Midnight Oud

now the whole initial blast of Midnight Oud is (also litterally) breathtaking. this is the gunshot in the face as like Montales' Louban, Black Aoud, Attar, Aoud Red Roses and like with the 80s powerperfumes Giorgio, Poison, Obsession, Knowing, Coco, Red, Gale Hayman Beverly Hills, Moschino parfum the toilette as you still had then, Opium and Youth Dew of 70s and 50s fame. "now this is perfume". with MO we immediately and totally smell nostril clearing Oud, Rose, Saffron, Patchouli and this blast lasts for an hour. I love it. the rose is as if it is deep drenched-in-wine the 1859 tzar Alexander Chateau d'Yquem stuff. this rose delivers. the Oud has all the nylony, vinyloid, medicinal qualities I adore. (Ever tried Dusitas "Oudh Infini" which I am bewitched by?) then, MO definitely has a chic demeanour, lasting for hours with grandiose sillage also due me thinks, to the castoreum. as someone remarked the rose is reinforced by the geranium while the saffron refines the rose and oud. its lasting base is given by the sandelwood, castoreum and amber. the packaguing is really chic where the velvet cocon is adorned with the ribbon but wears with deep brown chestnut colour as it then was said: it was dedicated to Dubai either or, the Dubai market. I bought three flacons in one gesture. a terrible, terrific, 80s reviving perfume. (this is good ... ) the papyrus goes lost on me and I belong to the half of the populace not able to detect synthetic muscs. the whole Narciso Rodriguez goes blown in the wind for me. STRONG, STRONG, STRONG: this is what I love. ["accords of Moroccan rose, oud, amber, several sorts of musk (castoreum), saffron, geranium, sandelwood, papyrus and patchouli oil."] (new) the moment this was presented in a Niche Perfumery 'Skins' in Rotterdam made such impression on me that I immediately acquired three Flacons in their exquisite and exotic packagings. the gold coloured (opaque) bottle was presented in a Satiated Brown (brown never my favorite colour) Velours Round Box and it was said these were Editions produced especially for Dubai. it was the Taupe-Brown I could appreciate, and the bow on top made the whole 'Event' memorable. not in the least because of the perfume. now I already had my share of Montales Rose-Ouds, which I all always loved and still love. he really was the person who brought Oud to the West. (from 2003 onward.) I was thus familiar with such distinctive profile and the Oud then used had a kind of Operation Room, Band-Aid (not necessarily used), Desinfectant smell, which I absolutely adored. this perfume also has an astonishing refinement and almost needless to say: an exceptionally citronnesque as at once, very present Imposement of Roses. when there was the dance of these two antagonists, it was already 'done' for me, as I got reminiscences to Montale's undeniable and irreversible Rose-Oud perfumes. there was an executive minisculity in detail here which made the perfume specific and costly. when then Saffron and either Castoreum and, or, Civet are also represented (Castoreum) it is a done deal. I am rather primitive in my choices. contrary to this, I also love classical perfumes. while there was some 'micro-editing' done in the perfume (by Romano Ricci, nephew of Nina Ricci. [or Grandson ?]), I more grasped toward intensive abrasive, annexationist, alarmist and presentist perfumes. Saffron for that matter adds a certain Metallugy which I crave for. as the Geranium and Patchouli must have been reinforcement of the used Roses (Maroccan & Damask) this perfume was definitely my cup of tea. I guess I am a complex personality with Primitive, Instinctive, Emotional and Hysterical Traits, so my gut feeling led me the way. but then there are also super Classical Vintage Perfumes which all sit in my collection in a Matellasséed place as I do love Chanel, Christian Dior, Scherrer, Balmain, OscardelaRenta, Ungaro, Geoffrey Beene, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld, all Couturiers which I exprerienced predominantly in the 1970s and 1980s. so my Trajectory was simple: Classic Perfumes in the 1970s, all the Hookerperfumes from the 1980s. in 2003-2004 Montale came. the Rose-Oud perfumes went not unnoticed. and inbetween all the perfumes that were heady, sultry, rich, sickeningly floral, sinister roses and narcotic jasmine, pittosporum, tuberose, neroli and lilies. etc., etc. THIS was such perfume that fitted seamlessly within my esthetics. or, punk-esthetics. it also adds (retro-actively) some sophistication towards 'Juliette Has A Gun' as brand.