Oud in White

10 reseñas

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• jerry drake

  September 30, 2024

  

  It’s a perfume that doesn’t lend itself easily to being worn, and in my judgement, lacks versatility. The notes on paper sound good, but on the skin, it’s a different story; I didn’t like it. If you’re used to daily colognes, florals, or fruit scents, the initial impact of this Oud in White can be unsettling, at least. A very peculiar and noticeable composition at the start, with a jasmine interwoven with fruity notes. On my skin, the oud doesn’t smell like excrement, but like oiled, tanned leather, quite dark, despite the floral and fruity notes trying to give some light. I imagined it differently and more airy; the curious thing is that a couple of people thought it smelled like the proximity of railway tracks and I don’t think that’s a compliment. Avoid buying it blind if you can; in my case, it was more of an olfactory experience than a perfume with which to feel comfortable for everyday life.

• Fede

  November 6, 2024

  

  Fortunately, I managed to get a decant, because the notes sparked the typical ‘hype’ curiosity. The cork gives clues. If a winemaker uses a bad cork (or plastic), it already tells us they don’t care about the product. I say this because in the first 10 seconds of putting this Oud in White on, the alcoholic slap was brutal. Not using deodorised alcohol in a superior quality perfume means prioritising cost over quality. It opens with an animalic note accompanied by indolic jasmine. That animalic note is not oud, but some accord with civet. It’s not annoying or suffocating; everything is very contained and discreet. Nothing like the opening of Daniel Josier’s Cyrano, where you’d be better off staying at home for the first half an hour 😅. Then the animalic note fades and a dense, smoky oud emerges accompanying the jasmine, which loses its indolic side. Not much more to say. In my case, it lasts 6 hours, always close to the skin, except for the start. I suppose those who say it lasts long and has a strong trail have said it on hearsay, not from smelling it. Not to mention the one who put ‘excellent price’ on this mediocrity of 185 euros for 100ml. Something similar would be Daniel Josier’s Cyrano, although Cyrano is light years away from this. The pity is that in the second phase of Cyrano, the tuberose is very prominent and not very masculine. But then comes its third phase…😍

• Fede

  November 9, 2024

  

  Fortunately, I managed to get a decant, because the notes promised hype. The cork gives clues: if it’s a bad cork or plastic, the winemaker already tells us the product is worth little. With Oud in White, the first 10 seconds are a brutal alcoholic slap. Not using deodorised alcohol in a superior quality perfume means prioritising cost over quality. It opens with an animalic touch accompanied by indolic jasmine; that animalic note is not oud, but some accord with civet. It’s not annoying or overwhelming, everything very contained and discreet, nothing like the opening of Daniel Josier’s Cyrano, where you’d be better off staying at home for the first half an hour 😅. Then the animalic note lowers and a dense, smoky oud emerges with the jasmine losing its indolic side. Not much more to say. On my skin it lasts 6 hours, close to the skin except for that start. I suppose those who say it is long-lasting and has a heavy trail have said it on hearsay, not from smelling it. Not to mention the one who put ‘excellent price’ on this mediocrity of 185 euros for 100ml. Something similar would be Daniel Josier’s Cyrano, although it is light years away. The pity is that in the second phase of Cyrano, the tuberose is the protagonist and not very masculine, but then comes its third phase…😍

• Fede

  December 14, 2024

  

  AiThor: you haven’t read my review properly and are very bold with your ignorance. A bad wine cork (or worse, plastic) screams how little the producer values their product. A good perfume alcohol must be DEODORISED, meaning without smell. Denatured alcohol is DE-NATURALISED; they’ve altered its taste so you don’t get intoxicated, but the smell remains. Did you like it? I’m glad, enjoy it. Here people put their subjective and intransferible vision of how it smells to them. No more and no less than you. Your opinion is just as valid as mine; they are personal experiences.

• Adry_slim

  June 2, 2025

  

  It smells terrible, and besides, @aithor your reading comprehension leaves much to be desired.

• Adry_slim

  June 3, 2025

  

  It smells terrible, and besides, @aithor your reading comprehension is awful.

