Amouage · 2021 · Cécile Zarokian

Opus XIII Silver Oud

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Smoky oud and birch over woods and vanilla, with a leathery castoreum edge.

The drawn Opus XIII Silver Oud bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Opus XIII Silver Oud’s scent picture, a draft: patchouli, cypriol, cedar, oud, vanilla, ambergris drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Opus XIII Silver Oud, top notes: Patchouli, Cypriol, Cedar, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Opus XIII Silver Oud, heart: Oud, Vanilla, Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Opus XIII Silver Oud, dry-down: Ambergris, Birch, Guaiacwood, Castoreum

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 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 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 spices

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

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LustreAmouage · shares patchouli, cypriol, cedar (Atlas cedar), vanilla and 1 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Opus XIII Silver Oud’s $550
Queen of SilkCreed · shares patchouli, cedar (Atlas cedar), agarwood, vanilla and 1 more$460 for 75 ml · about the same as Opus XIII Silver Oud’s $550
Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares patchouli, cedar (Atlas cedar), agarwood, ambergris and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Opus XIII Silver Oud’s $550
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.