W/OOD Musk

W/OOD Musk by Jean-Michel Duriez is a fragrance for women and men. W/OOD Musk was launched in 2019. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean-Michel Duriez. The fragrance features Olibanum, Musk, Cloves, Agarwood (Oud), Tobacco, Rose, Pink Pepper, Papyrus, Birch, Myrrh, Cedar and Iris. "Jean-Michel Duriez is passionate about the woody notes that are already found in several fragrances of the House.  Oud Wood is native to several Southeast Asian countries. It is part of the botanical species Aquilaria. It is found in many countries including the main, Laos, as well as in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines. Attacked by a fungus and bacteria inoculated by insect colonies, it defends itself by producing a resin called Agar Oud with ancestral medicinal properties in Southeast Asia. It has been exported to all countries of the Middle East for its warm, animal, leathery and very sensual smell. There, many perfumes use this rare and overpriced extract. Traditionally, the shavings of the tree are burned during religious Ramadan celebrations or to perfume clothes and houses. But the over-exploited species is now threatened.  "By opening my W/OOD Collection, I put forward the Oud accord without using the natural extract. It is a form of modernity assumed. It is also a tribute to the woods and a return to the sources, my first olfactory emotions, waxed floors, beautiful furniture, carved objects, pencils of my childhood. I am happy to share them because deep down I do not create perfumes, I make memories.I built this fragrance as the carnal encounter of Oud wood and Musk. The overdose of musks brings a rounding to the Oud chord; in this perfume, if they are olfactively discrete, their contribution is capital. Their roundness calms the animality of the Oud. The whole stands on a woody and resinated accord of cedar, incense and myrrh. A hint of birch wood, Turkish tobacco and saffron "flies" this structure." - a note from the brand.