GQ South Africa – September 2019

32 / September 2019

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EssEntials Grooming

• Therich,
  mysTeriousand
  highlyprizedmiddle
  easTerningredienT
  ofTendescribedas
  ‘blackgold’has,
  thanksitsuniquescentand
  extractionprocess,gained
  popularityamongroyals,
  celebritiesandartisans
  worldwidesearchingfor
  fragrancesthattakethe
  sensestoa newlevel.But
  whatexactlyis oud?
  It’sderivedfromtheagar
  tree,grownthroughout
  SouthEastAsia,Indiaand
  Bangladesh.Whenthetreeis
  infectedbya mould,it reacts
  byproducinga dark,scented
  resin.It’sthisresin-embedded
  heartwoodofthetreethatis
  thesourceoftheoud– andis
  oneofnature’smostexpensive
  rawingredients.
  Oudhasbecomemoreand
  morepopularamongstthe
  scentmakers,sothesedays
  you’respoiltforchoice– but
  thosethreetotheleftaresome
  ofourmostrecentfavourties.
  Tocomplementtheoriginal
  BottledOud,master
  perfumerAnnickMénardo
  introducedtwonewoud-
  centricscentstotheBoss
  Bottledcollection:Oud
  AromaticandOudSaffron.
  OudAromaticaddsnotes
  oforangeblossomtobalance
  theresinousandwoodymyrrh,
  andtiesthesetogetherwithsoft
  notesofwhitehoney.Incense
  providesanexoticallure,while
  oudgroundstheseallwith
  a dark,luxuriouscharacter.
  Roundingoutthetrilogy,
  OudSaffronoffersa spicier
  takewithsaffronandrose,
  combinedwithoud
  andsilkysuedes.
  
  
  • Shannon Manuel
  
  
  
  

An ode to oud

Three variations of warm and woody

gq.co.za

BOss Bottled Oud saffron, BOss

Bottled Oud and BOss Bottled Oud

aromatic EDP 100ml R1 995