Initio · 2026

Oud for Grace

VersionEau de Parfum

Initio says

You’ll smell vanilla, praline, bergamot, Black Pepper, sandalwood, cedarwood, guaiacwood and oud.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Oud for Grace’s scent picture, a draft: vanilla, praline, bergamot, black pepper, sandalwood, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Oud for Grace, top notes: Bergamot, Black pepper

Heartthe first hours

Oud for Grace, heart: Praline

Dry-downhours later

Oud for Grace, dry-down: Vanilla, Sandalwood, Cedar, guaiacwood, Oud, Patchouli, virginia-cedar, Iso E Super, Galaxolide, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

18 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender4 florals4 woods2 sweet1 spices1 musks

Citrus3

Bergamot oilLimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals4

HydroxycitronellalFarnesolGeraniolRose ketones

Woods4

Patchouli oilCedarwood oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices1

Eugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Not in Ingredients yet3

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

Named by Initio, never on a label

VanillaPraline, not in Ingredients yetBlack PepperSandalwoodGuaiacwoodOud

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.

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Counted from the printed lists: 18 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.