La Panthere Noir Absolu

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• FranSeatJones.

  April 12, 2020

  

  I wanted to try something with oud, as I hadn’t touched this genre since 2010 when I bought the YSL M7. I tested it again this Christmas and… 🤣🤣 it has not a single trace of what I remember from the original bottle, nor the one from the collection I tried. Well, I always go off on a tangent. After reading about oud intensity and purity levels, I opted for the Panthere Noir Absolu. The Panthere (original version) is marvelous, so I thought: why not try oud in a flanker of a scent I know, adore, and represents me? As I repeat, I don’t understand oud quality nuances, but in the Noir Absolu there is no middle ground: it either smells like burnt-outdoor horse manure, with that charred-stable vibe niche reviewers mention, or it’s fucking good for that reason, with a fecal note I sometimes detect. I’m in a mess, I don’t know if I like it. The opening is a brutal wood… toasted? Smoky, resinous notes. Although it doesn’t resemble its sister at all, the gardenia becomes very noticeable after 2-3 hours, as the woods luckily relax. It’s very elegant and I even see it as summer-appropriate, for cool nights. I really recommend it (not blindly) and I’d love for an oud expert to try it and comment, telling me the intensity level and helping me decide if it fits my olfactory palate. I think when I use it, I’ll dare to layer it with a potent vanilla to see how it goes, because I believe it suits it well to feel more comfortable (until I get used to it). It has a frightening longevity and a noticeable sillage for the first 6 hours, then it relaxes a lot, though it persists for ages. Clearly, this scent is a panther, at night, starving and wary of its cubs… quite a danger, indeed.