Amber Oud
Body Shop

The Body Shop Amber Oud is a fairly simple fragrance. Just as its names indicates, it first starts as an oud note fairly common in today's western interpretations: mostly woody with a hint of sweet berry nuance of rose, and just a tiny bit of animalic suggestion. This oud then turns somewhat nutty and becomes a supporting role to a powdery amber and sweet myrrh.

The fragrance then remains as such until it dissappears after about 8 hours, with occasional whiffs of oud's inkiness and muskiness stirring within the soft amber skin scent after the initial moderate sillage.

Compared to a few high-end western oud fragrances, this The Body Shop offering does feel lacking in nuance and slightly sharper at certain moments. But at the same time, it's far from being as obnoxious and arid as other expensive "oud" fragrances that rely on a stronger olfactory profile of aggressive woody amber aromachemicals. For its price point, it perfectly fullfills its purpose of providing just a small taste of the oud note and being easy to appreciate, nothing more, nothing less.