Purple Oud Dior for women and men

Reminds me of section strikes again 🔥💯 Gucci Guilty Absolute for men is what I was thinking of wow they are similar! Love this DNA for sure and I layered this Purple Oud with Goldfield & Banks Purple Suede… after 10 minutes my mind is blown I smell fucking beautiful haha and my fiancé said so herself unprompted 😂

Anybody noticed different between new and old batches ( before 3-4 years ) !!

I bought it and compared it with old sample i had .. there is difference in smell and performance!

This gives me 80’s petrol station but in all the best ways. Yes it’s a basic one note but honestlyyyyyy - I don’t mind. Just pump that gas baby!

Reminds me of Encre Noire A L'Extreme... Good but nothing special.

Hmm.. I dont know what people are smelling.
there is NO oud here
this is a vetiver/citrus/woody fragrance
This is an office fragrance and not a night fragrance
performance is mediocre

not worth it imo

i agree with
Fashion_Munir

All the comments below show that most people:
a) are happy to post “reviews” just by mentioning the notes in the Fragrantica notes pyramid and;
b) don’t know what vetiver smells like.

SMDH. Educate yourselves, people.

Boy... this is STRONG! This fragrance just makes me think of bakhoor in the opening and then dries down to the smell of a man who hasn't bathed for days smoking cigarettes on his leather couch. It is a very smoky, dirty and dusty smell to me and it doesn't smell clean or pleasant to me at all. I wish I got more of the zesty and sweet orange to freshen this up more and maybe some added neroli or orange blossom would have been nice too? I just personally don't understand why anyone would want to smell like this. I also couldn't get much of the pink pepper at all, other than small whiffs here and there. The oud just took over everything...

I think that going off of the feeling I get from this fragrance, it would be a fragrance that a man would wear from fall to winter and during the evening only. I also think that it being only worn in cold weather might make it somewhat more tolerable and less strong. Purple Oud is a very dark and smoky fragrance that indeed evokes the color purple, a dark evening sky purple specifically. Saffron is a purple flower with a deep and leathery smell, after all.

With my testing of Purple Oud, I'd say this is a fragrance with an enormous sillage that people could smell as soon as you entered the room and that is why I don't think that this would be appropriate for work at all... it might give people headaches and make people wonder who is chain smoking! The wear of this fragrance lasted a good 17 hours on me too, so Purple Oud definitely has amazing longevity!

Despite its longevity though, I'd only give Purple Oud by Christian Dior a lowly 1/10... I just can't shake that dirty and smoky bakhoor and ash tray association!

Which is the longest lasting of the privee collection? What is most worth the money? If anyone sees and has time, please let me know, thanks! 🙂

Dior Purple Oud (2018) - red oud - Never did understand why #francoisdemachy and Dior named this creation. Starts with Orange with a prominent Oud accord. It isn’t sweaty, but fresh and woody. I also get traces of bakhoor smoke, leather and rubber. Complimenting the Oud would be zesty Pink Pepper and Saffron. The perfume doesn’t have that much depth, but straightforward in its delivery. White musks and amber molecules are at the base creating an ethereal sillage. Perfect even hotter climes.

I love it! Freshie Oud fragrance.
I find it similar to Encelade

One of my favourites from Dior, spicy, oudy with a citrus twist. A friendly oud compared with the other oud fragrances from this house.

9/10 overall

Very nice fragrance in the Dior collection, it's not super crazy and this is a fragrance I plan to wear in the summer. I don't particularly understand why people think this is such a Winter/Fall fragrance, this is a very non-complicated smelling great summer scent, it's perfectly balanced with sweet and fresh and there's barely any Oud in here to constitute the name having "Oud" in it.

Someone said if Purple had a smell it would be Purple Oud, and I agree with this statement. It's a great smell and I actually really like it. Although this doesn't last too long and it really reminds me of an Eau De Toilette, something you can reapply and wear with absolutely any form of clothing or any event you'd like.

Good scent. I like it. 7/10.

