Agarwood

Gucci

Intense Oud opens with theatrical contrast — pear and raspberry providing sweet fruit-forward brightness against frankincense, which arrives early as a resinous haze.

Orto Parisi

Stercus opens with a jolt—bitter almond and anise collide in a way that feels almost medicinal, sharp and vaguely unsettling.

O Boticário

Named after the dark Argentine grape, Malbec Gold from O Boticário deepens the house's popular Malbec line with an oud-and-resin-heavy oriental statement.

Goldfield & Banks

Silky Woods is the headline fragrance of Goldfield & Banks' commitment to Australian botanicals — specifically agarwood sourced from Queensland, which the house claims is the first such use in commercial perfumery.

Dior

Purple Oud is François Demachy's entry in Dior's Collection Privée that proves oud doesn't require opacity.

Amouage

Silver Oud is Amouage's thirteenth Library Collection entry and among its most austere — a composition that asks oud to do the heavy lifting in conversation with a set of deliberately darkened, animalic accords.

Lattafa Perfumes

Qaa Ed Al Shabaab — "leader of youth" — opens with a bold pairing of ylang-ylang and osmanthus, two florals that tend toward the sweet and slightly peachy.

Xerjoff

Ceylon opens with honey and jasmine sambac—warm, slightly waxy, natural rather than synthetic—before bergamot adds enough brightness to prevent the sweetness from becoming heavy.

Xerjoff

Soprano opens with lychee and freesia—genuinely tropical in its first impression, the lychee's sweetness held in check by bergamot pulling it back toward the familiar.

Swiss Arabian

Zahra — Arabic for flower — opens with the brightness of black currant pressed against green notes, a slightly tart and vegetal combination that grounds the subsequent floral phase before it arrives.

Swiss Arabian

The EDP iteration of Shaghaf Oud Azraq delivers the same honey-and-agarwood opening as its flanker sibling — thick, resinous, with the waxy sweetness of raw honey pressed against oud that has a slight barnyard quality before it settles.

Lolita Lempicka

Illusions Noires Au Masculin is the 2001 Au Masculin recast in shadow.

Mancera

Roseaoud & Musc opens spicy and immediately dry.

Swiss Arabian

Sehr Al Sheila opens with a spiced oud that is drier and more restrained than the honeyed variants in the Shaghaf Oud line.

Montale

Grapefruit and guaiac wood open the composition — bitter citrus over a smoky-sweet wood, an unusual pairing that sets up the rose to come.

Phlur

A modern oud-vanilla that opens with pink pepper crackling above a thin apple-water freshness — the pepper dries the fruit, lending a clean, minerally lift.

Montale

Agarwood and rose together in the opening — direct, no preamble, the oud playing supporting role to the rose rather than the reverse.

Bvlgari

Jacques Cavallier Belletrud's 2020 Kobraa, part of Le Gemme's masculine line, runs on three notes by design.

Bvlgari

Part of the 2018 Le Gemme Reali trio, Rubinia is Alberto Morillas's read on a ruby — warm, plush, and sweet without ever quite tipping into dessert.

Montale

Rose and geranium at the top with patchouli already pressing in — herbal-floral with no easing-in period.

Bortnikoff

Triad centers on a heart of agarwood flanked by magnolia and May rose, producing an oud-forward composition that is nonetheless gentler than many in its category.

L'Occitane en Provence

Terre de Lumière Intense darkens the original golden-hour formula.

Zimaya

Lavender and saffron open crisp and slightly metallic, the cool herb quickly dusted by nutmeg’s dry, peppery heat.

Lattafa Perfumes

Pink pepper and violet open with a sharp, slightly powdery spiciness that is both aromatic and floral.

Flavia

Raspberry and saffron open with a jammy brightness that quickly darkens when rose folds in, adding a velvet floral weight.

Lattafa Perfumes

Cinnamon opens hot and granular, its sweet-spice bite immediately fused to saffron’s leathery hay facet while oud provides a tarry medicinal rasp that darkens the top.

Lattafa Perfumes

Cedar opens dry and pencil-sharp, immediately met by a spicy wave where cinnamon dominates, its hot bark character pushing the wood note into campfire territory.

Lattafa Perfumes

Cinnamon opens fiery and sweet, dusted with saffron’s hay-like warmth while bergamot flashes metallic citrus across the top.

Areej Le Doré

Oud and ambergris open simultaneously, the former delivering a leathery, animalic smoulder while the latter supplies a salty, skin-warmed radiance that keeps the wood from turning dry.

Rogue Perfumery

Agarwood opens dense and tarry, immediately staking out a dark woody-oud territory that feels almost crude in its intensity.

Eudora

Pineapple dominates the opening, its syrupy brightness cut by grapefruit’s sharp acids and a cool lavender breeze that keeps the fruit from turning candy-sweet.

Al Haramain Perfumes

Lavender opens crisp and camphoraceous, slicing through bergamot’s terse citrus brightness while clary sage adds a bittersweet green edge that keeps the top brisk and masculine.

Lattafa Perfumes

Cedar and agarwood open with a dry woody introduction that carries subtle resinous depth.

Areej Le Doré

Orange and bergamot flash bright, then gardenia’s creamy petal folds into jasmine and rose, forming a white floral haze that softens the medicinal rasp of oud.

