# The House of Oud — Each Other

> Despite the house name, Each Other contains no oud - it's a dry, bitter, "urban vetiver" woody-aromatic built around grapefruit zest, wormwood, calamus and vetiver, evoking a Milanese cocktail and a g

## Essence
Despite the house name, Each Other contains no oud - it's a dry, bitter, "urban vetiver" woody-aromatic built around grapefruit zest, wormwood, calamus and vetiver, evoking a Milanese cocktail and a graffiti-covered night out. It's the fourth chapter of The House of Oud's Colourful Collection, a joint creation between THoO founder-perfumer Andrea Casotti, perfumer Cristian Calabrò, and Milanese graffiti writer KayOne, whose street-art aesthetic dresses the hand-painted bottle. The concept is explicit and unusually literal: the bitter calamus and wormwood are meant to embody the bitter side of an Aperol/Negroni-style aperitivo. It's a competent, cocktail-bitter green scent that the wearers generally files as pleasant but not essential.
## Scent Profile
The opening is the most-praised stretch: a bright, fizzy burst of lemon and grapefruit zest with pink pepper, repeatedly likened to a bitter cocktail - a Pimm's Cup, an Aperol on the rocks, a gin-based herbal infusion "with a touch of sparkle or fizz." It's refreshing, slightly sweet, and citrus-forward. The heart turns dark and bitter: wormwood (artemisia), calamus and coriander paint what Calabrò calls a "bitter background characterised by dark tonalities," with the calamus bridging the citrus and woody parts and a peppery, herbaceous, slightly funky greenness emerging. The base is a dry, "yellow-green," sun-dried vetiver (as opposed to a damp/wet vetiver) warmed by labdanum and a touch of ambergris/grey amber - nocturnal, resinous, lightly sweet underneath the bitterness.
One published coverage editor's reading flags "a raw rubber accent" within the dry, bitter vetiver-plus-artemisia accord. Submerged vs perceptible: citrus and the bitter herbal core are front and center; the labdanum/amber base is a warm underpinning. It's fairly linear in mood after the citrus burns off - bitter, green, dry. Signature accord: cocktail-bitter citrus over dry vetiver.
Reviewers stress it is decidedly not an oud scent.
## Performance
Performance reports converge on "good longevity, modest projection." A published coverage reviewer pegged it at about five to six hours with projection "fairly strong in the warmer weather for which this fragrance is well suited." published coverage wearers report longer skin life (one estimating eight-plus hours with a "low hum") but agree sillage drops to intimate after the first hour or so, with several flatly calling it a near-skin scent with "no projection." published coverage classifies sillage as "subpar" against good longevity. The published coverage editor's main disappointment was that it's "too polite," forming little sillage, and wished it came in an extrait concentration. Net: it lasts but stays close.
## Wearing Context
A spring/summer, daytime-to-evening woody-aromatic with an "electric Milanese night out" concept baked in - equally at home as a casual fresh-bitter daytime scent or an aperitivo-hour evening scent, since wearers note it's low-key and tranquil rather than strictly nocturnal. Fully unisex, though Calabrò's own framing ("virile, strong") and the dry-vetiver profile give it a faintly masculine lean. Best for relaxed urban/social settings - casual wear, drinks, warm-weather days - where you want something bitter, green and a little different rather than loud or seductive. Its quiet projection makes it a "for yourself" scent more than a statement piece.
## Comparisons & DNA
The most-named comparisons are telling. A published coverage wearer calls it "an edgier version of Frédéric Malle French Lover" (Jean-Claude Ellena's bitter-green galbanum-woody) - perhaps the most apt DNA pointer. published coverage and published coverage wearers classifications repeatedly liken it to Roja Parfums Apex (the most frequent comparison) and Creed Royal Oud, with one reviewer adding Roja Burlington 1819 for its bitter, hedione/grapefruit facet - framing Each Other as a competent woody-aromatic fougère in that lineage. Within THoO's own range it's the bitter "urban vetiver" entry, distinct from the brand's sweet/gourmand and oud-forward releases (Keep Glazed, Empathy, ). There's no designer clone; the value play is simply that the genre is well-served by cheaper woody-aromatics, which feeds the "nothing special for the price" criticism.
## Reception
Mixed-positive, with a strong "competent but unremarkable" undercurrent. Praise centers on the bright bitter-citrus/cocktail opening, the dry sun-dried vetiver, the high-quality juice, and the gorgeous hand-painted presentation. Criticism is consistent and pointed: weak-to-moderate projection ("too polite," "no projection"), imperfect blending - a published coverage reviewer said the components "don't ever coalesce into a coherent, harmonious whole... it all feels a bit forced" - and a recurring sense that it's "nothing special" and hard to justify at niche prices. The published coverage reviewer added points specifically for the presentation, giving a "mild thumbs up" on the juice alone. published coverage's editor liked it but found it too tame and wished for an extrait. Blind buy? Generally not advised at full niche price given the modest projection and "doesn't quite cohere" critiques - sample first; it's most rewarding for vetiver/bitter-green devotees who value a refined, quiet scent and the collectible bottle.
## Versions & Reformulation
Single composition, no known reformulations. Released 2018 as the fourth fragrance in THoO's Colourful Collection, designated by the house under the olfactory family "Urban Vetiver" / "the Urban Mood." Offered as a 75 ml Eau de Parfum (with smaller travel formats and third-party decants available). published coverage states the production was "apparently discontinued," though stock continued to appear at discounters and niche retailers into 2026, consistent with old stock selling through.
## Acquisition Notes
Niche tier - THoO's overview pegs its 75 ml bottles at around EUR 190, with discounted retail observed well below RRP at various retailers , roughly GBP 132 at some sites). The single core size is 75 ml EDP; decants and small travel formats provide a lower-risk entry, which is the smart move given the divisive reception. Because published coverage flags it as apparently discontinued, availability is increasingly via remaining/old stock at discounters and niche shops rather than the brand directly. Counterfeiting isn't a prominent documented concern for this low-volume artisanal line. Each 75 ml bottle is individually hand-painted, so no two are identical - a genuine point of appeal and a reason collectors sometimes buy two (one to use, one to display).
## Notable Facts & Lore
- Each Other is an explicit tribute to Milan and its graffiti/street-art subculture, co-created with one of Italy's first graffiti writers, KayOne (born 1972, painting Milan walls since 1988, later exhibited at the Triennale and the 54th Venice Biennale, and author of a 2017 book on Milanese graffiti history).
- The brand's tagline puns on the culture - "Our Tag is THoO" - and the bottle was designed in collaboration with KayOne to celebrate the city's street art.
- The concept is unusually concrete: artistic director Andrea Casotti has said the calamus was used "to embody the bitter part of the Negroni Sbagliato cocktail," with the scent opening on "a transparent burst of pink pepper and orange...
- then mixed with the cold bitter herbal taste of Aperol On The Rocks."
- Perfumer Cristian Calabrò describes it as "an urban perfume which is virile, strong, laden with inspirations and sensations, from the underground movement...
- to street culture," where "wormwood and calamus paint a 'bitter' background...