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When you want a deep, luxurious fragrance experience, you turn to an oud. But this intoxicating wood scent is more than just a lovely aroma—it’s a cultural staple for many. Oud is a raw material, and ...

Oud is old news in the fragrance world, and that’s not a dig. What was once a fringe accord in the West (though beloved in the Middle East for centuries) is now fully cemented as a global staple, with ...

Oud is a perfumed paradox. This rich resin is ancient yet modern, sacred yet sensual. Polarizing in subpar extractions, but extremely magnetic and alluring in stellar ones. That resin, known as oud or ...

Oud is not for everyone, but a new crop of approachable ouds means there might be one scent just for you Oud is one of the most mysterious and expensive perfumery ingredients. Its lore is so profusely ...

When it comes to fragrance, few notes exude luxury quite like oud. Prized for centuries in perfumery for its smoky, musky scent, it's one of the most expensive raw materials in the world—and for good ...

Also known as agarwood, oud is produced when the mould phialophora parasitica infects the aquilaria (or agar) tree to produce a dark, fragrant resin that essentially works as the tree's defence ...

There's a kind of vibe shift taking place in perfumery right now. As the seasons shift and we fully transition into autumn, so do our scents. Often, we swap out the floaty, floral fragrances of summer ...