Note · Woods
Oud
Aquilaria
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Oud, or agarwood, is born of a wound: infected by a fungus, the aquilaria tree defends itself by producing a dark resin that saturates its wood. Distilled, it smells of smoked wood, leather and animal, with an almost medicinal depth. Rare and protected, it is often recomposed in Western perfumery.
What it brings
Woody power and inimitable character. Oud gives the base of a fragrance a sumptuous gravity.
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Material profile
- Family
- Woods
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Aquilaria
- Origin
- South and Southeast Asia: India (Assam), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillationRecomposed by the perfumer
- On Volute
- 64 fragrances
The fragrances that reveal it
In the same family · Woods
- Akigalawood
- Ambery cedar notes
- Amyris
- Baobab
- Black hemlock
- Blond woods
- Cade oil
- Cashmeran
- Cashmere wood
- Cedarwood
- Clearwood
- Coconut wood
- Cypress
- Cypriol
- Driftwood
- Ebony wood
- Fig wood
- Fir
- Georgywood
- Guaiac wood
- Kingwood
- Lorenox
- Mahogany
- Musky woody notes
- Oak
- Orcanox
- Palo santo
- Papyrus
- Patchouli
- Pine
- Pine needles
- Rosewood
- Sandalwood
- Smoked wood accord
- Teak
- Thuja
- Vetiver
- Woody notes