Les Absolus d'Orient Cuir Intense Eau de Parfum vs Nostro Oud Eau de Parfum

This one's a proper wild beast, not for the faint of heart or an easy blind buy. It's a polarizing, opulent leather bomb with monstrous performance that inspires adoration in some and outright revulsion in others. Try before you commit.

Nostro Oud is Perfume Parlour's dupe of Etat Libre d'Orange's Nostos, translating its rose-suede-incense heart and oud-sandalwood base into an approachable everyday oud. It reads as a dark, smoky woody-floral with good bones, though it's a simpler interpretation of Nostos's more unconventional niche construction.