Oumma
Stéphane Humbert Lucas (2013)

I never got much smokiness from this as others typically mention, which was disappointing to me. Instead, it came across as a fairly standard rose-oud combo, backed by some dark sweetness from the resins. Nice, but not particularly unique to me.

Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 has created a wonderful, dense and dark fragrance with Oumma.

It has a balsamic, agarwood-y quality that grabs my attention immediately. Stéphane Humbert Lucas deliberately created a rosy-oud scent that, while a common phenomenon in the fragrance arena, is well-crafted in a very reverent, thoughtful way. The use of two balsams - tolu and peru - make for a resin-resplendent creation that is full of character!

Smokiness, spiciness, ashiness (from cade), floral smoothness...Oumma is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill oud-rose outing. It is truly a warming journey, an olfactive experience worthy of trial and possibly purchase, as it is not nearly as overly priced (as SHL's Oud 777).

A dark rose, smoke, incense and oud fragrance is Oumma. This is the "real" Black Aoud - sorry the name is taken, but Oumma is a unique fragrance nonetheless. The dark character which hints at hidden mysteries is an unstated ingredient in the presence which has a healing, redemptive quality from smokey cade oil, dark rose essence with warm oud oil blended with earthy nagarmotha root oil which is is an ayurvedic healing plant. The notes listed elsewhere are more accurate: Egyptian jasmine, Moroccan rose, Peruvian balsam, balsam tolu, ashes of cade, Burmese oud, nagarmotha. The cade and nagarmotha ground the powerful rose/oud of this fragrance offering a unique quality I've not seen anywhere else. Excellence! Is it worth the extraordinary price? There are more costly and less costly fragrances of excellence. The ingredients are fine, but what price do you put on inspiration born from years of life experience that gives rise to a creation of such a thing?