Maison Francis Kurkdjian · 2015 · Francis Kurkdjian

Oud Satin Mood

VersionEau de Parfum

A soft violet opening onto rich Damascena rose and smooth oud, melting into powdery vanilla, amber and benzoin.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian says

You’ll smell violet, oud, Damascena Rose, Vanilla Amber Accord and benzoin.

More from Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s description

It also mentions Violet accord, Oud wood, Damascena rose essence and absolute, Bulgarian rose, Turkish rose and Vanilla.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Oud Satin Mood’s scent picture, a draft: violet, oud, rose, vanilla (vanillin), benzoin, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Oud Satin Mood, top notes: Violet, Geranium

Heartas it settles

Oud Satin Mood, heart: Rose, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Oud Satin Mood, dry-down: Oud, Vanilla (vanillin), Benzoin, Patchouli, Cedar, Galaxolide (musk), Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What Maison Francis Kurkdjian names

What the label names

29 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 citrus5 herbs & lavender8 florals3 woods3 sweet1 amber & resins4 spices1 musks1 powder

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

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholDiethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

NefsNishane · shares violet (sweet violet), agarwood, rose and vanilla$665 for 50 ml
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares agarwood, rose, vanilla and benzoin
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares violet (sweet violet), rose, vanilla and benzoin
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.