One of my all time favorite perfumes.
It's spicy, pink peppery and saffrony.
The oud here is not fecal and if purple had actually a smell it would actually smell exactly like Purple Oud.
This is a great scent and to me it doesn't smell like Gucci Guilty Absolute at all nor like Encre Noire

After some more time my opinion on this has changed. Ultimately this is a mediocre fragrance performance wise. It’s like a watered down version of Gucci Guilty Absolute. I would recommend GGA over this hands down.

This isn't your typical oud perfume at all; It's a pink pepper, vetiver and saffron scent, with just the tiniest hint of oud in late dry down.
There's only a tiny resemblance to Encre Noire, which is woody and dry; PO is fruity, leathery and earthy. Btw, I bought EN and got rid of it after a few days.
Very nice scent, but for the price I expected it to last and project much more, but some people's experiences are different apparently, so...

UPDATE- I can't stress this enough...
YOU MUST WEAR THESE FRAGRANCES IN THE ELEMENTS THEY'RE MEANT FOR!!!
If u look at my review below, I said this was a scrubber and that the oud was too raw-
I wore this today in 50 degree weather which is cold in Houston, Texas and this blend is so damn amazing! Demachy is the true goat! Once that oud settles, the orange & saffron start dancing with each other on top of the oud to create this wonderful harmony on your skin!
Now I can't stop sniffing my arm.... before I was just sitting in my room when I declared this a scrubber...
THIS IS AMAZING!!!

initially a bit oudy but that disappears within minutes and then it becomes woody and smoky. Yes, it does remind me of encre noir a little bit but this is not as heavy as encre noir, luckily. I will definitely not buy a full bottle of this.
Scent: 5/10
Projection: 5/10
Longevity: 6/10

Not a fan of this spicy oud-
This is that raw oud... it's a bit too raw for me-
Some oud is ok to me but this... nooooo thanks!!! #Scrubber

Upon first sniff my nose registered this a familiar yet slightly different. It very much smells like Encre Noir with some clean oud layered in. I don't get the mentions of Gucci Guilty Absolute which has that medicinal / band aide smell that resembles Indonesian oud. This oud doesn't appear to be Indonesian oud to me. If it is ,the piney/smokiness notes in the composition are covering it up for me. I like this scent but I think I can recreate it with a 2 scent layer of Encre Noir and one of my ouds for a fraction of the cost of bottle of Purple oud. If money were no objection I would have this in my rotation.

💯💯💯💯

@ negusamplified nailed it. This is a smoother, sweeter version of GGA with most of the hospital/band aid smell removed. Imminently wearable and a solid release for Dior Privee.

Perhaps an ode to Alberto Morillas from Francois Demachy. This smells as if Kilian Musk Oud (2013) and Gucci Guilty Absolute (2017) both Morillas creations had a baby giving us this guy Purple Oud (2018). This to me is a more smoother version of GGA with less of that “hospital smell”.

Opened up leathery to me, making it a bit similar to Gucci Guilty Absolute.
Edit. Skin spray was almost gone after 5 hrs. Clothing spray was still projecting somewhat.
Edit. Still remained on clothing as skin scent after 12 hrs.

A heavy, almost single-note oud opening. The pink pepper is consistently fluttering about in the background. As time passes it smells like extremely smoky leather on me. I like how intense it is but it lacks depth and just smells like a businessman who chainsmokes cigars.

Fresh, Bitter, Oudy and Spicy
Not that complex but a beautiful fragrance,
Not that powerful in performance but not too bad, it’s Dior I was expecting better performance 🎭

Quite an astringent, bitter saffron-oud combo that suffers from a lack of floral sweetness. As soon as it went on, I thought to myself how this was too bitter, and it didn't really develop over its life to persuade me.
It isn't bad, per se, just not enough going on, I feel...

A niche version of Gucci Guilty Absolute, yet it fails to have the same effect on me as the Gucci. A really nice smell on its own, but for an exclusive collection? hmmm....i dont know...

This is an amazing frag. It’s like Oud that went to the best and most expensive school. I can feel the luxury!

