The notes in Oud Hussaini don’t develop as a traditional pyramid in step-by-step phases. Instead, they all dance around you, as you get wafts of the scent’s (impressive and long-lasting) sillage: lush, plush red rose; light, creamy, nutty, sweet but not too sweet praline, which actually smells like chocolate bonbons²; and a deep, smooth oud-centered woody accord.

Notes: Praline, rose, vanilla, oud, guaiac wood, copahu balm.

Colour Impression: A dark chocolate-brown.

Evokes: A tray of delicious bonbons and a bouquet of red roses, all on a beautiful old hardwood table; and there’s a trace of fragrant incense in the air.