L’Oudh by Tauer Perfumes

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L’Oudh? It should be called ‘Le Castor’ 🇫🇷.

It’s incredible what’s written. If anyone finds it strong, invasive, and difficult to wear, I respect that and understand why. But saying it’s impossible to wear out or pick up someone, or that Ajmal swallows Tauer, are comments from people who don’t know what they’re talking about. The Laos oud is noticeable, though it doesn’t smell fermented or cheesy. It’s not the protagonist; the castoreum (synthetic) overwhelms everything and tends to smell ‘acquired’. It’s an animalic perfume, period. It doesn’t smell like the elegant leather of Acqua di Parma, the realistic one of Meydan, the smoky floral of Great Britain, or the elegance of Henry Jacques. Here, it smells like raw, dirty, unfinished leather, very smoky, earthy, burnt, and petrol-like. Very animalic, but not because of the oud. It’s like Dusita’s Oudh Infini (discontinued), where people think it’s oud when it’s the civet that dominates and makes the perfume difficult. The same goes for Sarah Baker’s Jungle Jezebel. L’Oudh has little development, doesn’t project much at arm’s length, but that smell accompanies you too much and can fatigue the nose. It sticks like gum. 100% masculine, 300$ for 50ml is reasonable for niche and Andy Tauer. It has all the adjectives: piercing, invasive, dense, potent, difficult, dark, animalic, dirty. I like the castoreum, but not so marked as here. Do you know Tom Ford’s Oud Wood Intense? They’re different. OWI is fantastic because the castoreum adds a dirty, sensual, acquired tone over the oud, but here everything is multiplied by 10. It can be different and dark, but if everything ends up weird, I don’t see the artistry. I find it interesting and difficult; I’ve used it a few times and sometimes it dominates me. I would have liked to see other elements amplified to add nuances while respecting the animalic base, but the use of castoreum is excessive. The bottle will last you a lifetime (like Zoologist’s T Rex). In the medium term, it gets tiring quickly. Masculine, high longevity, modest projection. Restricted versatility.

• Oud
• Animalic
• Leather
• Smoky