Longevity - 7/10

It opens really nice, but the dry down 20 minutes later smells like B.O. and stinky arm pits.

The dry down on my skin is what makes me prefer this over Oud Ispahan. It's more gentle & feminine during the dry down (I'd like to emphasise again, on my skin). A sheer balance between peppery & floral notes- complimenting the oud. As it dries down the oud is there but really tame, but still there. Love it! It's still an oud-prominent fragrance and maybe not a safe blind buy for those who are not used to oud (but really worth the try!) Longevity & silage is slightly weaker than Oud Ispahan though. But it still lasts all day without re-applying!

No wonder why Demachy is out of Dior, this is identical to Gucci Guilty Absolute. Besides that, I really liked it.

یه عطر بینهایت با کیفیت و پر ظرافت. عود بسیاااار اروم و شیک و ظریف کار شده حتی از رویال عود کرید (که به نظرم استادانه ترین عود شناخته شده و همه پسنده) هم لطیف تر. فضای مکمل عود سیتروسیه و بازم ملو ولی باوقار. سهم فلفل هم اینجا کم نیست اما محوریت همچنان تا پایان عوده.
گول نخورین شبیه این عطرایی که براش ذکر شده نیست اصلن
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Scent & Quality: 9/10
Longevity: 7/10
Sillage: 7/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 8/10
Affordability: 2/10
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Overall: 6.6/10

I get STRONG Terre d'Hermes vibes here, but scent itself is closer to band-aids from Gucci Guilty Absolute, especially in a drydown, as well as Frederic Malle Vetiver Extraordinaire. I haven't tried Rasasi Al Boruz Asrar Indonesia, which is supposed to be bergamot/oud combo, but I suspect that it would smell similar.

All recent Dior Private line fragrances seem for me to be like LEGO models - various recombination of some 'building block' notes, this one has the same leathery-woody note from Oud Isphahan and Leather Oud, but its now with pepper and citrus. On the other hand, this citrus is the same as in Patchouli Imperial.

Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin
It's time we all reach out for something new,

I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple oud,
purple oud, purple oud!
woo

Dior Purple Oud opens with a strong projection of oud, sweet citrus, and spicy notes. The opening is bold, mature, dark, and projecting, challenging, elegant, and pleasant. Other than the oud, which is at the top of the opening notes, the orange, pink pepper, and saffron create an equally balanced accord. The oud in this fragrance is pungent, very dark, with a combustible or gasoline vibe, yet elegant and refined. The orange creates a pleasant sweet citrus accord, but it is short-lived, what remains is the spiciness of the pink pepper and saffron and combined create a bittersweet spice, slightly leathery, and earthy accord. The fragrance is relatively linear, the opening has a delectable sweet orange touch, but it dissipates towards the dry down, also, towards the dry down, the oud relaxes a bit, the harshness of that initial combustible or gasoline vibe subsides a bit, but the note remains dark and bold. Once Dior Purple Oud has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a very strong projection, slightly sweet, oud, and spicy fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, casual, commanding, dark, dense, dry, earthy, elegant, formal, harsh, heavy, imposing, masculine, mature, moderate-quality, mysterious, nocturnal, old-fashion, oriental, powerful, pungent, slightly sweet, warm, and pleasant.

