Grega

True Ouddict
Tudor Rose by Mellifluence (courtesy of @Grega) – However not on my own skin, but my mom's.
I was chatting with her about perfumes, and I swiped her with it. She seemed quite impressed and thrilled about this fragrance, saying lots of complements.

Uhm, it’s so potent I can smell it everywhere now, even though I did not swipe myself with it, and I’m now in the other room, and she is outdoor. Very opulent aroma of sandalwood, rose, nice patchouli (even for me, as I’m not a big fan of patchouli)... and other things, but other things more in the background.

I don’t know why but images of some thorny plants like carduus, old books, possibly even a whole library, and wild rose bushes... pop into my mind. Well, wild roses is actually explainable.
Your mum has good taste ;)
I just put on a tiny dab of Tudor Rose so I don't get overwhelmed by it. That imagery is what it evokes from me too. Along with a deeply red setting sun.
 

cau

Oud Fanatic
SP Reve Narcotique. Leans feminine but still unisex. Beautiful florals, just sweet enough. Must be the ylang ylang and honey/nutmeg that's standing out. Not something I'd wear, but nice to experience once or twice.
 

Dan

True Ouddict
today was a blend on my arm, of Hind by Al Shareef and Imperial Oud's Mysore 2002 and their Rose attar.

I did something similar yesterday, all from IO - mysuru ambur / rose / Tinsukia and their ruh khus (which I put a small drop of on and it overpowered everything)
Pure Form of Vetiver(Ruh Khus) is an overpowering scent ... it sticks to you for hours ... being from Mumbai,India it's one of the best options for Summer with humidity at its peak

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Sproaty

Sproudy
Staff member
I have done some side by side sniffing of Ensar's Musk Attar and Imperial Oud's Mysore bil Misk all day.

I find it's hard to compare because they are 2 separate things - the Ensar one is an attar with quite a few ingredients, coming over much more "perfume-like", whereas the IO one is a sandalwood/musk maceration. I can pick up the rose and oud in the IO very subtly but it's far more linear on your skin. The musk lifts the whole composition up and makes it interesting. It's quite a light smelling oil, it doesn't come over as dark or deep (but not in a bad way, just an insight!)

The Ensar by comparison feels richer because there's more going on in there (think how dark and rich Sultan Pasha's attars feel due to many notes in unison). The musk is at the backbone and gives it this extra oomph - I remember when I first wore it that I thought it wasn't too musky, I now have changed my thoughts on that. It's a good one.

I enjoy both, hard to say which I prefer. The IO one would work well layered, I have worn it standalone several times but I think it may smell better swipes alongside a fat swipe of some heavy oud oil :D
 

Bryan-I

True Ouddict
Oud Fougere by Agar Aura. I added a sample of Intiqaie by Agar Aura to this as it seemed like an early rendition, but it took over and now I regret.
 

Sproaty

Sproudy
Staff member
tonight, Mughal Amber Oud by @RisingPhoenix and Fougere Noir by Sultan Pasha. I prefer his Encens Chypre (which I wore yesterday), I think I realised after wearing these 2 that I generally prefer a chypre to a fougere.

I'm on a vintage spray kick this week and have worn - Fahrenheit, Kouros, Guerlain Vetiver, Antaeus, tomorrow will be vintage Polo (or Quorum) and Friday I'll wear Fendi's Uomo.
 

Bryan-I

True Ouddict
tonight, Mughal Amber Oud by @RisingPhoenix and Fougere Noir by Sultan Pasha. I prefer his Encens Chypre (which I wore yesterday), I think I realised after wearing these 2 that I generally prefer a chypre to a fougere.

I'm on a vintage spray kick this week and have worn - Fahrenheit, Kouros, Guerlain Vetiver, Antaeus, tomorrow will be vintage Polo (or Quorum) and Friday I'll wear Fendi's Uomo.
Fendi Uomo was my signature scent in college.

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cau

Oud Fanatic
SP Thebes 2. I much prefer his Thebes 1. Some would say T2 screeches, I would say it is piercing. Two hours in it's getting to the decay stage. I like this part of the development. If I purchased one, it would be T1 most definitely.
 
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