Amber Oud · 2026 · Francis Kurkdjian
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Modelled profile
Opens on peach and saffron, settling into amber and musk. The character is warm and resinous, mostly dry. It reaches past the wearer without filling a room.

The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
The warmth here is firm. It arrives unapologetic and stays put. Substance comes first, every time.
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Oud Velvet Mood Extrait reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Oud Velvet Mood Extrait reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is among the highest in the catalogue for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Velvet Mood Extrait sits mid-range on projection. That is 73rd percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Velvet Mood Extrait sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 85th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Velvet Mood Extrait feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Velvet Mood Extrait keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
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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