Oud Stars

Gao XerJoff 2012

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7.3 / 10 226 Ratings

Gao is a perfume by XerJoff for women and men and was released in 2012. The scent is woody-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Smoky

Resinous

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Spanish saffron

Persian saffron

Heart Notes

Gurjum balsam

Nagarmotha

Cedarwood

Juniper

Base Notes

Laotian oud

Thai oud

Patchouli

Amber

Ratings

Scent

7.3226 Ratings

Longevity

8.8204 Ratings

Sillage

8.2211 Ratings

Bottle

8.9214 Ratings

Value for money

6.589 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 06.04.2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Oud Stars" collection.

Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/19/2020

9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Mischa99
46 Reviews

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Mischa99

8

Glue sniffers will be thrilled

As the title suggests, the delinquent first gets the full load of glue scent. If you are back to your senses after a few minutes and can pick yourself up from the floor, you will be "rewarded" by an intensive leather scent, like shoes freshly polished with shoe polish. After about an hour, an increasingly intense floral note is added, which smells great. Therefore I would rather classify Gao as feminine. However, I can't imagine that women would expect the initial scent. By the way, the calyx note lasts quite long and only disappears when a hint of the oriental "monster buzzer" (woody/peppery) comes through at the end. I already know the scent from the Hayat, but there it is much stronger and clearer. Here the flowery scent and something slightly musty still have an effect. Gao is just too controversial for me to wear it.

10/31/2023

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

Taurus
309 Reviews

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Taurus

Helpful Review 10

Gaos

There are fragrances that make you wonder when the best time to wear them is for an extensive daily test. Should I really wear it to the office or would I rather stay in the home office? Do I take public transport or prefer to drive my own car? Do I go with it at all among people or am I then better alone?

Gao is definitely such a chaotic candidate and long I have thought in advance, to which occasion you could wear the at all and who or whether you want to meet someone.
Reason for this is this quite strict, hard and raw opening with herbaceous-spicy notes and an oud combination, which does not seem animalic-stallig, but like a mixture of bitter medicine and industrial glue.

A good hour later, Gao becomes a few degrees smoother and you somehow feel a little relieved when wearing it. Possibly then the soft saffron comes through more intensively, although it should be in front. Nevertheless, still remains a discomfort, because despite some interesting nuances in the direction of noble wood and neat oud Gao is somehow suspect to me.

I have the fragrance incidentally sprayed on cellulose paper and find him after a good 24 hours soft enough to carry out relatively easily. In contrast, he is already long gone on the skin and dries down unfortunately not so smooth.

PS: For testing I had then chosen a day off as a precaution, but have also been on the road with public transport and not with my car. Looked askance or away has no one, yet I had a queasy feeling. From my sample I had taken only one or two drops, which radiated enough and long. Accordingly, I had no desire to add.
No - this is not mine, although I am generally not averse to oud fragrances and Gao certainly has its qualities.

10/22/2021

9
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 5
Scent

Giggs1980
51 Reviews

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Giggs1980

3

Burnt rubber cloud.

Okay...........So that's oud........ whew.
What more can I say.
For me in this form and composition unacceptable.
The start let me already guess in which direction this goes.
It smells like burnt car tires and old clothes (socks?).
The saffron is bursting in an overdose bomb over the oud. This does not change much for the first 3 hours.
Then wirds more pleasant. But for me still not portable.
Until now, I had no reactions from work colleagues. Neither positive nor negative. But I think that this is not a komplimente macher.
Unfortunately, this bomb also has an insane H/S so this journey is far from over.
Me and Gao aren't going to be friends anymore.....we don't have to be. I have Alexandria

04/06/2024

6
Pricing 9
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 10
Scent

MnsrJakob
4 Reviews

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MnsrJakob

1

Glue, hospital and Sagrotan

I have to say, I have mixed feelings about this fragrance.
I think the DNA is great. The fragrance is really nice and dry. It's medicinal and woody, the oud is also very noticeable.

It's fun to wear if you like fragrances like this.
This fragrance is not a crowd pleaser, that should be equally clear, the hospital association can be quite common with my environment, for example.

What bothers me, however, is something else. Gao gets on my skin surprisingly quickly and evaporates. My bottle is authentic, don't worry. I'm used to dosing my fragrances high, which is always met with feedback. No matter how I wear Gao, it doesn't perform the way I would want it to and doesn't radiate much either. I am surprised that it is sometimes described as a Beast Mode fragrance, because in my opinion it is not that at all. For me, the performance can at best be described as good.

02/08/2024

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 1.5
Scent

JinBaba
31 Reviews

JinBaba

1

No where to hide with this

This is by far the worst Xerjoff I've smell yet. all I can get is mechanical oil & burned petroleum rubber. long lasting but for people who love dark, Safran boom at the beginning but then turn into something metal and burned robber.

anyone who use this can't hide him self in the crowd, this is very strong and long lasting but with awful smell unfortunately.

I can't think for any occasion this fits into unless if you want to push people away from you to enjoy you coffee :)

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