I am a scientist working on synthesis of various secondary plant metabolites. I don’t work on Oud and never had I work on more mainstream substances mostly and one of the main factors why this kind of research is important is to protect rainforests. Because one of the main reason for deforestation is the hunger for substances grown where rainforest is.
To your last sentence.... You do know that they plant agar wood trees, and inoculate them with the fungus to create our wood? Your logic is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
More! I would love to see every note there is explained by you! Such a good, yet short video. No irrelevant information, just straight to the point. Love to see it!
I own a 10ml bottle of 100% agarwood from India (near Jaipur). I bought it from the middle of the jungle, a guy who was selling attar told me I should try out oud. I fell in love ever since I smelt it, it’s sweet, intoxicating, euphoric. Very mysterious yet so fresh, I can sense it’s aging as well. It’s been about 7 months, the smell has aged, and gotten stronger. At first it was a bit airy now it’s deep. And it last weeks on my clothes, i treasure it more then all my niche fragrances 💖. Also fragrances with oud in them , smell wayyyyyy different then real oud, so if you can please try out real oud. Probably a fresh batch for the first try
Love your stuff Akhi Omar! -would love to see a historical influence breakdown of oud and how it was introduced to the western markets…and effectively the impact on its new audience on the people from which it came. Fragrance, like food, I feel is a great way to embrace and recognize cultures we may have misunderstood…. And seeing oud all over the place, referenced in its original language, just makes me hopeful!
Thanks Omar for this Oud tutorial. You are right, it is expensive and becoming more expensive as agarwood becomes more scarce. The last time I checked fragrance site it was selling for $25,000 USD per pound. There is also a difference in smell between Indian Out and that which comes form Thailand or Cambodia. Indian Oud has a distinctly fecal scent, more of the barnyard scent you mentioned. The SE Asian Oud still has the strong barnyard scent but mix of a more woodsy aroma. I suspect the SE Asian variety is favored by most perfumers.If Ian mistaken on this please correct me.
Can you do like a beginners guide to getting into the more Challenging notes in Fragrance? Oud, Iris, Vetiver, Herbals, Animalic musks etc? I'm getting about 10 deep in my collection but so far it's all been generally Mass appealing designer stuff would love to get into some of the more challenging scents but not sure where to start so I don't get overwhelmed, or off put, or worse yet make a terrible blind buy. Would love a recommendation style video to kind of get an idea of what's out there on the market that would be good starting points for these "challenging" notes. Thanks.
@@SchoolOfScent Thanks Omar. Love that you take the time to interact with your community and make videos with sound advice. Your videos have given me the knowledge to build a sound collection that I have enjoyed so far.
Have you looked at Thameen out of the UK. Great house with some awesome frags. I started with Carved Oud… a smoother Oud Wood from Tom Ford and about half the price.
Well I have no knowledge about another ouds except from my country Indonesia. We call it Gaharu. Gaharu or Indonesian oud smells like duo teakwood + vetiver (50%) mix with honey + frangipani + leather (50%). Yes definitely very complex aroma for piece of wood. It smells sweet, thick, creamy yet tangy and a bit sour. It must be harder for someone particulary from outside Asian countries to adapt with that kind of smell in a parfume or general scents
I'm a big fan of Japanese incense which as well, uses oud. Brands like Baieido, Kunjudo, KyuKyodo, Kida Jinseido, Shunkohdo, Tennendo, Yamadamatsu, etc. all use it, also known as aloeswood. As in fragrance, the amount used and the quality used determine the price and the wonderful scent. As aloeswood is becoming scarcer, the incense industry is looking to develop lab grown oud, but it's not quite the same yet. Better living through chemistry? 😟
I'm fragrance noob and a friend told me to try Versace Oud for my first Oud Fragrance and I'm definitely liking it its unique like nothing I've smelled before. Will be trying Gucci oud also i hear its smells good also not too strong Oud Fragrance
Amazing...straight to the point as always Omar,you became fast my favorite rewiewer when after your "Mancera Recommendations" i did the best blind buy ever...Aoud Exclusif!!!
