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.
The house singles out three notes, geranium, davana and oud, without assigning them to tiers. Now Smell This, at launch, placed geranium and davana in the heart, around a Bulgarian rose, and the oud accord in the base, with musk and patchouli.
A rum opening
According to Now Smell This, the opening brings together citrus, lemon and mandarin, spices and herbs, cardamom and coriander, and cypress. The house speaks of an intoxicating rum-filled opening, which Now Smell This pairs with frankincense.
Rose, oud and musk
The base of oud accord, patchouli and musk anchors this heady opening, the house describes. Kafkaesque mainly smells a cardamom and rose duet, close in her view to the opening of Guerlain’s Rose Nacrée du Désert.
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