Valentino Noir Absolu Oud Essence
4.1
Overall
Accords
woody
leather
oud
warm spicy
animalic
powdery
fresh spicy
aromatic
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ The best designer version of traditional Oud I have smelled.
- ✅ Very animalistic Oud. Wow and from a safer designer House. Maybe they are showing they are serious. Love it.
- ✅ This is STUNNING ! Thanx God I decided to blind buy it !
- ✅ The best designer version of traditional Oud I have smelled. It has all of the facets of Oud without being too skanky or medicinal.
- ✅ Very unusual for a designer scent. Not too loud, the lasting power is pretty good. I would say it's a wearable oud that transforms into leather and sandalwood after some time.
- ✅ Noir Absolu Oud Essence is buttery smooth, warm, woodsy, and just modestly animalic- not the literal barn people seem to be experiencing.
- ✅ Starts out terrific. Nice spicy dry oud with a hint of leather.
- ✅ This is STUNNING ! Thanx God I decided to blind buy it ! Oud, soft leather and hint of coffee.
- ❌ Too skanky for me, reminds me a bit of Black Orchid, which I despise with all my might.
- ❌ I just blind bought this. Couldn't find any samples and the reviews are minimal. But I was super intrigued. Anyway, it's a massive regret.
- ❌ No offense to anyone but this smells like animal feces!
- ❌ No offense to anyone but this smells like animal feces! the oud is very strong and it smells authentic.
- ❌ Not very impressed. Not that its bad or anything but I'd rather take Hugo Boss Bottled Oud, same oud but more interesting because it has apple and cinnamon.
- ❌ A nice woody, dark, warm spicy oud. However, it has a strong civet-like animalic note that makes the scent fecal in a bad way.
