Perfumes Similar to Diptyque Oud Palao
Ember Shaan, Fiesta Habana and Blond Redhead 16.11 share Diptyque Oud Palao’s smoky warmth, rich sweetness and tobacco character. Oud Palao blends Laotian oud, rose and labdanum into an intense oriental woody scent. Ember Shaan is the closest oud-and-rose match, Fiesta Habana highlights boozy vanilla, while Blond Redhead 16.11 adds dark chocolate and myrrh.
Osmanthus Noble by Exaltatum £130.00
- Key notes:
- aldehydes
- apricot
- labdanum
- osmanthus
- sandalwood
- suede
- tobacco
- Aromagroups:
- fruity
- leather
This fragrance is inspired by love, drama and opulence of the famous painting by P. P. Rubens and the legend of Samson and Delilah. Osmanthus Noble is intense and has a strong personality and notes of Osmanthus, Ylang Ylang and Jasmine absolute flowers, spicy tobacco, warm amber and sandalwood.
At opening you can feel fresh, spicy and aldehydic notes blended with bergamot and mandarin that give vividness and intensity. The noble osmanthus absolute combined with an aromatic clary sage play together to form a soft suede accord. Tobacco absolute, delicious black cherry, saffron and tonka beans play an important role in creating a sensual atmosphere. Floral notes of jasmine sambac and ylang-ylang give vitality and bloom in the heart. In the dry down, oakmoss absolute, labdanum, sandalwood, smoky vetiver and animalic musks bring a spiritual feeling and allow the perfume to linger on the skin.
Ember Shaan by Byermia £130.00
- Key notes:
- chocolate
- coffee
- gun powder
- incense
- oud
- rose
- sandalwood
- tobacco
- Aromagroups:
- leather
- spicy
“Shaan” is a Sanskrit name meaning greatness and majesty. The perfumer intertwines the name with the legend of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose, the conquering leader whose final battle was foretold by the oracles. Ember Shaan is a fragrance that shifts and evolves, reflecting the concept of victory intertwined with sorrow. With a variety of ouds and frankincenses, this extrait explores how a bright fire fades into a smouldering ember, while also deepening into something more profound. Coffee, rose and sandalwood combine their rich effects into an olfactory syrup that infuses the woods, while spicy opoponax and stony gunpowder add punctuation and surprise.
Fiesta Habana by Cherigan £160.00
- Key notes:
- elemi
- immortelle
- rum
- tobacco
- vanilla
- Aromagroups:
- leather
- woody
Cuba was the nightlife, casino and party paradise of the 1930s, where Cherigan was already a favourite perfume brand of the local jet set. Fiesta Habana is an ode to the vibrations of Havana nights, enveloped in a swirl of Cuban rum and sweet tobacco. This extrait is enhanced by creamy vanilla and tolu roughed up with haylike tonka bean, spicy immortelle and earthy patchouli.
Blond Redhead 16.11 by Neydo £80.00
- Key notes:
- dark chocolate
- myrrh
- rose
- saffron
- tobacco
- vanilla
- Aromagroups:
- edible
- leather
- woody
Inspired by a dream of a romantic encounter in a Parisian bakery. The air is filled with the mouthwatering aroma of candied fruits, vanilla-laced pastries, a hint of sweet tobacco. You’re captivated by the sight of a beautiful stranger holding a bouquet of fresh freesias. This playfully flirty mix of cream-topped fruits and florals conjures the dream all over again.
Perfumer: Bertrand Duchaufour
Frustration by Etat Libre d'Orange £240.00
- Key notes:
- chestnut wood
- labdanum
- rum
- smoke
- vanilla
- vetiver
- Aromagroups:
- leather
- spicy
- woody
You will always want more of this fragrance. The fleeting animality of cumin merges with the warm and powerful cinnamon, and the intense syrupy trail of rum reveals itself to be a fleeting pleasure.
The spicy and generous matriarch, vanilla, in search of vital euphoria, duplicates itself to the point of paroxysm. In its insatiable quest, it drags davana, whose fruity aromatic bipolarity is completed by the warm tones of cistus. Despite all this, it is not enough, the feeling of unfulfillment persists, like the woody ardor of chestnut and the biting character of vetiver. There is still desire, a desire conveyed through the vibrations of amber woods and the technology of Vinyl Gaiacol.
