Arabian Oud

Madawi

VersionEau de Parfum

Arabian Oud says

You’ll smell pineapple, orange blossom, patchouli and musk.

More from Arabian Oud’s description

It also mentions natural patchouli, luxurious amber, tropical fruits, seductive musk, wild rose, peach and fruity flowers.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Madawi’s scent picture, a draft: pineapple, orange blossom, patchouli, musk, rose, peach drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Madawi, top notes: Pineapple

Heartthe first hours

Madawi, heart: Orange blossom, Rose, Peach

Dry-downhours later

Madawi, dry-down: Patchouli, Musk, Virginia cedar, Cedar, Iso E Super, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

16 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 herbs & lavender6 florals5 woods2 sweet1 musks

Herbs & lavender2

Linalyl acetateLinalool

Florals6

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniolRose ketonesHydroxycitronellalGeranyl acetate

Woods5

Patchouli oilCedarwood oilCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)Vertofix

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Benzaldehyde

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Not in Ingredients yet6

Dimethyl phenethyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetHexadecanolactone, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetTrimethylcyclopentenyl methyl isopentenol, not in Ingredients yetBenzoic acid, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Benzyl alcoholDenatonium benzoate

Named by Arabian Oud, never on a label

Pineapple, not in Ingredients yetOrange blossomMusk, not in Ingredients yetWild rosePeach, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

Our match of the labels

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Counted from the printed lists: 16 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.