Bombshell Oud
Bombshell Oud is what happens when Victoria's Secret tries to translate Middle Eastern attar codes into the line's signature pink-floral bottle.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 5 accords.
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- Oud60
- Leather55
- Amber50
- Ozonic
The note pyramid
- Violet Leaf
- Saffron
- Mandarin Orange
- White Suede
- Peony
By the editors · 2 min readBombshell Oud is what happens when Victoria's Secret tries to translate Middle Eastern attar codes into the line's signature pink-floral bottle. Saffron opens it — warm, slightly leathery, with that recognizable spicy bitterness — alongside violet leaf and mandarin for lift.
The heart is built around white suede and peony. The suede is plush and dry, peony bright and slightly soapy; together they give the composition more skin-like depth than the rest of the line. The base names oud and ambroxan: the oud reads sweet-clean, more sandal-and-resin than the smoky, medicinal real thing, while ambroxan supplies the salt-skin radiance Bombshell flankers lean on.
Clément Gavarry composed it. As oud-themed Western releases go, this one trades authenticity for accessibility — a Bombshell sister with a tan and a borrowed accent.
Scent twins
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