2. Nawab of Oudh Parfum by Ormonde Jayne

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2. Nawab of Oudh Parfum Ormonde Jayne 2012

8.0 / 10 263 Ratings

A popular perfume by Ormonde Jayne for women and men, released in 2012. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Floral

Green

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Green notes

Orange absolute

Aldehydes

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Rose

Pimento

Cinnamon

Laurel

Orchid

Hedione

Magnolia

Base Notes

Vetiver

Ambergris

Labdanum

Musk

Oud

Perfumer

Geza Schön

Ratings

Scent

8.0263 Ratings

Longevity

8.3213 Ratings

Sillage

7.7211 Ratings

Bottle

7.6190 Ratings

Value for money

6.292 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 07/09/2025.

Interesting Facts

This fragrance is part of "The Four Corners of the Earth" collection. It was originally referred to as 'Eau de Parfum', but subsequently rebranded to 'Parfum', in accordance with the actual perfume oil concentration (35%).

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/16/2015

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Veserdar
19 Reviews

Veserdar

Helpful Review 2

IMMACULATE

Dear Friends,
I am an enthusiast in search of heavenly scents.Since I discovered Egoiste of Chane en of 1980s , it was very hard for me to rate other perfumes due to my own rating and characterization system of perfumes. I finally met Nawab of Oudh which has nothing to do with oud in smellwise but in longetivity vise and settlement you can detect some similar particles.
Overall this perfume is the lighter and more qualified version of Egoiste in a better way.
I personally thank to Ceza Schön fr this great masterpiece.

07/30/2024

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Adrian18233
42 Reviews

Adrian18233

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An uncommonly exceptional and somewhat mysterious Oriental beauty

Nawab of Oudh starts fresh with citruses, mainly orange and bergamot, there are aldehydes and green notes in the opening too, this combination of orange, bergamot, green notes and aldehydes. In the heart, the fragrance does not lose its freshness, the heart consists of a combination of florals and spices, the floral part is mainly rose but along with the rose there are magnolia and orchid. The spices are cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf and pimento. The scent is blended very well that you cannot detect individual notes, but you can get a feeling of the warm cinnamon or the hot pimento for example. In the base, I don’t detect any oud, I detect ambergris which gives a salty feeling, vetiver which gives a green bitter touch and musk. Overall, this is a superbly blended fragrance with beast projection and super longevity that contain everything you want: citruses, florals, spices, amber and musk. It is complex but very well blended. It is versatile, airy, unisex and I consider it to be one of the best creations of Geza Shoen.

01/21/2014

10Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Althea
21 Reviews

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Althea

Top Review 24

Longing-beautiful, shimmering Oud scent

For days I've been checking if this wonderful fragrance finally has a comment...no. So I’ll get to it....

When the sample (thanks, toiletry bag) arrived and I unscrewed the cap and cautiously smelled it, it was already over for me. As soon as I dabbed it on, a paradisiacal scent spread, I could bathe in it.

I am confused. I expected an Oud blockbuster. Wrong. This is something entirely different.

The top note is enchantingly beautiful, you can smell floral aldehydes paired with spicy freshness. It feels like a silky transparent, floating light.
As it develops, the softness remains, the transparency, the scent becomes a bit spicier, more floral, briefly the Oud appears, but is already integrated again. After many hours, you smell a balsamic, delicious base.

This is a composition full of grace and sweetness, ethereally beautiful, soft and flowing. Before me, the image of a clear body of water emerges, above me arches an endless, golden sky.

In my opinion, this scent has nothing to do with the adjacent: "often also liked." However, I do recognize a similarity to Oud for Love by TDC.
In both, the Oud is unusual, soft, balsamic.
It is almost impossible for me to pick out individual components.
Longevity and sillage are very good.

For everyone who likes Oud for Love or Night Oud or who may not necessarily befriend Oud, this is a clear test recommendation; or maybe not, because the price is not....uhm...lovely.

07/16/2018

9Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Jazzbob
128 Reviews

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Jazzbob

Top Review 15

Oriental Transparency

It happens far too rarely that I experience that Wow effect right from the first sniff of a perfume, which is only triggered when a scent appears particularly high-quality, complex, and surprising. This was the case with Nawab of Oudh. I have yet to test anything truly comparable - that much is certain.

