Creed · 2011
Royal Oud
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
cool citrus and pink pepper, woody smoky resin
Scent Notes
Woody
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About This Perfume
Royal Oud by Creed is a Oriental Fougere fragrance for women and men. Royal Oud was launched in 2011. Royal Oud was created by Olivier Creed and Julien Rasquinet. Top notes are Pink Pepper, Lemon and Sicilian Bergamot; middle notes are Cedar, Angelica and Galbanum; base notes are Sandalwood, Agarwood (Oud) and Musk. Creed has created their oud fragrance as a response to the many requests they received from clients, but they have adapted the scent to the style of their house. Wood, leather, marble and gold—the elements of a royal Persian palace—inspired this luxurious mix of the Persian and Parisian. Royal Oud is a stylish and warm fougere fragrance with a beautiful kaleidoscope of woody, aromatic green and spicy nuances. The note of oud is an integral part of the composition, playing its role in balanced equilibrium with other notes. Top notes include lemon, pink berry and bergamot. The middle notes consist of cedar, galbanum and angelic root. Base notes are Regal Indian oud, sandalwood and Tonkin musk.
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Creed dates its house history to 1760 (with the modern perfume business rebuilt from 1970s Grasse forward); Scendira lists 144 Creed fragrances with 38 in stock. Prices run $35 to $780, Creed sits firmly in the luxury tier, with Aventus, Silver Mountain Water and Green Irish Tweed as the three references that shaped modern masculine niche perfumery. The stocked catalogue leans fresh-unisex on average. Community top five right now: Absolu Aventus 2023 (blackcurrant-pineapple-cardamom, the 2023 flanker), Vetiver Geranium (bergamot-geranium-cedar, 2014), Spice and Wood (apple-clove-birch, 2010), Jardin d'Amalfi (sunlit citrus-apple, 2011) and Virgin Island Water 2007 (lime-coconut-tonka). Aventus itself remains the anchor: fruity, smoky, unisex-leaning masculine, batch-to-batch variance is real and a known community discussion point. Newer flankers Aventus Cologne and Absolu Aventus 2023 sit next to the original in the range.
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