White Aoud EDP
| EDP | Concentration | EDP |
| U | Gender | M |
| 2006 | Year | 2019 |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
Tahrir EDP
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Which Should You Buy?
Pierre Montale's medicinal rose-oud composition - the softer, sweeter, more wearable sibling to Black Aoud. Saffron and Damascus rose lift a powdery oud-sandalwood core finished with a warm vanilla-amber glow.
Tahrir channels Penhaligon's Cairo with its radiant saffron-and-rose desert opening drying into sweet vanilla and woods. The warm, spicy desert-rose character comes through, though it projects softer and reads flatter than the niche original.
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Seasons
Fragrantica voters split 100% winter, 93.1% fall - the dense rose-oud-sandalwood composition is firmly cold-weather. The vanilla-amber drydown is warming rather than fresh; summer at 28% is the weakest fit because the powdery oud feels stifling in heat.
Occasions
Night and evening coded at 85.4% of voters - the rose-oud composition is dressed-up. Strongest fit is formal evenings, date nights, and special occasions where the powdery-warm projection is welcome. Office is risky on more than one spray; casual fit is weak.
Seasons
The warm, spicy saffron-rose-vanilla profile is built for autumn and winter and feels heavy in summer.
Occasions
Rich and sensual, it suits evenings, dates and formal occasions more than the office or daytime sport.
Similarity Breakdown
How alike these two fragrances smell, scored from their full scent profiles.
Both lean warm spicy, woody, rose
Subtle differences in overall composition
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