Old bottle of oud

[Soulful]

I purchased a bottle of oud a couple of years back in Makkah. The bottle is unused. Is it still ok to open and use a few years later? I am aware that English perfumes have a best by date,

[verdana]

Can you enlighten us about these English perfumes that are best by date, and offering original non-alcoholic form of oud? I am searching for years and couldn't find one.

[Soulful]

I have no idea what you are trying to ask.

[verdana]

Never-mind it. Your term "English perfumes", made me assume you meant modern perfumery shops found in every shopping center are offering Oud by date. So I was excited for a moment.

[Sulaiman84]

With some types of itrs, the longer it sits the better it smells.

[Soulful]

I was just asking because I did not know whether it would, over time, decompose in to an impermissible substance

[Sulaiman84]

If the oudh you purchased was natural, I don't think you have anything to worry about.

[Soulful]

And how would a novice like me differentiate between original and fake. I bought it for around £50.

[Sulaiman84]

Wipe some on your clothes and then see if smell lasts longer than a day or two.

[FususAlHikam]

I purchased a bottle of oud a couple of years back in Makkah. The bottle is unused. Is it still ok to open and use a few years later? I am aware that English perfumes have a best by date,

Brother, who knows what will come out of the bottle now, after so many years. I will send you my email you email me and I will give you my address. Then you send me this bottle of old oudh and I will uhhh dispose of it in the uhhh proper manner insha'Allah. LOL

You are lucky to have an old bottle of oudh from Makkah. Enjoy it my friend enjoy it and think of us poor souls while you are enjoying that beautiful fragrance.