Oud does NOT have animalic notes! Oud oil which is called denhal oud can have barnyard notes depending on how it’s been distilled. Oud is one of the original form of Perfuming. The word Perfum is a Latin word which means to smoke through and this is exactly what the process of burning oud is. People in the Middle East use the smoke of oud to fumigate their clothes and houses, it’s also used in social gatherings.
I do love oud but it sounds like we need to start planting a few trees for every tree that's taken. In order to assure there are more trees, for perfume and other reasons, in the future. We can't just let it vanish.
Most perfumes on the mainstream market 10x the final price compared to the cost, however this makes sense when you look in to the distribution chain where distributors and retailers take a cut of the profit each, also when taking account that the original perfume brand also needs to grow. It is just how business works.
It’s rare to find real Oud in perfumes and you absolutely pay for it when it’s real. Even A generic pure Oud attar is fairly pricey, although that might be the safest bet if you want the real stuff.
Really interesting! I still haven't actually smelled any just yet but found a niche perfume store nearby so I'll change that soon! Great video as always
Extracting the oil from the woods takes a lot of time. The more time of extraction the more amount of oil. Some producers sacrifice the bigger amount to get more quality. They shorten the extraction time to get the "Crème de la crème" of the oil.
I watched an hour long documentary on Oud and all it made me want to do travel east, meet the producers, go to the wholesale markets and sample various attars.
Hate to be that guy but in biology 'genus' and 'family' are two different categories of classification and cannot be used interchangeably. Otherwise, though, great video! Another one that I would love to see is maybe a video about vetiver...
Oud enthusiast here. Nor Xerjoff Oud Stars, nor any of the usual Amouage Oud perfumes like Interlude have the natural oud. Same goes for any Tom Ford, as in your thumbnail, as well as Initio (for the initial release of Oud For Greatness, there was a trace amount just to be able to claim it for marketing). Unfortunately. Good introductary information though.
I blind buy a middle eastern cheap perfume and has that fecal sweetness, but I guess that is not oud. Does anybody know another note that can smell fecal and sweet at the same time? Whoever answer thanks in advance
@@jts4248 Go to a luxury department store and try the highest priced oud scents, ask representatives to show you the 'high in oud' scents also, so you get an appreciation of the 'stinkiness' of the real stuff.
@@SchoolofScent hey thank you I know now cause I got gucci intense oud wood and it has that stink smell at first but the drydown is fucking elegance. I also have tom ford oud wood and versace and boss
@@SchoolOfScent If you've ever smelled real oud, you would know there isn't any in there. If there was a significant amount of real oud in it, you would smell it immediately. The only thing the scents have in common with oud is the name and a scent chord that (badly) tries to imitate this smell. Sorry but apparently you really have absolutely no idea about this raw material. Who recommends as real oud fragrances PdM Layton Exclusif and Pegasus Exclusif is just really lost. Sorry. 🤷
@@SchoolOfScent Can you prove me wrong that there is real oud in it? I don't think so. Manufacturers can tell a lot of things that are not true. I've smelled real oud oils from Ensar Oud, for example, and can assure you that none of the fragrances you mentioned and showed in your thumbnail contain a significant real amount of oud. They all just smell like a synthetic poorly made oud accord.
@@derkleneWind I never said they definitely have real Oud in them. If you had said you ‘suspect’ they don’t have real Oud that’s a different story. And now you’ve changed your answer to these releases not having a ‘significant’ amount of Oud, what does that even mean? You’re basically saying you have have an opinion that you claim is equal to fact, which is extremely arrogant. Plus, you act like you’re the only person who has ever smelled Oud. 😂
I am still new to Oud and so far I don't like it, probably becasue it's often mixed with Rose which is a combination I particullary dislike. Is there any recommendation for a good oud fragrance to start with?
Look in to ADP Oud or Oud Wood, I agree that rose and Oud is overdone! These are likely synthetic ouds from the two I’ve recommended. You can try Oud for greatness, Pegasus Exclusif and Layton Exclusif for more pricy stuff.
I am a scientist working on synthesis of various secondary plant metabolites. I don’t work on Oud and never had I work on more mainstream substances mostly and one of the main factors why this kind of research is important is to protect rainforests. Because one of the main reason for deforestation is the hunger for substances grown where rainforest is.
I’m calling bullshit. If we want oud the rainforests will have to wait.
