Nemer
Boadicea the Victorious (2012)

This smells exactly like one of my wife's $9.99 lotions from a department store. In fact the smell, which remains quite linear during its brief lifespan, is a dead-ringer for a cherry blossom lotion. One difference is that the lotion lasts longer. Oud? I'm hard-pressed to find it. I do detect a synthy smelling sandalwood and the notes list cashmeran so there's that...
This is the first offering from the seemingly ubiquitous house of Boadicea the Victorious I've endured, er enjoyed, er sampled. I'm underwhelmed by this but perhaps other offerings are better? This doesn't seem deserving of the implied imprimatur of one of Albion's great heroines...

Company blurb: “Creamy, luxurious and sensual–the provocative power of Nemer is something to behold. It's a perfume full of pure elegance that promises to satisfy … Nemer's vibrant Turkish and Moroccan rose top notes are complemented by the central force of tiger oud, named after the tiger skin stripes which appear as the heart wood of the source tree is carefully cleaved. Few fragrances offer such vivacity on the skin, such a tingling feeling of luxury for the discerning few.”

You coulda fooled me. When I put this on, I got a plasticky rubber scent, followed by a thin, slightly sweet aquatic note that's no kind of rose, saffron, or anything else allegedly in this that I've ever experienced. The "rubber" could be tiger oud, though I suspect nearly all of Nemer's oud is of a synthetic stripe. I had been looking forward to Nemer from the note pyramid, but this is simply dreadful–cheap and nasty (and not in the good way).

Well this is the legendary one! A perfectly blended elixir of two types of finest roses injected with jasmine magic and swirled with sharp saffron/rose over finest sandalwood, patchouli and the heart of the scent is a rare tiger eye oud that adds a depth and magic to this scent not seen anywhere else, Legend has been achieved with Nemer.

A duplicate scent to Nemer is Kings Road (also by BdV) and although it has the same rose, jasmine, saffron, oud, patchouli, cedar and oud base and Kings Road also smells fabulous too. But, Kings Road is missing that extra pure rose note and also lacksTiger Oud that is that magic that gets you lost on the inhale around in each swirl of Nemer. Time stands still inside the Nemer base when the special oud is in there. The tiger oud in Nemer is like a warm hug - it makes sure the love is in there. Nemer costs twice the already costly Kings Road, but both are great saffron/rose/oud fragrances, however; Nemer achieves legendary status while Kings Road is just very good. Kings Road is an A+, but BOUDICEA THE VICTORIOUS NEMER is AA++.

Beautiful perfume from Boadicea, which evolves around rose,oud,saffron and sandalwood. I can't say it's unique but it smells of excellnet quality

this is rose and oud beautifully blended very very nice to me its one among the finest in boadicea collection for cold weather .

Terrible, disastrous...smells just like dirty diapers. It's a pity that, with the allegedly expensive ingredients, this potion smells like hell.