Purple Oud by Dior
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7.8 / 10 197 Ratings
A popular perfume by Dior for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is woody-spicy. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Woody
Spicy
Smoky
Leathery
Oriental

Fragrance Notes

Pink pepperPink pepper OrangeOrange OudOud SaffronSaffron

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.8197 Ratings
Longevity
7.9179 Ratings
Sillage
7.5178 Ratings
Bottle
8.2181 Ratings
Value for money
6.489 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 08/17/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the La Collection Privée collection.

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Villo

15 Reviews
Villo
Villo
Helpful Review 4  
Often rotated...
This is the first Dior which doesnt match a smell with colour and even the name. There is nothing about purple & oud. This is an orange rooty vetiver. This fragrance does its job well. You can wear it to the office, out or even on the way to a church. It is versatile, warm, dusty, dark but not in a scary way. Get this and forget about Sycomore.
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9
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8
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7
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8.5
Scent
Stefangch

4 Reviews
Stefangch
Stefangch
5  
Purple Oud
Purple Oud starts out with a blast of juicy red orange and leather.
After about 15 - 20 minutes it starts to develop through mid with the smokiness adding to the leather accord, orange completely fades away and a very slight skanky oud note peaks up. Nothing too skanky just the tip of the skankyness.
I would say this is a leather / smoky fragrances with a hint of some oud.
Performance is average with about 5- 6 hours on skin, but projection is strong due to the note structure.
Highly recommended for fall / winter weather and for formal occasions or nights out!

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8
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8.5
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Chicagoan

6 Reviews
Chicagoan
Chicagoan
2  
Perhaps an ode to Alberto Morillas from Francois Demachy
This smells as if Kilian Musk Oud (2013) and Gucci Guilty Absolute (2017) both Morillas creations had a baby giving us this guy Purple Oud (2018). This to me is a more smoother version of GGA with less of that “hospital smell”. Personally I prefer Musk Oud because of its richness but this one is definitely a solid release
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10
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VictorLhv

26 Reviews
VictorLhv
VictorLhv
2  
Purple Peppery Oud!
I simply love this Oud variation! Outrageously, it's been discontinued. There is something fresh and spicy that gives the Oud in it a much more youthful appearance. It has an addictive quality, and it lingers in one's nostrils long after the initial spray. Better still, on a scarf or another garment. Divine!
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BetrRiechen

14 Reviews
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BetrRiechen
BetrRiechen
Top Review 31  
Leathery-orange in oud fur
Hello, you crazy people,

after a long time again a comment from me, okay let's have a look, lean back...

Munich. January 2019. Stachus. Oberpollinger. Sometime between 5:00 and 7:00. A confused and overstrained perfume addict is looking for new prey.
He's hurrying through the shelves. The glassy gaze beats from wristwatch to shelf and that to the beat of the saleswomen's clattering high heels.
His nose teases, he tries to console himself with coffee, often in vain. She screams, "Cut the crap! I want to go home!!".
His otherwise favorite organ (yes.) becomes his worst enemy. -Where's Archilles when you need him?-
Memo. Parfums de Marly. Roja. Vilhelm Parfumery. Creed. Penhaligons. Tom Ford. Initio. Kilian. Replica. One gets better than the other. And yet not.
"Oh ne now nevertheless too sweet and heavy", "oh ne for the money me too linear", "oh ne for the performance I do not pay 280 euros!", "Oh ne there I get myself a bottling!".
The scent strips pile up in his pockets, his trembling fingers cut into the fresh paper. Thoughts of "Edward with the scissors hands" appear: "away with it" he calls out loudly, "I have to wash my arms, I don't have a projection surface anymore!!!..." Mothers take their children by the hand in fear.
But what is there...a bright...inviting sales area...
"Dior? I can't stand a sauvage any more...but just...I know these flacons...PRIVÈ!!!!", the scream attracts a lively saleswoman, she hugs the boy, sweaty and wheezing man.
"Come, I'll show you one of our new fragrances..."
Liliane liquid. Two sprayers on the skin. The man smells... closes her eyes...sees oranges. Dry oranges. Packed in an old leather bag. Stored in the warm humid air of a cellar, in Normandy...
He's waking up. At home on his couch. His fingers are covered with Dior patches. He's in a diorama robe, freshly washed. Look at the clock, 11:32. Smells his skin no matter where, leather. Orange leather. Light tobacco. Linear, but creative and of high quality.

A distant voice makes him jump, "Excuse me, are you all right?" He's at the register. In one hand the perfume, in the other his purse. The pretty salesgirl confusedly asks him, "Where were you with your thoughts?" The man answers smiling, "in the scented sky"...

He happily leaves the store...

...but then he remembers... "but in addition to the leather scent I would need a real tobacco scent, after all it's winter...", he turns around and enters the shop...

Thanks for reading!
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Nqobie0303Nqobie0303 1 year ago
7
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10
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10
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10
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My most complimented Oud fragrance, It became my signature scent since I bought my first bottle, I am on the second one.
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ShemsmellerShemsmeller 2 years ago
5
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2
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1
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0
Scent
Sent la bergerie comme oud ispahan et oud rosewood ,agressif animal repoussant écoeurant.old fashionned,surrated
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KimJongKimJong 6 years ago
8
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8
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8
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8.5
Scent
Reminiscent of a mixture of Oud Wood to a little of Encre Noire. Not very oriental, so it's easy to wear in everyday life.
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