Fragrance comparison

Leather Oud vs Madousa

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

Updated 15 Nov 2026 358 ratings analysed

1 wins

Leather Oud

Dior · 2018

4.04358 votes

Rank #2,317 SmokyLeather

Full profile Similar & dupes

49%scent match

Some overlap

Madousa

Ombré Lamar

—0 votes

Rank #77,102 AmberLeather

Full profile Similar & dupes

Quick verdict

Which one should you pick?

Leather Oud takes 1 of 1 categories.

Leather Oud
Choose it for a smoky and leather character. Wins on fragranxe ranking. Best in winter.
Madousa
Choose it for a amber and leather character.

Leather Oud1/1

Madousa0/1

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: Leather Oud

Head-to-head breakdown

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

Fragrance

Leather OudDior

MadousaOmbré Lamar

Winner

Ratings & consensus

Average rating and ownership split

4.04/ 5 · 358 votes

Have 79%Had 21%Want 0%

—/ 5 · 0 votes

Have 33%Had 0%Want 67%

Category winnerNot enough dataRating weighted by vote count

Community sentiment

How voters split from love to hate

54%Love

20%Like

7%Ok

14%Dislike

5%Hate

358 votes

Not enough votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost positive mix (25+ votes)

Longevity & sillage

0–100 community performance scores

⏱ Longevity80

〰 Sillage70

♥ Love / hate76

⏱ LongevityN/A

〰 SillageN/A

♥ Love / hateN/A

Category winners

LongevityNo data

SillageNo data

Value for money

How fairly priced voters find it

¤ Price value38

¤ Price valueN/A

Category winnerNot enough dataBest value score

Main accords

Strength of each scent family · outlined = shared by both

smoky100%

leather92%

warm spicy84%

woody77%

oud69%

fresh spicy61%

amber100%

leather92%

warm spicy84%

woody77%

rose69%

fresh spicy61%

Scent match49%Some overlap · both leather, warm spicy and woody

Note pyramid (duration)

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

Top

Bergamot

Heart

CardamomClovesGeraniumJasmine

Base

LeatherAgarwood (Oud)SmokeBirchPatchouliAmberwoodSandSandalwood

Top

Agarwood (Oud)SaffronBlack Pepper

Heart

RoseBulgarian RoseGeraniumRaspberryAmberwood

Base

BirchBenzoinAmbergrisMuskAmyrisSandalwoodLeatherOlibanum

InformationalShared notesGeranium, Leather, Agarwood (Oud) and Birch. Note durations are not published for these fragrances, so this is not scored.

Seasons & time of day

Relative to each fragrance's best season

Spring31

Summer11

Fall0

Winter100

Day–

Night–

No season votes yet

Category winnerNot enough dataMost year-round

Who wears it

Gender appeal votes

Men81

Unisex15

Women3

Not enough votes yet

InformationalProfile onlyAudience is not scored

Ranking & credits

Fragranxe overall rank, nose and launch

Overall rank#2,317

PerfumerFrançois Demachy

Launched2018

Reviews64

Overall rank#77,102

PerfumerMaurus Bachmann

Launched—

Reviews0

Category winnerLeather OudHigher overall rank

In a nutshell

Description & review snapshot

Dior Leather Oud is an intense, dry woody fragrance built around raw birch smoke, rugged black leather, and resinous agarwood oud. The scent opens with an immediate flash of bitter bergamot before diving straight into warm clove spice and spicy cardamom. Within minutes, the composition reveals a dark, crackling charac…

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Madousa by Ombré Lamar is a complex unisex fragrance that balances resinous woods with floral spice. Launched in 2022, it opens with a sharp kick of oud and black pepper. The heart introduces a lush, jammy rose while the base remains heavy and grounded in leather, birch, and olibanum. It suits evening wear in cooler w…

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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 Leather Oud and Madousa smell similar?

Some overlap: a 49% scent match on Fragranxe. Both share leather, warm spicy and woody accords. Common notes include Geranium, Leather, Agarwood (Oud) and Birch.

What are the notes in Leather Oud and Madousa?

Leather Oud has top notes of Bergamot, heart notes of Cardamom, Cloves, Geranium and Jasmine, a base of Leather, Agarwood (Oud), Smoke and Birch. Madousa has top notes of Agarwood (Oud), Saffron and Black Pepper, heart notes of Rose, Bulgarian Rose, Geranium and Raspberry, a base of Birch, Benzoin, Ambergris and Musk.