“People didn’t talk about fragrance notes the way they do today,” Ilohalia says. “In 2004, Tom Ford Oud Wood helped put oud in the spotlight simply by using it in the name.” Over the ...

Combining the almost sacrilegious oud wood with rosewood ... and sandalwood from Sri Lanka form the structure of the fragrance, which is softened and sweetened by Somalian oilbanum, Madagascan ...