BATCH REVIEWED: 2020.
WOW RATING: 10/10. A bold, pungent, dark oud, and spicy fragrance.
DISLIKE RATING: 7/10. The oud is very strong, with a combustible or gasoline vibe.
UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The intensity of the notes creates a unique fragrance.
MASS APPEAL: 2/10. This is a fragrance for connoisseurs, those lovers of dark oud.
PROJECTION: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet around the wearer.
SILLAGE: 7/10. Excellent, about 7 feet behind the wearer.
APPLICATION: 2-4 atomizations.
LONGEVITY: 6/10. Very good, about 6 hours, it projects well for 5 hours.
SEASONS: Winter, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments.
OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, casual, holidays, clubbing.
VERSATILITY: 4/10. A mature, bold, and dark oud fragrance ideal for casual or formal wear.
GENDER: Masculine.
AGES: 30 and above.
RECOMMENDATION: Dior Purple Oud 4.2oz can be found retail for $220. It is a good fragrance but reserved for those that appreciate its dark, bold, oud, and spicy notes. It is a nice-to-have.
BLIND-BUY: No, sample it first.
SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Amouage Jubilation XXV Man's EDP is a great oud and sweet fruity fragrance;
Bond No 9 New York Amber EDP is a high-quality, mildly sweet, very resinous amber, myrrh, oud, and rose fragrance; Chanel Les Exclusifs Sycomore EDP, is a good, intense, strong oud fragrance; John Varvatos Oud Men EDP is a low projection dark tobacco, incense, oud, myrrh, and spices fragrance; Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade EDP is a fantastic, dark, incense, oud, and roses fragrance; Mancera Black Gold is a fantastic, intense, oud, floral, and leather fragrance; Mancera Gold Intensitive Aoud is a very good, intense, oud, flowers, citrus, and musk fragrance; Mancera Gold Prestigium is a superb, intense, oud, leather, roses, and vanilla fragrance; Montale Aoud Leather EDP is a strong white leather, oud, and spices, fragrance; Montale Arabians Unisex EDP is an impressive, strong projection, oud, leather, ambergris, and spicy thyme fragrance; Montale Honey Aoud is a great, strong projection, very sweet honey, oud, and light spicy fragrance; Montale Oudmazing is great, a strong projection, sweet vanilla, fruity fig, grape, pear, mild powdery white musk, and oud fragrance; Scentstory 24 For Men is a soft pepper, anise, oud, and mossy fragrance; Tom Ford Oud Wood is a great, mild, slightly sweet, woody, and spicy fragrance; Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense is a great, intense, dark oud, leather, and spicy fragrance; Zaharoff Signature Pour Homme is a great sweet resinous, incense, woody, spicy, and green fragrance; Xerjoff More Than Words is a very good, oud, sweet, fruity, floral, and ambergris fragrance; Dior Purple Oud is a good, but challenging, intense, slightly sweet, oud, and spicy fragrance.
SUMMARY: A very strong projection, slightly sweet, oud, and spicy fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, casual, commanding, dark, dense, dry, earthy, elegant, formal, harsh, heavy, imposing, masculine, mature, moderate-quality, mysterious, nocturnal, old-fashion, oriental, powerful, pungent, slightly sweet, warm, and pleasant.

Dead ringer for Oud & Bergamot by Jo Malone + Gucci Guilty Absolute

Maison Christian Dior releases over the last few years seem to be quite polarising. They are (as my wee Mammy used to say "all sugar or all shite!") and I would agree with that consensus in the main. As to Purple Oud...

Purple Oud is an amazing fragrance if you want to smell like Disinfectant or a Kitchen Cleaner product. TMN It smells like Dettol/disinfectant right from the off. If I wanted to smell like this, I could buy some disinfectant in the local store for a couple of quid, so it makes Purple Oud a hard buy at over £200.00. ;)

Yet again, we have another MCD fragrance where Dior hope you will buy into the myth that your getting a Wagyu steak when you're actually buying a bacon cheese burger. Needless to say it's my least favourite of the Dior Ouds. ;)

CONCLUSION | ★
Can you tell I didn't like it? ;)

The oud note here, while clean and non-animalic, has a bit of a tire rubber and medicinal smell. This fragrance is also very dry, cold, and strangely has lots of dark vetiver nuances. I can completely see the encre noire comparisons. I can’t say I love this, but it’s definitely interesting and worth sampling further

Opens up with a Dettol-like smell. After a few minutes dries down to a medicinal boozy type scent.

Try Creed Royal Oud if you are into an Oud scent with little to no oud but a refined gentlemanly smell.

The smell of a cold luxury home that has been cleaned. Oud with a medicinal, cold twist.
It sort of reminds me of Dzongkha, which is better in my opinion.

After a minute or two, upon settling, this immediately projects an aura of top notch ingredients and sophistication.

