Most oud fragrances go straight for smoke and leather. Arabian Night takes the scenic route through a forest. Raspberry and plum open it, dark and jammy, with warm spice folded through like something simmering on a stove. Then the woods arrive: hinoki and pine, cool and resinous, before agarwood pulls everything down into the deep end.

The pairing is what makes it. Oud and dark fruit is a classic Middle Eastern move, but hinoki and pine are pure forest, and putting them together gives the oud room to breathe. You get the richness without the heaviness, like night air coming through the trees instead of a closed room full of incense.