As a rule, I always spray first on a paper strip, which often gives me an impression that differs from the skin test. In this case, it quickly became clear to me that the fresh top note, which I perceived distinctly on paper, is less pronounced on the skin. Nevertheless, Geza Schön's creation has a strong form of brightness that initially exhibits an almost ethereal character. In the first minutes, many different scent directions collide: In addition to the aforementioned bright, diffuse note, it is primarily a lot of spice that gives Nawab of Oudh its oriental aura. I can definitely filter out the scent of allspice berries, as well as something peppery, but otherwise, without looking at the notes, little can be clearly named. A subtly bitter-green facet makes itself only fleetingly known, whereas the orange and light floral notes, which for me do not correspond with the typical rose scent, noticeably come to the forefront.

Actually, I like almost every form of citrus notes, as long as a certain freshness accompanies them - from strong lemony to bitter-green - but orange tends to lean more towards a fruity-sweet direction, which I usually dislike. After the top note, Nawab of Oudh is relatively strongly shaped by this orangey sweetness and additionally creates quite a Christmas impression with the now added cinnamon. In this respect, I can understand the comparison mentioned in a statement with Chanel's Égoïste, as it also features a cinnamon-fruit combination (apple instead of orange), subtly bright floral notes, and a warm-woody base. I cannot perceive oud at any point here. In fact, it takes quite a while before I would categorize it as 'woody.' In any case, it is such that the transparency and airiness created through the use of aldehydes, likely Iso-E-Super, and other ingredients occasionally reveal something woody. But only when the spices and orange have settled a bit does a beautifully dreamy note emerge that reminds me of sandalwood. This gives Nawab of Oudh a more than reconciliatory finish for me, as the stronger woodiness dims the sweetness. In this final section, the rose also makes an appearance, lending an even softer character to the base accord.

Nawab of Oudh lasts quite a long time on the skin, but over time, one quickly gets the impression that the scent only radiates close to the skin. However, this is due to acclimatization, as several times when I entered my living room, I could only sense this wonderful warm-woody accord in the air from the small perfume sample. I believe that the transparency and lightness typical of many creations by Geza Schön lead the wearer to leave a less intense, dense scent trail that can still be perceived very well because the scent does not cling as much to the body.

I have been able to test six fragrances from Ormonde Jayne, including this one, and even though none of them were ones I ultimately wanted to purchase, all convinced me in terms of quality. Nawab of Oudh is particularly too spicy and sweet for me in the middle section of its scent development, but nonetheless, I would absolutely recommend a test to expand one's own fragrance horizon.

02/08/2014

8Scent

Terra
646 Reviews

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Terra

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Different, interesting, experimental, and yet wonderful

Nawab of Oudh - somehow I expected a beautiful interpretation of oud, similar to ones I have probably smelled in other variations. However, Geza Schön has taken a different path here, which harmonizes grandly with oud.

The aldehydes in the top note bring something quite floral-green that cannot be clearly assigned. So far, I only know of an oud-aldehyde combination from Oud-for-Love, but that is quite different. Alongside this, there is something quite spicy, probably cardamom and allspice. Floral-spicy is actually typically oriental, but here it is presented in a completely different way, solely with the help of the aldehydes. The green aldehydes and the orange make the scent quite fresh and radiant; there is nothing heavy, dark, or musty here. An oud that would work in any season. Balsamic notes join in, making everything soft and delicate, yet the scent always remains slightly peppery, green, and fresh.

In my opinion, Nawab of Oudh, like Oud Shamash or Trayee, does not simply belong to one of the many fragrances of the oud hype. It is a great work of art in which oud was not just used to launch another fragrance with this note, but to create a unique and grand scent. Geza Schön, whose works I previously found too restrained, has truly impressed me here.

In the heart, I briefly smell a somewhat too dominant floral note, which is only intensified by the aldehydes. But then the development continues in a progressively calmer, oriental-modern direction. The base consists of a combination of allspice, cinnamon, amber, musk, and vetiver, as I believe I can discern. Green-spicy-soft-balsamic. These are aspects that a good Thai oud can also exhibit. It seems to me that Geza Schön has tried to interpret particularly beautiful aspects of such an oud with this fragrance, highlighting the nuances that many find bothersome. Nawab of Oudh does not really smell like oud, but it is still somehow authentic. Different from the usual, but totally beautiful and surely interesting even for oud haters.

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