The trees are grown throughout South-East Asia, India and Bangladesh and agarwood is said to be the most expensive timber in the world – indeed, one of the most expensive of all natural raw ingredients.

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To this day, Tom Ford Oud Wood is still seen as one of the finer creations from the Tom Ford Private Blend Collection. Made in France and using natural origin ingredients (87, to be precise), Atelier Cologne’s non-gender-specific take on the majestic oud ingredient is both woody and invigorating. A potent blend of amber and rose with a soft oud edge, it is brooding and hauntingly beautiful; a rich tapestry of complex and extravagant depths. A gender-neutral, power ballad of a scent, it blends the luminous and tender facets of rosa damascena essence with the potency of oud from Laos and the resinous, amber-tinged properties of labdanum absolute.

This way, you can see how the scent will fit you and from there you can decide whether or not the original is worth it. An arbiter of good taste, with elegance running through its DNA, you can always put your trust and confidence in an Acqua di Parma fragrance. Oud was a highly unique and bold decision - a decision that originally backfired and was not going to pay until much later with this softer, more approachable take on the unisex fragrance we have here. A mysterious contrast of light and shadow, it blends a soft cashmere wood with a warming cocktail of tagetes (part of the marigold family), fir balsam, nutmeg and a sugary accord.

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Created by perfumer, Fabrice Pellegrin, it is a resinous and earthy scent with a brighter, lighter character which is sparked with ginger, cypriol and guaiac wood essences. This immediately creates a luxurious and classy scent that sets the tone for the remainder of this fragrance. Created in 2015 by master perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin (also responsible for Diptyque’s masculine masterpiece Vetyverio), it is a full-bodied oriental that flits between East and West and takes you on a journey with its sophisticated blend of exotic ingredients.Tom Ford Oud Wood, for example, is quite expensive and that sadly deters people away from this beautiful fragrance. A unique scent that is full of carefully-balanced contrasts; tradition and innovation, light and shadow, sophistication and invigorating freshness.