How to Use oud in a Sentence

oud

noun

• Okay, so the next one is oud, which is a very woody kind of scent.
  — Kira Bindrim, Quartz, 23 May 2022
• Think rich musks, velvety ouds, and heavy-as-hell leathers.
  — Max Berlinger, GQ, 31 Oct. 2017
• 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
• The base notes play well on the senses, with the gentle touch of oud and sandalwood.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The middle note features earthy cedarwood, while the base is made of resinous oud.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• This lovely scent is deepened by the greener scents of oud and patchouli.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Sweet and dark, whiskey, tobacco and oud provide the time travel.
  — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• Others sang and danced to the beat of the traditional darbuka drum and oud.
  — Salma Islam, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
• Layali is the perfect balance of amber and oud, comprised of sweet ylang-ylang and rose.
  — ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Farhad also becomes Omar’s agent-slash-manager, urging him to pick up the oud again.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• It is made with oud and features the beautiful Damascus Rose as the star ingredient.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The candle itself has fragrance notes of jasmine, incense, oud, vetiver, and tonka.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024