Intense Oud
Intense Oud by Gucci is an unisex eau de parfum from 2016 in the premium price tier. It opens with saffron and black pepper, moves into bulgarian rose and frankincense and dries down to oud, leather, ambergris and cedarwood. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
- Black Pepper Dry and prickly. Gives a fragrance grip and a bit of bite.
Heart
- Bulgarian Rose Fresh, dewy and green. The 'real rose garden' version.
- Frankincense Bright, peppery, church-like resin. Lifts and cools a fragrance.
Dry-down
- Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
- Leather Smoky, dry and a bit animal. Can be a new jacket or an old saddle.
- Ambergris Salty, animal, sun-warmed skin. Marine and musky at once.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
Smells like this
- Electimuss Octavian
- Régime des Fleurs Oud Dukhan
- Swiss Arabian Dehn El Oud Shaheen
- Montale Dark Aoud
- Carner Barcelona Cuirs
- Carner Barcelona Black Calamus
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