Cider Oud
Fragrance notes
Character
The kitchen is warm from the stove, and a glass of spiced cider sits on the table beside a shallow dish of burning frankincense. Cider Oud lives in that small space. The opening brings cider apple and lilac together, the fruit round and slightly sharp, the flower cool and powdery against the resin. Frankincense lifts the top notes so the air feels dry even while the apple reads juicy. It is a strange and compelling start, sweet but not cloying, fresh but already leaning toward something darker.
Leather and tobacco enter as the heart settles, joined by saffron and rose. The red apple lingers behind them, now softer and cooked, while Laotian oud adds a deep, smoky wood that feels carved rather than poured. The leather is smooth, the tobacco dry, and the rose gives a faint, dusty petal note that keeps the blend from turning purely masculine. Incense curls through the middle, linking the bright top to the heavy base that is already rising.
Indian oud and guaiac wood take over with Mysore sandalwood, ambergris and musk. The fruit fades into the background, leaving a woody, animalic amber that feels dense and slightly salty. The cider memory remains as a ghost, a sweetness that flickers through the smoke and leather, and the lilac returns once more as a pale shadow near the skin, caught in the warm air between the stove and the open window
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