The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Incense Oudh arrived in 2024 as part of Parfum de Mahzen's Modern Oudh collection. Eren Öğütcü and Özge Öğütcü created the fragrance around a central idea: incense and oud, modernized through green notes. That pairing gives the composition its tension. Familiar resinous richness meets fresh leaf, citrus brightness, and a sharper spice accent. The listed notes move between mandarin, neroli, cardamom, saffron, nutmeg, cannabis, and green notes, then broaden into coffee, tobacco, resins, jasmine, rose, orange blossom, and woody notes. Oud, incense, sandalwood, amber, and vanilla complete the composition with warm, woody, resinous, and softly sweet elements.
The unusual part is how many textures share the same stage. Cannabis and green notes bring a leafy lift. Cardamom, nutmeg, and saffron introduce aromatic spice, while coffee, tobacco, and resins add darker notes. Jasmine, rose, and orange blossom keep the heart floral. In the base, oud and incense provide a resinous foundation, while sandalwood, amber, and vanilla round the composition with woody and soft sweetness. Together, the notes create a layered fragrance that shifts between fresh citrus, green accents, warm spice, floral detail, tobacco, coffee, resins, and the dry richness of oud.
The evolution
Incense Oudh is built around three clearly defined note groups. The opening includes mandarin, neroli, cardamom, saffron, nutmeg, cannabis, and green notes, combining citrus with green accents and spice. The heart develops through coffee, tobacco, resins, jasmine, rose, orange blossom, and woody notes. Coffee and tobacco contribute depth, while the floral notes bring a contrasting softness to the darker materials. The base is formed by oud, incense, sandalwood, amber, and vanilla, combining resinous and woody notes with a soft sweetness. As the fragrance wears, the listed ingredients offer a gradual change from citrus and green notes toward coffee, tobacco, flowers, resins, oud, incense, sandalwood, amber, and vanilla.
Cultural impact
Incense Oudh connects the established profiles of oud and incense with notes such as mandarin, neroli, green notes, cardamom, saffron, nutmeg, coffee, tobacco, and flowers. Its Modern Oudh collection places those materials within a composition that also includes sandalwood, amber, and vanilla, bringing together citrus, spice, green accents, resinous materials, florals, and woods.
The House
Parfum de MahzenParfum de Mahzen is a Turkish niche fragrance house that presents its perfumes through distinct collections shaped by oud, incense, spice, amber, and aromatic compositions. The house’s catalogue includes Uchcha, Molecule Oudh, Capri, Hûma, Cervo, Amyris Oudh, Incense Oudh, Supreme Oudh, Amalfi, and Sangal. Publicly available information is still limited, but its naming, collection structure, and published scent notes suggest a focus on layered compositions with a strong Eastern influence. Individual perfumes are positioned as expressive olfactory studies rather than a single, uniform signature. Parfum de Mahzen is best understood as a recent house building a varied portfolio across oud-led scents, resinous compositions, fresh citrus profiles, and warm spice.
The Creator
Eren Öğütcü & Özge ÖğütcüÖğütcü’s fragrance style is marked by polished aromatic constructions and a balance of freshness with warmth. His catalogue includes compositions with names such as Amalfi and Parfum de Mahzen, suggesting an interest in Mediterranean brightness, herbal nuance, and the darker,…
