Oud Malaki
Oud Malaki opens with a surprisingly bright contrast—lavender's herbal clarity set against the tart snap of grapefruit.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Leather70
- Amber65
- Oud65
- Lavender
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Grapefruit
- Leather
- Tobacco
- Oud
- Ambergris
By the editors · 2 min readOud Malaki opens with a surprisingly bright contrast—lavender's herbal clarity set against the tart snap of grapefruit. This initial freshness doesn't last long. Within minutes, the composition darkens considerably as leather asserts itself, dry and slightly scorched, joined by a tobacco accord that reads more as suede than smoke.
The base settles into a layered warmth where oud provides a woody, resinous backbone without dominating. Ambergris and amber soften the edges, lending a golden, slightly animalic quality that keeps the leather from feeling too austere. The lavender never fully disappears, occasionally surfacing as a faint aromatic thread through the darker materials.
This is structured, formal oud—more boardroom than souk. It skews traditionally masculine in its leathery severity but maintains enough polish to avoid aggression. Best suited to cooler weather and those comfortable with substantial sillage.
Scent twins
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