Oud has a heady fragrance that has seduced those with an appreciation for scent for centuries. Its warm, rich, yet somewhat sweet aroma borders on the exotic and the mysterious, and as such, has become an experience that many consider luxurious. Pairing oud with a perfume inspired by the seasons can enhance your experience with fragrance in ways you will likely never forget. Try these pairings with scents for every season.
Spring: Fresh Blossoms and Oud
Pairing your oud perfume with fresh floral notes in springtime can create a refreshing, light, and balanced scent. So, you can still enjoy those rich, deep notes of earthiness from your oud combined with the soft magic of cherry blossoms or jasmine in the spring. This pairs beautifully with a lovely spring ensemble, and you are ready for a day out in the garden.
Summer: Citrus and Oud
Summer is all about fresh, joyful, and zesty scents that uplift and awaken your soul. Lemon, bergamot, orange, and citrus are very good partners of oud on hot, long days because they are so alive and tangy that they can really help the oud cut itself so it becomes an effervescent and joyful marriage. Wear this on the beach or during a summer night party and keep that glow and freshness.
Fall: Spices and Oud
With the fall comes, you know, leaves changing their colors and the breeze turning cooler; how about snuggling your senses in warm and spicy accords? Some cinnamon, clove, nutmeg with oud, god, it’s just so yummy! However, spice and oud are more comfortable, warm, and amiable and go well with fall. Do you want to take an olfactory walk in the woods? Spice and amber and layered with oud.
Winter: Woods and Oud
In winter, perhaps nothing is more soothing or inviting than wood as oud. Cedar, sandalwood, and patchouli—all harmonize beautifully with their resin-rich cousin.
And in the unsurpassed context of wood, oud becomes both sumptuous and multi-dimensional—an almost narcotically pleasing scent that evokes the refuge of a forest hideaway against a cold world. Seated by a fire or traveling between seasonal celebrations, woods combine with oud to fashion an unforgettable atmosphere of warmth and luxury.
Layering Tips for Oud Perfume
Layering perfumes is an art that empowers you to customize your signature fragrance by combining different perfumes to create a unique fragrance. When using oud with a seasonal fragrance, always apply the light fragrance first. Spray the perfume on your skin, let it dry and settle. Allowing the light fragrance to settle is essential so that the first fragrance you apply gets enough time to subdue and combines with your natural body odor. Once the first, more subtle fragrance has settled, you apply that oud. The magic of oudiness and the depth of that oud will make the layering fragrance very special.
Engaging the Senses
Smells can create memories and beautiful journeys. When using oud perfume, there is an invisible thread that connects all other senses, visual and touch. The colors of the season, texture, and feel are connected. Use your senses to talk, explore the journey, and make beautiful memories.
In summer, we use oud with citrus that smells fresh and carries the summer mood, i.e., fresh and sun. In fall, we use spices, which creates a more intimate and warm vibe that relates to bonfires.
Embrace the Seasonal Symphony of Scents
Pairing oud perfume with seasonal fragrances is an act of creative fragrance use. You can create intriguing new scents by exploring scent combinations that will evoke a particular time of year.
Grow to become an accomplished olfactory mixologist, and permit your oud perfume to take you on a carnival ride of scent transformation – turning typical everyday moments into consciousness-expanding events! Be it in the scent of a floral springtime bouquet, the woody notes of winter, or just a walk on the darker, spicier side – the right fragrance mix can make you feel great!