Nomaoud Comptoir Sud Pacifique for women and men

I bought this perfume because I wanted to try an exotic scent but I usually stick to gourmonds. Well as Cereza stated, it opened good but then it does turn to a strange leather and smoked sausages musky scent. It does have huge silage and longevity on my skin it projected far for the first couple hours and stayed on my skin around 8 hours. Over all it would be good for a room spray or car scent but not to wear.

Hmmm...as Doc Elly notes below, this is indeed a Montale for the masses!

Nomaoud also happens to be very close to several middle eastern mukhallat (blends) I have, so much so that if you blindfolded me and asked me what it was, I would have said it could be one of them.

This is sweet, sweet saffron touched with rose and a dollop of some sort of oud-esque aromachemical. I think its gorgeous, but then, I think the middle eastern perfume style is fabulous. If you happen to be intimidated by taking a VERY affordable chance with something like Al Rasasi's Esraa, Manal or Mukhallat al Oudh, Nomaoud is a good western equivalent, albeit a more costly one.

I've been aching to have it for years - I also have Aoud de Nuit and Aouda by Comptoir Sud Pacifique - but had I known how similar it is to several middle eastern perfumes that are part of my wardrobe I could have skipped it.

I think Nomaoud is a must for saffron lovers with no easy access to Arabian perfumes, additionally, the "oud" note is not as mothbally and strong as in Aoud de Nuit (which I love), so it is also a very accessible introduction to a non-European perfume style, and certainly less expensive than the Montales or Amouages.

Oh wow, it opened actually good, but then it changed to something awful and the only thing I feel on my wrist is leather and smoked sausages, really, this is so weird and so bad.

Starts out with a refreshing mix of citrus, saffron, flowers, woody notes, and synthetic oud. I think the citrus comes mostly from the oily rose accord that was used, which is fairly dominant early on along with the saffron. The saffron-rose-woody combo lasts for about 4-5 hours, with moderate sillage, then slowly dries down to a warm musky skin scent with just a hint of incense.

A couple of years ago when it first came out, I wore Nomaoud to work a lot, almost as a signature scent. Coming back to it after sniffing a whole lot of other perfumes of all sorts, it’s even better than I remember. Nomaoud borrows a lot from the Arabian tradition while making it relatively affordable and palatable to those who have grown up with the European perfume aesthetic - a “Montale for the masses" if you will. Actually, I like it as well as many of the Montales that I've tried.

Nomaoud is slightly more fresh than Night Aoud and a little more spicy than Aouda. Not very dark, again, but very pleasant.