What it is: An olfactive depiction of Stendhal's 19th-century French novel, 'The Red and the Black,' and its ambitious protagonist, Julien Sorel. Fragrance story: Paying tribute to the House's signature storytelling tradition, Cécile Zarokian brings Silver Oud to life in a woody, ambery eau de parfum that showcases the most precious oud in all its glory. Inspired by the themes expressed in 'The Red and the Black,' particularly the notions of confusion, passion and destruction, Silver Oud is a manifestation of the tension between idealism and realism, the contradiction between thinking and feeling, and the power of mimetic desire. Style: Amber, woody. Notes:- Top: patchouli molecular distillation, cypriol essence, Virgina cedar essence- Middle: oud assam essence, vanilla Madagascar absolute- Base: ambrarome, birch essence, guaiac wood essence, castoreum.