No.680 Oud Silk Mood

Oud Silk Mood sits alongside Oud Satin Mood in Maison Francis Kurkdjian's oud family, distinguishing itself with a brighter bergamot opening and a rose heart built from Turkish rose and Moroccan blue chamomile before settling into a smooth, velvety oud and vanilla base. Eden Perfumes' No.680 opens with a clean, citrusy bergamot that mirrors the original's fresh start reasonably closely. The heart brings rose forward, supported by a papyrus note that echoes the original's Laotian papyrus facet and adds a slightly green, textural quality to the floral core. This is the part of the composition where the dupe tracks closest to Francis Kurkdjian's original, even if it lacks the layered complexity of the blue chamomile that gives Oud Silk Mood its distinctive character. The base combines oud, vanilla and sandalwood for a warm, woody finish that captures the general mood of the original without quite reaching its renowned smoothness and depth. Performance is moderate, noticeably shorter than the six-plus hours the real Oud Silk Mood typically delivers, and the sillage tapers faster too. Still, for anyone drawn to the rose-oud niche category, this is a reasonably close and affordable point of entry.