An oud note as the main player seems overplayed but this is impressive and leans masculine but definitely unisex.

Opens up like a more sedate Oud Ispahan, dries down to a Somerset levels barnyard. Its OK, but nothing you cant get in other oud fragrances that dry down to something nicer

If anyone has a bottle of this for sale, please send me a message.

La même odeur en plus doux et plus frais que dark lord by Kilian c est un jolie parfum 7/10 j’ai aimé très sympa il sent pas trop le oud mais plus le vetiver

Wow ! Guess I found my new signature perfume after light blue !
Its fresh, classy and sophisticated. Its wearable all day and night in al seasons

This is really a great release from Dior. A saffrony/spicy oud that keeps some freshness from top to base (the secret from Demachy). Quite unique.

I agree with the previous reviewer, and despite I don't like to be mean, I have to seriously suggest anyone finding some remote similarity with Encre Noire to take an appointment with an otolaryngologist.

Fall/Spring evenings, 25+

Tried it few days ago.

I deny it has anything in common with Gucci Guilty Absolute or with Lalique Encre Noire.

This is a peppery oud leaning feminine to me.

Not worth sniffing, not worth attention.

Sadly I came to conclusion Francois Demachy is destroying both the prive and regular fragrance lines either by discontinuation and pushing new, crappy fragrances through - or by reformulation of existing ones.

Stunning fragrance been wearing this now for a good few months and it just gets better and better, only slight negative is its not as long lasting or the projection of oud ispahan but I slightly enjoy this more than oud ispahan. Top 10 fragrance for me love it.

Update. After wearing this for almost a year now, this is true beast mode and probably actually slightly stronger that the old formula Oud Ispahan

The opening is devine - is out of this world - I have to edit my previous review - I wore the fragrance a couple of times in the last months I learned to appreciate the dry down - it's more than just Oud - this will even better wearing it in the fall or winter

It smells like pink peppercorn and wrestling mats, I love it.

I simply love this Oud variation! There is something fresh and spicy that gives the Oud in it a much more youthful appearance. Probably the pink pepper. It has an addictive quality, and it lingers in one's nostrils long after the initial spray. Better still, on a scarf or another garment. Divine!

I can see it sharing obvious similarities with Gucci Guilty pour homme absolue( consider it a denser version), as well as Encre Noire as the post below suggests.

This is literally a variation on Encre Noire. WTF Dior ? (Also, it shows how much people reviewing fragrances trust the notes and not their noses).

Kind of a wimpy oud...It honestly reminds me of a weaker Gucci Guilty Absolute! Vetiver, woody oud notes, leather,and some citrus. It also smells a lot like Encre Noir Sport because of the citrus and vetiver.(at 10X the price!)

I think it is a safe office oud that is unisex. It could be used as an introduction to oud scents as it is lighter than many. But I would not buy this if you don't like vetiver as it is definitely present. It's the nuttier side of vetiver. I think both sillage and longevity are not that great considering the cost of the juice.

It is a well-blended juice...but it doesn't really do anything that others have done before. 1 spritz of GGA will equal about 3 of these...and with GGA's current prices, buying GGA instead is a no-brainer.

Tried it today in the shop and it was not a WOW scent unfortunately. It is woody and a bit inky. The drydown gives a slight feeling of encre noir but with more woody notes (possible from the oud). The oud is not medicinal though, which is a good thing.

Scent: 7.5/10
Longevity: 8/10
Projection:7/10

Purple Oud is a Linear woody fragrance that wears relatively close to the skin. The longevity is outstanding and is 100% work safe. This is not the Ispahan and leather monster I am accustomed to. Purple Oud is a very nice toned down version of the two with no rose or leather but just a woody aspect that I am quite fond of, and have added to my collection.

It is peppery and floral. Leans towards femininity, oud is in the background but never takes over. The Dior sales rep was spraying everyone with Oud Ispahan and promoting OI, which tells you something. It's something new, but not groundbreaking and lags behind OI.

