Nomaoud
Nomaoud opens with a warm collision of saffron and ylang-ylang—neither sweet nor medicinal, but leathery and faintly metallic, like dusty textiles in a caravan trunk.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Cedar70
- Sandalwood60
- Amber60
- Leather50
- Cinnamon40
By the editors · 2 min readNomaoud opens with a warm collision of saffron and ylang-ylang—neither sweet nor medicinal, but leathery and faintly metallic, like dusty textiles in a caravan trunk. The saffron doesn't announce itself as a culinary note; instead, it adds a dry, resinous sharpness that pulls the ylang away from its usual tropical sweetness.
As it settles, cashmeran and Virginia cedar create a soft, woody haze, while rose appears as a smudged watercolor rather than a distinct bloom. The sandalwood and leather in the base are muted and abstract, more suggestion than statement—this is oud explored through gauze rather than magnified under glass.
Nomaoud feels like Comptoir Sud Pacifique's attempt to sketch a Middle Eastern landscape without literalism. It's restrained for an oud fragrance, readable in casual settings, and suited to anyone drawn to woody-amber scents with a trace of spice and fabric.
