Nawab of Oudh Intensivo
Nawab of Oudh Intensivo opens with cardamom and bergamot, a pairing that sets the Indo-Persian register immediately — cardamom warm and spiced-floral, bergamot lending the citrus brightness that grounds it in wearability.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Oud75
- Rose60
- Cardamom55
- Labdanum55
- Cinnamon50
By the editors · 2 min readNawab of Oudh Intensivo opens with cardamom and bergamot, a pairing that sets the Indo-Persian register immediately — cardamom warm and spiced-floral, bergamot lending the citrus brightness that grounds it in wearability. Cinnamon arrives at the heart, deepening the warmth, while magnolia contributes white-floral luminosity and rose provides the Mughal attar quality the Nawab reference demands. The heart reads simultaneously regal and intimate.
The base is the Intensivo distinction: oud without excessive smokiness, alongside ambergris's warm diffusive quality, vetiver's dry earthiness, and labdanum's dark beeswax depth. The five-note base sustains the composition for hours in slow, deepening stages. British restraint applied to an Indo-Persian luxury tradition — the result is focused rather than opulent, precise rather than maximalist.
