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[globetrotter]

anybody familiar with this scent?

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issu...ented.wood.htm



I tried some today, and, in its pure form it is shockingly bad smelling. not like cheese or durian - but sort of sour, sort of off. after an hor or so on the skin, it mellows a lot. I am debating whether to odopt it.

 

[Dmax]

The Perfume house of Montale makes several fragnances containing "aoud", as they refer to it. The fragnances are fairly assertive, but certainly interesting to a fragnance connoisseur. From the several auod containing fragnaces I tried, "Aoud Lime" offers a brisk citrus note as a counter weight to smoky auod."Aoud Damascus" offers a metallic note in a similar role. "Aoud Cuir d'Arabie" smells too much like an arm pit to me, even though I generally like leathery fragnances.

I own and like Montale Royal Auod. I wear it occasionaly in the evening. There may be other companies making fragnances containing auod. I don't think I would dare to wear pure auod extract in US or Europe.

 

[thinman]

Yves St. Laurent M7 contains agarwood (aoud). Use the search function on www.basenotes.net to find reviews of this and the fragrances listed above.