Hermitage
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To be more specific, I'm thinking of something with assorted woods along the lines of Straight to Heaven, Gucci Last Day of Summer, CDG Wonderwood etc (the woods in all of these being cedar heavy, although Wonderwood is drier where the others are slightly sweet), "mixed" with an oud that leans designer i.e. Oud Wood.
While similarly mass pleasing "ouds" such as what Kurkdijan puts out, or say, Oud for Greatness, and many Montales are too overtly sweet and synthetic for me (more so than Oud Wood), on the other end of the spectrum I tend to shy away from more realistic blue cheese type ouds ala Bortnikoff. If anyone is familiar with the style of oud Fueguia tends towards, that's about the level of headiness I can handle.
All of this, topped with leather ala Tom Ford.
I've tried Dior's Leather Oud which frankly smelled of powdery urine to me, unless my sample from The Perfumed Court was off. I've tried Ombre Nomade, but its still too sweet for me (also not the biggest fan of rose being in the mix). The closest I've gotten to this scent profile is Gucci Voice of the Snake but its still missing something- the fake leather accord is too nondescript and I want more woods supporting the oud (I'm aware that like Last Day of Summer its by Morillas, which led me to try his Mizensir line, similarly to no avail).
Apologies if this is getting too specific but I was wondering whether there still might be something along these lines that I have yet to sample, or whether I might be stuck just layering scents. Thanks!
While similarly mass pleasing "ouds" such as what Kurkdijan puts out, or say, Oud for Greatness, and many Montales are too overtly sweet and synthetic for me (more so than Oud Wood), on the other end of the spectrum I tend to shy away from more realistic blue cheese type ouds ala Bortnikoff. If anyone is familiar with the style of oud Fueguia tends towards, that's about the level of headiness I can handle.
All of this, topped with leather ala Tom Ford.
I've tried Dior's Leather Oud which frankly smelled of powdery urine to me, unless my sample from The Perfumed Court was off. I've tried Ombre Nomade, but its still too sweet for me (also not the biggest fan of rose being in the mix). The closest I've gotten to this scent profile is Gucci Voice of the Snake but its still missing something- the fake leather accord is too nondescript and I want more woods supporting the oud (I'm aware that like Last Day of Summer its by Morillas, which led me to try his Mizensir line, similarly to no avail).
Apologies if this is getting too specific but I was wondering whether there still might be something along these lines that I have yet to sample, or whether I might be stuck just layering scents. Thanks!
