I dont usually comment on videos but ramsey man i love this video. Subconsciously ive craved this video so much. Glad you made it. Its a first on youtube. I recently delved into this rabbithole of real oud. You know bro, the next step is attars lol....soon enough you see yourself collecting attars which sorta make your whole collection reduntant. Im going through that phase right now ha
Thanks so much for watching & commenting... honestly Attars arent my thing.... i have to be able to spray my perfumes 😊 I have a review of a Henry Jacques up on my channel breaching this exact topic 🙃
@@RamseytheRam Hey Ramsey man, I had a chance to sniff SODubai Oud recently and honestly I feel placing it 22nd on the list does not make justice to it. Any chances you could pump it a bit? 😅 Putting the retail price aside, is Oud Maximus 2020 way better than SOD Oud? BTW, jomashop has it for ~$400/50ml. Thanks 🙏
Heads up! Dusita just announced they are discontinuing Oudh Infini very soon. It's probably not selling and with the high quality ingredients it's too expensive to keep making. I'm glad I found a bottle recently for a very good price. One of my favorites for sure! I'd get a bottle now if you can, before it gets discontinued and people try to sell it for even crazier prices. I would also highly recommend Hard Leather by Laurent Mazzone. It's such a sexy oud-honey combo. And apparently he uses real Mysore Sandalwood along with real barnyardy oud. Especially the older bottles are so unapologetic and beautiful. I think right up your alley. Thanks for another great video, Ramsey! ps: I agree with your take on Ensar.
Thanks for the info ... thats a shame about oudh infini if true ... LM Hard Leather is on the to sniff list wish list ... maybe Santa will bring me a present 😂😂😂 🎅🎅🎅
@@RamseytheRam hi Rams , I got Hard Leather,and Black Oud they are very light and personal scents ,little projection skin scent to be honest. That said I dig them for their scent profile and whispy wafts,nice inoffensive office safe and don’t pay more than 80 bucks on discounters . My humble heads up opinion 👍
I can’t believe the things that haute perfumery houses do. I feel blessed about I have watched this video before really invest in get to know oud. I had no idea of all these “real legit commercial strategies”. I’m going to save a good amount of bucks by getting better products. Awsome. Thanks
Hey Ramsey. Just to correct you on The Dawn as Mudassir me tinned. All the names in the middle Eastern fredrick malle collection start with Al which translates to The in English so it is very much The promise, the moon, the dawn and the night. Having said that I love your content and long video formats. Yoi have divine knowledge and would love to see you do something like Eugene like les abstraits. Can't wait budd Keep it up. Keep rocking. Have faith and be strong... I hope everything sorts out for uou bro ... Amen
Yes, Ensar Oud perfumes are very costly but not all of them are $1000. His regular 30ml Pure Parfum bottles are 600, EDP version of the same perfumes are $350. But 50ml Pure Parfum versions are $1000 & EDP of 50mls are like $600. There are some ultra exclusive one which are more expensive. Agar Aura has Oud compositions which are very thik and animalic as well. His recent release Oud Fougere and Malinau has very high quality animalic Oud, unlike the clean oud compos you have tried before. There are two more artisanal house I'd like to mention, who use very high quality Oud and make great compositions, Auphorie and Elixir Attar. Worth trying their products I believe..🙂 Thanks for another brilliant video, really loved it..
Thanks for the info and recs Ali.... I love these real oud compositions but sometimes I just want to give the brand my wallet when I walk through the door & let them sort out all the details... the pricing & exclusivity on some of these is brutal 😊
i dont think i knew about this vid when i asked you about oud the other day, lol. i actually ended up going with the Dahn Oud al Shams, not because i think ill enjoy it more than the mukhallat, but because it sounds like its quite challenging for a beginner. also sounds like its mostly the straight up skanky oud note alone with not much else going on, so i can determine if i want to continue going down that road in the future. i got it for $75 so at that price i thought it was probably a good idea.
I'm really trying hard to love "real ouds", but dammit it's just really tough for me. I'm starting to search around for Areej le Dore fragrances as Russian Adam is considered one of the best artist who creates these once in a lifetime type fragrances which I find really fascinating. I can't believe I actually have something you don't, with is a sample of EO1 from Ensar Oud. It's really hard to find, but right now sealedessence has it available in 1ml for $50. Pricey, of course, but I'm really glad to finally have been able to try this one. Of course, EO1 is a punch in the face for me currently, but I'm finding more beauty in it each time I wear it.
