“I have the oil roll-on version of this fragrance from when I first began buying ouds, then learned that if you want sillage the spray works better. As a woman, I tend toward fragrances marketed toward men, because I highly prefer spice, incense, resins, and woods over fruity or floral scents. The attar didn't enchant me immediately. All I could smell was the oregano. After a few months though, I found myself going to it more and more, then adding the blue bottle to my collection. Ard al Zaafran's Midnight Oud, to me, has the green notes which are evocative of ozone in the air after a rain, piles of wet firewood, and a subtle vanilla background that makes for a complex, unidentifiable fragrance from a faraway place. If you are looking for a strong oud base note, however, you'll not find it here. But I love it. And an additional note, Intense Oud's customer service is absolutely impeccable. If you can choose them as your seller for your oud fixation, do so.Midnight Oud fits a perfect fragrance niche among my others:Swissarabian Shaghaf Oud- with its gourmand praline-saffron richnessLattafa Awraq al Oud- spicy, creamy and aldehydicLattafa Raghba Wood Intense- all campfire, burnt marshmallows, leather and spice bazaarFranck Olivier Oud Vanille- exactly like the nameSwissarabian Dehn el Oodh Malaki- dry woods, oud all the way-and several oils by Al Rehab and Al Haramain”
“I have the oil roll-on version of this fragrance from when I first began buying ouds, then learned that if you want sillage the spray works better. As a woman, I tend toward fragrances marketed toward men, because I highly prefer spice, incense, resins, and woods over fruity or floral scents. The attar didn't enchant me immediately. All I could smell was the oregano. After a few months though, I found myself going to it more and more, then adding the blue bottle to my collection. Ard al Zaafran's Midnight Oud, to me, has the green notes which are evocative of ozone in the air after a rain, piles of wet firewood, and a subtle vanilla background that makes for a complex, unidentifiable fragrance from a faraway place. If you are looking for a strong oud base note, however, you'll not find it here. But I love it. And an additional note, Intense Oud's customer service is absolutely impeccable. If you can choose them as your seller for your oud fixation, do so.Midnight Oud fits a perfect fragrance niche among my others:Swissarabian Shaghaf Oud- with its gourmand praline-saffron richnessLattafa Awraq al Oud- spicy, creamy and aldehydicLattafa Raghba Wood Intense- all campfire, burnt marshmallows, leather and spice bazaarFranck Olivier Oud Vanille- exactly like the nameSwissarabian Dehn el Oodh Malaki- dry woods, oud all the way-and several oils by Al Rehab and Al Haramain”
