Beyond Oud Wood: Exploring Woody and Leathery Perfumes

Beyond Oud Wood: Exploring Woody and Leathery Perfumes

If Oud Wood is part of your fragrance wardrobe, it can help you identify the styles you enjoy. Your next bottle might explore woods, a powdery texture or the contrast of incense and leather. It need not reproduce a perfume you already own.

First, decide whether oud itself is essential

If you want an oud-centred composition, the INKÛNU collection described here does not offer that. Seville Secret and Venise Velours are separate directions. We do not present either as an Oud Wood equivalent.

Seville Secret: powdery iris and woods

Seville Secret combines almond and soft florals with a powdery iris and woody character. Consider it if you want to explore a softer texture rather than select by the name of an ingredient alone.

Venise Velours: vanilla, incense and leather

Venise Velours brings incense and pepper into a vanilla composition with leather in the base. It offers a warm direction to discover without claiming to replace oud.

Compare character, not status

Neither a niche label nor a larger oil percentage proves superior ingredients, quality or performance. Choose the composition you enjoy. Seville Secret contains 30% perfume oil and Venise Velours 25%; both are eaux de parfum. Wear time and projection vary with the composition, application, skin and conditions. A concentration percentage alone cannot guarantee a number of hours.

Try them independently

The Travel Set contains Kyoto Cherry, Seville Secret and Venise Velours in three 15 ml bottles. Wear them on separate days before choosing a 100 ml bottle. Compare Seville Secret and Venise Velours on separate days and include Kyoto Cherry if a cherry and almond gourmand interests you.

The house behind the fragrances

INKÛNU was founded by two French founders living in the United Arab Emirates. The house brings French perfume expertise together with Middle Eastern inspiration, through travel, scent, memory and emotion.

Delivery within the GCC

Delivery is complimentary within the six GCC countries only. Estimated delivery is 1–3 business days in the UAE and 3–7 business days in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. Customs duties, import taxes and charges arising from local regulations are not included.

Frequently asked questions

Does INKÛNU make an oud fragrance?
None of these three fragrances is presented as an oud-centred composition.

Which is closest to Oud Wood?
We do not claim a closest match. Explore Seville Secret for powdery iris and woods or Venise Velours for vanilla, incense and leather.

Are these fragrances for men or women?
Choose according to the character you enjoy. The collection is intended to be shared, without restricting these compositions to one gender.

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