Review of Bois d‘Oud by aad de gids

it is interesting that I discovered my opinion of Perris Monte Carlo's 'Bois d'Oud' differed so much from the opinions seen here. while at the same time I understand much of the feelings and thoughts shared. I must say I immediately liked Bois d'Oud. my first feeling was, and still is, 'an austere and therefor regal oud'. I am now more than an hour in 'a spritzing' and I must say, something is steadfastly holding all the other ingredients hostage. it reminds me of the cypriol in Frederic Malle/Dominique Ropions 'Promise', 'al Waad', with an enormous presence. and inimpenetrability. yet also that perfume I immediately loved. what we smell here for more than an hour is a good quality almost chemical, medical smelling Oud. as Ensar learned me: Oud has many faces. I have a lot of oud perfumes. all the Montale oud-rose perfumes I love, or oud-leather or oud-jasmine. most of all I love Dusita's 'Oudh Infini'. I have Ex Idolo's 'Thirty three' (year old Oud with a counteracting white rose). Terry de Gunzburgs Terryfic Oud and -Oud Extrème. Histoires de Parfums 'al Oudh' and JHAG's 'Midnight Oudh'. Attar Sultan Pasha's 'Douce Amère'. the Oud in 'Bois d'Oud' reminds me most of the Montales. more than 'an hour in' I notice the other notes are allowed to make an appearance. I definitely smell rose, plum, peach and jasmine. this is strange in so far as rose is usually strong enough to interfere with oud. from the very beginning. that isn't the case here. then I still get the impression of a 'regal, austere, oud perfume'. it is my guess another ingredient is holding the other notes of the perfume back. I don't trust the 'blackwood'. when I look it up I see it also is a player in Perris's 'Royal Oud'. but evenso in other, dense, not sissi-like, often masculin, perfumes. it is now that I smell a 'streaming', dynamic, facettuous perfume. I guess I have a knack for oud in all its incarnations. I also feel reminiscence with Mizensirs 'Ideal Oud' and 'Perfect Oud'. it definitely is a stubborn perfume. I wholeheartedly love it. I also love Perris's 'Ylang-Ylang Nosy Be'. that this was an Ylang of a small island near Madagascar with as Capital 'Hell Ville' was a revelation. this is a floriographic, heady perfume of that fatty, dense smelling yellow floral. so it may has helped to appreciate right away the 'Bois d'Oud'.