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Sometimes, a craving for the champagne lifestyle just strikes.)
That said, theres a reason perfumers refer to the woody ingredient as black gold.
Its rich, luxurious smell is beautiful on everyone.
Wearing oud is more than just wearing perfumeit’s expressing yourself.
It shows confidence, elegance, and your own unique style."
And, she notes, it’s a lasting scentso it sticks with you.
With that, consider these eight oud perfumes loved by our editors.
The vegan fragrance opens with notes of jammy fig before winding through earthy vetiver and honeyed jasmine sambac.
As it dries down, the perfume settles into what the brand describes as an arousing oud.
His best-known scent, Not a Perfume, comprises a single note, ambroxanbut it can be polarizing.
The perfumers take on oud is also laced with the musky, ambery note of ambroxan.
So, in the end, its notjustanother oud.
Its infused with vanilla, sandalwood, and tobacco, which gives it a particularly craveable quality.
If you want more, consider rounding out your collection with the brandsoud candle.
It will fill any room with the perfumes rich, forested scent.
Then, along came a designer with a penchant for decadence.
In 2017, Ford included oud in this Best of Beauty award-winning fragrance that smells like a secluded beach.
Tester feedback:One spritz and Oud Minerale lasts all day,Allurecontributor Brennan Kilbanesaid.
Kayalis diamond-shaped bottles, topped with jewel-like caps, pay homage to historical oud bottles from the Middle East.
As you may have noticed by now, this doesnt come cheap.
How do you pronounce oud?
According to Monet, oud rhymes with mood and is pronounced as ood.
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