Creed · 2011

Royal Oud

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Creed asks $590 for 100 ml
50 ml$415
100 ml$590
240 ml$1,000

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Zesty grapefruit, lemon and cardamom over geranium and bitter green galbanum, sinking into smoky oud, cedar and benzoin.

Creed says

You’ll smell grapefruit, cardamom, angelica, geranium, oud, incense accord, benzoin and cedarwood.

More from Creed’s description

It also mentions Lemon, Pink pepper, Bergamot, Bitter green galbanum, Lebanese cedar, Sandalwood and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Royal Oud’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, cardamom, angelica, geranium, oud, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Royal Oud, top notes: Grapefruit, Cardamom, Lemon, Pink pepper, Bergamot, Galbanum

Heartas it settles

Royal Oud, heart: Angelica, Geranium

Dry-downwhat stays

Royal Oud, dry-down: Oud, Frankincense, Benzoin, Cedar, Sandalwood, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet2 spices

7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Epic ManAmouage · shares cardamom, geranium (rose geranium), agarwood, frankincense and 4 more$395 for 100 ml
OutlandsAmouage · shares cardamom, geranium (rose geranium), agarwood, frankincense and 4 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Royal Oud’s $590
AniNishane · shares cardamom, benzoin, cedar (Atlas cedar), pink pepper and 3 more$375 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.