New York Oud
New York Oud opens with a burst of sweetened plum and saffron, the fruit's wine-dark richness tempered by the spice's metallic edge.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Patchouli65
- Musk60
- Rose55
- Vetiver50
- Peach40
By the editors · 2 min readNew York Oud opens with a burst of sweetened plum and saffron, the fruit's wine-dark richness tempered by the spice's metallic edge. A flash of orange peel keeps the introduction from veering too heavy. Within minutes, rose emerges alongside earthy patchouli, creating a tension between floral refinement and something more rooted and raw.
The dry-down settles into vetiver and musk, grounding the composition in something closer to skin than wood. Despite the name, this isn't a showcase for oud's resinous intensity—it's more an Eastern-inflected gourmand with a rose heart, where the "oud" functions as an idea rather than a dominant material.
It wears warm and close, suited to someone drawn to fragrances that split the difference between opulent and wearable. The plum lingers longest, giving the whole thing a faintly boozy undertone that softens its more austere elements.
