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09/02/2019
Chrisolina
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I should probably reconsider my oud classification
Thanks to a nice perfume I was able to test some Provenzano fragrances and thought that they were all very wearable for the "normal consumer". There are interesting and only nice scents and nobody can trigger a reaction like: "OMG like bad, dentist's office, burning gums, puma cage", etc. And then came the bottling of Oud al Fayed.
I'm not much of an oud expert. I can't distinguish different types of Oud by vintage and soil type, whether Cambodian or Indian. I don't think I can even tell a real one from a fake one. It's only clear to me that a 100 ml bucket for 120 Euro can't contain a real one.
And I've also put together a kind of classification, ridiculous for a connoisseur, but another one is not there:
1. Chemistry, medicine: bitter-sour, sharp
2. Cowshed: animal, fecal
3. Forest: fir needles, wood, resin
Oud al Fayed blew up that homemade classification. It includes all three of the above categories, as loud as a fanfare strike in the ear and in a remarkable concentration. You can use that stuff as a smelling salt, it can wake you up from deepest fainting. At this stage I was surprised at the comments made here. But the perfume is really turning into a rose-raspberry-sweet-rose-sweet scent - but the oud is always present. For me personally only after about three hours wearable and pleasant, but you shouldn't be afraid of Oud.
I'm not much of an oud expert. I can't distinguish different types of Oud by vintage and soil type, whether Cambodian or Indian. I don't think I can even tell a real one from a fake one. It's only clear to me that a 100 ml bucket for 120 Euro can't contain a real one.
And I've also put together a kind of classification, ridiculous for a connoisseur, but another one is not there:
1. Chemistry, medicine: bitter-sour, sharp
2. Cowshed: animal, fecal
3. Forest: fir needles, wood, resin
Oud al Fayed blew up that homemade classification. It includes all three of the above categories, as loud as a fanfare strike in the ear and in a remarkable concentration. You can use that stuff as a smelling salt, it can wake you up from deepest fainting. At this stage I was surprised at the comments made here. But the perfume is really turning into a rose-raspberry-sweet-rose-sweet scent - but the oud is always present. For me personally only after about three hours wearable and pleasant, but you shouldn't be afraid of Oud.
