Milan Dark Wood

Milan Dark Wood opens spicy and refined, with cardamom and pink pepper sparkling over bergamot - the elegant, mature introduction that marks Armani Eau de Nuit Oud. The heart is built around a dark, jammy rose, lifted by powdery iris and a green geranium edge. From there it sinks into a dark-sweet base of agarwood, saffron and tonka, oud lending a woody, faintly animalic richness rounded off by tonka's roasted sweetness. The original is a low-key but long-wearing, grown-up oud-rose; this Perfume Parlour version reads flatter and a touch sweeter, with the oud reading more woody-sweet than pungent and the projection sitting closer to the skin. It remains a handsome, characterful budget pick for cooler weather, best worn in autumn and winter for evenings, dates and dressed-up occasions where its dark rose-oud can smoulder.