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Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Satin Mood
Oud with a satin finish
The brand calls Oud Satin Mood a free interpretation of oud wood, a rare material, and wants it to shimmer on the skin like a rich fabric. This Eau de Parfum comes in a 200 ml bottle and lists violet, oud, Damascena rose, a vanilla amber accord and benzoin. Its style is woody, ambery and floral.
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The composition
Notes
The house lists its notes without a pyramid.
- Violet
- Oud
- Damascena Rose
- Vanilla Amber Accord
- Benzoin
- Character
- Strong
- Occasion
- Concentration
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In the same spirit
Similar in character
On the skin
How it unfolds
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A free reading of oud
Oud is a dark, resinous wood, and the brand treats it as a rare material rather than a ready-made accord. Its version is deliberately free: the aim is a shimmer like a rich fabric, not a literal wood. In the brand's description, a violet accord leads into the oud.
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Rose, in two forms
The brand gives Damascena rose in two forms, essence and absolute. The essence is the lighter, cleaner side of the flower, the absolute the deeper and sweeter one, and together they keep the oud from turning harsh. In the brand's description the oud gives way to this rose.
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A full vanilla amber
The scent closes on a rich vanilla amber accord, with benzoin on the note list. Vanilla and amber bring roundness and warmth, benzoin a soft balsamic sweetness. This is the smooth, padded part of the perfume, in keeping with the satin of its name.
Wearing it
When, who and why
How to wear it
Start with two sprays and see how it settles. The rich amber base gives the scent weight, so a light hand suits daytime and a fuller one the evening. It is at home in autumn and winter, at dinners and at occasions with some ceremony.
Who it is for
For people who like oud but prefer it softened by flowers and sweetness, and who are comfortable with a rich, enveloping perfume. It is listed as unisex. If oud usually strikes you as harsh or animal, the violet, rose and vanilla amber give it a rounder face.
Why choose Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Satin Mood
A rare material treated freely, a short note list and a clear ending in vanilla amber. The house also offers an Extrait de Parfum under this name, described as the intensified sibling with stronger ambery accents; this Eau de Parfum is the lighter concentration of the two.
At a glance
- House
- Maison Francis Kurkdjian
- Perfumer
- Francis Kurkdjian
- Year
- 2015
- Size
- 200 ml
- Family
- Ambery, Woody, Floral
- For
- Unisex
Questions
Frequently asked
What does a free interpretation of oud mean here?
The perfume gives oud its own reading instead of a literal portrait of the wood. Violet, Damascena rose and a vanilla amber accord shape it into a smooth scent meant to shimmer like a rich fabric.
Which concentration and size is this?
It is an Eau de Parfum in 200 ml. The house offers its main fragrances in three sizes, 35, 70 and 200 ml, and this is the largest.
Is it too heavy for daytime?
It is a rich scent, so use fewer sprays by day. The vanilla amber base gives it weight, and it feels most natural on cool days and in the evening.
The house
About Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Maison Francis Kurkdjian was co-founded in 2009 by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian and Marc Chaya, and conceives its collection as a fragrance wardrobe: scents to wear according to mood. The house names purity, sophistication, timelessness and a reinvented classicism as its codes, and its product pages explain every key raw material.
- Co-founded in 2009 by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian and Marc Chaya
- Chaya leads the company; Kurkdjian provides the creative vision
- A fragrance wardrobe: scents to wear according to mood
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