First it smells like slightly over-roasted coffee beans. Then it smells like coffee in a cup, made from medium roasted beans, sweet, with vanilla liqueur and tonka beans. Oud (in Arabic oudh) is valued strongly by perfumers for its warm sweetness mixed with woody and balsamic notes. It's an aromatic and complex scent. Many are baffled by the term “aquatic notes “, unrightfully thinking it's a synonym for watery, odorless perfumes. The term applies to the ingredients that give the fragrance a distinctively fresh, clean, translucent and airy scent. Of all the fragrance ingredients out there, lavender's probably the most widely recognized (even if blindfolded) for its soothing, calming aromatic qualities. The Base Notes are Sweet, Powdery, Musky. The Mid Notes are Lavender, Wood, Dry. The Top Notes are Aqua, Spicy, Herbaceous. Fragrance Family : Floral. The Base Notes Are Amber, Powder. The Mid Notes are Geranium, Spicy. The Top Notes are Cologne, Neroli, Petitgrain.