Ted Lapidus
Oud Noir
oud warm spicy · 2014
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Good
- Reported sillage
- Strong
- Typical occasion
- night out
- Typical season
- winter
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.
Reviewed profile
Coffee, saffron and dark spices open over a smoky oud and birch-leather heart, with praline and plum adding sweetness. Sandalwood, cedar, amber and vanilla deepen it into a rich woody spicy oud with strong projection and real presence.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Slow Depth
A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.
Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.
How Oud Noir smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Oud Noir feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there, and carries across a room and announces itself.
Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.
Oud Noir sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 74th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Noir carries across a room and announces itself. That is 91st percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Noir sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 88th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Noir feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 94th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Oud Noir carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 67th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 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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