Reyane Tradition

Lavender opens cool and aromatic, slicing through the saffron’s leathery sweetness and nutmeg’s soft warmth to create a fresh-spicy top that feels barbershop-clean rather than dessert-rich.

Atelier Rebul

Bright grapefruit and bergamot introduce a sharp citrus opening, quickly joined by warm cardamom and saffron spices.

Maison Alhambra

Leather opens with a sharp, tanned hide character immediately grounded by earthy cardamom's warm-spicy nuance.

Al Wataniah

Lavender and saffron open with aromatic freshness and warm-spicy richness, while nutmeg adds a peppery edge.

Amouroud

Bergamot and orange blossom open with a fresh, citrusy floral character that is bright and slightly soapy, providing an uplifting introduction.

Boy Smells

Black pepper and basil open with a sharp aromatic freshness that carries herbal greenness and warm spice.

Flavia

Lavender opens with a clean aromatic freshness, quickly joined by saffron's warm spicy leatheriness and nutmeg's dry heat.

Arabian Wind

Lemon opens with sharp citrus brightness that quickly yields to incense's smoky resonance and saffron's warm spice.

Lorenzo Pazzaglia

Bergamot opens with a sharp citrus lift that quickly yields to warm spices—cinnamon and nutmeg weave through oud's dark woodiness.

Testament London

Cumin, saffron, and nutmeg open with an intense warm-spicy accord that feels both aromatic and slightly animalic.

House Of Sillage

Black pepper and saffron create a spicy, aromatic opening with warm, slightly pungent edges.

Al Haramain Perfumes

Heliotrope opens with a soft almond-powder haze that is instantly sharpened by pink pepper and cardamom, creating a warm-spiced almond skin that feels creamy yet electric.

Paris Corner

Agarwood opens dry and medicinal, its sharp oud bite framed by crackling black pepper and dusty saffron that scorch the top for a full thirty minutes.

Zimaya

Saffron and agarwood open with a dry, leathery smoke that grips the bergamot, stripping it of sweetness and turning the citrus into a metallic spark.

Ex Nihilo

Ginger and bergamot open with a zesty, fresh-spicy kick that feels invigorating and slightly aromatic from the first spray.

Atelier Rebul

Cinnamon and pink pepper launch with immediate warmth and a peppery spark, while anise adds a subtle licorice-like sweetness to the spicy opening.

Hormone Paris

Sandalwood and incense open with a dry, woody smokiness that is immediately warm and slightly resinous from amber.

Zaharoff

Rum and anise create a boozy, licorice-like opening that is freshened by aromatic lavender.

The Woods Collection

Saffron and cardamom open with a warm, aromatic spice that is immediately distinctive and slightly peppery.

Paris Corner

Pink pepper and bergamot create a bright, fizzy citrus-spice opening that is both energetic and slightly dusty.

Atelier Rebul

Cumin and saffron open with a warm-spicy kick, immediately establishing a resinous and earthy character.

Hormone Paris

Lavender, saffron, and nutmeg open in a layered aromatic-spice chord.

Maison Alhambra

Lavender and nutmeg open with a sharp aromatic spiciness that quickly settles into a warm, slightly medicinal aura.

Fragrance World

Coffee opens with a rich, roasted aroma that feels immediately warm and earthy on initial spray.

V Canto

Cardamom opens with a warm, aromatic spice that immediately intertwines with rich dark chocolate and a deep roasted coffee accord.

Paris Corner

Intense Oud Arabian Oryx opens with pear, raspberry, and saffron—a combination of sweet fruit and dry spice that is immediately distinctive.

Al Majed Oud

Sea opens with lemon — a single bright citrus note that reads clean and slightly tart, signaling freshness before the base asserts itself.

Atelier Des Ors

Rose Omeyyade Limited Edition opens with raspberry and pink pepper alongside rose — the raspberry reads jammy and ripe, the pink pepper adding a dry, slightly sharp edge that lifts the fruit and keeps the rose vivid rather than sweet.

Emirates Pride Perfumes

O Boticário

Al Haramain Perfumes

Zimaya

Burberry

Zimaya

Arcadia

Zimaya

D. Grayi

Zimaya

Arabian Wind

Just Jack

Begim

Afnan

DHAMMA PERFUMES

Privezarah

Arabian Wind

Viage

The Spirit of Dubai

Zimaya

Zimaya

Habibi NY

Zimaya

Mith

Thera Cosmeticos

Le Chameau

De Gabor

Nabeel

Emirates Pride Perfumes

Armaf

Ard Al Zaafaran / ارض الزعفران التجارية

Proad

Oakcha

Al Wataniah

Chlorophylla

Emirates Pride Perfumes

Ard Al Zaafaran / ارض الزعفران التجارية

Officine Del Profumo

Athena Fragrances

Viage

Athena Fragrances

URBIS PARFUMS

Maori Collection

Tiziana Terenzi

Maison Alhambra

Flavia

Le Chameau

Calaj

Widian

Bond No. 9

Lattafa Perfumes

Aquaflor Firenze

Juliet Rose

A La Lune

Sawalef

Arabian Wind

Legacy

Oakcha