Grape Pearls Eau De Parfum THE HOUSE OF OUD

The name Grape Pearls is very fitting for this fragrance, the brand name House of Oud... Not so much. A bit confusing as there is no oud at all in this.

But there are grapes, tart and winey, not like cheap grape flavoring. I always love that note, it's so underused in my opinion.
The beginning is very tart, fruity and fresh with the grapes and their leaves and a clean, juicy rose.
Vanilla joins in the heart, and while I wouldn't have guessed that there is a coffee note, there is something to give some depth in the background that might be coffee. Over time the vanilla becomes stronger and amber also adds more warmth, but fortunately the grapes don't vanish and the scent keeps some of its freshness.

I'd say this is more of a feminine perfume. It's a fruity floral gourmand, but one for grown ups with the wine and coffee. Sweet, but not cloying. While it isn't a loud fragrance, it lasts well.

I think this is lovely, but a bit expensive for me.
By the way, every bottle looks different, some have way more yellow than purple and don't look too similar to the picture on this site.

Update (2019):
Now that I have smelled Roses Vanilla and Intense Café in the meantime, I absolutely agree that this has a similar vibe.

A fruity, grape forward rose. Very candy-like sweetness to it, and easy to like (for me at least).

My first sampling of The House of Oud is Grape Pearls, a 2016 release, which I figured I’d like based on the note breakdown and reception to date. As its notes suggest, it incorporates fruity touches with the eponymous grapes and blueberry, over what is a fairly dominant heart/base of rose, vanilla, and coffee. It’s sweet and enjoyable, mostly gourmand with some green and floral touches, but overall, an enjoyable foody floral experience. The coffee is not a particularly strong coffee but feels more of latte in concert with the rose and vanilla.

I’d see the comparisons to Montale Intense Café but was, as always, skeptical about those comparisons, as sometimes they’re exaggerated. In this case, however, Grape Pearls is reasonably close to Intense Café. There’s a very similar rose/vanilla/coffee commonality that should be expected by anyone that tries this.

Grape Pearls is sold, along with other fragrances from The House of Oud, at Luckyscent for its retail pricing of $220 for 75ml, but is currently on discount side FragranceX for $161.50, alternatively. It’s a tough sell considering that it is, in my estimation, at least 80% similar to Intense Café, which usually comes much cheaper than Grape Pearls, often under $100 for a 100ml bottle. That said, the House of Oud’s presentation, which I’ve not seen in person yet but the topheaviness I’ve marveled from afar, is more elaborate than Montale’s (or Mancera’s), if that matters, which it doesn’t much to me.

Overall, though a very enjoyable fragrance and quite a neat nod to gourmand and rose lovers, though the context of the existence of Intense Café does take away some from the jubilation of wearing it. I won’t be buying it, as I already have Intense Café, but would encourage others to try it.

So so sweet, unapologetically so. Cloying with no F’s given. That’s exactly why I LOVE her! So many sugary gourmand fragrances out there that are just “pretty”….. grape pearls has personality and knows exactly who she is. Hot and over the top. I never would have thought I would appreciate blueberry in a perfume but damn….. GP showed me how wrong I was. If you think this is too much she screams “ am I extra, or are you basic?” Big Jupiter/ Venus energy (astrologer here).