Tom Ford’s Oud Wood was launched in 2007 as part of their Private Blend series, intended to have a smaller audience and a mark-up suitable to low volume compared to their other, already expensive, lines for the masses. This is a dry fresh wood perfume of the period that helped pushed the use of synthetic oud as a key branding ingredient in commercial perfumery. To do that, everything else is toned down (we dream of promised spices) and the oud is kept clean, floral, fruity, with some rubbery, smoky, tobacco along for the ride.