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Oriental & Oud

Oud is the resinous heartwood of the agarwood tree, and it is the heaviest material in perfumery. The oriental family builds around it with amber, resin, spice and mukhallat blending. These are the deepest and longest fragrances in the Essent range, in alcohol-free 8ml roll-ons and eau de parfum. Notes and wear time are published on each product page. Oud rewards a light hand, and the guide to Indian attar notes sets out what oud, shamama and kesar smell like and how much to use.

Roll-on attars and eau de parfumsNotes listed on every product90 fragrances
90 products

Products in Oriental & Oud

Essent Teak Wood 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Chill Bhai

Teak Wood

Reads on the terrace, ignores the group chat.

From $15.00
Essent Black Opium 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber gourmand

Boss Didi

Black Opium

Runs the group chat and the family finances.

From $15.00
Essent Suav Age 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Neighbour

Suav

The one everybody already likes.

From $15.00
Essent Significant 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Colleague

Significant

For the promotion nobody announced.

From $10.20
Essent Spicy Chocolate 30 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Night Out

Spicy Chocolate

Pudding, then plans.

From $10.20
Essent Fitoor-Ae-Ishq 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

The Romantic

Fitoor-Ae-Ishq

Named for the kind of love that does not listen.

$10.80
Essent Khus Vetiver 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — earthy green

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Khus Vetiver

Khus, like the curtains at nani's in May.

$10.80
Essent Patchouli Pure 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Patchouli Pure

He has worn the same thing since 1994.

$10.80
Essent Cardamom 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

The Host

Cardamom

Elaichi in the chai, and in the room.

$10.80
Essent Black Oud Kannauj 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Black Oud Kannauj

Kannauj oud, small bottle, long memory.

$10.80
Essent Good Girl 8 ml roll-on attar bottle — amber oriental

Night Out

Good Girl CH

Not as well behaved as she looks.

$10.80
Essent Phantom 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Techie Bhai

Phantom

He read the spec sheet before buying it.

From $15.00
Essent Oud Ispahan 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — oud & amber

The Elder

Oud Ispahan

Rose and oud, for the head of the table.

From $15.00
Essent Pursuit 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fresh citrus

Gym Bhai

Pursuit

Chases the personal best, then the plate.

From $15.00
Essent Gentlemen Only Intense 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

Papa Who Needs Nothing

Gentlemen Only Intense

He calls it 'my scent'. It has been years.

From $15.00
Essent Eros 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — amber oriental

Gym Bhai

Eros

Leg day, mirror, then out.

From $15.00
Essent Elixir 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — woody

The Romantic

Elixir

Sweet, heavy, unsubtle. On purpose.

From $15.00
Essent Bitter Peach 100 ml eau de parfum bottle — fruity floral

Sweet Behna

Bitter Peach

Ripe, and slightly spoiled.

From $15.00
Concentrated attar oil being decanted from a glass vial

Why attar?

An oil outlasts a spray.

An alcohol spray pushes scent outward fast, then fades. An attar is the oil on its own, with no ethanol, so it stays where you put it and unfolds over hours instead of minutes. That is why a small roll-on outlasts a much larger bottle of eau de toilette.

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About the Oriental & Oud collection

Oud and amber are perfumery's oldest luxuries: resinous, warm and unhurried. Essent blends them at attar strength, where this family has always lived.