Or du Sérail
Perfumer: Bertrand Duchaufour
Votes lean feminine
461 ratings
From your scent profile
Naomi Goodsir Or du Sérail is a smoky, resinous unisex scent that sets sweet fruit notes against tobacco, labdanum and vanilla.
Skunky's take: Fruity and smiling, no serious airs at all.
How does it perform?
From 381 community ratings, all out of 10.
Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.
People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
Most people feel it is worth the price.
Blind buy risk
85% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Heart notesfirst few hours
Base noteswhat stays into the evening
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Fruity
- Sweet
- Gourmand
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
- Resinous
- Smoky
What does Or du Sérail smell like?
Its longevity is rated strong and its sillage good. Most voters pick autumn and winter, and it leans towards evenings and nights out rather than daytime or the office. Votes for feminine and masculine are close, so it reads as genuinely in between.
It opens with davana, rum, mango and orange, giving a fruity sweetness. In the heart, coconut and beeswax absolute soften that sweetness. As it settles, tobacco absolute, labdanum, vanilla and oak wood come forward, leaving a woody, smoky, spiced warmth.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Davana
- Cistus
- Rum
First hours
- Coconut
- Beeswax absolute
- Geranium
Towards evening
- Labdanum
- Oak wood absolute
- Tobacco absolute
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 38%Autumn
- 35%Winter
- 19%Spring
- 8%Summer
- Evening30%
- Nighttime27%
- Casual21%
- Daytime11%
- Office10%
Least picked for the office.
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