Dior · 2012 · François Demachy

Oud Ispahan

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Smoldering oud and red rose, wrapped in frankincense and sticky labdanum resin, with sandalwood beneath.

Dior says

You’ll smell oud wood and Damascus rose.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions Eastern red rose, Oud accord, Rose, Frankincense, Resin, Smoldering Wood, Oud, Labdanum Absolute, Labdanum and Sandalwood.

The house’s page

The drawn Oud Ispahan bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Oud Ispahan’s scent picture, a draft: oud, rose, frankincense, labdanum, sandalwood, virginia cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Oud Ispahan, top notes: Frankincense, Sweet orange, Geranium

Heartas it settles

Oud Ispahan, heart: Rose, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Oud Ispahan, dry-down: Oud, Labdanum, Sandalwood, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What Dior names

Oud woodDamascus roseOud accordFrankincenseSmoldering WoodLabdanum AbsoluteSandalwood

What the label names

26 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.

3 citrus4 herbs & lavender7 florals4 woods2 sweet4 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus3

LimoneneBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolTerpineolLinalyl acetate

Florals7

Geranium oilRose oilCitronellolGeraniol (rose)Rose ketonesFarnesolGeranyl acetate

Woods4

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices4

beta-CaryophylleneClove bud oilEugenolEugenyl acetate

Musks1

Hexadecanolactone (musk)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Ext. violet 2Red 33Yellow 10Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

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