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Sébastien Cresp is the nose for Badar Parfums’ newest extrait de parfum, Oriental Rida. This release continues the brand’s exploration of the fusion between Eastern and Western elements, skillfully blending fresh fruity-florals with resins and oud with a hint of gourmand sweetness. Its floral and savory notes create an elegant sweetness, inviting you to experience the scent of blooming flowers as they wrap around you. Oriental Rida is a playful yet sophisticated perfume making it a perfect choice for daily wear.
Perfumer Sébastien Cresp and Badar Parfums Oriental Rida courtesy of the brand.
You can sense the crunch and snap of a fresh green apple as you take the first inhale. It’s vibrant and summery, with a warm breeze of citrus that feels like sunshine. Tart sour grapefruit and bergamot make the apple note feel mouth-watering while a subtle pink pepper adds a delicate sparkle to the composition. Subtle herbal greens play with the smooth creamy spices as subtle balsamic facets gives a pine freshness accentuating the greens. You can feel a slight waxiness of the apples skin, as the slightly sour juices flow. A creamy pistachio aroma gives a lovely savory feel to the mix as hints of woody aromas surface, creating smooth, blonde wood textures. The citruses make everything shine feeling deliciously fresh with elemi enriching the composition with a gentle almost incense note. Whispers of pine fresh balsamic plumes like a soft haze rising from the bright fresh fruits.
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As the fruitiness fades an elegant rose blooms with silky smooth petals that you’d love to feel melt on your tongue with its gentle creamy pistachio gourmand facet giving it a savoury contrast. The pistachio merges in a delicious way with geranium giving Oriental Rida a savory yet subtle green spice, making the rose sparkle darkly, while fuzzing the edges of the silky petals transforming them into crushed velvet as the scent radiates out. Orange blossom gives this a lovely dense feel, giving a soft weight to this floral cloth. This also cleverly foreshadows what’s to come… Sebastian Cresp beautifully leads you through this rich composition. The perfume has this constant freshness. The apple from the opening softens and fades into a subtle sweet orange with magnolia adding to the whisper of waxy skin and citrus while enhancing the lush floral composition.
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Tuberose lingers below as Badar Parfums Oriental Rida grows darker, its fleshy sensuality is slowly revealed from behind the rose petals. Dark luscious florals are deepened with oud, its subtly bringing out darker woody facets smoothed with creamy resins. That gourmand nuance grows, with dry vanilla dusted over dark rose petals giving it a slight candied feel, other elements that enhance its woody and floral characteristics, with the sweetness serving as a refined touch that entices those nearby to come closer. The florals merge into a beautiful impossible flower that gives a luxurious feel to Oriental Rida. Benzoin and tonka bean transform a gentle spice mist into a luxurious, creamy musk that exudes warmth and comfort. The textures are stunning. There’s a sensation as if you’re walking across fine sand wearing a rich floral cloak that wraps you in a gorgeous scented veil, there’s a gentle fizz from the benzoin that picks up of the floral velvety fuzz in a clever way. Guaiac wood takes this fuzz and softly shakes it into a smoky woody muskiness, giving a gentle air of mystery to Oriental Rida.
You can feel darker amber tones giving more body to the smokiness richness adding to the sweet oud aroma that starts to take the fore of the final dry down. It’s floral with some freshness still lingering keeping it’s shining bright with a beautiful oud, resin and vetiver glow, an alluring rich mystery you want to feel around your body. Badar Parfums Oriental Rida feels like an elegant gown encrusted with gems sparkling in the dark, wrapping you in a veil of silky soft petals, oud and lightly candied resins. Gorgeous and delicious to wear.
Notes: Bergamot, Lemon, Grapefruit, Elemi, Pink Pepper, Granny Smith Apple, Rose, Geranium, Magnolia, Orange Blossom, Tuberose Absolute, Pistachio, Oud, Guaiac Wood, Vetiver, Amber, Tonka Bean Absolute, Benzoin.
Disclosure: Badar Parfums Oriental Rida was sent to J for review, thoughts and nose are his own.
J Wearescentient, Senior Editor, artist & olfactive writer.
Badar Parfums Oriental Rida courtesy of the brand.
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