Hermès · 2024 · Christine Nagel

Oud Alezan

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

A smooth agarwood oud wrapped in rosewater and a contrasting pair of roses.

Hermès says

You’ll smell an exceptional oud and A contrasting duo of roses.

More from Hermès’s description

It also mentions Oud (agarwood), Rosewater and Rose ether.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Oud Alezan’s scent picture, a draft: oud, rose, limonene (orange peel) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Oud Alezan, top notes: Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Oud Alezan, heart: Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Oud Alezan, dry-down: Oud

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl alcoholDibutyl adipate, not in Ingredients yetPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yetEthylhexyl triazone, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Velvet Rose & Oud Cologne IntenseJo Malone London · shares agarwood and rose$228 for 100 ml · about half of Oud Alezan’s $395
Angel NovaMugler · shares agarwood and rose$159 for 100 ml · about a third of Oud Alezan’s $395
Barakkat Satin OudFragrance World · shares agarwood and rose
More from Hermès6 more perfumes

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.