Oud
Black pepper and cardamom open together — sharp and dry rather than sweet — while guaiac wood lends an immediate smoky, pencil-shaving quality beneath them.
The scent fingerprint
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- Aromatic50
- Warm Spicy50
- Balsamic50
- Woody
The note pyramid
- Black Pepper
- Guaiac Wood
- Cardamom
- Cedar
- Patchouli
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readBlack pepper and cardamom open together — sharp and dry rather than sweet — while guaiac wood lends an immediate smoky, pencil-shaving quality beneath them. The spice sits forward and the opening reads notably woody for an oud-labeled fragrance.
Cedar and patchouli in the heart deepen the dry-wood character and introduce an earthy, slightly dark undertone. Sandalwood at the base softens the composition but only moderately — this stays on the drier, more austere side rather than becoming creamy.
Overall it's a spicy, woody fragrance where the patchouli and guaiac do most of the structural work. The oud character, despite its billing, is implied rather than pronounced.
Scent twins
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