Up To The Moon Eau De Parfum THE HOUSE OF OUD

Smells like Haribo bear, the green one. I love it!

most fruit scents go sour on my skin. This one works on me. Found it for a good discount not sure I would buy it full price.

Another great offering with a prominent raspberry note! I am not a huge pear fan, but this one is subtle. I really like it a lot, surprisingly, and find myself reaching for it.

Up to the Moon is a pleasant, if underwhelming offering from THoO. I have been very taken with What About Pop and Blessing Silence so far, but despite their beautiful bottles, THoO is a mixed bag as a brand. Everything is likeable, but some of these compositions are not worthy of the exceptional bottles or steep price point. UTTM is a run-of-the-mill floral fruity with a sweet amber-vanilla base. To be fair, it isn't cheap and nasty, but there is nothing exciting going on here, and it is feels interchangeable with the myriad mass-market sweet scents that are trendy these days.

UTTM opens with sweet, juicy pear, followed closely by white florals, namely sweet jasmine and magnolia. Neroli becomes dominant, but smells disappointingly generic - sweet and synthetic, resembling scents like YSL Libre or Prada's disappointing new offering, Paradoxe. There are no blossom-like/sun-drenched/green-tinged nuances here, instead it is one-dimensional. The raspberry complements the sweet florals after a little while.

As it dries down, vanilla adds sweetness and there is a slight amber effect. I get some woody nuances as it progresses. It becomes a sweet, musky skin scent with a hint of neroli and vanilla before fading completely. Sillage and longevity are moderate.

I don't understand why this fragrance doesn't have a higher score... Maybe it's because the pretty egg got along very well with my skin chemistry, I don't know, but to me smells really nice and even elegant. Perhaps the 3.79 rating is because The House of Oud has built a reputation of making the most beautiful bottles with mediocre perfumes at a very steep price. But to me... this is not the case... You can find this on Fragrancenet at 171 USD, so... not the most pricey perfume out there, specially with a work-of-art bottle (which is one of the most beautiful from the brand, btw). But as of now there are only 5 bottles left, so. I'm glad I bought it. I got a free sample from Maison Peony and fell in love with it.

The opening notes are the most delightful to me, delicious rose paired with raspberry, pear & grapefruit with musk. A mix between Jimmy Choo - I Want Choo and Angel Nova, but softer and with a touch of elegance the other two lack. 15 minutes after the opening the fragrance gets too close to your skin, but you get whiffs of it that smell quite delightful like woody raspberry/pear/grapefruit rose with elegant musk. Not cloying on my skin at all, it does not smell like gummy bears on my skin, but on paper it kinda does, so... don't blind buy this.

This lasts 4-5 hours on my skin, and after 4 hours the oud shows up, even if it's not listed and the aroma becomes more elegante but also not as nice as before, it's not the best oud out there tbh, a bit dirty. Luckily, it's so close to my skin that it doesn't bother me, it's a skin scent by now.

I strongly recommend trying this on your skin before buying, it seems this baby likes to have fun and jokes around with skin chemistries, so to avoid getting PUNKED, try it first.