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Maison Francis KurkdjianOUD Collection
OUD
Eau de parfum · Francis Kurkdjian
Oud wood at the gates of a marble palace, under a midnight-blue sky full of stars.
- Family
- Woody
- Perfumer
- Francis Kurkdjian
- Year
- Not disclosed
OUD is built around one of perfumery's most precious materials, oud wood, which the house describes as sourced according to fair-trade principles. The fragrance imagines it near a marble palace carved with gold, under a starry sky.
Cedar and patchouli draw it into a sensual dialogue with the skin, while saffron and elemi add their golden sparkle. A spicy, ambery woody scent, between East and West.
Fragrance notes
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
Seasons
- Autumn
- Winter
Moments
- Night
OUD in detail
OUD is the creation that gives its name to the OUD Collection by Maison Francis Kurkdjian, a series of fragrances around oud wood, each associated with a fabric. This one is the most direct: Francis Kurkdjian presents oud almost unadorned, surrounded by woods and spices, under the image of a marble palace and a night sky.
The house lists its notes without sorting them into stages. Oud is at the centre, dry and woody. Cedarwood extends this woody impression, while patchouli gives it an earthy depth. Saffron brings a spicy, slightly leathery warmth, and elemi, a resin with lemony, peppery accents, brightens the whole with a livelier note.
OUD is worn in the evening, in autumn and winter: a dinner, a formal evening, an occasion when you enjoy a fragrance with character.
Three woody fragrances in our catalogue share its materials: Decision 42 by Amouage brings together patchouli and cedarwood; Interlude Man, from the same house, pairs oud and patchouli; Oud for Greatness by Initio Parfums Privés finds oud, saffron and patchouli again. For a softer version of the same wood, see OUD satin mood.
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