Over the next 14 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 4 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

Part 3: How to Burn Oud Wood

Part 4: RealOud – Phoenicia Perfumes

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Perfume Ingredient storage. Photos: David Falsberg, Phoenicia Perfumes

Further Reading

I applied more and more (and more) of the unbelievable aroma… it’s alive and makes the wearer feel alive and unstoppable, kind of like the brilliant perfumer who created it and put his soul into making this the most beautiful thing he could.
Gaia Fishler
The Non-Blonde

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

Related articles

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