Musk Oud

The fifth and final perfume of the Arabian Nights collection, announced by Now Smell This in May 2013, Musk Oud is the oud Alberto Morillas composed for Kilian: a Western take on the rose and oud pairing, made of syrupy rose and geranium petals, silky musk, spices and a rum-laced opening.

Brand: By Kilian
Launch year: 2013
Perfumer: Alberto Morillas
Gender: Unisex
Olfactory family: Woody
Concentration: Eau de Parfum

Published November 11, 2026

Where to buy

My collection

Now Smell This announced Musk Oud on May 22, 2013 as the fifth and final perfume of Kilian’s Arabian Nights collection. Kilian Hennessy worked on it with Alberto Morillas, aiming for an oud that would render the complexity of its central animalic material.

From Arabian Nights to The Smokes

Wikiparfum also dates Musk Oud to 2013 and lists it among the woody fragrances. The house now places it in The Smokes, its family devoted to smoke, which it links to bakhoor, incense and tobacco.

A Western rose oud

The house presents Musk Oud as a contemporary, Western variation on the classic rose and oud accord, a restrained expression of syrupy rose and geranium petals, silky musk and spices.

It calls it as sweet as it is seductive and sees in it a new page written for ancient oud. Kafkaesque, in June 2013, reviewed it as an eau de parfum, as did Now Smell This, which mentions a 30 ml travel spray and a 50 ml bottle.