Yves Saint Laurent
M7 Oud Absolu
Oriental Woody · 2011 · Jacques Cavallier, Alberto Morillas
Longevity
Good
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Smart Casual / Social
Seasonality
Winter
Agarwood at the center, wrapped in myrrh and labdanum with patchouli adding depth. A flicker of mandarin lightens the entry, but the heart is a warm, resinous oud that fills a room while staying smooth.
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 M7 Oud Absolu smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, M7 Oud Absolu reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
M7 Oud Absolu reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 76th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
M7 Oud Absolu carries across a room and announces itself. That is 88th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
M7 Oud Absolu is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 40th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
M7 Oud Absolu 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 25th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
M7 Oud Absolu 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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