NOTORIOUS OUD








Top Notes | Heart Notes | Base Notes |
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saffron | indonesian oud | civet |
camphor | bulgar rose | cetalox |
white galbanum | lavender absolute | papyrus |
Sublime Indonesian oud with a worldwide perspective. Formulated in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn with North African papyrus, Afghani saffron, and Bulgarian rose.
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Liner Notes
Oud is the most notorious ingredient in perfume. Everyone seems to have an opinion about it. Real oud oil is the most expensive perfume ingredient on the planet. Rare logs from the jungles of South East Asia are guarded by the government – theft penalized by death! Whole logs of Aquilaria that have been infected with the black resin can sell for millions. Oud is the stuff of fables - now endangered from overharvesting.
Aromatically, oud is among the most varied and complex oils on the planet. Depending on location, age, and method of extraction oud can display countless shimmering effects that appear at once woody, spicy, floral, smoky, rooty, musky, fine, fecal, and animalic. The hunt for rare ouds to be prized and worn directly on the skin is a little different than the making oud perfumes.
Oud perfume, like most modern perfumes, seek to take inspiration from studies of oils that could never be mass produced (for regulatory, environmental, artistic and economic considerations). The magic of the perfumer’s touch is his or her ability to reconstruct specific aromas with other materials.
Notorious Oud is me sitting in Brooklyn, thinking about a rare Indonesian Oud that I procured. Thinking what would make its essence sing and grow from a single oil into a transcendent perfume. I took fine materials from all over the world – Bulgarian Rose, French Lavender, Egyptian Papyrus, and Afghani saffron—and built a support structure around this wonderfully complex oud accord. Oud that wears easy and beautiful.
Ingredients
Alcohol denat., parfum (fragrance), aqua (water), benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, cinnamal, cinnamyl alcohol, citral, citronellol, coumarin, eugenol, farnesol, geraniol, limonene, linalool
AVAILABLE ON U.S. ORDERS OVER $50
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CUSTOMIZABLE SAMPLE SET
$40
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PORTABLE FIREPLACE
$65
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HOLY FICUS AUTO FRAGRANCE
$12
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CONCRETE AFTER LIGHTNING
$65
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PORTABLE FIREPLACE AUTO FRAGRANCE
$12
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DEBASER
$72 / $260
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BOWMAKERS
$72 / $260
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RADIO BOMBAY
$72 / $260
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CORIANDER
$72 / $260
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT
$72 / $260
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COWBOY GRASS
$175 / $260
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CONCRETE AFTER LIGHTNING AUTO FRAGRANCE
$12
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TOMB OF THE EAGLES
$65
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'85 DIESEL
$65
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BOWMAKERS BODY LOTION
$8 / $60
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MISSISSIPPI MEDICINE
$72 / $260
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ROSE ATLANTIC
$72 / $260
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SMOKE SAMPLE SET
$40
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GREATEST HITS VOL. 1 DISCOVERY SET
$60
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BOWMAKERS BODY WASH
$7 / $50
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WOOD SAMPLE SET
$40
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HOLY FICUS
$65
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WILD BROOKLYN LAVENDER
$65
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'85 DIESEL AUTO FRAGRANCE
$12
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BURNING BARBERSHOP
$175 / $260
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ISO E SOAPER
$20
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DEBASER BODY LOTION
$8 / $60
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HEAVYWEIGHT SAMPLE SET
$40
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FORWARD SAMPLE SET
$40
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RAMA WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME
$65
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DEBASER BODY WASH
$7 / $50
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ITALIAN CITRUS
$175 / $260
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ROSE ATLANTIC BODY LOTION
$8 / $60
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SPIRIT LAMP
$65
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EL COSMICO
$175 / $260
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ROSE ATLANTIC BODY WASH
$7 / $50
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FLOWER SAMPLE SET
$40
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FREETRAPPER
$175 / $260
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AMBER KISO
$175 / $260
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NOTORIOUS OUD
$175 / $260
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AMBER TEUTONIC
$175 / $260
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WHITE PEACOCK LILY
$175 / $260