This is a very masculine fragrance, its like Fat Electrician. That being said its a horrible fragrance, pepper, Iso E super and Norlimbol , a very flat fragrance.

Terrible perfume in my opinion. A very harsh, peppery oud - feels unbalanced, unfinished and why is it called Purple Oud? I suspect because there is purple colour added to the liquid. A let down in the otherwise stunning Maison Christian Dior collection.

Dior Purple Oud is a entry in the new Maison Christian Dior collection, which supplants the Dior Privee line launched early in the millennium. Purple Oud has the distinction, along with Santal Noir, of being an offering that is not available through standard retail means in the United States, but rather only on the UK and other websites worldwide, just not the US.

The name is bit perplexing, as well, as there's nothing fruity or floral about the fragrance that conjures purple.

Regardless, the fragrance itself is a mix of orange, pink pepper, saffron, cedar, and eponymous oud. It opens with proportionately more citrus and then dries down to the spicy woody blend. It's never really overpowering in any one aspect, but the citrus gives way to a woodier dominance on the dry down, with the saffron adding plenty of character and pepper adding some spiciness, predictably.

It comes off as a somewhat masculine-leaning classic, by no means a fougere as far as scent type, but surely a woody/spicy work that strikes me as a versatile offering for my own wearing, the splash of citrus providing just enough levity to keep this from being an evening/autumn/winter fragrance.

Purple Oud's performance leaves something to be desired. While I'm unsurprised that a freshie like Balade Sauvage does not boast much longevity or projection, Purple Oud does not project for very long, and ideally it'd be a little bit more robust in this area. Still, modest projection with very good longevity is a combination that's useful its own way as far as being inoffensive, though this scent is not likely to offend even if projecting or close proximity.

Overall, it's an offering that is nice and has some gravitas, unlike the majority of the fragrances in the Maison Christian Dior collection that are available in the US.

8 out of 10

What I like most about this fragrance is the name Purple Oud which is not the best thing you could say about a fragrance don't get me wrong it's not by any means a bad fragrance it's just not purple nor does it contain enough oud to add it to the title. Purple Oud essentially is a vetiver fragrance which was very confusing when I first tried it I checked the name twice to make sure I was spraying the right fragrance lol.

On to the smell of Purple Oud and just to let you know I'm only using my nose to dissect this fragrance no list of notes or anything. Purple Oud has a nice citrus opening bergamot maybe? also something that feels like sparkling champagne which I usually associate with aldehydes so far the fragrance feels like more of a sunny green in color than purple it's very uplifting. The mid of the fragrance is all about the vetiver paired with a bit of patchouly and maybe a blend of woods it's nicely smokey with earthy tones and there is the slightest bit of bitter dusty chocolate and color wise it feels dark green to brown now. Although I love the mid very much it's reminds me a lot of another fragrance that I love and own which is Sycamore by Chanel so it doesn't get any points from originality for me. In the dry down the fragrance doesn't change much except I finally get some oud it's adds this inky character to the fragrance which quite unique but again there isn't enough oud there for it to be an oud fragrance. Longevity is excellent with 12+ hours and moderate to strong projection leaning more towards strong.

In conclusion, even though I find Purple Oud to be a very well made welll blended fragrance it feels to me like Dior is trying to milk the oud cow just by adding it to the name. Also there are no new surprises here with Purple Oud which is heavily inspired by Chanel's Sycamore. Still I'm huge fan of the line and did enjoy many of the new lighter offerings.

Love it! So different a take on Oud. Purple Oud = Pepper Oud.

Quite simply...fantastic! I had hugely high, even unrealistic expectations about this one to the point I was preparing to be disappointed and it’s not! Purple Oud is a really impactful scent with a bold, provocative and highly original opening. Purple Oud is a Purple as Prince! It’s fruity, but not sweet and definitely not playing around, it means some serious business and although completely changes when settled, some scents you can feel the basenotes lurking from the very first slightest, waft, like gazing at a distant storm you know a short time from now will be right upon you. I’d say it’s berry like, blackcurrant and hints of dark licorice melt away into a leathery, woody, Oud smell, which is rubbery and with hints of skankiness and minimal touches of smoke. The very deep drydown after about 6 hours is a very low lying, clean woody smell. It’s intoxicating, interesting, even a little strange and challenging at times but Demachy has created something I think deserves a great amount of merit.

