The original Boss Bottled release (1998) was -- and still is -- a beautiful, crisp blend of cool green apple, citrus, cinnamon, and sandalwood. It was -- and still is -- a delightfully fresh scent to brighten up the world on a warm summer day.
And now we have a variation on the theme: Boss Bottled Oud.
Right away, it's obvious: the flanker has left that apple core completely intact. It's rather startling, in fact. Many flankers retain a few strands of the original's DNA, and you can pick them out if you squint, but in Boss Bottled Oud, you are clearly seeing the face of Boss Bottled, now slightly aged and perhaps with some well-groomed facial hair.
To the core pillar of apples, citrus and cinnamon, Boss Bottled Oud adds some sour saffron and spicy/wood notes of cypriol. I'm not sure that there's actual oud here (strangely, the designer's promotional copy does not list oud among the notes), so much as there is the "spirit" of oud as outlined by the fusion of saffron and cypriol.
It's a very good scent. Wrapping the apple-lemon-cinnamon heart in a shell of slightly sour, rich wood gives the overall effect of presenting an aromatic rendering of apple pie. Boss Bottled gave us the sweet filling, Boss Bottled Oud simply added the flaky crust.
As tasty a treat as this is, however, I don't imagine true seekers of oud scents will be terribly impressed. Still, where else are you going to find sweet apples and sour wood in the same juice? It's a novelty, and if you like the oud genre, you should own this even while knowing it's not really a true oud scent.
7.5/10 stars.
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