Vendor: Vilhelm Parfumerie
The Oud Affair
Smoky tobacco, sweet honey, ginger over oud

Vilhelm Parfumerie Smoke Show smells like smoky leather jacket, rose, cedarwood warmth. It opens with pink pepper and saffron, moves into leather and rose and settles on vetiver, cedarwood and Oud. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum is best in spring, fall and winter and is easy to wear day or night. A good pick for casual days. Released in 2015.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Around $295.
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Vilhelm Parfumerie is a New York-based artistic niche house founded by Swedish-born creative director Jan Vilhelm Ahlgren, known for storytelling compositions with unusual head-turning openings (bergamot tea, cold green fruit, smoky saffron pistachio). The 21 live pieces average .67 and are overwhelmingly unisex (17 of 21). Family split: Fresh (11), Woody (3), Gourmand (3), Fruity (2), Floral (1), Leather (1). This is serious-niche pricing: $115-$350 (average $240). Standout live pieces: Dear Polly ($205,.01, cold bergamot tea with crisp green fruit), The Oud Affair ($331.81,.99, smoky tobacco, sweet honey, ginger over oud), Faces of Francis ($326.89,.91, smoky sweet saffron pistachio, dry driftwood), Morning Chess ($205,.89, fresh bergamot leather with smoky green edge) and Moon Carnival ($205,.80, creamy marshmallow dessert with floral, fruity sparkle). Vilhelm is the artistic-niche pick for a fragrance-as-narrative shopper.
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It smells like smoky leather jacket, rose, cedarwood warmth. It opens with pink pepper and saffron, moves into leather and rose and settles on vetiver, cedarwood and Oud.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is easy to wear day or night. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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