To your last sentence.... You do know that they plant agar wood trees, and inoculate them with the fungus to create our wood?
Your logic is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
More! I would love to see every note there is explained by you! Such a good, yet short video. No irrelevant information, just straight to the point. Love to see it!
I own a 10ml bottle of 100% agarwood from India (near Jaipur). I bought it from the middle of the jungle, a guy who was selling attar told me I should try out oud. I fell in love ever since I smelt it, it’s sweet, intoxicating, euphoric. Very mysterious yet so fresh, I can sense it’s aging as well. It’s been about 7 months, the smell has aged, and gotten stronger. At first it was a bit airy now it’s deep. And it last weeks on my clothes, i treasure it more then all my niche fragrances 💖. Also fragrances with oud in them , smell wayyyyyy different then real oud, so if you can please try out real oud. Probably a fresh batch for the first try
Love your stuff Akhi Omar! -would love to see a historical influence breakdown of oud and how it was introduced to the western markets…and effectively the impact on its new audience on the people from which it came. Fragrance, like food, I feel is a great way to embrace and recognize cultures we may have misunderstood…. And seeing oud all over the place, referenced in its original language, just makes me hopeful!
Alexandria II is by far my favorite niche scent. Discovered it merely months ago and fell in love
Thanks Omar for this Oud tutorial. You are right, it is expensive and becoming more expensive as agarwood becomes more scarce. The last time I checked fragrance site it was selling for $25,000 USD per pound. There is also a difference in smell between Indian Out and that which comes form Thailand or Cambodia. Indian Oud has a distinctly fecal scent, more of the barnyard scent you mentioned. The SE Asian Oud still has the strong barnyard scent but mix of a more woodsy aroma. I suspect the SE Asian variety is favored by most perfumers.If Ian mistaken on this please correct me.
Indian oud, fecal scent... seems accurate.
Can you do like a beginners guide to getting into the more Challenging notes in Fragrance? Oud, Iris, Vetiver, Herbals, Animalic musks etc? I'm getting about 10 deep in my collection but so far it's all been generally Mass appealing designer stuff would love to get into some of the more challenging scents but not sure where to start so I don't get overwhelmed, or off put, or worse yet make a terrible blind buy. Would love a recommendation style video to kind of get an idea of what's out there on the market that would be good starting points for these "challenging" notes. Thanks.
Great suggestion, will look in to it!
@@SchoolOfScent Thanks Omar. Love that you take the time to interact with your community and make videos with sound advice. Your videos have given me the knowledge to build a sound collection that I have enjoyed so far.
@@SchoolOfScent please do that! Please please... Pretty please with cherry on top!!!
Have you looked at Thameen out of the UK. Great house with some awesome frags. I started with Carved Oud… a smoother Oud Wood from Tom Ford and about half the price.
@@kevinsonnenberg2868 I have heard of Carved Oud but have yet to put my nose to it. I will check into it Thanks for the suggestion.
Well I have no knowledge about another ouds except from my country Indonesia. We call it Gaharu. Gaharu or Indonesian oud smells like duo teakwood + vetiver (50%) mix with honey + frangipani + leather (50%). Yes definitely very complex aroma for piece of wood. It smells sweet, thick, creamy yet tangy and a bit sour. It must be harder for someone particulary from outside Asian countries to adapt with that kind of smell in a parfume or general scents
I'm a big fan of Japanese incense which as well, uses oud. Brands like Baieido, Kunjudo, KyuKyodo, Kida Jinseido, Shunkohdo, Tennendo, Yamadamatsu, etc. all use it, also known as aloeswood. As in fragrance, the amount used and the quality used determine the price and the wonderful scent. As aloeswood is becoming scarcer, the incense industry is looking to develop lab grown oud, but it's not quite the same yet. Better living through chemistry? 😟
Dear Omar, Please make a video with a name of "Top 10 best oud fragrances" for every price range.
Thanks Omar, great background for this complex base note!
Good information. Hopefully will be working for MFK or Amouage soon in Harrods
Your “Oudh” pronunciation was beautiful
I'm fragrance noob and a friend told me to try Versace Oud for my first Oud Fragrance and I'm definitely liking it its unique like nothing I've smelled before. Will be trying Gucci oud also i hear its smells good also not too strong Oud Fragrance
Try Woody Oud from Lataffa. You won’t be disappointed. Welcome to the frag community. It is a blast!
