Royal Oud
Royal Oud by Creed is an unisex eau de parfum from 2011 in the luxury price tier. It opens with lemon, bergamot and pink pepper, moves into oud, cedarwood and galbanum and dries down to sandalwood, musk and angelica. Expect around 9 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
- Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
- Pink Pepper Fizzy, rosy and bright. Adds sparkle without heat.
Heart
- Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Galbanum Intensely green resin. Smells like snapping a plant stem in half.
Dry-down
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
- Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
- Angelica Musky, herbal root. Earthy and a bit strange.
Smells like this
- Yves Saint Laurent Blouse
- Guerlain Angélique Noire
- Amouage Lyric Man
- Acqua di Parma Colonia Oud
- Jo Malone Oud & Bergamot
- Ajmal Amber Wood
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