I was not sure where to park this posting. Sorry if it is a bit presumptuous to start a new thread over it!
I got a sample of Santi Burgas' Oud de Burgas with some scents I bought in Barcelona. Although I am impressed with natural ouds on many levels, including the silage and tenacity, I have not really kept up scents that purport to be "ouds" in style. And the few I have sampled that seem to be based on artificial ingredients intended to mimic natural oud have not seemed all that oud-like to me. I guess this one purports to have natural oud in it and at about $295 for 100 ml, perhaps it does.
Anyway, this one really does smell like natural oud to me, along with some other scent notes, of course. Highly complex. Strong and it hangs in there. Spiritual, even. The oud definitely dominates. Very nice. I knew nothing of this house, much less of this particular scent. FWIW, I am impressed.
I would not rely too much on me, I am sorry to say. Because as I indicate above, I have not been keeping up with true natural ouds, and as indicated above, I have pretty much ignored oud-type scents altogether. I do not think I am going to be buying a bottle at $295, but that is just because I do not normally spend anything like that on a bottle of scent. I am not saying that this one is not worth it in some sort of cosmic sense.
I got a sample of Santi Burgas' Oud de Burgas with some scents I bought in Barcelona. Although I am impressed with natural ouds on many levels, including the silage and tenacity, I have not really kept up scents that purport to be "ouds" in style. And the few I have sampled that seem to be based on artificial ingredients intended to mimic natural oud have not seemed all that oud-like to me. I guess this one purports to have natural oud in it and at about $295 for 100 ml, perhaps it does.
Anyway, this one really does smell like natural oud to me, along with some other scent notes, of course. Highly complex. Strong and it hangs in there. Spiritual, even. The oud definitely dominates. Very nice. I knew nothing of this house, much less of this particular scent. FWIW, I am impressed.
I would not rely too much on me, I am sorry to say. Because as I indicate above, I have not been keeping up with true natural ouds, and as indicated above, I have pretty much ignored oud-type scents altogether. I do not think I am going to be buying a bottle at $295, but that is just because I do not normally spend anything like that on a bottle of scent. I am not saying that this one is not worth it in some sort of cosmic sense.