Of the three ouds in the Maison Christian Dior line, Purple Oud is the easiest to wear. It’s certainly not weak and has above average longevity, but it’s not as monsterous as Oud Ispahan and not as skanky as Leather Oud.

I’ve yet to figure out why it’s called Purple Oud. There’s nothing “purple” about it apart from the colour of the juice. Nothing about the smell profile seems to naturally conjure up the colour purple.

The opening has a prominent orange note (mandarin?) coupled with pink pepper. The orange recedes a little over time but never disappears. As it drifts into the background, the oud takes centre stage. Compared with the oud notes of OI and LO, it‘s cleaner and less piercing; no barnyard or fecal undertones. I also occasionally pick up a vetiver note, very similar to that found in Chanel Sycomore.

It’s a very unique scent, at times fresh and clean, at others spicy, smoky and a little dark. I’m happy to have it in my collection and I’m glad to have a Dior oud that I can wear without gassing my office co-workers!

A masculine spicy woody earthy rubbery vetiver/oud.

A beautiful start with mostly pink pepper and orange with some saffron. It does smell oudy and woody from the start though. I get a hint of a green note as well.

The woods (cedarwood) and vetiver quickly appear followed by an increase in the rubbery style Oud (not skanky nor animalic) that was in the background.

Projection and longevity are moderate.

overall score: 8.0/10

Don't get your hopes up.

The Privée line is hit or miss for me, I have a handful of favourites (Oud Ispahan, Jasmin des Anges and Bois D'Argent to name a few). When Dior gets it right, my oh my do they blow me away. Purple Oud and their other new fragrance Santal Noir, were formulated to perfection. Purple Oud opens with a heady blast of saffron, pink peppercorn and cardamom (I believe). I also detected a fleeting citrus note which was rather nice and uplifting. After a few minutes, the Oud emerged: carnal and unforgiving. Wow. I don't tend to like very strong Oud - I'm one of those Oud with Turkish Rose or Tobacco lovers (overdone, I know but it always smells good) - so I was surprised that this was not only strong and pleasant but also narcotic as opposed to nauseating.This has an oriental feel to it with spicy and leathery undertones. Absolutely stunning, with excellent longevity {10+ hours on my skin} and projection.10/10

ETA: In comparison to Oud Ispahan, they are two distinct fragrances. Oud Ispahan is a sweeter, floral Oud whereas this is spicy and 'darker'.

Dear La DamedeNoir,

Thank you for your comment.
I meant :
Dior Homme since 2007.
Addict the classic.
Miss dior.
Midnight poison.
Portifino.
All of these are respected work, high quality, and unique. They were all created by Francois.

Its true I wasn’t clear when I said 1947, in which I meant the start point was at that time, but also there is a perfume was created and called new look 1947. “ reflects classic , antique smell”. It has its own costumers.

I also agree with you in regards the quality is directed to business rather than quality recently. Let’s agree the perception of smelling is changing with age!

Usually elderly has hormonal changes. Testesterone is going down or androgens “ females hormone” is going slightly up. “ this will change men behaviors to become more gentle than they used in their youth. Look at Francois recent work,,, all creations show sort of lighter, and sweeter scents. So, the perception does change.

Look at Lancôme, they are using different perfume designers to create different ideas and have different perception in the la Maison collection. Pictachio and rose does reflect new work with high quality, although the rest of the new products is not that unique.

Lancôme has created really unique work of perfumery art that deserve to be remembered. The only issue with Lancôme is many of their unique work is being discontinued. Some of the products were discontinued over 2, and others over 7 years, yet you find people look for those products or maybe offer to re sell what is left of used bottle with higher price.
For example Mille rose et une rose, potetre, and “””” Aroma calm”””.

