Oud For Happiness Tester

Man this stuff is awesome!!! Great spring and early fall time type of scent for me, or just year round if indoors. I love anise, fennel, liquorice and carrot seed notes in fragrances, especially when done with a bit of a heavy hand such as here, A*Men Pure Tonka, an all time favorite of mine. Dior Savage Elixir, Carolina Herrera 212 VIP Black, and another Mugler, Alien Man. I don't know why it seems to be such a devicive note, as generally black liquorice is a very devicive taste but the anise and fennel note is very pleasant and liquorice is just a thicker, heavier, sweater version of that same profile. Anyway, this stuff is stellar and the citrus and ginger combo paired with the liquorice is just top notch for me. Is it designer esq? Sure, but that could be said of many of my very favorite niche fragrances, while there are very, very few designer fragrances that can truly be said to have niche grade characteristics. Dior Homme' Parfum, Fan De Fendi Assolutto, Issey Miyake Noir Amber and Paco Rabannes 1 Million Intense are the only ones that I can come up with and those last two are both by the same perfumer. Maybe Savauge Elixir, BDC Parfum, Dior Homme 07 and Original Valentino Uomo could be argued for but that is pushing it.

This is just a stunner of a fragrance. STUNNING. I don't understand why there isn't more hype around it but it's fine by me...it's gatekeeping itself! It opens with a blast of citrus then gingery spice then something lightly vanillic. No oud...at all...at all...at all...at all, which is my preference but for anyone thinking this would be oud-y, it isn't. Not even a faint whisper. It's in the same vain as Nishane Ani but the vanilla is toned down quite a bit in this. I get the licorice, albeit very faint as well but it's there. It isn't medicinal, more like a cooling effect. Oud for Happiness is just gorgeous! I'd say it leans feminine because it's very fresh but definitely can be worn by a man. Also, definitely a four season fragrance.

This is quickly becoming my new signature. This is so invigorating and uplifting. I wear this much more often then I thought I would. I had sampled the original (which pulled too masc on me), but found a great deal on this, so it was a blind buy. First sniff, I was in heaven. It has this energy to it with the burst of ginger and spiciness to it. This has a smoother oud that does teeter along a scent of weed. (A similar scent, Vertus Narco'sis, doesn't have as much ginger but more weed scent). I bought a second bottle for my car. My travel decanter wasn't enough for how much I love this pick me up. It isn't a safe blind buy, especially for females, but it's one that "if you know, you know" : truly kismet and cheaper than therapy. 😅

I was searching for a sparkling amber scent, and randomly had this in my perfume samples from a trip to France. Strong impression of a minty forest at the top, the middle brings me that “spice” of sparkling amber that lasts all day, but the dry down base is so sandalwood and soft. Such a journey and very uplifting. Depending on the day, that first opening top note can get a little smoker/yuzu-y-menthalated. But transitions quick enough after 30 min when the top note chemistry naturally dies off. Currently obsessed with the middle and base notes which is really what you’re left with wearing anyway.

In the opening you get a blast of ginger with a spicy lemon and a subtle vanilla on the bottom. The true protagonist however is liquorice, sweet but not gourmandy like it smells very sofisticated and rich, complex... The oud is not very prominent as for oud for greatness instead it takes a very green aspect here, in my opinion is cannabis lathogh it is not listed in here. once it settles down it becomes much more earthier and the liquorice starts developing and radiating giving the scent a beautiful sillage, not a roomfiller, but def a great sillage.