Oudé Rose 01 vs Vanilla 28
Side by side. Scored honestly.
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Side by side
Comparing the originals — price, breadth, listed-note depth.
Rose and oud locked together from the first spray — not battling, but genuinely blended, with raspberry adding a juicy, almost jammy lift to the opening. Saffron gives it an early spiced warmth that stops it from reading as a simple floral. The heart is dense: rich rose over resinous oud, grounded by patchouli that keeps things earthy rather than powdery. The dry-down mellows into amber, sandalwood, and a soft musk — intimate, skin-close, and long-lasting. Projection is moderate; sillage is a trailing warmth rather than a shout. — Best suited to cold-weather evenings, date nights, or anyone who wants a polished rosy-oriental with genuine depth.
Opens with a dense, almost edible hit of caramel-laced vanilla that leans more dessert than perfume in the first hour — genuinely sweet without tipping into synthetic. The heart softens as sandalwood and benzoin pull the caramel back into something warmer and more resinous, giving the sweetness structural weight. By dry-down it's a skin-close amber-vanilla with a musky undertow — intimate, slightly smoky, long-lasting. Projection is moderate; sillage is soft but persistent for hours. — Best worn in cold weather, evening-leaning, for anyone who wants unapologetic sweetness grounded in warmth.
How they overlap
Oudé Rose 01 and Vanilla 28 share 3 notes (musk, sandalwood, amber). The same note name doesn't always mean the same scent — different houses use different vanillas, different woods, different musks — but a multi-note shared spine usually does indicate genuinely-comparable wear character. The remaining notes (5 unique to Oudé Rose 01, 3 unique to Vanilla 28) are where the divergence happens.
The buying decision
Oudé Rose 01 is the cheaper original at $112 compared to $136 for Vanilla 28 — about 18% less. Both wear best across the same fall/winter — they're interchangeable on weather fit.