Oud Wood Intense 2017

Oud Wood Intense by Tom Ford
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8.0 / 10 375 Ratings
A popular perfume by Tom Ford for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is woody-leathery. Projection and longevity are above-average. It was last marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Woody
Leathery
Spicy
Smoky
Resinous

Fragrance Notes

CypressCypress OudOud Angelica rootAngelica root

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.0375 Ratings
Longevity
8.6339 Ratings
Sillage
8.3336 Ratings
Bottle
8.4346 Ratings
Value for money
6.1158 Ratings
Submitted by Kovex, last update on 06/15/2025.

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Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions
sebjar

55 Reviews
sebjar
sebjar
Very helpful Review 5  
Tom Ford Oud Wood vs Oud Wood Intense
This is my Tom Ford Oud Wood vs Oud Wood Intense video. A video for Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense Review along with Tom Ford Oud Wood Review. I’m a huge fan of Tom Ford Oud Wood and I absolutely love the way this oud fragrance smells. So I was very excited to find out about Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense being a fan of the original I’m always curious to see what they will come up with. This is definitely a different take on Tom Ford Oud Wood. And be prepared to like animalic style oud fragrances. More Middle Eastern/Arabic style oud perfumes. If you're curious more please watch my review video. Thank you.
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10
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9
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9
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9.5
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MrKara

5 Reviews
MrKara
MrKara
Helpful Review 5  
Magical Forest
Oud wood intense is a masterpiece. It's very different from the original oud wood. This one is a very masculine, leathery, smoky, slightly animalic oud fragrance. While the original is a smooth and creamy easy to wear oud fragrance. They smell nothing like each other.

It opens with notes of a mystical feeling nutmeg: spicy, mysterious, warm and fruity. After a few minutes, the nutmeg dies down, though it never truly leaves. It is replaced by a smooth, refined Oud, with just a slight touch of skankyness. Over the day, that skankyness mellows and acts like a comforting blanket of strength. Decent projection, good sillage and amazing longevity, this for me sits up there with the likes of Tuscan Leather, Tobacco Oud and Tobacco Vanille. Smells like a magical forest somewhere in Italy. This is definitely one to buy if like leather and smoky fragrances.

Perfect fragrance for the cold winter days. It makes you feel like a boss while wearing it.
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8
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8
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8
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9.5
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Gerardz

6 Reviews
Gerardz
Gerardz
Helpful Review 4  
Something special
So sad Tom Ford did not call this something like Cipresso di Ventimiglia or Angelica di Ligure to steer the Oud Wood lovers in a different direction. It’s not an Intensified version of that, it is something special. I sampled it, liked it a lot and managed to find a bottle in a dark corner of the Net. For years my only compliment received was for Off!, a Canadian bug repellent. And now this one. It is a statement, needs more than a T-shirt, and I bet some people think it is too loud. Maybe the opening yells a bit, but it loses that screechy voice quite quickly, settling down to a very nice smoky wooden leathery and enveloping scent. If you are able to, you really should try this one. Especially if you like to try something other than Tom Ford’s version of Carved Oud ;)
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9
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9.5
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DrB1414

242 Reviews
DrB1414
DrB1414
Helpful Review 3  
Bone Dry and Bad to the Bone
Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense.

I struggle to pick a number one from this house. It's between this one and Tobacco Oud Intense for me, and it all comes down to my mood and what I feel like wearing that day. If I want something more complex, sweeter, and warmer, I'll say it's TOI. If I am in the mood for something dry and butch, it'd say this beauty right here.

As so many have already mentioned, there is no common ground that this perfume and the original Oud Wood share. Perhaps the mother brand. This fragrance could have been named "Aromatic Leather" or something along those lines, as the two facets are most prominent to my nose. Aromatic qualities in the opening, dry leather for the most part, dry woods, sweaty musks, and to my surprise, a good amount of salty and inky oakmos in the base. It feels rather monolithic, although there are some clear transitions from the top to the base.
The opening is very aromatic and calls back some old-school men's colognes. Juniper, cloves, and ginger abound. Later, the beautiful cypress joins in. Shortly after the initial burst, the leather creeps in and stays throughout. I'd imagine the castoreum works to define most of this leather accord. It feels like an Oriental take on leather, somewhere between refined and rough, smoky and musky, with an intoxicating allure. It is a dark but mysterious perfume. The woods are there, although I wouldn't scream "Agarwood" at the smell of it. It comes across as fumigating wood, therefore, I believe part of the traditional incense-burning bakhoor is showcased through it - a leather garment infused with bakhoor smoke. In the later stages, I get this constant creamy and salty muskiness that pairs with an equally salty, bitter, and inky oakmoss. It lingers on the skin and clothes for days and smells incredibly enticing.

The overall experience is bone dry, with no sweetness whatsoever, with plenty of leather, wood, smoke, musks, and earthy-aromatic facets. I understand why this perfume doesn't appeal to so many Tom Ford fans, as it stands alone among the other releases from the house. It is a pure androgynous beauty, and those who like them butch and assertive, as well as those who love Leather-Orientals, will find much to appreciate here. I know I love it.

IG:@memory.of.scents
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8
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6
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6
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9
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Elysium

887 Reviews
Elysium
Elysium
Helpful Review 3  
Faustus Good and Evil Angels
So damn curious about checking a Tom Ford's cologne, I tried and got a sample of this perfume at the COIN store in Milan. And because I wanted to feel how the fragrance reacted with my chemistry, I blindly sprayed it directly on my skin. It gave me one of those increasingly rare love-at-first-sniff experiences the first time I smelled it. Well, the first impression made me imagine Christopher Marlowe's play "The Tragical History of Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." After having made an invocation in his study, the devil Mephistopheles appears to Faustus with whom he stipulates a pact: Faustus will have the knowledge and services of the servant of Lucifer for twenty-four years, after which Lucifer will have his soul. He performs minor acts of low stature. Throughout the work, two angels continually advise Faustus, one good and one evil, symbolizing the two sides of human nature. Similarly, two are the protagonists of this perfume, the oud, and the castoreum, as are the good and the evil angels who flank Dr. Faustus. The other notes are playing in the background as supporting actors.

