Oud

2026 ATH Oud. A wearable every day Oud, with depth, charm, a hint of dates, and a smooth underbelly of vanilla and sandalwood. This does not hit you in the face with Oud, it is rich with depth and leaves a beautiful silage. It is a darker fragrance with a sweet edge, so keep that in mind. On the skin, it starts off sweet, and retains amber and sandalwood and vanilla notes, whilst keeping a back bone of Oud for longevity. This evolves well over time, from a sweet rich silage, into a resinous patchouli wood scent. Very cleverly crafted, and different from ATH Unicorn, which is an airier, overall sweeter fragrance than ATH Oud. You can own both without either being redundant. Either one of these is great for anyone bored with TF Oud Wood, as both are different from it, being richer and more unique. If anyone is comparing it specifically to Oud Wood, they have missed the mark, as that is closer to ATH Morpheus, and maybe they need to spend a bit more time exposing themselves to Oud fragrances or picking up the more subtle notes. Projection on this fragrance is decent for the first couple of hours, there is a lot of lift, leaving a silage in rooms in general throughout the life of it, and the skin scent remains hours after initial spray. For work, this is probably 2-3 spray fragrance, but wearing out and about I’ve stretched to 4-5, especially if I am outside. It is most suited to Autmn & spring, where it sits nicely. It cuts well enough for winter as well, although early spring in the UK and mid autumn tend to show everything this has to offer, and outside leaves a lovely trail of scent.

One of the first genuine Oud fragrances I had tried not only from ATH, but in general, and I have yet to find another that satisfies the way that this one does. ATH’s “Oud” is dark, edgy, bold, complex, rich, sexy, and slightly aggressive, but still extremely wearable. It’s not a barnyard Oud by any means, but the way that it is compounded with the Leather, Patchouli and Animalic notes gives it this authoritative character that definitely makes a statement. It reminds me a little as if you took Tom Ford’s Tuscan Leather but replaced the dominant leather note with a bold Oud. It doesn’t smell anything like Tuscan Leather in aroma, but it definitely has a similar attitude and/or personality. This one is a special one for me and for those looking for a unique take on Oud, I highly recommend giving this a try. It also contains a 5% concentration of both Thai and Burmese Ouds which is verified on his website by third party testing ensuring the quality and authenticity of the Ouds and other Naturals that are used in his fragrances. To me that’s very commendable, especially in a world where you can slap “Oud” on just about anything all the while knowing it’s just an accord or synthetic. If you’re into darker, edgier fragrances, and obviously Ouds, you won’t want to miss this one!

I don’t know why there’s so much hate on ATH fragrances. I guess that’s very personal on preferences. I respect and adore his creations and his design ethics. He’s always so transparent on the ingredients he uses. I admit that I don’t love all his fragrances but I love a few of his so much and I love all of their qualities with reasonable prices even I personally didn’t like some of his fragrances. This Oud fragrance is not as complex as his other creations but it smells so high quality natural oud that is not easy to find one out there or it would be super expensive if other brands sell something with much less Oud than this one. I would layer this with some of my abandoned weak performance old fragrances to enhance the smells (smells super good especially layer with woody base fragrances) and boost my old weak fragrances with much longer lasting and project bigger. It does smells animalic and barnyard but I actually love it. This is how natural oud should smell like. You do have to like animalic and barnyard smells to like this one though. Be honest, ATH fragrances are not blind buying safe but really worth trying samples of them.

This fragrance in its current formulation as follows Top: Rose, Sweet Orange Mid: Date, Raspberry, Amber Base: Thai Oud, Burmese Oud, Benzoin, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Ethical Ambergris Grown up stuff right here that can rival some of the top oud based contenders and I think its suitable for casual usage. Quite addictive and unique in its construction as I don't have anything similar nor does it remind me of another scent. Its jammy, fruity, rosy, beautiful patchouli but I find this to lean more masculine and with the oud used here I would describe it to be this synchronic mesh between a kinda funky, animalic oud and a tropical brush like woody oud, with the Burmese and Thai Ouds. I find this to be erotic and signature scent worthy. Top 5 and not 5 from ATH.

My first oud fragrance and I had no clue if it was any good. After trying A LOT of oud scents I can comfortably say that this is still the best I've tried. Oud lovers know that the material can differ substantially, Within this it is very smooth and pleasant not dirty or gritty whatsoever, so maybe Thai oud. Beautifully mixed with smooth leather, not animalic in the slightest. Further into development a patchouli and subtle rose will appear. Projection and sillage are both medium, longevity is about 9-12 hours depending on the weather, but this definitely differentiates depending on the wearer. Great for Oud newcomers. described in 1 sentence: Smooth oud and leather for a classy man 9,2/10