I cant do do 50 bucks for 1ml 😂😂😂😂 Just not my thing... would rather save my money for a full bottle.... thanks for watching & commenting & if you get to sniff some of Adams creations for Areej Le Doré do report back on what you think of em 😊
Oud glorious Oud ,Ya gotta love it or hate it depending on if your next Western Oud vid is the preferred Oud of choice ,I wanna say Western Oud can be really great and definitely has its place ,looking forward to that vid ,but I really gravitate to the real deal ,pricey,edgy,pungent, Skanky,earthy,woody,medicinal,rubbery,,fruity sweet,sooooo many facets and varieties it’s mind boggling to be honest,what’s not to love lol 😅.really great video Rams you covered all the bases as you always do great stuff man 🙏✌️👍
Thanks for that Bren... love reading your take and I agree with you... there are some "Western" Ouds I love too... but they shouldnt be called "Oud" they should have a different name IMHO
I would add to your amazing list, Dead of Night by Strange love NY, Dhube by Tiziana Terenzi, Royal Oud by Arabian Oud and last but not least Dahn/Mukhalat Dahn al Oudh Moataq by Ajmal in attar form. thank you so much for the video.
Ahh Dubhe by TT is gorgeous, I think it was Dimitri who brought this to my attention. The Assoluto collection looks interesting, only tried Dubhe and got a decant which I forgot I had until now. You know how it is, bottles displayed accordingly while the decants and samples are jumbled together.
I don't have much of oud fragrance but i appreciate some , i have shams oud from memo and Elie Saab no.4 oud, i prefer using oud oil just tiny drop under ears and on my beard (this a traditional way using oud oil in arbian gulf countries) ..
Honestly on first wear it was a bit meh 🤷♂️ Definately prefer the original shalimar by a mile... but thats what happens when you blind buy i fully accept the risk and its all on me but it was so hyped and I feel everytime I buy a hyped perfume I am let down 😣
Finally dipped my toes into real oud. Oud from different regions varies drastically in scent profile. Floral, fruity sweetness, smokiness or even barnyard. I got a pleasant surprise by a oud oil from Hainan, China. It opens up almost smelling like chrysanthemum where a gentle sweetness starts coming through. Sad to see what houses are putting out trying to misled the masses as to what real oud can smell like.
@@RamseytheRam wondering what’s your favourite kind of oud that you have sampled so far? Kinam oud so far is my favourite. Hindi is my next to sample oud.
I like the more animlaic and challenging ouds Kinam is to tame for my tastes... I like it but I don't love it Indian Oud, Chinese Oud, Cambodian Oud, Oud from Laos... I like so many different types 🙂
From the ones you mentioned i have a bottle of: Ottoman Empire, Oud Zhen, Beauty & the Beast, Dubai Oud, Sayat Nova, Oud Maximus, Laos Oud and Oud Monarch.
Great list Ramsey! Need your help, i’m trying to decide between Dusita Oudh Infini (50ml $250), Papillon Salome (50ml $200) or Amouage Gold Man (100ml $150). I know they are all different but what’s your opinion? I prefer mostly natural ingredients. 🙏🏼
I have reviewed two out of the three on the channel... I will review Amouage Gold Man one day....I would go with Salome ... especially with the interview with Liz and her issues with finding more Hyraceum
I am not happy that even though I was informed I could edit my comment about Beauty and the Beast, the site or perhaps the perfumer would not allow me to do so and kept putting back to a shopping app. I am very disappointed because i was actually going to buy that fragrance.
All this oud talk got me craving some, so I put on a single spray of Auphorie Miyako (apricot + oud, in case you’re unfamiliar). Fast forward five minutes and my wife is sniffing our young son because she thought he’d had an accident in his pants. The joys of oud.
@@RamseytheRam It’s pretty special, but it’s also like $200 for 15ml, so kinda silly. The juice is thiiick though. You’re supposed to give it a lil shake before applying and you can see all kinds of greasy swirls and other floaties in there.
