Kajal

The Whispering Oud

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The Whispering Oud is an addictive and generous gourmand fragrance signed Kajal. It opens on dried fruits, tobacco leaves and pastry, reveals rose, leather, oud and honey at its heart and rests on a base of sweet notes, tonka bean, benzoin and white musk.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

  1. Opening First minutes

    Dried fruits · Tobacco leaves · Pastry

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Rose · Leather · Oud · Honey

  3. Base Several hours

    Sweet notes · Tonka bean · Benzoin · White musk

What its composition says

  • 11 materials declared, against 7.6 on average in the catalogue: the formula is fuller than usual.
  • 3 materials on top, 4 in the heart, 4 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Tobacco leaves: no other perfume page lists it — of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue, The Whispering Oud is the only one to use this material.
  • White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.

Avoid if…

  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If The Whispering Oud by Kajal seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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