Luckyscent Videos: The Time by House of Oud

The House Of Oud is an excellent Italian line that we've been carrying for a few years. It's a collaboration with an Italian perfumer and an oud expert from Jakarta. But some of my favorites from this line have no discernible or obvious oud in them. And this is one of my favorites. It's a new release out 2018. It's called The Time. And it's a beautiful oolong tea with black tea.

I had been on the hunt for a tea. It just hit me last week. I wanted to wear a tea scent. Usually, teas I completely enjoy tend to lean towards osmanthus, a sort of floral green tea, or a jasmine tea. Or they go dark and tarry like an osman or a kimon in that black or a chai spiced tea. What I love about this one is it is exactly in the middle. It's neither floral nor is it too smoky. It's subtly smoky. In fact, it's more milky creamy if anything.

As I said, it is built around oolong and black tea notes in the heart. Then, there's a base of amber, cedar, iris, and musk. I feel like that gives it both this dry, cool sort of crispness, but it also leaves a powdery, gauzy texture to it. This fragrance feels a little gauzy, like you're being enveloped by a pleasant fog, like a morning fog or a fog in the mountains. It's very relaxing. It is transparent, but there's some weight to it.

The top notes are bergamot and lemon with a touch of chamomile. That combination gives it a fruitiness that I find very realistic. When you brew a really lovely oolong, there's always just a hint of fruitiness—almost like the crispness of an apple without the exact specific flavor of apple. There's that in this scent as well. Not specifically fruity, but just that energy, that freshness, and an almost mouth-watering effect.

It lasts for a long