Oud Royale: OR 1

*This exclusive bespoke contains an additional SIX grams of Oud Royale 1 (Maroke, 1982) to accompany OR 1 already in the perfume, for a true Royale olfactory experience.

In 1982, Sultan Qaboos stamped his royal wax seal on a glass flask that would come to define the oud world.

Inside that flask was Oud Royale. 

Everything started with this man, may he rest in peace. At a time before terms like ‘incense-grade’ or ‘triple-super’ were coined, the Sultan didn’t think about 12mm shavings vs. powder, steam vs. hydro, steel vs. copper. His orders were simply to distill the best oud possible—whatever that took.  

In 2004, we received a sealed crystal flask directly from Sultan Qaboos’ royal palace, followed by a second flask filled with Ward Sultani—the rose oil that haunts rose lovers to this day, and which I use exclusively in my parfums.

Now, Sultan Qaboos was a very generous man, and such royal gifts are not unknown to those who have been at his service in some way. But what’s inside the bottles would differ—that after forty years you’ve yet to smell the likes of Oud Royale is proof enough.

We’ve been waiting sixteen years to get something of the same quality again. Flasks of similar appearance were specially flown across continents and into Jordan for inspection, only to be sent back. So, when I got in touch with the perfumers of the royal court to source ethically harvested (and very old) Tibetan musk, and they told me about this one bottle of Sultan Qaboos’ oil… my heart nearly stopped.

You might have heard about the legendary Oud Royale (1982). It’s finally hit home that ouds of such caliber aren’t stories used to sell products, but true olfactory heirlooms.

Now, what if I told you that there are more than two bottles of Oud Royale (1982) in this perfume?

Rather than a feat of perfumery, this is a tribute. To the man who fueled my olfactory journey from the very beginning. Sultan Qaboos is due an enormous debt of gratitude for showing me the way from the start, a kindred soul who had a taste for nothing but the best. If there’s a real Sultan behind all my “Sultan” products, from the famed Leather Attar to the foundation of my main accomplishments to date, that Sultan is none other than Qaboos himself.

If this oil was in your possession, it’s only fair to keep the best and not part with it. Oud of this caliber, of such stature and historic significance, means more to you than even kinam and isn’t something you’d otherwise ever sell.

All these decades later, from the Sultan’s royal palace to me, to you; to own what is the OG Royale. The legendary Maroke that lets you feast on a montage of the sickest, most resinated agarwood ever distilled. 

The concentration of oleoresin-rich aloes in this oil is clear as day, the crème de la crème of it all, showcased in opulent Arabian tradition, with flair and impeccable taste. If you took fifty tolas of what is distilled today by the most finicky distillers around and compressed it all into one drop, you wouldn’t get half the repleteness and sheer opulence of this oil.

If it wasn’t clear, this is the Oud Royale, distilled in 1982, and exclusively available on Oriscent – more than 6 grams of it!

*Your bottle comes with a solid silver custom-carved jeweler’s plaque.