Oud

How it moves

The first breath is pineapple, lime, pear, saffron, bitter almond, black pepper, cardamom and bergamot, and it is loud about it. Then the heart turns up — orchid, myrrh, smoked olibanum, guaiac wood, red rose, jasmine, violet and geranium — and the whole thing slows down. What is left hours later is ambergris, sandalwood, cedarwood, musk, tobacco, vanilla, oakmoss and benzoin, and that is the part people follow you for.