Initio · 2018 · Jordi Fernandez

Oud for Greatness

VersionEau de Parfum

Initio says

You’ll smell oud, Agarwood Oil, lavender, saffron, patchouli, musk and nutmeg.

The house’s page

The drawn Oud for Greatness bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Oud for Greatness’s scent picture, a draft: oud, lavender, saffron, patchouli, musk, nutmeg drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Oud for Greatness, top notes: Lavender

Heartthe first hours

Oud for Greatness, heart: Musk, nutmeg

Dry-downhours later

Oud for Greatness, dry-down: Oud, saffron, Patchouli, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

8 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus4 herbs & lavender2 woods1 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender4

Lavender oilLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Spices1

Eugenol

Not in Ingredients yet4

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

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)

Named by Initio, never on a label

OudSaffronMusk, not in Ingredients yetNutmeg

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: 8 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.