Shams Oud

Currently wearing Shams Oud on Black Friday and I must say this fragrance is addictive. Its not a loud scent but it projects and is perfectly unisex. Its a rich and luxurious, clean, somewhat powdery scent, but it is unique, has depth and is not cloying or overpowering. It doesn't dumb itself down in the drydown stages, it maintains its uniqueness. Fellas, when you want something that is sneaky slick to steal some attention, this one is a secret weapon. It is well blended and when someone is near you they will love it. Perfect for date night or Netflix and chill.

Shams smells like you are in an old cabin, where you have lit a fire with old dry wood logs from pine, sitting on a old handmade leather sofa made from sheep or deer skin. If you grew up in a cabin near a forest with alot of animals you will recognize this scent. Would I wear it? No, I dont think there will be any occasion where this would work as a scent

Proper take on oud. Warm, spicy oud, with an animalic barnyardy facet. As it dries, the animalic note dials down and the warm, spicy, oud scent becomes more resinous and powdery. Soft, woody, spicy, warm, oudy, powdery, resinous. Oud Shams stays true to the word oud. This is the kind of oud smell popular in Arabia if you ever wondered but not necessary Memo's Shams Oud itself. By the way, Shams Oud translates into "Sun Oud". There is an immensely popular oud line called "Al Shams" from Ajmal, & it pioneered the pair naming of Oud & Shams (sun). That line is much more oudier & performs tremendously than Memo's but they don't smell alike. This is a cool weather, mature wear that leans masculine. "Like"

Shams Oud is a real knockout and top marks for creative vision, I can't recall smelling a fragrance like this? Shams opens with the full on might of the rest of this line, definite oud quality with a balsamic warmth and pepper sharpness. This is an onslaught, a total envelopment of quality ingredients like saffron and oud taking on that strange, other worldly smell. The top notes remain and I get a definite spicy sweetness like clove/cinnamon/ginger throughout this fragrance which along with the deep resins and precious woods make Shams oud a very special brew indeed. I only tried this in store first on a card then on my skin, so I need to get a proper sample to wear. However I wrote the review because I was dying to comment on this wonderful stuff. Still far too much money to shell out for one of these and far too much juice in the bottle for me. For the record I do have full test size samples of Moon Leather (not in the database yet), African Leather and maybe a couple of others so I have the opportunity to see if they stack up. My opinion of Memo from what I have tried is pretty high though.

I checked it side by side with Al Andalus from Moresque. They are similar but Al Andalus is more harsh. Shams Oud has more depth and is smoother. I prefer Shams Oud but indeed they are similar.