Bohemian Oud Zara

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8.1 / 10 103 Ratings

Bohemian Oud is a popular perfume by Zara for women. The release year is unknown. The scent is spicy-smoky. The production was apparently discontinued. Pronunciation

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Main accords

Spicy

Smoky

Sweet

Woody

Leathery

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense

Vanilla

Black pepper

Cocoa

Immortelle

Leather

Ratings

Scent

8.1103 Ratings

Longevity

7.494 Ratings

Sillage

7.188 Ratings

Bottle

7.693 Ratings

Value for money

9.386 Ratings

Submitted by Ramsauerin, last update on 11.04.2024.

Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/29/2023

10
Pricing 8
Bottle 10
Scent

Tunridha
1 Review

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Tunridha

Very helpful Review 7

Church and vanilla square

My first review... This fragrance virtually forces me to write something.
Today I was in Zara to sniff my way through the many fragrances that were new in "my" store. This included all the oud scents and the vanilla scents. Before I sniffed, I read through the scent notes here. This one with incense, vanilla and cocoa among other things. All of which I like very much. I first sprayed the scent on the paper strip and was surprised that it smelled so different than I expected. Nothing sweet, nothing cocoa-y. What I did smell, however, was a cold and incredibly authentic incense. I immediately felt transported back to my childhood, saw myself sitting with my dear grandma in our Catholic church, where I went only on special occasions such as Kirmes (Kirchweih), because I myself and my mother were Protestant and there is no incense . I loved that smell when the priest waving the incense distributed throughout the church. Many people got sick from it, which I could not understand at all, I felt the smell as festive and secure. When the service was over and the church was empty, the scent remained, but somehow it became colder, like the church itself, which was always quite cold. This fragrance hung and still hangs in this church, where I go at Christmas, for example, to look at the Krppchen. The church is open during the day and you can go in anytime. Then it is empty, cold and quiet and it smells soo good. That, and only that, is how the scent smelled on the paper. Beautiful, but because of the listed fragrance notes, I still missed the sweetness and warmth of vanilla and cocoa. I sprayed the fragrance then anyway on the skin and only after a few minutes the sweetness came through. Vaniilig and also a bit of cocoa. Depending on what you focus on, you smell one or the other. And with it always this great incense note. Wow!!! Unbelievable, I've never smelled anything so beautiful. I took a small bottle with me and sniffed my arm again and again. I know now already that I will get me next week also equal to the large bottle, because often's the Zaraduffte yes not so long.
It doesn't really smell like vanilla cookies, but a sweet, warm enveloping and cozy vanilla. This scent is beautiful and will be my constant fall and winter companion. The memories and feelings that he triggers in me I can get me back so again and again, it's just beautiful.

To the durability I can not really say what, after four hours he was felt but weaker, I must test him in this regard but more extensively.

09/04/2022

Mlleghoul
351 Reviews

Mlleghoul

Very helpful Review 6

Cheap and delightful. Buy 12 bottles.

I cannot possibly sing the praises of Zara's Bohemian Oud highly enough. I don’t think ten choirs of angels could do it. But let’s just say you took a pillowy bit of the marshmallow fluff those angels were floating around on and stirred it into the lightest, fluffiest chocolate mousse you can imagine, served it in a hand-carved bowl made from some sort of resinous holy wood and topped it with the incendiary floral of a dusting of gently toasted black pepper, then you have a what we’re all singing about. Bohemian Oud is a splendid delight made that much more fantastic because at less than $30, it is a freaking steal. Buy a bottle. Buy 12. This stuff is marvelous.

02/09/2024

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Minigolf
306 Reviews

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Minigolf

Upscale ambience from Spain!

If anything does NOT seem "Spanish" to me, it's a fragrance like this! It would be much more likely to be categorized as "Made in Samarkand" or "Createt by Oman-perfumers". But that's not the case! It comes from a brand that has gathered a large circle of friends for its great but affordable perfumes.
This "Bohemian Oud" may not have "oud" to offer, but it does have a wonderful, not overly complex array of wonderful ingredients that include spice and smoke as well as resins, balsams and woods. This is the "sophisticated ambience" of the perfumer's art and conveys a very oriental atmosphere.
If you were to "blind-taste" it alongside other, much more expensive fragrances with a similar concept, I don't think anyone would be able to tell the difference.
HOW they do this at "Zara" is probably a little secret and also a mystery. The fact is that it is an "affordable niche".
A great "spicy incense with woody-resinous vanilla cocoa notes" like this could just as easily come from "Lutens & Sheldrake". Or "Nishane" or "Atkinsons" or...... ?!?!?
WELL DONE!!! :-))

01/25/2023

10
Pricing 9
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 10
Scent

Elysium
814 Reviews

Elysium

Helpful Review 4

A Greedy Chocolaty Incense

Bohemian Oud is, without a doubt, my favourite of the four pieces in the Chapter N ° 4 collection, followed by Endless Oud , Perpetual Oud , and last but not least, Hipster Oud. I appreciate them all, but Bohemian Oud’s what made me say, “whoa”! It has a wow factor and is nothing, but I would say a delicious chocolaty incense. Bohemian Oud caught my mind when I tested them in-store with its powerful incensed twist. It engulfed me. It is an accord that transpires immediately in the headnotes, unlike other perfumes that put incense between the heart or base notes. You can’t imagine what this pale blue-grey juice smells like. And I find it a little hard to describe because I’ve smelled nothing like this beauty. It is not an ecclesiastical incense, but something that makes a bar of chocolate looks like someone has subjected it to a smoking process. It is sublime; it displaces me; it captures me. Inspired by the precious tanned leather of the East, ZARA has reinvented suede in its creations. In Bohemian Oud, the warm cocoa bean evokes the softness of the finest suede, and the black oud wood enhances the powerful scent of tanned leather.

