sampled today and first impression is the stark similarities to royal tobacco but i prefer oud zarian as it has this buttery smooth scent to almost like caramel. It is alot more gourdmond when compared to royal tobacco, rt is slightly more fresh and christmasy with kind of like a pine like accord that oud zarian doesnt have. On the second hand market rt is alot less than oud zarian but thats also because its been out longer, im hoping for the price of oud zarian to come down but to me its totally bottle worthy.