Maison Crivelli Oud Maracuja

Niche houses love to collide two ingredients that have no business being in the same bottle, and Maison Crivelli built its whole identity on that idea. Oud Maracuja, the brand's Extrait de Parfum from 2023, throws ripe passion fruit straight at smoky agarwood and dares you to find the seam. The result is fruity and woody at once, tart up top and dark underneath, with a concentration that carries real weight from the first spray. Aromatica carries the Maison Crivelli Oud Maracuja price in Bangladesh across all available sizes.

Fragrance Notes

Top: Passionfruit, Fruity Notes, Saffron, Turkish Rose

Heart: Agarwood (Oud), Benzoin, Indonesian Patchouli Leaf

Base: Leather, Akigalawood, Amber, Vanilla, Labdanum

Full note breakdown on the Maison Crivelli official site.

The Scent

Passion fruit hits first, and it reads exactly like the real thing: sharp, tart, almost sour, with that seedy tropical edge that makes your mouth water. Saffron arrives right behind it, adding a dry, slightly metallic spice that keeps the fruit from turning candied. Turkish rose sits underneath, more of a textural plushness than a clear floral, softening the acidity without pushing the composition toward cologne territory. Then the oud starts to push up through the brightness, and this is where the fragrance reveals its dual character. It can read as a clean, polished agarwood or as a sharper, slightly funky smoky woodiness that grounds the whole thing and pulls the fruit into something more complex, depending on skin chemistry and temperature. Benzoin and patchouli thicken the heart into something resinous and a little sweet, and that Indonesian patchouli in particular adds an earthy, slightly green dimension that prevents the benzoin from going purely sugary. The tartness of the passion fruit does not vanish during this phase so much as it integrates, the fruit and the resin reaching an accord that feels genuinely considered rather than accidental. The transition from the bright, juicy opening to this darker, resinous middle phase happens gradually and is one of the more satisfying parts of the wear. As it settles further, a supple leather note emerges and pairs with akigalawood for that smooth, almost suede-like dry-down that Maison Crivelli extraits tend to reach. Amber, vanilla, and labdanum warm the base without making it gourmand, so the passion fruit lingers as a faint tartness over woods rather than disappearing entirely.

The labdanum in particular anchors the base with a soft, resinous tenacity that extends the wear well into the later hours. The arc from juicy and loud to dark and skin-close is the whole point, and it is unusual enough to be worth experiencing firsthand.

When to Wear

A cooler-weather extrait, built for autumn and winter evenings when the woods and resins have room to breathe. Reach for it on a date or dinner out, or a night where you want something that reads as deliberate rather than easy. It sits comfortably alongside the bolder picks in the Dates and Nights collection.

Who Is It For

For the person who finds straight oud too austere and straight fruit too juvenile, and wants both tensions held in one bottle. If you gravitate toward tropical tartness with real darkness behind it, this speaks your language.

If you enjoy Oud for Greatness, it shares the same modern smoky-oud backbone and is worth comparing, as is the brand's own Hibiscus Mahajad. Browse the full Maison Crivelli collection at Aromatica.

Available as an authentic decant in Bangladesh at Aromatica in 3ml and 5ml.