I'm still catching up with your and rich videos back to back..i don't know how people wake up and move about after these Thanksgiving days feast..but real ouddness is something I have been challenging myself to learn the eastern ouds but it's hard to not get knocked out by the barnyard ones 😂
I rarly find the barnyard ouds challenging anymore unfortunately... it takes a lot to put me off 🤷♂️ We got sick over Thanksgiving so I am moving in slow motion for different reasons than 🦃
@@RamseytheRam oh hope you feeling better rams but yeah I got into ouds but was lead into attars for the sweeter ouds so even with perfumes I'm still trying to push my boundaries with ouds and go deep in so to speak lol
@@RamseytheRam I'm more into spraying because it pressurize mist just projects better of my skin chemistry but attars I do like for a personal scent for a relax calm feel
I love the list! Funnily enough, synthetic Oud doesn’t work on my skin, even beasts like Oud satin mood dies on me… but stuff like the moon, heck yes! Curious Ramsey, what’s your thought on Anubis?
I love Anubis... go watch my interview wil Liz Moores and we spent a lot of time discussing Anubis & what a special fragrance it is! In fact she though for a bit Anubis was a fluke & she got lucky since it was her first creation... I ❤️ Liz & her work. Wear it in the cold and then wear it in summer & you can see the fragrance change. The Egyptian Jasmine really pops in the heat 🙏🙏🙏
100% good Deal! Anubis is in 50ml bottles and Grand Soir is in 70ml bottles... but even if your Grand Soir is full and you are only getting 50ml of Anubis I will still do it... Anubis & Salome go back and forth as my favorite Papillon 😊🍻
@@RamseytheRam yeah my bottle is full, the bottle of Anubis is full too! I hope it’s good deal hahaha🤣🤣Ok! I should go try Salome soon as I love chypres! I recently got into leathers, and ik that’s your fav realm☺️
@@doubleduck7743 anubis has a beautiful Leathery feel to it as well... the resins give off this suede like effect... Anubis is perfume for perfume lovers, while Grand Soir is perfume for the masses IMHO🤌🤌🤌
No alternatives to ensar oud with the same quality other than buying the real deal mate... some for Areej Le Dore & Bortnikoff Thanks for watching & commenting 😊
Aaron Terrence Hughes is a piece of work a legend in his own mind lmfao but I give him credit when its due his Oud,Luna,Daddyonyx,tabac were decent and did last where other high price ouds I purchased faded in a few hours . What can I say the snotty kid knows his sh*t !!! lol 2025 he's opening up in the States I hear .
I tried to buy Beauty and the Beast at least fifteen (15) times and could not get anything from that site and a long time for a response g never received it and so I gave up and tried other ways to get into the site but also very disappointed to bring ignored.
The more expensive ouds are actually the cleaner smelling fruity woody smoky ouds that Ensar uses. The skanky ones are due to them being sunken ouds that are found/distilled in Laos and India. Not that I’m an expert!
I need to check some of these out I love the smell of oud chips that I bought to burn smells amazing but pricey literally money going up in smoke. Have you ever tried anything from arabian oud? I wonder if they use the real deal?
I personally dont think so but they do share some characteristics... but from memory Lao Oud has a bit more of that barnyard animalic funk you will find in Oud Maximus that you wont find in Oud Monarch ... thanks for the kind words and for watching BTW 🤌🤌🤌
What a dichotomy....must have been awful and beautiful profiling these Oud, real Oud for me the beauty is how they unravel, I like it to smell yuk but then to be stunningly beautiful as long as the yuk isn't too long . Oud fragrances to me are like a girl who shall we say .... doesn't have a pretty face but has a hot hot body that is hard to resist... and we're back to dichotomies!
I know what you mean... I think if you take someone that has never smelled the Bortnikoffs and Areej Le Doré & Ensar Ouds and stick the night under their nose... they will say its a masterpeice. But once you have smelled some of the previous brands mentioned I think you will probably think the Night is over priced... if it was 200 or 300 bucks I think it would be much easier to swallow... when you have to multiply that price by a factor of 4 it makes you really do a cost benefit analyasis.... unless you have so much $ it doesnt matter a decant of the Night like I got is probably the way to go 😊
I dont just throw the M word around lightly... I really like beauty and the beast and if I was flush with cash and money was no issue to me I would own a bottle...but no I dont think it is a masterpiece ..but I do think it is a very very good Rose Oud.. the beautiful 🌹 & then the beast comes out
