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soOud: Burqa Nektar
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soOud: Burqa Parfum Nektar
Mark Thompson 
28 Mar 2011
soOud: Burqa Parfum Nektar
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To put it plainly, ouds are intoxicating. As seductive as a snake charmer, as hypnotizing as Houdini, ouds have the capacity to lower your resistance and leave you panting for more.

Literally, oud is the Arabic word for "wood" - but that definition alone doesn’t begin to explain the centuries-old fascination with this potent resin that forms in the heartwood of the agarwood, a conifer indigenous to southeast Asia. So important and powerful is oud to the nose, mind, and soul that it is referenced in one of the world’s oldest written texts, the Sanskrit Vedas.

Perfumer Stéphane Humbert Lucas created soOud to celebrate this heady elixir that recently has become one of the more provocative trends in fragrance. soOud is a collection of eight scents, available in parfum nektar with a concentration of 35% - or for those who wish something lighter, an eau fine with a concentration of 11%. Regardless of which composition you choose, you are certain to find yourself swooning in delight at Lucas’s creations.

The protégé of a Flemish master perfumer, Henri Sorsana, Lucas was inspired by the beauty that lingers behind the Arabian veil. Using the burqa as a metaphor for hidden mysteries, Lucas explores the notion of inner beauty that develops over time and is revealed discreetly.

SoOud’s Burqa is very nearly a liquid incense comprised of the most noble ingredients associated with an ancient world. Almost immediately, with only one inhalation, you are transported back in time, slipping into a world where Nefertiti and Cleopatra reign. SoOud’s Burqa is the fragrance about which Lawrence Durrell wrote in his Alexandria Quartet - and Burqa might well have been worn by Durrell’s heroine Justine.

Mystical and mysterious, Burqa segues from its rose and jasmine top notes, into a realm of black violet and cardamom, with the burn of sage and leather. Leaving behind her sleeping husband, Justine has slipped away, into the night, making her way through the labyrinthine quarters of old Alexandria. There’s myrrh in the heavy air, and black ink and black amber. Coal is burning in private quarters and the smell of rubber and sap, with patchouli from the souk, hangs about the buildings as Justine hurries down the ancient streets. This is midnight in the Middle East - the new world is still distant - and for now, there is only the pleasure to be derived from an illicit rendez-vous in a secret garden.

As deep and interior as imagination, SoOud’s Burqa is a plunge into irrational romance.

PRICE: $265.00 / 30 ml Nektar    $225.00 / 60 ml Eau Fine

LINK: soOud: Burqa Parfum Nektar