Dunhill Icon Absolute vs Oud Wood
Dunhill Icon Absolute is a close alternative to Oud Wood. Model read from notes and accords, with no community % yet.
Oud WoodTom FordFragrance page for Oud Wood
Dunhill Icon AbsoluteAlfred DunhillFragrance page for Dunhill Icon Absolute
Close overall · Closest in the opening · dry-down drifts
Estimated · early community read
Not community-rated yet, so no %. The tier is our estimate until reviewers weigh in.
1 prefer Dunhill Icon Absolute · 0 prefer Oud Wood · 4 no preference
What changes with Dunhill Icon Absolute
Wearer points first, then what notes and accords show.
＋ You gain
- Decent projection and long wear reported by one Basenotes reviewerWearers
- One Reddit user lists it among alternatives they think are better than Oud WoodWearers
- Adds tobacco leaves and leatherFrom notes & accords
− You give up
- Lower longevity and sillage than regular Icon, with an occasional musty note, per ParfumoWearers
- Much less amberFrom notes & accords
- No amber or cardamomFrom notes & accords
- Much less warm spicyFrom notes & accords
- Much less vanillaFrom notes & accords
What wearers say
Where Oud Wood wins
- Lower longevity and sillage than regular Icon, with an occasional musty note, per Parfumo
Where Dunhill Icon Absolute wins1 prefer it
- Decent projection and long wear reported by one Basenotes reviewer
- One Reddit user lists it among alternatives they think are better than Oud Wood
Both sides noticed
- Opening is recognisably Oud Wood, but the drydown goes to dry cedar with oud, leather and tobacco rather than cardamom sweetness
Accords
Predicted from notes. Highlighted rows differ, and a note one side lacks explains it.
- OudOud: Oud Wood 100 of 100, Dunhill Icon Absolute 69 of 100
- LeatherLeather: Oud Wood not listed, Dunhill Icon Absolute 100 of 100, a clear difference
- Warm SpicyWarm Spicy: Oud Wood 96 of 100, Dunhill Icon Absolute 53 of 100, a clear difference
- AmberAmber: Oud Wood 94 of 100, Dunhill Icon Absolute not listed, a clear difference
- VanillaVanilla: Oud Wood 58 of 100, Dunhill Icon Absolute not listed, a clear difference
- PatchouliPatchouli: Oud Wood 53 of 100, Dunhill Icon Absolute not listed, a clear difference
- WoodyWoody: Oud Wood 47 of 100, Dunhill Icon Absolute 32 of 100
- TobaccoTobacco: Oud Wood not listed, Dunhill Icon Absolute 46 of 100
9 more accords with no clear difference
Notes
Only Oud Wood 5
- Amber
- Cardamom
- Patchouli
- Vanilla
- Tonka Bean
Only Dunhill Icon Absolute 4
- Tobacco Leaves
- Leather
- Egyptian Jasmine
- Sicilian Bergamot
Matched after merging spelling and origin variants.
PerformanceCommunity reports
- LongevityLongevity: Oud Wood weak, Dunhill Icon Absolute long lasting
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