And this is what’s cool about being at Guerlain: that you have the know-how of manufacturing and I know my fragrances as well as I know Jean-Paul’s, as I know Jacques’… even Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain’s, because the oldest formula I manufacture today is from 1853, Eau de Cologne Imperiale de Guerlain. So I have to know it. I have to know Jicky as well as I know Oud Cherry because I manufacture it. And that’s absolutely unique in the world.
— Perfumer Thierry Wasser, quoted in Guerlain’s Thierry Wasser on scents, sustainability, and L’Art & La Matière at Vogue Singapore.
I know there are many on here who are tired of the Oud trend. I get it.
But I personally love Oud, it’s a frag family that works well for me and I’m eager to sniff all 3 of these. Do I need another Oud scent? No I do not, I have many, but I like to sniff new ones.
Now a comment on the copy, I don’t know where he gets his info but Oud is NOT black in color. It is a deep reddish brown and pure Oud oil is orange in tint, deep orange. I have pure oil and wood chips to burn in a brazier. Now if he’s talking about Oud incense cones/cubes, then yes they make it black, but in no way is the wood black.
Hey, I am indeed tired of the oud trend but I am in no position to throw stones at others for their fragrance obsessions 🙂
As an Oud lover nothing makes me cringe more then cheap badly done Oud, which was the vast majority of the trend. That in itself can’t end fast enough for me.