Oud Wood Intense is primarily a kind of woody animal leather fragrance in which wood and animal blend harmoniously. I researched, and some notes are not mentioned here, like ginger, nutmeg, vetiver, and oakmoss. The aroma of angelica root is quite strong, so perfumers typically use it in small quantities as a complex fragrance component. Angelica displays notes of earth, musk, celery, pepper, aromatic herbs, and just a hint of warm citrus. It is an ideal component for anchoring bright and citrus fragrances, as it provides an earthy core. Angelica root is rustic and provides a base for fragrances that is equivalent to walking barefoot on grass.

The opening combines spicy and sweet notes with angelica roots atop the fresh blonde cypress wood and brings oud to the fore from that upper chord. I can't explain why I like it so much, and I don't expect everyone to share my opinion on this fragrance. Both lush and fiery, it greets me with ginger and nutmeg, sending a wave of fresh spiciness to the senses. There's a hint of pepper and bitterness from the juniper berries, which adds to the already quite spicy opening. The verdant quality of the juniper goes well with the cypress wood. The top notes come together for sweet and fresh energy, almost citrusy, but always with a slightly bitter and verdant touch. Oud Wood Intense is instantly smoky, almost as if the woods have been set ablaze and burning with soft, black ashes, which is incredibly elegant. It creates a crisp and tense atmosphere that immediately awakens the senses with its powerful combination.

Hence, the opening is a dark oud wood with subtle spice, leafy character, and a charcoal dust aroma. This melange evolves into a dark, dry oudish skin that remains present in one form or another throughout. The oud is subtle, discreet, and wrapped in birch tar, which creates a smoky, leathery background. Then we reach the growling and fleshy heart. It is the smokiest and textured oud ever. Oud Wood Intense captures the oud's rougher edges using vetiver and oakmoss, showcasing some harder parts of the oud. The leathery accord is also very strong, has a soft ink-like vibe, and increases the fragrance projection, but it's all well balanced. The combination of oud and leather is strong, but it is pleasant, dry, dark, and pretentious.

The base doesn't stop, and it's a huge castoreum bullet. It creates a chord full of animalic depth, which probably won't be to everyone's taste. A clean, woody base of sandalwood and incense builds on the smokiness of the fragrance. Castoreum promotes a kind of "dry skin" smell that more or less characterizes my experience of the whole fragrance. It gives a wonderfully animal dimension that adds weight and dark presence. I like it very much. I love the raw oud with its medicinal smell, here combined with ash, and the patchouli on the finish softens it just enough. Patchouli adds sharpness, while mahogany-style woods bring a dark toasty richness. It's a nice contrast, and I feel like this quality lends a harsher feel to Oud wood's softness.

Oud Wood Intense is animalic and pungent, but the oud itself is smooth. Instead of the oud being the animalic and light-hearted part of the perfume, castoreum is, with its musky aroma, for an overall rich and tantalizing blend that everyone around you won't stop thinking about for hours. Soft oud combined with animal scents and an explosion of wood. Black rubbery, woody, smoky, and great petroleum smell. From time to time, I perceive the castoreum's animalic note, which reminds me of vintage Antaeus from the 80s, exactly the atmosphere I had when I was wearing it. I've always liked Antaeus, so the transition to this wasn't too difficult, they are slightly similar in that they share skin and castoreum, but deep oud wood is a deeper dark variation.

Bottom line, it's a good scent for cold, nocturnal climates; I enjoyed wearing it the other night for a party and got tons of compliments. Try it before you buy; it's not meant for the crowd. I tested a sample extensively, and it stood out for both uniqueness and compliments! It's bad, it's dirty, most likely not everyone will like it, but that's the kind of thing we all want to find in a more niche home.

This review is based on a decant I have owned since February 2021.

-Elysium
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 2 years ago
8
Bottle
8
Sillage
8
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Quite green in the opening, cypress with a smoky oud. The drydown is leathery, slightly animalic and resinous, with a dry, dirty oud.
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DaiorosDaioros 4 years ago
4
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6
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7
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1.5
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bad as hell.
repulsive and nothing similar to "Oud Wood".
i don't know who wants to wear this.
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DarellDarell 5 years ago
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8
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6
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I love the original Tom Ford Oud Wood!
But this I Oud ''would'' not buy in a million years.
What a off putting fragrance yikes...
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DTCDTC 4 years ago
8
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8
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9
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7.5
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Masculinidad en estado puro.
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ShemsmellerShemsmeller 2 years ago
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3
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1
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Une odeur de bergerie ,n a rien a voir avec l extraodinaire oud wood.en revanche la médiocrité coûte plus cher 400€. A really joke
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PedroCabralPedroCabral 3 years ago
9
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9
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8
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Smoky, textured with leather and Oud. A confident scent, incorporating aromas of ginger and cypress, making it slightly green.
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ElysiumElysium 4 years ago
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The oud is subtle, discreet, and wrapped in birch tar, creating a smoky, leathery background. The base is a huge castoreum bullet!
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 5 years ago
8
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9
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8
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A slightly smoky, yet dry and dusty leathery-woody Winter fragrance, with a pronounced spicy green-earthy opening. Raw and dark. Masculine.
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