
Ingredients · Woods · Made in a lab
Oud accord
Real oud oil is scarce and very expensive; most 'oud' is a smoky, leathery woody accord.
- What it is
- A classic blend perfumers build from several materials.
- How perfumers build it
- Known in
- M7 (Yves Saint Laurent, 2002)
- Worth knowing
- Oud forms only when agarwood trees are infected by mold and flood their wood with dark, fragrant resin.
Named by the house in 6 of the 1080 perfumes read so far









