet is quite brief to my nose at least. May be for 5 mins, there rises the beautiful Rose and Oud. In this point, not everytime but pretty much regularly I find Oud Maximus shares similar facet with Amber Aoud by Roja Dove. As because, this facet doesn't last long rather quite short, this may be reason that I couldn't catch this phase of Maximus each and everytime I experience Oud Maximus. However, from this point, true beauty of this fragnance emerges by blooming Oud, Rose and Beautiful Musk along with Frangipani and evidently soft spices. One thing I would like to add here that the whole composition or the appearance of the fragrance in any phase is not light, rather sweet, sour, almost fruity and obviously resinous to be precise, at least to my nose. In this particular phase, it shares one of the same Oud-y facet of it's siblings from the same house and that's Oud Monarch which I also own and that's because of beautiful Oud Co-chang from "Feel Oud", a join venture of Demitri and another master perfumer Russian Adam who owns the house "Areej Le Dore". To me, this phase along with the late drydown which I'm about to describe is the longest lasting facet of Oud Maximus. This phase loudly settles down may be at 20-25 mins mark after spraying and lasts may be for next 1.5 to 2 hours. After that the final drydown appears with dominating Musk and Oud though florals and spices still survives but most likely in the back sit. And... this fragrance surprised me again in this phase that it becomes so familiar with another masterpiece from the same house that is "Musk Khabib"!
All in all, Oud Maximus is such a meditating fragnance with facets after facets that sets me in a spiritual journey. I don't hesitate to admit that this one is the most characteristic fragnance from the house of Dimitri Bortnikoff that I tried so far, it's a 10/10 for me whilst I consider Oud Monarch of 9.75/10 (My humble opinion only). I tried Mysterious Oud, Triad, Musk Khabib, Sayat Nova, Amber Cologne, Vesna Cologne apart from these magnificent two I own.
Last but not least, I would urge every Oud admirers to at least try this, trust me... You will encounter something you've never experienced!
Stay safe, stay fragrant ❤️
"Oud Maximus Autumn '19 by Demitri Bortnikoff" opens with blast of Citruses wrapped in by some florals (most likely white) in such a way that I can't pinpoint them individually TBH. The blending is so smooth. Of course, there are some sharp edges as they are all rare naturals but it's nothing uninteresting let alone irritating. This monotonous citrusy-floral facet is quite brief to my nose at least. May be for 5 mins, there rises the beautiful Rose and Oud. In this point, not everytime but pretty much regularly I find Oud Maximus shares similar facet with Amber Aoud by Roja Dove. As because, this facet doesn't last long rather quite short, this may be reason that I couldn't catch this phase of Maximus each and everytime I experience Oud Maximus. However, from this point, true beauty of this fragnance emerges by blooming Oud, Rose and Beautiful Musk along with Frangipani and evidently soft spices. One thing I would like to add here that the whole composition or the appearance of the fragrance in any phase is not light, rather sweet, sour, almost fruity and obviously resinous to be precise, at least to my nose. In this particular phase, it shares one of the same Oud-y facet of it's siblings from the same house and that's Oud Monarch which I also own and that's because of beautiful Oud Co-chang from "Feel Oud", a join venture of Demitri and another master perfumer Russian Adam who owns the house "Areej Le Dore". To me, this phase along with the late drydown which I'm about to describe is the longest lasting facet of Oud Maximus. This phase loudly settles down may be at 20-25 mins mark after spraying and lasts may be for next 1.5 to 2 hours. After that the final drydown appears with dominating Musk and Oud though florals and spices still survives but most likely in the back sit. And... this fragrance surprised me again in this phase that it becomes so familiar with another masterpiece from the same house that is "Musk Khabib"!
All in all, Oud Maximus is such a meditating fragnance with facets after facets that sets me in a spiritual journey. I don't hesitate to admit that this one is the most characteristic fragnance from the house of Dimitri Bortnikoff that I tried so far, it's a 10/10 for me whilst I consider Oud Monarch of 9.75/10 (My humble opinion only). I tried Mysterious Oud, Triad, Musk Khabib, Sayat Nova, Amber Cologne, Vesna Cologne apart from these magnificent two I own.
Last but not least, I would urge every Oud admirers to at least try this, trust me... You will encounter something you've never experienced!
Stay safe, stay fragrant ❤️
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