Recently acquired some YSL Oud Absolu. Good stuff. The opening is rather terrifying but after 10 minutes it settles down into something really rather good. Very woody, smokey - appealing.
Is there anything else out there similar that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Has anyone been to the arabic oud place on oxford st?
If you put your frag into the search engine of Fragrantica it will offer you a bunch of similar juices.
Oxford Street is way too expensive for my purse but there are several on-line oudh shops. I bought a handful of samples and add a tiny drop from these to my wrists with most any perfume except oudhy ones - lifts them several notches.