Andy the frenchy
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Damn! 😂Rose Omeyyade is a rose-oud.
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Damn! 😂Rose Omeyyade is a rose-oud.
Agar Ėbène.Does Hermes have any oud fragrances?
Already mentioned above in post # 18- Agar EbeneDoes Hermes have any oud fragrances? I can't think of any.
Does Hermes have any oud fragrances? I can't think of any.
Agar Ėbène.
Already mentioned above in post # 18- Agar Ebene
Mugler had an Alien Oud release. ELDO has 500 years which they describe as "where oud serves the rose" on their site. Aramis did Perfume Calligraphy. It's actually tricky to find examples!I'd add Goutal. They resisted until 2015, when they launched two in their upper end collection 'Les Absolus': 1001 Ouds and Rose Oud.
Only the the latter is still produced in their regular collection, but this is for sure not a pilar of their identity, and it's no surprise that they released those only after Annick Goutal passed away... Business is war.
So did Hermes, who only have one fragrance in their upper end line (Agar Ebene), but it's not their focus at all, nor a heavy hitter.
Also, to the best of my knowledge: Jovoy, Escentric Molecules, Aramis, Azzaro, Adolfo Dominguez, Atelier des Ors, Etat Libre d'Orange, Frapin, Masque, Miller et Bertaux, Mugler.
... and also Montale? Ok.... Ok.... I'm leaving....
Yes, it does evoke tobacco more than it does oud.I never think of Lalique Hommage à l'Homme as an oud fragrance, but as a (kind of) tobacco fragrance, even though there is no tobacco whatsoever in it.
Probably what my nose reads as an elusive cigar box note is the oud.
some houses that haven't released ouds
- Italy
- Prada
- Fendi
- Francesca Bianchi
- USA
- Narciso Rodriguez
- Calvin Klein
Eight & Bob Agneta is an oud.some houses that haven't released ouds
- France:
- Eight & Bob
NR has an "Oud Musk" that's for sale here in Canada. CK did Pure Gold Euphoria. Prada has one in the high-end line called Miracles of the Rose.some houses that haven't released ouds
- France:
- Les Indemodables
- Eight & Bob
- Astier de Villate
- Italy
- Prada
- Bottega Veneta
- Fendi
- is this house dead? no new fragrances since 2018... what a missed opportunity for mr. arnault...
- Francesca Bianchi
- USA
- Narciso Rodriguez
- did release a high end collection featuring one Oud fragrance, but available only in the Middle East and possibly Harrod's
- Calvin Klein
- Australia
- Naomi Goodsir
Thanks all - I stand corrected!
Still though - think there should be some distinction between things that are "oud fragrances" and things that coincidentally contain a note of oud... I've worn Francesca Bianchi's Tyger Tyger 5 or 6 times and am surprised to hear it has a listed oud note. It is definitely a fruity-leather above all else.
Other brands that come to mind:
Also if we zoom out a bit, it's easy to see how the "average" consumer of perfumes, at least in the USA, could easily never see an oud at their local Ulta or Macy's. Estee Lauder doesn't currently market any ouds, nor does YSL, Chanel etc.
- Marc Antoine Barrois
- Les Abstraits - though the brand is still pretty new
- Escentric Molecules
Dolce & Gabbana; Narciso Rodriguez have released oud fragrances, but only as Middle East exclusives. Ariana Grande, Paris Hilton, & Britney Spears have EACH sold over a billion dollars in fragrances in the past 5 years and certainly none of theirs are ouds...
Great input, very good point on the 'oud fragrances' vs. 'oud notes', made me think over the latter, when the oud/argawood is not even the real wood essential oil as an ingredient but rather an accord, just a synthetic accord used that smells like leather, amber, cedar and also hundreds of other things, if the marketing team(or the perfumer)still elaborately chooses 'oud' to include in the notes, what message do they want to send out to the consumers and the market? What's the potential benefit for the brand when choosing 'oud' over 'ebony' or 'darkwoods'?
Lubin Sarmate has an oud note.Many great replies already, can spontaneously think so far especially about:
Molinard, Hugh Parsons, Knize, La Martina, GFT, Molyneux, Lubin, l'Occitane.
My apologies to say I can't be sure about that, what I can remember was some newly synthesized molecule or compound by Fermenich, that would evoke smell of woods and leather, and has been used in some niche releases, which can be easily received as darkwoods or oud.Forgive my (practically encyclopedic) ignorance, but --are you saying that a singular synthetic accord can be used to evoke all those things? Would it have to be used in combination with other notes or chemicals to produce an oud accord, or a leather accord?