Fragrance comparison

Intense Black Oud vs Night Train

Notes, accords, longevity, sillage, seasons and community ratings, side by side.

Updated 6 Nov 2026 100 ratings analysed

Intense Black Oud

The Dua Brand

—0 votes

Rank #70,509 SweetLactonic

Full profile Similar & dupes

11%scent match

Clearly different

1 wins

Night Train

Wide Society

3.88100 votes

Rank #12,500 EarthyMossy

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Night Train takes 1 of 1 categories.

Intense Black Oud
Choose it for a sweet and lactonic character.
Night Train
Choose it for a earthy and mossy character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in fall, evening wear.

Intense Black Oud0/1

Night Train1/1

Ratings & consensus: Not scored
Community sentiment: Not scored
Longevity: Not scored
Sillage & projection: Not scored
Value for money: Not scored
Versatility: Not scored
Note pyramid (duration): Not scored
Fragranxe ranking: Night Train

Head-to-head breakdown

Every category side by side, with the winner called out.

Fragrance

Intense Black OudThe Dua Brand

Night TrainWide Society

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 100%Had 0%Want 0%

3.88/ 5 · 100 votes

Have 79%Had 21%Want 0%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

Not enough votes yet

30%Love

43%Like

6%Ok

16%Dislike

5%Hate

80 votes

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

⏱ Longevity76

〰 Sillage66

♥ Love / hate71

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price valueN/A

¤ Price value61

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family

sweet100%

lactonic77%

nutty53%

amber30%

earthy100%

mossy92%

rose84%

patchouli77%

aldehydic69%

woody61%

Scent match11%Clearly different

Note pyramid (duration)

Top, heart and base, with how long each lasts when known · gold = shared

Notes

PralineAldehydesOakmossLeatherOud

No top / heart / base split published

Top

AldehydesBergamot

Heart

RoseJasmine Sambac

Base

OakmossPatchouliMuskLeatherVanilla

InformationalShared notesAldehydes, Oakmoss and Leather. Durations are only published for Intense Black Oud, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

No season votes yet

Spring43

Summer21

Fall100

Winter71

Day50

Night100

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Not enough votes yet

Men7

Unisex37

Women56

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#70,509

PerfumerNot listed

Launched—

Reviews0

Overall rank#12,500

PerfumerAlexandra Monet

Launched—

Reviews13

Category winnerNight TrainHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Intense Black Oud by The Dua Brand is a dense leather fragrance launched in 2023 in an Extrait de Parfum concentration. The profile combines deep leather and resinous oud with an unexpected burst of sparkling aldehydes at the top. Beneath that initial pop of fizzy brightness, the core turns rich, nutty, and sweet as p…

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Night Train is a rose chypre with a clean, slightly vintage character. It opens with bright bergamot and aldehydes, then settles into soft rose, musk, patchouli and oakmoss, with a light touch of leather and vanilla underneath. It usually reads polished rather than loud, and suits shoppers who enjoy classic mossy flo…

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InformationalRead bothTaste is personal

How we score: ratings blend public fragrance ratings with Fragranxe member votes; longevity, sillage, value and sentiment are community vote scores, and season bars are relative to each fragrance's strongest season. Categories with too little data are shown but not scored. The scent match weighs accord overlap (60%) and shared notes (40%). More in the FAQ.

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Common questions

Straight answers from the data above.

Do Intense Black Oud and Night Train smell similar?

Clearly different: a 11% scent match on Fragranxe. They share few main accords. Common notes include Aldehydes, Oakmoss and Leather.

Is Intense Black Oud or Night Train better for summer or winter?

Night Train suits evening wear. Based on community season votes.

What are the notes in Intense Black Oud and Night Train?

Intense Black Oud features Praline, Aldehydes, Oakmoss, Leather and Oud. Night Train has top notes of Aldehydes and Bergamot, heart notes of Rose and Jasmine Sambac, a base of Oakmoss, Patchouli, Musk and Leather.