Maison Crivelli Oud Maracuja was released in 2023, created by Jordi Fernandez. Taking its inspiration from the heart of an oud forest, it is a challenging scent with completely opposite opinions. Notes of passionfruit, saffron, rose, agarwood (oud), benzoin, patchouli leaf, leather, akigalawood, amber, vanilla and labdanum.
From the brand - "Oud Maracujá transports you to the heart of an oud forest, revealing an exotic contrast between the thirst-quenching freshness of passion fruit and the tropical warmth of oud. An extrait de parfum, both exotic and addictive, that goes against the grain."
Maison Crivelli Oud Maracuja is an extrait de parfum.
Fragrantica - "this is not for everyone. Certainly a more challenging fragrance than average. Personally I like it. I like the fruity, rubber tyre, leather mix. I like its strong performance. "
Fragrantica - "Oud Maracujá is the scent of a humid tropical evening, where ripe passion fruit meets the dark, heated depth of oud. There is no simple fruity sweetness here: the passion fruit sounds bright, juicy, daring, like a flash of light against dense woods, leather, and resins. Saffron gives the composition a spicy tension, rose makes it more noble, while oud, patchouli, benzoin, and amber gather everything into a deep, sensual trail. The leathery nuance adds strength and physicality, turning the fragrance into something richer, darker, and more magnetic. With its 32% concentration, this extrait de parfum unfolds fully and holds around itself a cloud of mysterious seduction for a long time. It is not meant to please everyone: it will be truly appreciated by those who love bold, deep, and sensual compositions. It is a fragrance of contrasts: tropical light and Eastern shadow, juicy fruit and warm leather, sweetness and danger. Oud Maracujá smells daring, luxurious, and hypnotic."
Fragrantica - "A strong open of passionfruit and rubber-tire oud. Then rose creeps in, and labdanum, making the scent feel fresh and dry/aged/warm at once. This had a gentler sillage than I expected (though I only did one spray!), but lasted a long time on skin, ending with a cozy vanilla. It certainly evolves."
Fragrantica - "This is my second favorite fragrance that I own. The combination of passionfruit and oud is amazing. I was never really a fan of oud before, but once I smelled it in this fragrance, I completely fell in love with it."
Fragrantica - "I thought I would get a luxury fruit in a leather armchair. I got a ritual. The kind after which you are no longer sure whether you have just returned from a perfume shop, or whether someone has painted your forehead with ash, pressed a sour fruit to your lips, and told you not to ask questions because the forest is listening.
The first blow
The first hit is smoke.
Not a candle. Not some little incense stick from an esoteric shop where a woman in linen trousers sells “peace of the soul” for 149 złoty.
No.
This is smoke from a fire in a wild forest, where a shaman is burning forbidden herbs — the kind that make your eyes open wider, make a shadow grow its own shadow, and suddenly leave you unsure which side of the world you are standing on. The smoke comes first, shamelessly. Straight into the nose, then behind the eyes, then somewhere deeper, into that part of the brain that still remembers humans were once afraid of the dark for a reason.
And there, underneath that smoke, something is watching.
Not human. Not quite animal. More like wildness itself, sitting motionless between the trees, waiting for you to understand that you are the guest here. When the forest begins to breathe"
