Oud

Dark, resinous, animal and unmistakable. The most expensive raw idea in perfumery, rebuilt as a whole mood.

An accord centred on agarwood — the precious resinous heartwood of Aquilaria trees — extended with deep woods and synthetics that echo its smoke and leather. Where natural oud can run barnyard and medicinal, the modern oud accord is smoother: warm, balsamic, faintly sweet, with a brooding woody core. The signature gesture of Middle Eastern perfumery, now woven through Western niche.