Arabian Oud

Madawi Gold Edition

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Cardamom and ripe pineapple over almond-sweet tonka, drying to vanilla with a thread of cedar and patchouli.

Arabian Oud says

You’ll smell the cardamom, pineapple, tonka beans and vanilla.

More from Arabian Oud’s description

It also mentions Fragrant cardamom, Warm tonka bean, Luscious pineapple and Warm vanilla.

The house’s page

The drawn Madawi Gold Edition bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Madawi Gold Edition’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, pineapple, tonka (coumarin), vanilla (vanillin), patchouli, virginia cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Madawi Gold Edition, top notes: Cardamom

Heartas it settles

Madawi Gold Edition, heart: Pineapple, Tonka (coumarin), Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Madawi Gold Edition, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Patchouli, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

16 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

1 citrus4 herbs & lavender2 florals4 woods2 sweet2 spices1 musks

8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

1 Million BlackRabanne · shares cardamom, pineapple, tonka and vanilla$140 for 100 ml · about half of Madawi Gold Edition’s $300
Club de Nuit Intense OverdoseArmaf · shares pineapple, tonka and vanilla$70 for 105 ml · about a fifth of Madawi Gold Edition’s $300
Dark AoudMaison Alhambra · shares cardamom, tonka and vanilla$39 for 80 ml · about a fifth of Madawi Gold Edition’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.