John Varvatos Oud is a fragrance for men that was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Rodrigo Flores-Roux. The fragrance has a complex blend of notes, including tobacco, juniper berries, nutmeg, sage, cypress, saffron, cinnamon, Turkish rose, pepper, cloves, cardamom, saffron, Egyptian jasmine, osmanthus, incense, agarwood (oud), myrrh, leather, opoponax, labdanum, cedar, and amber. The fragrance has a bold, masculine, dark, dry, and nicely blended opening, with the tobacco, incense, oud, and resins being the most noticeable notes. The tobacco comes across as black cigar tobacco, aromatic and dark, enhanced by the incense that adds a noticeable smoky, burnt wood-like accord. The oud is also very prominent but isn’t animalic or pungent, instead, a dark and dry wood-like oud. The fragrance is linear, and the only noticeable opening to dry-down change is the loss of projection, which takes one step down from strong to moderate.

Ingredients or materials:

• Top notes: tobacco, juniper berries, nutmeg, sage, and cypress
• Middle notes: saffron, cinnamon, Turkish rose, pepper, cloves, cardamom, saffron, Egyptian jasmine, osmanthus
• Base notes: incense, agarwood (oud), myrrh, leather, opoponax, labdanum, cedar, and amber

Positive:

• The fragrance has a complex blend of notes that creates a bold, masculine, dark, dry, and nicely blended opening.
• The tobacco, incense, oud, and resins are the most noticeable notes in the fragrance.
• The fragrance has a moderate projection.

Negative:

• The bottle design is not up to standard compared to other John Varvatos bottles.

Note: There is no information available on the specific ingredients or materials used in the fragrance.