Oud Save The Queen Tester

WOW. I found this when sorting through my decants/samples given to me from others. I don't think I even tried it before. THIS is in the top five of my favorite oud fragrances. With tonka beans, agarwood and jasmine as the top three loudest/longest lasting notes, you just cannot go wrong in my book. I think that this is another oud fragrance for those afraid to try them. Its base is soft, but still so very fragrant!! Powdery oud....just WOW. I have had one spritz from the sample, and 4 hours later it is more than a skin scent and am certain others could still smell it on me if I was moving around them. Phenomenal....I must have some!

Exceptional - after 15 minutes this dries down to a woody vanilla. Masterfully blended, I barely detect OUD, but I do identify woody notes. Im a fan of Atkinsons, Im a fan of this fragrance! This is oud friendly for beginners. This is one of my favorite oud fragrances and also one of my favorite vanilla fragrances - cheeese! This is the fragrance of smooth grooves; I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style, And so I came to see him ~ And... I wore this fraaa grance. This is a great woody vanilla, thick yet light fragrance. If testing - put on skin and let it morph - or you will get basic on strip.

The most exquisite, regal, luxurious, and opulent oud. It has the perfect amount of white flowers , present but never overpowering , and the tea and cloves are noticeable, but just whispering in the background. The name is so fitting; this is truly an oud reserved for royalty. This perfume projects and projects. I was in a museum recently, and a guy followed me to ask what the smell was. He said he could smell it from the other room—and I don't recall overspraying. Wear this and whenever you go, you'll be announced by trumpets.

Bergamot save the Oud! I hated oud for the longest time until tom ford oud wood but this, thanks to the wisdom of my ukranian friend, is amazing me at every smell. İt makes me feel like so powerful. Like the red queen, or the black queen of spades. NOT a safe blind buy, but a big surprise. İ almost smell some ylang in this but it might be the intensity of the orange bllossom combined with tonka. One can easily mix this with a lily-of-the-valley scent like dior lucky or jml waterlily. 9/10

A sad story about a pushy SA at Barney's in Chicago, and my happy ending. While visiting my daughter I wanted to visit Barney's to see if they had anything new. The SA was snide and had a superior attitude to go with her botoxed face. While monopolizing my time with her non stop questions and paper samples, the SA said that "I probably didn't know what kind of perfume I liked". As I tried to get away she thrust a paper under my nose and insisted I spray the top of my hand.