Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Amber Oud
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Daily / Evening
Seasonality
Autumn / Winter
Saffron and elemi open bright and resinous over a smoky Laotian oud, with vanilla and ambrette lending a powdery softness. Cedar and patchouli deepen the base, giving a rich, projecting woody-oud that stays smooth.

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 →On Zenyra's five taste axes, Oud Extrait reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Oud Extrait reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 79th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Oud Extrait carries across a room and announces itself. That is among the highest in the catalogue for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Oud Extrait sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 84th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Oud Extrait sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 67th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Oud Extrait 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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