Blu
Agar Aura

Essentially another rose-oud but not like most rose-ouds I've encountered. It's not super loud and the rose is barely there. It is quite fresh and clean and not dark or heavy.

It opens with a touch of white rose, an absinthe accord and papyrus. None of these overwhelm and are from the get go surrounded by the ouds. A blend of Malaysian and Thai ouds which impart a woodiness that is clearly oud but tamer than most. It doesn't smell synthetic by any means but is a clean, almost sanitized, oud. The absinthe adds a fresh coolness and every so often the rose peeks it's head out.
Both oakmoss and vetiver are listed in the base and they do provide the ouds a cushy throne from which to hold court. The ouds are front and center - it is their show!

I believe this beautiful fragrance has been discontinued.and it's a shame if it has. There's room out there for a fresh oud like this.
Blu was priced at $395/25ml when available.
Performance is excellent both in terms of longevity and sillage.

From the few I've tried (Blu, Oud Fougere, Agar Attar) from the house of Agar Aura it's clear to me that they really know their oud and they only release top notch perfumes. Everything I've tried from them is never short of outstanding.

*referring to original release

Amazing, clean, refreshing, sunshiney, white mountain clouds, blue waters and more sunshine oud. Deceivingly complex. Fantastic.

I sometimes get what smells sorta like sandalwood. I described it as if under a palm tree at the edge of the beach on an island and a piece of driftwood calmly floating by in the sun over the clear, transparent, shallow blue-green water. Taha informed me it is an effect of the oud he used, but no sandalwood is in there. There's a sweetness to this akin to a not so ripe blueberry accompanied by the tartness which puts the balance right where I want it to be. It's a challenge to see the individual ingredients but once you do, they pop in and out of the composition and shift around confusing the nose brain in the best way. Love this stuff. Best worn on a summer day. The morning after with Blu leaves a beautiful, inviting, chewy, warmed by the sun Oud remaining that is not faint, but really present.

It really does smell Blue. It smells like a warm sunny bright blue sky in heaven would smell. That's the image I would sum it up with.

Clear blue skies.
Ice-Capped mountains.
Blue hydrangea growing at the base of a waterfall.
Brilliant sunshine.
Ozone.