@@kevinsonnenberg2868 i can´t find it anywhere!
Amazing...straight to the point as always Omar,you became fast my favorite rewiewer when after your "Mancera Recommendations" i did the best blind buy ever...Aoud Exclusif!!!
Oud does NOT have animalic notes! Oud oil which is called denhal oud can have barnyard notes depending on how it’s been distilled. Oud is one of the original form of Perfuming. The word Perfum is a Latin word which means to smoke through and this is exactly what the process of burning oud is. People in the Middle East use the smoke of oud to fumigate their clothes and houses, it’s also used in social gatherings.
Great video! Could you do this with more ingredients. I know you did one with rose and that was a amazing video as well.
I can you do a serie of videos with explanations about expensive ingredients in perfumery✨✨✨
I do love oud but it sounds like we need to start planting a few trees for every tree that's taken. In order to assure there are more trees, for perfume and other reasons, in the future. We can't just let it vanish.
Most expensive, but still a fraction of the price they’re charging for these perfumes unfortunately 😔
Most perfumes on the mainstream market 10x the final price compared to the cost, however this makes sense when you look in to the distribution chain where distributors and retailers take a cut of the profit each, also when taking account that the original perfume brand also needs to grow. It is just how business works.
It’s rare to find real Oud in perfumes and you absolutely pay for it when it’s real. Even A generic pure Oud attar is fairly pricey, although that might be the safest bet if you want the real stuff.
You forget that also a fraction of that price is actual profit. Cost of raw materials =/= Profit
@@SirSillageSniffington Think of it this way - Would you value a Picasso on just the canvas and the paints used for it?
Hi James7995. Do you want to find real oud oils?
Really interesting! I still haven't actually smelled any just yet but found a niche perfume store nearby so I'll change that soon! Great video as always
Extracting the oil from the woods takes a lot of time. The more time of extraction the more amount of oil. Some producers sacrifice the bigger amount to get more quality. They shorten the extraction time to get the "Crème de la crème" of the oil.
I watched an hour long documentary on Oud and all it made me want to do travel east, meet the producers, go to the wholesale markets and sample various attars.
Is Tom Ford Oud Wood still worth buying as my firstl oud fragrance, or is there better stuff on the market in 2024 ?
Xerjoff Alexandria II is a masterpiece of a fragrance & better than Initio’s OFG and TF Oud Wood. I have all three. Thanks Omar. 🙏
My only oud fragrance is Versace oud noir. It is cheap but my wife likes it.
I’m a fan as well. While designer fragrances might use synthetics they’re still highly enjoyable. Oud Noir just works.
Amazing fragrance
a legend of the fragrance game!
You should do a video on ambergris
Whale vomit
Look out for tomorrow 👀
So valuable knowledge for me.
Hate to be that guy but in biology 'genus' and 'family' are two different categories of classification and cannot be used interchangeably. Otherwise, though, great video! Another one that I would love to see is maybe a video about vetiver...
Oud enthusiast here. Nor Xerjoff Oud Stars, nor any of the usual Amouage Oud perfumes like Interlude have the natural oud. Same goes for any Tom Ford, as in your thumbnail, as well as Initio (for the initial release of Oud For Greatness, there was a trace amount just to be able to claim it for marketing). Unfortunately.
Good introductary information though.
So where can I find real oud in fragrances?
Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day
Does Tom Ford Oud Wood have real Oud in it? It seems expensive enough.
You and Mr Smelly in sync
Thanks 🙏💕
Can we see some attar reviews some of them
Are very expensive!
Hey uhm i know this is random but do you know a cheap long lasting and good smelling arabian perfume?
Isn’t iris the most expensive ingredient ..?
It’s up there with first grade Oud
Orris and jasmine are up there too
I have aquilaria tree planted in front of my yard ... no purpose whatsoever, just let it grow naturally and admire it.
Have you ever tried le labo?
Oud noir is probably the only oud that’s under 100 USD
every fragrance coming out now just has "oud" in the name for no reason. i guess we know why.
what are some of the best true Oud fragrances on the market?
