Samam Oud

Oud EDP by Samam The King of Ingredients, Undisguised

Launched in 2024, Oud EDP is a dark, rich, and deeply commanding creation from the niche house of Samam. A Leather fragrance for women and men, Oud makes no apology for its ambition: this is a fragrance named for the most ancient, rare, and prized ingredient in all of perfumery, and it delivers on that name with complete conviction. Oud and saffron at the opening, agarwood and patchouli at the heart, leather and amber at the base. This is oud as the entire composition present at every stage, deepening with every hour, impossible to ignore.

The Scent Journey

• Top Notes: Oud, Saffron and Passionfruit. A bold, golden, and immediately captivating opening of extraordinary contrast. Oud agarwood, with its distinctive dark, resinous, slightly smoky and animalic character opens the composition from the very first note, commanding and unapologetic. Saffron golden and slightly leathery, deepening the oud with a warm, spiced richness, and passionfruit tropical, slightly tart, and intensely fruity the inspired and entirely unexpected counterpoint, adding a bright, exotic fruitiness that lifts the dark oud and saffron with a luminous, sun-drenched energy. The contrast between the darkness of the oud and the brightness of the passionfruit is the tension that makes this opening genuinely unforgettable.
• Middle Notes: Agarwood and Patchouli. A dark, earthy, and deeply commanding heart of two notes in perfect, powerful harmony. Agarwood oud again, deeper and more resinous as the composition develops and patchouli dark and earthy, adding a cool, slightly damp earthiness that deepens the oud and gives the heart a genuine, lasting complexity. Together, a heart of pure, unapologetic Oriental darkness.
• Base Notes: Leather, Amber and Vanilla. A warm, smooth, and deeply enveloping drydown that softens the darkness of the oud and patchouli heart without diminishing it. Leather smooth and slightly smoky, adding a commanding, skin-close warmth, amber golden and resinous, and vanilla adding a creamy sweetness that is the final, unexpected grace note a warmth that makes the darkness of the oud feel intimate rather than austere, and ensures that Oud lingers on the skin with a lasting, irresistible warmth for hours.

Oud is a fragrance of pure, unapologetic conviction the passionfruit in the opening is the masterstroke, a single note of tropical brightness that gives the dark oud-saffron opening its distinctive, deeply original character. The oud appearing at both the top and the heart is the structural choice that gives this fragrance its name and its identity: this is not a fragrance that uses oud as an accent. Oud is the composition.

Fragrance Details

• House: Samam
• Family: Leather
• Gender: Unisex
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• Year: 2024