Perfume Parlour 2021 EDP

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Royal Silver Oud

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Perfume Parlour Royal Silver Oud is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2021. Royal Silver Oud opens with Cypriol Oil or Nagarmotha, Cedar, and Patchouli, settles into a heart of Oud and Vanilla, and dries down to a base of Amber, Guaiac Wood, Birch, and Castoreum. Perfume Parlour's Royal Silver Oud carries an Acquired verdict, a woody-led wear.

Royal Silver Oud trails Amouage's Opus XIII Silver Oud, Cecile Zarokian's smoky, animalic oud benchmark. Wearers who own the Amouage put the match around 89%: the raw oud-and-birch heart is there, but the dupe loses some of the original's complex sillage and the castoreum reads cruder. A confident, cold-weather oud at a fraction of the niche price.
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  • Bold
  • Mysterious
  • Grounded
  • Refined
  • Sensual
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Royal Silver Oud Eau de Parfum bottle
Inspired by
Opus XIII Silver Oud by Amouage
78%
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Opus XIII Silver Oud the original Royal Silver Oud inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Moderate
Intensity
Strong

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

The smoky oud, birch and animalic woods are at their best in cool weather where the heavy resins project without turning cloying.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Formal
Also Works:
Date

A raw, statement oud that suits formal and evening cold-weather wear far more than the office or daytime casual settings.

Declarable allergens

We derive these from the materials behind this fragrance's notes, not from the bottle. Each one is likely, not confirmed. The list is partial - the box can name others.

Declarable under EU Annex III

The large name is the everyday one. The small name is the INCI form on the box, so you can compare the two. Reactions differ between people. A patch-test panel is not a ranking of risk. How we derive this

About

Royal Silver Oud opens on earthy cypriol, patchouli and dry Virginia cedar, a smoky-woody overture that quickly hands over to the star: a raw, faintly barnyard agarwood softened by a thread of Madagascar vanilla. The base anchors everything in animalic castoreum, birch tar, guaiac wood and amber, giving the dry-down its leathery, smouldering character. Against Amouage's extrait-grade original, this budget interpretation captures the headline smoky-oud signature impressively - community comparisons land near 89% - but the trade-offs show in the details: the sillage is tamer, the oud reads a shade flatter and the castoreum a touch sharper and more synthetic. Longevity is solid for the price rather than monumental. It remains a genuinely bold, mysterious oud built for autumn and winter evenings, ideal for anyone who wants the Silver Oud experience without the niche outlay.

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