For me Alexandria II, Layton Exclusif, Pegasus Exclusif, Oud Satin Mood, Interlude Black Iris
@@SchoolOfScent Thank you!
@@SchoolOfScent So with PDM Layton and Pegasus, the main thing distinguishing between them and their Exclusif versions is Oud?
@@jimlittle5769 No they differ with other notes too, you need to try them first really
@@SchoolOfScent Thanks again. I have Layton and Pegasus, which is why I asked. I'll get some 5ml sample of both to try.
Hey man how are you?
Could you recommend a perfumes for college going students 👩🎓 for summer 🌞🏖️and winter ❄⛄
Hi Ashok, for summer go for Rasasi Hawas, Winter go for JPG le male original or le Parfum
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I blind buy a middle eastern cheap perfume and has that fecal sweetness, but I guess that is not oud. Does anybody know another note that can smell fecal and sweet at the same time? Whoever answer thanks in advance
It is a general rule that cheaper fragrances won’t contain Oud, the description you’re giving does sound like it could be a ‘civet’ note however
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Does anyone ever smell 100% Natural Indonesia Agarwood?
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I heard there is no synthetic oud but there is. I'm confused 😕
There definitely are synthetic accord replicas
@@SchoolOfScent thank you how can you tell if the oud is real or synthetic in cologne?
@@jts4248 Go to a luxury department store and try the highest priced oud scents, ask representatives to show you the 'high in oud' scents also, so you get an appreciation of the 'stinkiness' of the real stuff.
@@SchoolofScent hey thank you I know now cause I got gucci intense oud wood and it has that stink smell at first but the drydown is fucking elegance. I also have tom ford oud wood and versace and boss
@@jts4248 Tom Ford, Versace and Boss all use synthetics but, especially the TF, they’re high end synthetics.
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beutiful
It's hard for me to like the smell it smells like car tyres that are being burnt out
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Can you give me 5 colognes with real Oud?
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Hey sir, what is the most sexiest and seductive fragrance for men?
Noir Extreme is up there
@@SchoolOfScentLastly sir, what is the most sexiest and seductive fragrance for men on a hot weather?
@@SchoolOfScent kindly reply sir
Carryminati??
I don't like the smell of this wood at all.
It stinks! It’s not a very welcoming odor and it makes me sick to my stomach
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Makes a video about oud and shows perfumes without oud in the thumbnail. outsch.
What is your proof that Ombré Nomade and Oud For Greatness don’t have Oud?
@@SchoolOfScent If you've ever smelled real oud, you would know there isn't any in there. If there was a significant amount of real oud in it, you would smell it immediately. The only thing the scents have in common with oud is the name and a scent chord that (badly) tries to imitate this smell. Sorry but apparently you really have absolutely no idea about this raw material. Who recommends as real oud fragrances PdM Layton Exclusif and Pegasus Exclusif is just really lost. Sorry. 🤷
@@derkleneWind So you have no evidence
@@SchoolOfScent Can you prove me wrong that there is real oud in it? I don't think so. Manufacturers can tell a lot of things that are not true. I've smelled real oud oils from Ensar Oud, for example, and can assure you that none of the fragrances you mentioned and showed in your thumbnail contain a significant real amount of oud. They all just smell like a synthetic poorly made oud accord.
@@derkleneWind I never said they definitely have real Oud in them. If you had said you ‘suspect’ they don’t have real Oud that’s a different story. And now you’ve changed your answer to these releases not having a ‘significant’ amount of Oud, what does that even mean? You’re basically saying you have have an opinion that you claim is equal to fact, which is extremely arrogant. Plus, you act like you’re the only person who has ever smelled Oud. 😂
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I am still new to Oud and so far I don't like it, probably becasue it's often mixed with Rose which is a combination I particullary dislike.
Is there any recommendation for a good oud fragrance to start with?
Look in to ADP Oud or Oud Wood, I agree that rose and Oud is overdone! These are likely synthetic ouds from the two I’ve recommended. You can try Oud for greatness, Pegasus Exclusif and Layton Exclusif for more pricy stuff.
@@SchoolOfScent Thanks mate, I'll check those out. ADP might be the one, they have fantastic stuff which might not be too challenging.