The House of Oud
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The pink grapefruit and blackcurrant arrive with immediate, almost tart brightness, whilst neroli provides a citrus-floral snap that feels almost effervescent. Within moments, you're enveloped in something that smells like expensive fruit preserve layered over fresh iris powder—jewel-toned, lively, and deceptively simple.
The magnolia and jasmine sambac bloom with delicate restraint, their powdery facets mingling with the lingering fruit accord to create something almost creamy without sweetness. The damask rose rounds the composition, lending a soft romantic quality that never tips into saccharine; instead, the whole heart phase feels like pressing your face into a perfectly ripe peach whilst holding white flowers.
The base emerges gently, with raspberry absolute and bourbon vanilla providing soft sweetness that the musk and sandalwood immediately temper with a subtle skin-like warmth. What remains is intimate and skin-close, a faint amber sweetness intertwined with sandalwood's creamy wood, fading gracefully rather than making any grand statements—less a lasting impression than a fading memory of something beautiful.
Up to the Moon arrives as a luminous, fruit-forward floral that refuses the heaviness one might expect from its base. Cristian Calabrò has constructed something genuinely unusual here—a fragrance that manages to feel both voluptuous and gossamer-light, as though someone has captured the scent of a moonlit orchard and dissolved it into silk.
The opening blackcurrant and pink grapefruit create an almost tart juiciness that prevents the composition from sliding into cloying territory, whilst the neroli and Florentine iris add a crisp, slightly peppery lift. It's this counterpoint that defines the fragrance's character: a tension between ripe fruit and dry florality, between indulgence and restraint. As it settles, the magnolia and jasmine sambac emerge with a gentle powdery quality—not the aggressive baby-powder of poorly constructed fragrances, but rather the intimate whisper of a freshly pressed linen dress.
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