Oud fragrance: understanding this note and choosing the right perfume
Oud belongs to the woody universe, but it doesn't always create the same impression. Associated with fruits, flowers, spices, vanilla, amber, or musk, it can become brighter, softer, or deeper.
Which oud fragrance to choose?
Fruity and vanilla oud
Areebah by Riiffs combines tropical fruits, osmanthus, and saffron with a heart of patchouli and oud, then Madagascar vanilla, cedar, and musk.
Spicy, woody, or amber oud
- Impèrial Fidda by Bareeq notably combines oud, white amber, rosemary, leather, musk, and vetiver.
- Laathani by Ahmed Al Maghribi places oud and rosemary at its heart, then bakhoor and leather in the base.
- Bois d’Oud by Flavia brings together spices, rosemary, cardamom, oud, woody notes, amber, musk, and vanilla.
- Bade’e Al Oud For Glory by Lattafa combines saffron, nutmeg, lavender, oud, patchouli, and musk.
Floral or musky oud
- Ameerat Al Arab by Asdaaf combines citrus, bergamot, aloe vera, white musk, oud, woody notes, and jasmine.
- Musc Intime Ameerat Al Arab by Dubaï Flower features a composition centered around citrus, aloe vera, white musk, oud, woods, and jasmine.
- Jealousy by Ayat blends blackcurrant, aquatic notes, flowers, oud, patchouli, and incense.
- Mermazing Rouge by Volaré combines saffron, cocoa, magnolia, rose, oud, and white musk.
- AWJ Azuree by Mamlakat Al Oud brings together pink berries, ginger, blue tonka bean, jasmine, dry woods, oud, nagarmotha, musk, and amber.
Gourmand or softened oud
- Musc Oud by El Nabil combines Calabrian bergamot, ambroxan, oud, and musk.
- Momento by Riiffs blends sugar, saffron, tangerine, tonka bean, Damask rose, oud, Amberwood, caramel, and cedar.
- Shaghaf Oud Tonka by Swiss Arabian combines oud with the sweetness of tonka bean.
How to decide quickly?
Choose according to the notes surrounding the oud: fruits and vanilla for more sweetness, flowers and musk for a more enveloping profile, or spices, leather, patchouli, and other woods for a more structured direction.
You can also explore the men's, women's, unisex, and Riiffs collections.
Conclusion
If you want to discover oud without choosing at random, start with Areebah for a fruity and vanilla profile, Momento for a gourmand sweetness, or Bade’e Al Oud For Glory for a more spicy and woody direction.