L'Art & La Matière

Oud Khôl – Eau de Parfum

Name: L'Art & La Matière
Brand: GUERLAIN
SKU: G014494
Price: 395.00 USD
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Blacker than black, intense and mysterious oud

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A pitch-dark, leather-toned interpretation of oud wood

An olfactory celebration of the color black, Oud Khôl reveals the most beautiful facets of dark oud. Akin to how a kohl pencil lends purity and intensity to the eye, Guerlain Master Perfumer Thierry Wasser has used oud to attain a hue of absolute black.

Magnified by aldehyde enhancers, Oud Khôl stuns with its leathery, charcoal-tinged accord that seems to darken the woody resin even further. A moss accord with glints of carbon and a deliciously unexpected note of caramelized praline add richness to the palette. Here, hypnotic black knows how to tempt desire.

The fragrance artist’s touch

Amplified, oud reaches its most absolute form. To compose this scent in the blackest of black, Thierry Wasser has plunged oud into absolute darkness clouded with smoky, mineral notes. This is ultimate olfactory density, almost dizzying in its appeal.

“If it were a color, it would be the pitch black attributed to Anish Kapoor.”

In reflecting on how to create the superlative of black, Thierry Wasser sought to amplify the intensity of oud as dense and deep as kohl. According to the Perfumer, this ultra-black scent trail is reminiscent of the creations of Anish Kapoor, wherein black pigment is made absolute. This radical vision of black reflects the daring artistry behind Oud Khôl.

Oud Wood

Black by nature, oud is considered to be one of the most mysterious materials used in perfumery. The penetrating fragrance of this precious substance lies in its resin, secreted from the core of the wood.

Grown sustainably and harvested by hand following a time-honored ritual, the oud chosen by Guerlain Perfumers is sourced from the forests of Bangladesh on the border with Assam. Its essence exudes elegantly woody scents with leathery, subtly animalic tones.

With Oud Khôl, oud wood unveils its darkest facets.

In the Perfumer’s words

“In this interpretation of oud, I wanted to capture the incandescent aromas of bakhoor, the incense that has been burned in the Middle East for centuries.”

Thierry Wasser,
Guerlain Master Perfumer

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