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 5 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

Part 5: Rolling In The Deep Without Adele

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Photos: David Falsberg, Phoenicia Perfumes

Further Reading
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)