Hacivat Oud

I mean, the name says it all, This is the before reformulation batches of hacivat with a TON of the real deal oud. As an oud lover i adore this fragrance but i gotta say, this is not for the faint of heart or unnexperienced noses. Im very experienced with real oud but these really surprised me because of how animallic it is for the first few minutes, i know, its dominique ropion but jesus, he was not playing with this fragrance! Opens up with a huge dose of indian oud and a hint of pepper, spicy but really nice, it quickly develops to a less animalic oud but still slightly dirty and you start getting that beautiful OG Hacivat Fruity sharpness. Beautiful! Not to mention but this is nuclear in every aspect. I think im gonna get the full bottle when i run out of my 3 ml sample. 9/10

Beautiful combo of Hacivat and oud (the real stuff). Regardless of the order of the notes, for me the opening comes on strong with oud and quite challenging, with a definite fecal smell. As it dries down, it gets better (or worse, depending on your perspective lol) with the fecal scent going away and being replaced by a cheesy oud smell. This retreats as well and after about 30 minutes, the OG Hacivat smell makes a subtle appearance. So subtle, in fact, I thought a better name would be Oud Hacivat. It continued to evolve and I found the Hacivat gradually becoming more prominent as the oud retreated. This change took multiple hours. It was interesting to experience the fragrance as it changed.

I was not a fan of the original Hacivat, it felt excessively mossy, now Hacivat Oud smells excessively oudy, but luckily I adore oud. On the initial spray this just smells like a strong authentic oud fragrance with a strong dose of pepper, the pepper isn't to my liking, but the oud is top notch, quite animalistic though. Shortly afterwards you can start smelling the hacivat DNA creep up slowly, this familiar mossy citrus, but its quite light and its much overshadowed by the oud. What you end up with is this strong natural oud smell with a mossy citrusy backdrop to give it some green and freshness. It lasts for a long time, but the projection is a bit mediocre from my experience.

This is the first oud dominant fragrance that I have actually really liked. In fact, I liked it enough to move it into the "love" category. I thought there was some rose in it, but upon looking at the notes, it might have been the jasmine coming through in an accord that made me think of rose. I usually steer away from florals, but the oud scent works with florals in a way that I feel exudes masculine elegance. Anyway, this beauty can go beast mode, and it is a strong confidence booster. I get how the oud scent can be a little repelling at first, but give it a decent application and go out and assert yourself. You will see the magnificence of the oud in action and on display.

I never wore the original Hacivat, only smelled it once a long time ago, but figured Hacivat oud must be the flanker of flankers if you’re gonna flank the OG Aventus killer! And hacivat oud is dank, a full spray from the full bottle reveals just how oudy this fragrance is, does not come across as synthetic to me so it is no entry level fragrance that’s for sure, however! Perhaps the perfect entry into oud because it seems to me to be an oud forward fragrance with the backbone of Hacivat. Definitely doesn’t smell Anything like my memory of original Hacivat. Way danker. Do your part in supporting the fragrance community by buying a sample!