Al Oudh
Al-Oudh opens with a distinctive cardamom-dusted orange blossom, the pink pepper adding a glittering sharpness that cuts through the sweetness.
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.
- Sandalwood75
- Tonka70
- Incense70
- Cardamom70
- Vanilla65
By the editors · 2 min readAl-Oudh opens with a distinctive cardamom-dusted orange blossom, the pink pepper adding a glittering sharpness that cuts through the sweetness. Despite its name, this is not a traditional oud composition—instead, L'Artisan builds an impressionistic idea of Middle Eastern luxury through smoky incense, golden saffron, and a refined leather accord that suggests aged wood panels rather than barnyard intensity.
The heart gradually softens as iris and rose emerge, their powdery elegance tempering the spice. The base settles into something unexpectedly plush: sandalwood and myrrh wrapped in vanilla and tonka, with enough patchouli and cedar to maintain structure. The overall effect is warm, enveloping, more reminiscent of a perfumed riad courtyard than a souk.
This is oud for those who find pure agarwood too challenging—a Western interpretation that emphasizes comfort and wearability while nodding respectfully eastward.
