● The pieces
Three oils
Two pure oud oils and one white musk.
● Buying guide
Wearing oud oil
01
A quarter tola goes far
3 ml is a quarter of a tola. Applied to the wrist or behind the ear, a vial lasts months.
02
Origin again decides
Koh Kong from Cambodia and Prachin from Thailand are distilled from different wood and read differently on the skin.
03
Musk layers under oud
The white musk at 75 QAR is often worn under an oud oil rather than on its own.
● Questions
Asked before you buy
Three millilitres is a quarter tola, the standard small vial size for dehn al oud in the Gulf.
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