Perfumer: MATHILDE BIJAOUI
Coeur de Noir by Beaufort £125.00
- Key notes:
- birch tar
- ginger
- ink
- leather
- paper
- rum
- tobacco
- vanillin
- Aromagroups:
- leather
- spicy
- vintage/old school
- woody
Here we consider the relationship between the sea and the art it has inspired.
Crabtree uses his grandfather's pen drawings of luxury yachts, his father's library of nautical fiction and his own tattoos as references. Accord of black ink dominate here; west Indian spiced rum; papers lost and found; the familiar dry accords of leather bound books balanced with warm enigmatic notes of vanilla pipe tobacco. All finely based around a dark heart of birch tar and labdanum.
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902 Hazy Spice by Bon Parfumeur £115.00
- Key notes:
- cognac
- labdanum
- tobacco
- Aromagroups:
- leather
- woody
A moreish blend of dark, syrupy prunes soaked in cognac and cinnamon. The boozy richness is offset with tobacco. Interesting and smart.
Perfumer for 902: Karine Dubreuil-Sereni.
Sogno Reale by Mendittorosa £225.00
- Key notes:
- amber
- frankincense
- hyraceum
- labdanum
- rum
- sea salt
- Aromagroups:
- marine
- unconventional
- woody
‘All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream’
From "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allen Poe
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A visionary scent, pulled from the unconscious mind via an ocean of gauzy marine dreams. Sogno Reale brims with brine-leather, sea urchins and electrified air. Calm sea meets volcanic fumes, woods and a sun-bright shock of lemon and bergamot. Warm rum and sweet, earthen patchouli swirl protectively around gentle tuberose and a quiet dose of hyraceum, warming its fur in the Mediterranean sun. Sogno Reale is balm for the soul; a talisman dreamed into existence, the unconscious mind made extraordinary perfumed flesh.
Story Of Your Life by Etat Libre d'Orange £155.00
- Key notes:
- amber
- benzoin
- caramel
- incense
- labdanum
- orange blossom
- rum
- Aromagroups:
- edible
- leather
- woody
Some of us have known it, others have yet to experience it, but we are all waiting or looking for it. It will come. True love is an eternal beginning again
Oriental Casbah by Farmacia SS. Annunziata dal 1561 £165.00
- Key notes:
- amber
- labdanum
- patchouli
- sandalwood
- Aromagroups:
- vintage/old school
- woody
An “angels with dirty faces” patchouli that contrasts its syrupy richness with an appealing damp earth undertone. “Casbah” is a North African fortress, and here a citadel of camphoraceous eucalyptus twins patchouli’s counterintuitive haze of freshness, while the base of cistus and sandalwood adds animal warmth. A rugged patchouli in extrait strength.
About Oud Palao by Diptyque
- What does Diptyque Oud Palao smell like?
- Diptyque Oud Palao smells bold, smoky and resinous, balancing animalic oud with dark floral richness and a warm, balsamic sweetness. Its camphoraceous edge gives the fragrance an intense, slightly medicinal character before it becomes smoother and woodier.
- Is Frustration similar to Diptyque Oud Palao?
- Yes. Frustration shares labdanum, rum and vanilla with Diptyque Oud Palao, giving it comparable sweet, resinous warmth. Chestnut wood, smoke and vetiver make Frustration drier, earthier and less focused on oud and rose.
- How does Coeur de Noir compare with Diptyque Oud Palao?
- Coeur de Noir shares the boozy tobacco character of Diptyque Oud Palao through rum and tobacco. Birch tar, ink, leather and ginger make it sharper, darker and more leathery, without Oud Palao’s rose and oud pairing.
- Is Oriental Casbah similar to Diptyque Oud Palao?
- Yes. Oriental Casbah overlaps with Diptyque Oud Palao through labdanum, patchouli and sandalwood. It places greater emphasis on smooth amber and woods, leaving out the rum, tobacco, rose and oud that give Oud Palao its darker complexity.









