Versace · 2013
Pour Homme Oud Noir
The houseFor men
VersionEau de Parfum
Bitter orange, neroli and black pepper over cardamom, saffron and incense, drying down to oud, patchouli and leather.
A shop’s page says
You’ll smell Bitter Orange, neroli, Black Pepper, cardamom, saffron, frankincense (olibanum), Oud Wood, patchouli and leatherwood.
What’s inside it
What a shop’s page names
What the label names
8 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.
2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 powder
Herbs & lavender1
Sweet1
Heart2
as it settles
Dry-down3
what stays
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Wearers say
Smells like it
For about the same
Intense OudOn your shelfGucci · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Pour Homme Oud Noir
Oud WoodOn your shelfTom Ford · A few of its own wearers say it smells like Pour Homme Oud NoirWhat wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.
Our match of the notes
Shares its notes
Epic ManAmouage · shares cardamom, saffron, frankincense, agarwood and 2 more
OutlandsAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cardamom, saffron, frankincense and 2 more
Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.