Oud Ispahan
Oud Ispahan opens with a warmth that feels immediate and enveloping—labdanum's resinous depth meeting saffron's red-gold threads.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 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.
- Woody85
- Rose80
- Oud75
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Labdanum
- Saffron
- Patchouli
- Rose
- Sandalwood
- Oud
By the editors · 2 min readOud Ispahan opens with a warmth that feels immediate and enveloping—labdanum's resinous depth meeting saffron's red-gold threads. The rose here is not delicate or dewy but plush and darkened, as though pressed between pages of aged leather. Patchouli adds a velvety shadow without overwhelming, while the oud remains surprisingly polished rather than animalic or harsh.
As it settles, sandalwood's creamy smoothness tempers the composition's intensity, creating a balance between opulence and wearability. The cedar provides quiet structure beneath layers of rose that persist from heart to base. This is Dior translating Middle Eastern materials through a distinctly French lens—controlled, refined, and built for longevity.
Best suited to those who want oud without confrontation, or rose with gravitas. It occupies a space between oriental richness and contemporary elegance, comfortable in formal settings but not stuffy.
Scent twins
In this family
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