Ard Al Zaafaran
Midnight Oud
Oriental Spicy · 2016
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Deep oud and rose form the heart, with patchouli and amber pulling the base earthy and warm. It projects strongly and reads shadowy and rich, the sweetness held well back.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
There is warmth here but nothing soft about it. It arrives without apology and stays without asking. Substance over comfort, every time.
See your own Taste Map →How Midnight Oud smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Midnight Oud carries across a room and announces itself, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Midnight Oud reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 72nd percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Midnight Oud carries across a room and announces itself. That is 93rd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Midnight Oud sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 69th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Midnight Oud sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
Midnight Oud keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 29th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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