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Oud Satin Mood

Oud Satin Mood opens with the powdered sweetness of violet and rose, their soft petals tempered by a current of cool, medicinal benzoin.

ConcentrationEau de Parfum
Forunisex
Released2015
Statusenriched
Oud Satin Mood — Maison Francis Kurkdjian
2015 · Eau de Parfum
van·iri·ros·amb
Rating
4.2
6.5k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
citrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 5 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.

  • Vanilla
    75
  • Iris Powder
    70
  • Rose
    65
  • Amber
    60
  • Oud
    50

By the editors · 2 min readOud Satin Mood opens with the powdered sweetness of violet and rose, their soft petals tempered by a current of cool, medicinal benzoin. The oud here is polite rather than confrontational—smoothed into submission by vanilla and worn like a second skin rather than announced from across a room. There's a talc-like quality that hovers throughout, reminiscent of clean linen or the inside of a cosmetics case.

As it settles, the composition becomes warmer and more intimate, with amber threading through the vanillic base. The effect is enveloping without being cloying, a confection that never quite tips into dessert territory. This is oud reinterpreted for those who find traditional oud too assertive or animalic.

The overall impression is one of luxurious restraint—a scent that whispers wealth rather than shouting it. It suits evening occasions and cooler weather, appealing to those who want oud's mystique without its more challenging facets. The mood is refined, almost hushed, like velvet curtains drawn against winter twilight.

Filed: Maison Francis KurkdjianSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap