“This is not agarwood oil. It is some blend of chemicals including alcohol although it pretends to not have alcohol. Only the bottle appears nice, other than that very low quality product! Do not buy!”
“This concentrated perfume oil (CPO) is actually fairly nice smelling for being synthetic oud. The scent is very woody for the most part but don’t expect much longevity from it and if you are expecting actual tenacity, you’ve already set your expectations up far beyond anything this concentrated perfume oil will meet. It’s in the spirit of oud loo mill.... it’s similar to an oud that’s been sitting on your skin for hours and begun its woody dry-down smell. No animalic notes, no burnt tire notes, barnyard is merely an idea that this concoction left behind to appeal to a more western taste projected onto eastern olfactory treats.The consistency of this is similar to a overly filtered honey, but seems to melt slightly with body temperatures, although there is a bit of sticky resistance after the first few wrist slidings...The price is disenchanting for what you actually receive. Every bottle of fake oud/CPO I have ever purchased from Swiss Arabian has around 2/3rd filling, sometimes less rarely ever more. And while the scent is pleasant and ALMOST tricks you into thinking nature skipped the barnyard in this batch WOAH I SCORED, that notion quickly, and I mean QUICKLY fades and you’re left with just a faint woody smell that within an hour or so was as ephemeral as a politician me virtue signaling during election season.Swiss Arabian are great perfumers, please don’t misinterpret the review. The scent is woody and pleasant, but it’s not oud, the price is a bit high for a CPO having little to no tenacity and unfortunately if you want a nicer CPO that might contain more than a drop or two of real oud per bottle, expect to cough up at least $80+ for 3ml of concentrated perfume oil. There are no shortcuts with oud and there are many imitation oils on the market to satisfy the uninformed and naive consumers out there. Check out these guys’ Dehn Al Oud Seufi oil if you want to stick with a pretty bottle filled with CPO... it’s going to offer you a much better experience than these, but as a gift to the beginner into the olfactory world of Eastern delights, I would say this is a good gift idea that even I would be happy to find in my stocking! Happy because I didn’t have to pay anything for it, but other recipients would be happy because it smells nice and it would be something special for them to dole out to themselves for a while until the next year when you upgrade their gift limit to afford maybe 1ml of real agarwood essential oil which would cost possibly $50 to upwards of $300+... BUT with a 12-24+ hour enjoyment on the skin and even a little watering down with a good carrier oil like Fractionated Coconut Oil, you will impress them and they will never forget your kindness. That is all....”
