Armani Privé Oud Royal Giorgio Armani for women and men

This scent is intoxicating!! Musky, woody and sensual, my favourite kind of fragrance! I couldn't stop sniffing it! I tried this the other day and absolutely adored it, i thought finally this is the me scent i've been looking for!!! unfortunatley 'me' is apparently horrendously expensive :( It's over €200 here in Europe so i wont be purchasing unless I suddenly come into a lot of money (hmmm let me think about that one lol!)

This is my first review here. I can tell I have tried a lot of parfum in my young life of 30 now. Also I worked in a sensory lab for a short time and my nose is mostly very sensitive to some smells and odors.
Seeking again and again for a Winterfragrance like every year I found this Masterpiece. Oud is trendy today I know...so I tried 7 different Niche Oud Parfums on the market and only Tom Fords Oud Wood I kinda liked soso until I found OUD royal in Hamburg for 210 € after i read some raving reviews. I fell in love with the sample and in Berlin I had the chance to grap it for 190€ again but I still waited cause I am a broke student right now and bought Molton Brown ROGART before(fantastic,rarely composition of a fresh wood Scent). In Amsterdam for 150€ I got crazy and paid for it after all. Even tho I own a lot of Niche parfums and always push me back buying more I couldnt resist. For everyone who likes it woody and warm this is the scent to go, iI get the OUD, Amber and less Incense, stays quite long on clothes. On my skin it is getting sweeter. My top No.1 after 5 years of seeking. Highly recommend to all OUD Lovers out there. I think it is the best in its Category. Armani please dont let this discontinue! BRAVO!

scent: 9,5/10
longevity: 8/10

Piu' lo indosso, piu' lo sento mio, come un vestito in cui ti senti bene. Decisamente Oud Royal ha catturato i miei sensi. Amo anche l'incenso e la mirra, un po' meno l'ambra che risulta un po'stucchevole e la rosa, troppo frivola per me. Oud Royale invece mi ha colpito subito, é selvaggio. Mi piace, lo sento mio, come un'estensione di me, anche dopo molte ore che l'ho indossato, cio' che resta mi dà un senso di calore e benessere.In assoluto il mio preferito della collezione di questa linea di Armani Privé, anche di Cuir Noir,che ho avuto il piacere di sentire in anteprima. Mi mancherà quest'estate quando il caldo non gli permetterà di esprimersi al meglio...

Royal Oud is a very intense scent, but at the same time very elegant, like the others perfume belonging to this series.

Bravo Giorgio Armani!

This perfume leaves no one indifferent. It is strong, bold, woody oriental perfume, that takes very animalistic sexyness on my skin. It is even kind of shamelessly dirty on me. I've got comments like 'you could cause car crash on the street with that'. It is an oud perfume, which I think is not too popular amongst young girls, yet my friend, who's 4 years younger than me and loves mainstream crap likes this very much. That kind of says it - it's likeable and expensive smelling. I get mostly agarwood and spices/incense. It lingers on clothes for a long time. On skin it opens up brilliantly, it's a true aroma of oriental fairy tales. He, he... I'm glad we have it in our store, but again, it also has a luxurious price. Though, this is worthy investment.

A few of my friends claim that it is one of the best scents that came out last year and among the oud fragrances, it is also the most interesting scents.

I am not a massive fan of oud, but I can appreciate it. And it is a scent where oud is really out there in the foreground, not covered with roses and other additions. Bold, beautiful, strong. Other elements in this puzzle: amber, rose and incense, are only there to embellish it, not to overtake.

The scent is very smooth, a little thick, like a magic potion, and very, very woody. Nor raw wood, but polished and elegant, refined. A really good addition to the oud-inspired fragrance family.

This is truly Masterpiece I’m a fan of Oud fragrances and I have a lot of them
Such as m7, Tom Ford Oud Wood, Montale Black Aoud, Comme des Garcons Wonderwood, Arabian Nights, etc. But nothing .. I mean nothing can beat this gorgeous stunning piece of art!
If you like Oud fragrances, in fact even if you hate Aoud perfumes, this one will change your Opinion forever!
This is truly royal and makes me feel special, sexy, sophisticated, and unique.
On the first day that I wore this perfume, I received compliments from three different guys at the college who asked me what amazing perfume I’m wearing!
The same thing happened at home with my family!
In short this perfume is from deferent planet!

My Humble rating: 1010

Yesss, I finally could get my hands on this wonderful scent - after searching a possibility to buy it and after numerous inquiries to London, Paris and here in Germany (where, b.t.w. OR is not available at all) for about 6 months.

It is a dark, warm and spicy-woody scent. Cosy and yet unisex. Unsweet but not manly. Ambery but not too much on the feminine side. Wonderfully balanced with all its oud notes, spices (cardamamom, cinnamon, saffron) and the sandalwood-incense combo.
This oud is NOT harsh or medicinical as you know it from Montale. It has a slight rubbery note, yes, but it vanishes after the head note. Oud is always a rather special thing, you either like it or not and if you are into the stuff you might really enjoy OR.

To be frank, in the beginning OR very much reminds me of Ambre Sultan/S.Lutens and in the drydown I find bits of Black Cashmere/D.Karan but these are only fragments of a beautiful "flying carpet" (considering scents fly in the air and that this perfume should depict 1001 magical nights).
These herbal notes haunt me - this was totally new to my nose. The further the drydown develops the warmer and spicier OR becomes. After some hours I noticed a mild peppery note which I like a lot.

Very longlasting (it´s an EdP intense, whatever that may mean in detail) on my skin and with medium sillage only (so you could wear this during daytime).

The only downpoint (besides the price) is its limited, very limited, availability. You must either have great connections or a patient mind to get it.

I am very much enjoying my happy ending on this one.

dark spicy leathery soapy reminds me of tom fords bois marocain. a nice fragrance dry and somewhat expensive smelling.this is armani's take on Oud.nice yet not my style. i have long waited for this collection yet only rose d arabie caught my attention. none of them is unique.they have a sense of been there smelled that.