Thank you cupake. I think you are right!
I just removed the details of my work!

Thank you,

@Prof_th Thank you for your in depth review! I wish you all the best with your perfume business. Maybe you should edit your comment and keep the details about your business to yourself. ;)

Dear all,

I hope everyone is doing well. I would like to give my own opinion of the latest 10 Dior products from the private collection includong Purple Pud and Santal noir. I respect everybody’s opinion and i am judging based on my nose.

Starting with both Purple Oud (PO) and Santal noir (SN). They are both smell differently and i would say they are almost new to dior collection especially PO.

Purple Oud smells definitely Oud and no one can mistake that there is an orange note there. This fragrance smells new to dior collection, but not new to the market. This product resembles one of the best selling in the private collection products in Chanel. I would say 70% resembles Sycamore. So, i would expect the selling could be high for this product.

On the other side, SN is not really new perfume smells, although it seems new only from the opening notes. Santal noir contains sandalwood and musk. There is also a very sweet component which i would expect to be Amber. I feel Amber is being overly used although i like sweet perfumes. I am an experience man on musk component and i feel the musk is used in this product “”may”” not be in very high quality. This product seems to be resembling a combination of “”” Ambre nuit and Feve delicieuse”. I would expect this product will be selling high because many people prefer ambre nuit.

Both product I just mention have longer longevity compared with the 8 products released 2018. However, they do not last long like Oud Ispahan.

Talking briefly about the new 8 products.
In my humble opinion, they are not my cup of tea. I feel that Francois is repeating himself. Each new fragrance is inspired from an older version from dior products with small manipulation. For example Tera Bella is a repeat of portifino with some alteration in the notes. Lucky is a repeat of diorsimo but maybe more bargemot is being added. Dioramour is a replication of Dior home. The only new fragrances from the 10 new products I would say ( purple Oud, Sakura “ cherry” , and savage balad “ fig” ).
I was expecting more from Francois, but I still respect his work. He already created many perfumes that stayed in the market since 1947.
My expectation was a bit high because:
1- I was expecting to produce new scents that they don’t exist in the market.
2- i was expecting to produce 1 or 2 new fragrances instead of 10 at once. ( it seems to me producing 10 different perfumes at once can cover many people’s taste. It also seems to be profitable idea in the market. “ Louis vouitton launched 10 perfumes at once in the market, and I don’t like companies copying others ideas and deliver it to people.
3- if this is the scenario of producing 10 at once, at least I was expecting to produce 5 lighter scents and other strong scents , so many people can enjoy.


“ I guess Lancôme and Tomford were the first companies who produced scents that contains chestnuts. “ that kind of idea I am looking for.

I am suggesting to start simple and produce Yalang yalang with “ new item that haven’t been explored in the market”.

Or Oud, cardamom, rose, amber and a signature “chocolate”. Or add milky creamy component. Sometimes if we want to go with normal repeated scents, then we should talk about higher quality.


I am planing to start my own small scale perfume collection by next year. My ideas will be different than today’s designers. I am going to produce perfumes characterized to 5 features of each different person. It’s more like personalized perfume. Hope i can succeed and deliver my ideas.

“ I still respect designers work, but recently I am against competing with others in the market, just to get profit”.

The idea of producing different versions of one perfume is really based on marketing. Dior homme the classic is super nice and unique perfume in the market, why do we need to make sport, cologn, and intense version? The only thing I can think of is to widen th range to cover more people taste and increase the marketing of that successful products. The other thing that comes to my mind, is that it is easier to manipulate a scent and twist it instead of creating a new fragrance from the scratch.
For examples;
Dior sauvage.
Chanel coco madmoisel intense,,, etc.
Chanel blue intense “ coming soon”.
And many other exampels .... etc.

Sorry to make it long, and excuse my spelling.
I hope my description is helpful to many people.

Thank you,

Prot_T.

Very very unique scent and it lasts forever

this was on sale in Dubai at the dior store in november 2017 for 10 days! smells amazing

Apparently being released very soon with all the other new ones, first at Saks in the U.S.