Precious Oud

This is impressive perfumery. Whether you like this fragrance or not is obviously subjective, but the changes that this fragrance goes through on skin is undoubtedly impressive. Precious oud opens with an animalic and almost rotting fruit oud skank (rotting fruit is a stretch, but a couple of my friends have gotten the same smell). This isn’t a sharp or astringent oud like in some montale/mancera frags, but it’s a bit challenging for people who aren’t familiar with oud. The oud in the opening of precious oud smells like a much tamer version of the oud in amouage’s silver oud/king blue. However, 15 minutes after precious oud is on skin, a deep and smooth chocolate comes out from the tirimisu note, although it doesn’t smell like tirimisu. Theres the slightest touch of booziness from hours 2-12 which is when the fragrance disappears on my skin, but the difference from the opening and drydown is great. After hour one, chocolately oud and a boozy floral is what you’ll get for most of the frags lifespan. Hours 8-12 which is mostly a skin scent at this point is a sweet and delectable woody (not necessarily oud) vanilla and amber masterpiece. This isn’t for everyone, but it’s impressive and really nice to me. 5/5

The opening is a cake booze oudy it settles in after about an hour. On my skin once the dry down comes in is more floral woodsy with some sweetness there is a note of powdery rose but the oud is barely noticeable. You can still pick up the boozy note on the background. So to me it starts gourmand then it goes feminine floral then it goes more masculine woodsy boozy sweet with a hint of smokiness. It is a unisex fragrance both a woman and a man can pull it off. The final dry down is my favorite part of the scent. It’s a different scent it changes a lot. But if you want a dominant oud scent this is not it. Good for someone getting into oud scents like me. This can be used almost year round except during excessive heat. 3-4 sprays and you are set for 12 hours. It feels well blended and different I can say I will be using this during the cooler and colder months or spring night time. It is my first mancera and I am satisfied with the quality. 8/10 overall for me, I do lean more towards sweet scents.

I've had a long journey with this one. First time I smelled it was last year from a tester strip. Didn't like it at all - sharp whiskey and some leather note was all I got from the little piece of paper. I've got ten other Manceras, but counted this one as a total miss and forgot about it. Four months later ordered some samples of other Mancera frags and the seller sent me Precious Oud by mistake. Tried it on skin and oh wow, could this be the same juice? So much more than just sharp booze, more depth and complexity, so different than what I smelled on the strip few months ago. Put it in my to-buy list almost immediately, didn't even wait until the drydown (which is even better!). Fast forward three more months and I've just found a great discount and ordered a full bottle. Should be here tomorrow... aaand I'll have to wait a few more months until it gets colder so I can wear it. I guess sometimes true love needs time. :)

I blind bought Mancera precious oud and I'm very happy with the purchase. This is definitely a 100% unisex fragrance. The opening is very nice and I get a almost fizzy sweet boozy smell almost like a champagne or something. The oud becomes very prominent in the dry down but it is very wearable because the delicious sweet boozy smell is just sitting on top of the oud . Performance is very good for me, 8-10 hours on skin and on clothes multiple days. This would be a great night out or date fragrance. Overall a very good unisex offering from mancera and I give precious oud a 9/10.

This is one that smells different on everybody's skin. Some get honey,some get tiramisu,whiskey,cinnamon rose etc... The drydown is my main focus. I mainly get a light oud with some booziness and florals. Not exactly beast mode but not a slouch either. I like it but don't love it. Oh yeah no leather at all which is a good thing for me. Pierre was thinking a bit outside of the box with this one and it may be a bit too far for most.