Bohemian Oud is a masterpiece, perhaps underestimated, in which incense is the backbone, copiously wrapped in a drape made of vanilla and leather. The nose sewed cocoa and immortelle notes into this drape and sprinkled everything with grated black pepper powder. It is such a complex fragrance that one might think about the layering combination of niche scents. The first thing that hits my nose is an aroma similar to liquorice, with a hint of slightly withered flowers. It is the smell of stale cut flowers but also that of chrysanthemums. This smell has many nuances: candied or dried fruit, hay, honey, camomile, leather, and curry. For those unfamiliar with these nuances, they are some ways the helichrysum flower manifests itself. Miserably, I was too hasty in my initial statement when I wrote, “… with a liquorice accord created by an overdose of incense and cocoa.” Actually, although the two notes come out clearly, it is the immortelle that creates the liquorice-like vibe. Afterwards, black pepper is what I smell right away in my face, sharp and spicy, in the initial blast, together with a gummy and smoky incense. I feel the sharpness of the pepper is more present on the paper strip or the sprayer. Instead, I get it on my skin for just a few moments. It is faint, and I must put my nose close to the skin to capture the spicy note. Instead, I get much of the touch of incense, which is there to darken the backbone. Okay, so the starter spray is superb dark chocolate with a hint of smoky incense. I think this comes from tamed Oud. Please, be aware that the Oud here is depurated, not animalic, faecal, or barnyard.

Just minutes after that razor opening, it becomes very mellow, spicy, warm, and much safer. The most prominent note in the next phase is chocolate powder, together with patchouli and other woodsy notes, transforms into unsweetened cacao. Now the chocolate accord feels round and more profound than a cocoa froth. To me, resinous and smoky incense is also very prominent. This is stellar! This fragrance is purely a gourmand fragrance, with no citrus or floral notes, but the dried immortelle. It is a bitter chocolate note mixed with vanilla, smooth suede, and a tip of the Oud. Sweet, but slightly smoky. The best part about this fragrance is that it is not a gourmand in that it exists to emulate food or simply to be a “smell” of the taste of it. Both cocoa and vanilla turn out dusty, powdery, and not edible.

The dry-down is all about dark chocolate perfectly blended with leather, Oud and resins. The latter dominate because these are in the top notes, but the secret is dark chocolate and vanilla well used for the sweet part and mixed with the leathery one. The patchouli adds the effect of chocolate and natural, earthy softness. Both vanilla and cocoa cut the sharpness of the spices and resins. The faintest touch of creaminess may be from suede-like addition, either labdanum or birch, and a nutty nuance may be from toasted vanilla and frankincense. It is smoky and smooth, has a bit of leather and smells like... unsweetened chocolate or cacao.

Wow, what a surprise, this differs entirely from everything I have smelt. Initially, I take a heavily smoked cocoa, not the sweet type but parched and peppery; then, at first, it is pretty masculine, and the bottom is wonderfully smooth with a vanilla twist. The fragrance turns into a spicy, slightly leathery accord that is really addictive. Bohemian Oud is not for the faint of heart, or people who don’t like Oud or incense, because it is not the classic fragrance for your comfort zone, and it has a slant of masculinity and oriental style on a par with Middle East fragrances. I’m wearing it at work, and no one is offended. It is opulent and dense but not overwhelming. It fits properly in the cold month of fall and winter, both days and evenings, date nights, and special events. As for performance, projection and longevity are so-so, let’s say, below average. I need to reapply if I want to smell it all day.

I'm basing my experience and review on a bottle I've owned since June 2022.

-Elysium

02/22/2023

10
Pricing 9
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

PedroCabral
133 Reviews

PedroCabral

Delicious

This bottle does justice to the beauty it carries inside and has become my favorite among the cozy and intimate fragrances (by Zara) for winter use.

The opening has a smoky accord, which lasts for a few minutes. Afterwards, the sweetness takes over and becomes very velvety with the chocolate note. This will unite with the vanilla and both remain together until the end of the perfume. Without ignoring that its best feature is this sweetness, what I most admired about it is the subtle astringency of the leather. It is even antagonistic to vanilla and this makes it possible to differentiate it, due to its lightness, from other perfumes of the genre.

Many put it in the path of By the Fireplace and I can understand why, but I don't particularly believe that you can compare them.

What happens is that this is the only one known to the public that brings some points (only a few points) similar to the main characteristics of Bohemian Oud. Yet there is an abysmal distance between them. There is definitely nothing that can satisfactorily replace them!

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