Over the next 8 weeks we will be exploring Oud wood and oil. Not the synthetics that are now a staple of mainstream perfumery; this series will go to the source of the oil itself.

This is the link to Part 2 of the weekly Oud Series which is on Fragrantica.
Fasten your web-belts let’s go web-travelling…

Part 1: My name is dehn al Oud

Part 2: The Oud Oeuvre

Hindi Super Assam, Indonesian Bouya, Laotian Gold. Photo: David Falsberg

Further Reading
Kafka on Elegant Wood or Medicinal Sexiness?
Scent Bound – Scent Notes: Oud
Absolute Trygve‘s Aromatic Quest
Enfleurage Trygve Harris’ shop sells Aromatics from the Natural World

Related articles

• What is Gaharu Wood? (gaharuwoods.wordpress.com)
• Bigger Stink Means Higher Price as Men Crave Rare Oud – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
• Arabian and Islamic views on fragrance (TheFragantMan.com)
• The Blood of the Arabs (TheFragrantMan.com)
• Oud in the Middle East (TheFragrantMan.com)
• The End of Oud (TheFragrantMan.com)