My first impression when smelling at the spray nozzle was great. I noticed right away that this is a sweet and "friendly" oud, if oud at all. For light intensity: spray in a cloud around your head and shoulders, let the fragrance fall gently around you. Even though I was specifically looking for something without rose, one day I sampled this after using Lush Rose Jam shower gel and the combination was marvelous.

A bizarre and complex mixture of fruity top notes, orris root hint of cinnamon, then loads of amber, vanilla, and an unmistakable but utterly lost Oud accord. Perfectly unisex. For once my skin didn’t amplify the woody notes unlike with Kalemat and Aoud Vanille. Those two I find to be more masculine leaning. I’m so tempted to get full bottle.

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The top notes are made of the British iconic Earl Grey Tea and Bergamot. The heart notes are Suede and Iris with the underlining base notes of Agarwood (Oud) and Sandalwood. Suede and Oud are the predominant notes and the scent is very long lasting. The fragrance blends Oriental exotics together with British Posh. Oud Save the King is a powerful fragrance on me, mainly powdery, with soft, delicate suede and oud, nothing to fear here, a strong Earl grey tea and bergamot note. It feels very creamy and buttery from the orris root and sandalwood and very resinsous in the deep dry down. Such a cozy and comforting scent…. An interesting combo of notes I have not seen before for sure!

Atkinsons Oud Save the King Eau de Parfum was launched on their 200th anniversary. It’s a masculine perfume and its name has been inspired by the forbidden love story between Crown Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt and the American movie star Mabel Normand.For 2 years today, this scent has been one of my three most favourite scents. I have about 30-40 scents that I love a lot and use semi-often, but Oud Save the Queen I use at least once a week just like the other 2 of 3 of the most favourites. Then, when I sprayed it onto my skin and wore the scent for an hour or so it became so cloyingly sweet that I was heavily wondering why on earth at first I was so taken by OSTK. His fame spread abroad and before long his clientele featured names as august and regal as Prince Tomasi di Lampedusa, the Tsarina of Russia, Queen Margherita of Savoia, Lady Hamilton and that dandiest of all dandies, Beau Brummel. Even arch-enemies Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington were fragrantly united in their appreciation of Atkinsons’ divine colognes. And if that weren’t enough, the final seal of sweet-smelling success came in 1826 when King George IV chanced upon the brand and was immediately intoxicated. Love at first whiff, one might say. In fact, he went so far as to proclaim Atkinsons the Official Perfumer to the Royal Court of England and the rest, as they say, is history.

Oud Save The King opens with the aroma of Mabel Normand’s favourite tea, Earl Grey, with its distinctive bergamot sweet crispness. This flows into a woody heart of creamy sandalwood with it’s oriental balsamic undertones lifted by the animalic exotic warmth of oud creating a distinctive fragrance with unforgetable exotic roots only strengthene dby the base or creamy royal iris and suave leather suede accord.

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The oud in this is very noticeable with its characteristic sharpness, but it's not too challenging even if you're not a huge fan of oud. It's a clean and woody kind and it's balanced with sweeter and softer notes.

Oud Save The Queen opens with the aroma of Mabel Normand’s favourite tea, Earl Grey, with its distinctive bergamot sweet crispness. This flows into a sweet creamy resinous woody heart guaiacwood with it’s oriental balsamic undertones lifted by the animalic exotic warmth of oud creating a distinctive fragrance with unforgetable exotic roots. The base and dry down of jasmine and orange blossom create a soft creamy sensual caress to warm the soul and mesmerise the senses. Atkinsons 1799 Fragrances. Every flask contains over 200 years of gloriously fragrant Atkinsons history that started with a young Englishman accompanied by a bear, a handful of recipes and a dream of success.

Atkinsons Oud Save The Queen Eau de Parfum is a luxuriously sensual animalic fragrance for women inspired by the 1920’s tragic love story between Crown Prince Mohammed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt and the American movie star Mabel Normand; created as part of Atkinsons 200th Anniversary celebrations. Anyway, enough with the visuals, what about the scent? It's TERRIFIC. It's unlike pretty much any fragrance I've ever encountered, and certainly very different from the mass brands. It opens with notes of Earl Grey tea and a smooth bergamot, but rather than being sharp and citrussy, those two top notes are wrapped around a sultry, leathery/smoky centre which is immediately apparent. There's citriol and leather (specified as "suede" in the official scent notes from Atkinsons) blended with cedarwood, gurjun balm and guiac wood. There is, as far as I can tell, no oud in Oud Save the King, which makes the name even more baffling. Despite that, it's a gorgeous, very classy fragrance, sultry and sinuous, with plenty of projection power. It's fairly linear throughout its life and doesn't descend into powderiness in the dry down. The overall effect is of a warm, sensuous, slightly smoky dark woody scent with unusual hints of lime, but a smooth, silky lime rather than a sharp hit of citrus. Hard to describe, wonderful to experience. Took me all of about 10 seconds to realize where I had smelled this one before...Scent story 24 Gold!