• Azor84

  July 11, 2025

  

  I’m leaving my first negative review. First, I have infinite respect for the perfumer and the quality of the ingredients. I know that criticising a difficult oud is like judging a classic book that no one reads, but Oud in White goes beyond being challenging. I love all the Laboratory Olfattivo perfumes I’ve tried (I own Salina and Tonkade), but this one is too much. The notes called to me and I bought a vial: as an enthusiast, I’m no longer a novice, but I’ve never been able to stand this for more than half an hour; it induces nausea. I won’t speak of those who tried it with my friends; I’ve seen people feel sick and open windows. I’m not exaggerating, I’m not delicate, and I like oud. I understand the creative exercise and the notes, I’ve learned from it, but it’s a trendy extreme, worse than The Lover’s Tale or The Night: it doesn’t smell like a stable (animals smell fine), it smells like infection, illness, something harmful. I don’t want to dwell on it, but the brain identifies it as unhealthy. You have to wait for it to dry down, but it makes no sense to suffer discomfort waiting for the evolution. It’s not necessary to be unpleasant: it generates natural rejection. I don’t see how it can be worn.

• Azor84

  July 12, 2025

  

  I have to put my first negative note. First, infinite respect for the perfumer, his art, and the quality of the ingredients. I know that criticising difficult ouds is frowned upon, just like criticising classic books that no one reads, but this perfume goes beyond being challenging. Oud in White is intolerable. I love all the Laboratory Olfattivo perfumes I’ve tried (I own Salina and Tonkade), but this one is too much. The notes called to me and I bought a vial: as an enthusiast, I’m no longer a novice, but I’ve never been able to stand this for more than half an hour; it induces nausea. I omit what happened to those I gave it to try: I saw people feel sick and have to open windows. I’m not exaggerating, I’m not delicate, and I like oud. I understand the creative exercise, I know what notes it’s made of, and I’ve liked getting to know it because I’ve learned. But Oud in White is one of those trendy extreme exercises, like The Lover’s Tale or The Night, though much worse: it doesn’t smell like a stable (animals smell fine), it smells like infection, illness, something harmful. I don’t want to dwell on it, but I notice the brain identifies this as unhealthy. There’s always waiting for the dry-down, but it makes no sense to endure fatigue or suffer discomfort waiting for the evolution. It’s not necessary to be unpleasant to anyone: I repeat, I’ve seen people feel fatigued with this. It generates natural, atavistic rejection. I don’t see how it can be worn.

• pablo_pelegrin11

  July 18, 2025

  

  The first encounter was at the boutique in Milan. The girl was very kind and showed my girlfriend and me almost the entire Laboratory Olfattivo collection. The testing method seemed original and correct: she applied perfume on a fan to smell your trail at a distance, not right up against the skin. I was fascinated by that trail. Its opening, quite animalic, blended with sweet fruity notes to balance that Cambodian oud (so present I asked the girl if it was Cambodian, curiously I didn’t know and confirmed it later on Fragrantica). They gave me a sample to try it calmly; on the skin, it changes quite a bit. I don’t have bad skin, though not the best either. That smoky, incense-like facet, I don’t know to what extent it suits this oud. The sandalwood is perceived as ‘burnt’. Combining animalic notes with that incense accord creates a gothic dry-down that doesn’t fit my tastes. If this is your thing, I recommend it; it’s not a bad perfume, but it’s very challenging. Never buy it blind.

• pablo_pelegrin11

  July 25, 2025

  

  The first encounter was at the boutique in Milan. The girl was very kind and showed my girlfriend and me almost the entire Laboratory Olfattivo collection. The testing method seemed very original and correct: she applied perfume on a fan which she then used to point towards your face. It’s very well thought out because normally you aren’t smelled right up close, but rather your trail at a certain distance. I should contextualise this to explain what follows: the trail of this fragrance fascinated me. Its quite animalic opening blended with sweet fruity notes to balance this Cambodian oud (so present I even asked the girl if it was specifically Cambodian blind, curiously I didn’t know and confirmed it later on Fragrantica). They gave me a sample to try it calmly and on the skin, things change quite a bit. I don’t have bad skin, though not the best either. This very smoky, incense-like facet, I don’t know to what extent it suits this type of oud. Because the sandalwood is perceived as ‘burnt’. If you combine well-presented animalic notes with this incense accord, it creates a somewhat gothic dry-down that doesn’t fit my tastes well. If this is your thing, I can recommend it; it’s not a bad perfume by any means, but it is very challenging. Never buy it blind.