How to Use oud in a Sentence
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Okay, so the next one is oud, which is a very woody kind of scent.
—Kira Bindrim, Quartz, 23 May 2022
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Think rich musks, velvety ouds, and heavy-as-hell leathers.
—Max Berlinger, GQ, 31 Oct. 2017
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The blend also calls on oud—the wood used in incense—for a cologne that sticks to you all day (in a good way).
—Adam Hurly, GQ, 12 Dec. 2017
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The base notes play well on the senses, with the gentle touch of oud and sandalwood.
—Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
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The middle note features earthy cedarwood, while the base is made of resinous oud.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
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This lovely scent is deepened by the greener scents of oud and patchouli.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
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The Mayans were drinking the chocolate hundreds of years ago, and the oud has been used for over 1,000 years on the other side of the planet.
—Noah Johnson, GQ, 21 June 2018
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Sweet and dark, whiskey, tobacco and oud provide the time travel.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
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Others sang and danced to the beat of the traditional darbuka drum and oud.
—Salma Islam, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
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Layali is the perfect balance of amber and oud, comprised of sweet ylang-ylang and rose.
—ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
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The tobacco is joined by magical scents of mandarin and coriander in the top notes, and deep woody and oud tones in the base notes.
—Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
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Similar to a lute, the oud is an ancient 11-stringed instrument from the Middle East and North Africa.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2023
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This luxurious cologne is heavy on the oud, and ups the ante by adding clove, cinnamon, and incense.
—Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 22 Nov. 2022
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The sounds of my father playing the oud and my family singing shabbat songs were a big part of my upbringing.
—Daily Intelligencer, 10 Apr. 2018
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Farhad also becomes Omar’s agent-slash-manager, urging him to pick up the oud again.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Apr. 2021
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Perhaps the boldest scent is the oud Ombre Nomade, which is a Middle Eastern scent taken from the agar tree, the wood from which is some of the most expensive in the world.
—Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 26 Apr. 2018
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Should something spicy be more up your alley, Alanara’s mix of sandalwood, organic rose, and oud is the one for you.
—Vanity Fair, Vanities, 16 Oct. 2017
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There are different types of oud, they're definitely not made the same and some are better than others.
—Jihan Forbes, Allure, 20 Apr. 2022
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His Instagram page is a blend of city and desert, and when dinner is over he films his father playing the oud to post on his Instagram Stories.
—Emma Pearson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2023
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His father, Henry, had been born in Baghdad into a family of traders and used to relax by playing the oud and singing in Arabic.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2018
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The handy aerosol formula is scented with the brand’s signature masculine fragrance, a warm and heady mix of oud, patchouli, and cedarwood.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 June 2022
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Students of instruments like the oud, the Japanese koto and the Indian vina might be eager to learn more about the komungo.
—John Adamian, courant.com, 7 Apr. 2018
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It is made with oud and features the beautiful Damascus Rose as the star ingredient.
—Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
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This cologne is over the top in the best way— layer upon layer of spices like cloves, pink pepper and cinnamon grounded in a healthy dose of mysterious oud.
—Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 22 Nov. 2022
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Here, Berber drums beat in surprising rhythms, and music played on ouds, an instrument like an 11-string lute, reflects the country’s Arabic roots.
—National Geographic, 23 July 2019
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The heart of Indonesian oud, French lavender, and Bulgarian rose is topped with refined hints of Afghan saffron and white galbanum.
—Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
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Their mothers, surrounded with the smoky, sweet smell of oud, a perfume worn on special occasions, wore dresses and headscarves.
—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2017
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Natural ingredients reigned supreme, some of which were very expensive, like iris root, rose de Grasse, jasmine, and oud.
—Jane Daly, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2023
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With key notes of sandalwood, Chinese pepper and oud wood, this cologne will give any guy a scent that's absolutely swoonworthy.
—Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2022
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The candle itself has fragrance notes of jasmine, incense, oud, vetiver, and tonka.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
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