Patchouli Oud

DescriptionPatchouli Oud by Affinessence is an Amber Woody fragrance for women and men. Patchouli Oud was launched in 2015. The nose behind this fragrance is Nicolas Bonneville.Tom Waits’ voice was once memorably described by a music critic as sounding as if "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car" – and Patchouli Oud by perfumer Nicolas Bonneville has much the same quality. Earthy, tannic, and soaked in mysterious essences wrenched from trees in the depths of Indonesian and Javan jungles, Patchouli Oud is a study in brown.Many oud-based fragrances smell pungent and oily, but Patchouli Oud plumps for a dry, almost herbal take on its subject matter, for a result that runs surprisingly close to the clipped elegance of vintage powerhouse masculines. The oud, medicinal and slightly dirty, is first out of the gate, quickly followed by a dusty 100% cocoa patchouli that seems to invert all light, drawi