“The Perfume is nice aesthetically, very pretty bottle & packaging. Opening notes are a bold sweet seductive Oud with salted caramel. Dry down is sweet & floral bouquet of fresh flowers with musk & Oud. Dry down is reminiscent of Tom Ford Cafe Rose, not a dupe but a very close relative or sibling- not twins. Definitely worth a sniff for the price.The delivery took over two weeks & the seller wasn’t helpful when contacted. It would be better if it was Prime delivery as Royal Mail are… well you know.”
“Great aroma, they say it’s a Sauvage Elixir dupe but this one has its own smell…. Very aromatic with a hint of sandal wood (I believe), maybe a tiny hint of toasted coffe somewhere in there also. Long lasting It won’t go away unless you take a shower.”
“I obsoletely went by the reviews here... So, Glad I did. The scent is great! and the price wow! To me, this is like an everyday perfume. I started using it at night so I can smell it while I am trying to go to sleep.”
“Great aroma, they say it’s a Sauvage Elixir dupe but this one has its own smell…. Very aromatic with a hint of sandal wood (I believe), maybe a tiny hint of toasted coffe somewhere in there also. Long lasting It won’t go away unless you take a shower.”
“This smells sooooo good!! I’m getting all the bottles in this collection. I got more compliments from this fragrance than I do my more expensive ones.”
“For the sake of context, I fell in love with oud and started a rather robust collection of oud-based perfumes. First, I bought several of the attar roll-ons and CPO, mostly from Al Rehab, Nabeel, and Ard al Zaafran. I burn Nabeel's beautifully woody-floral "Nasaem" bakhoor in the car bakhoor burner that I ordered from Intense Oud. And I've pretty much abandoned some of my favorite fragrances- including those by Cartier, Narciso Rodriguez, Thierry Mugler and Lolita Lempicka- all at much higher price points- in favor of wearing ouds. They're all beautiful, but there is just something about niche, Arabian perfumes. Now about this one:Lattafa's Oud Mood fits PERFECTLY into my collection. It's not too like anything else I have to be redundant, but it has all of the elements I love in a fragrance. I was afraid it might be too close to Swiss Arabian's Shaghaf Oud (which I love), given the gourmand element. It's not. Oud Mood does have the caramel/praline note, but it's more subtle and surrounded by so many other notes, forming a complex fragrance that is beautiful but hard to identify.The opening is notably woody with a touch of smoke, a bit like Lattafa's Raghba Wood Intense. It has a floral sweetness to it that adds dimension without overwhelming the other notes.The floral is slightly reminiscent of Nabeel's Dahn al Oud, but with none of the soapy aldehyde that hit the nose sharply and gives off a 1980s vibe.The woods is dry, warm, and earthy, like cedar, patchouli, and vetiver. This picks up on Swiss Arabian's VERY woody Dehn al Oud Malaki.Among those mentioned above, I also frequently wear the much more herbaceous-vanilla Midnight Oud from Ard Al Zaafran; Oud Rose and Dehn al Oud from Al Rehab; the perfumy woody-floral Nasaem by Nabeel; the aldehydic, creamy-spicy oriental Awraq al Oud from Lattafa; Shaghaf Oud Aswad from Swiss Arabian; and Oud Vanille from Franck Olivier.I recommend all of these fragrances (and their perfume houses) ^ on their own merits- but am happy to report that Oud Mood fills in the gaps between them and combines all of their best elements perfectly. Oh, and the packaging is absolutely gorgeous. This is a box you won't want to throw away.I can't stop smelling myself. At all. I'm wearing this at home, alone. Get Oud Mood, it's some of the best elements of all the genre.”
