More Than Words Xerjoff

Unisex
Eau de Parfum
Year: 2012

At a glance

Is More Than Words Xerjoff worth trying?

More Than Words by Xerjoff is a Oriental Woody fragrance for women and men.

Best match
Evening, Special Occasion wear in Fall, Winter
Performance feel
Excellent longevity with Strong sillage
Signature profile
amber, oud, fruity with Agarwood (Oud), Fruity Notes, Floral Notes

The first impression

More Than Words by Xerjoff is a Oriental Woody fragrance for women and men. More Than Words was launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Chris Maurice.

What shapes the scent

amber 100%
oud 85%
fruity 70%
floral 60%
warm spicy 50%
woody 40%
sweet 35%
fresh spicy 30%

The perfumer behind it

Chris Maurice

Chris Maurice

Chris Maurice is a perfumer with a wide-ranging portfolio that includes work for Aqualis, Artal Perfumes, Assaf, Astrophil & Stella, Azman, and Bey Parfum. His creations include Egoli, Forbidden Rose, Darley, Love Is Lost, Moonage Daydream, Riad Jasmine, Song For A Wanderer, and Abyssoria. His style varies from floral and romantic to dark and mysterious.

Notes pyramid

All Notes

Complete scent profile

Agarwood (Oud) Agarwood (Oud)
Fruity Notes Fruity Notes
Floral Notes Floral Notes
Oriental notes Oriental notes
Ambergris Ambergris
Woody Notes Woody Notes
Olibanum Olibanum
Labdanum Labdanum

The mood it creates

The Mystic Archetype: Portrait of More Than Words Xerjoff

Essence

More Than Words channels the Mystic, a seeker of the ineffable. Oud and olibanum form its sacred core, smoky as temple incense, while fruity and floral notes hint at revelations glimpsed in the periphery. This fragrance is a meditation-amber and labdanum hum with latent energy, suggesting secrets whispered just beyond hearing.

They are the archetype of transcendence, dwelling where the material and spiritual intersect. The ambergris adds a lunar quality, as if the scent itself is a bridge between worlds.

Style & Aesthetic

Their wardrobe is a study in paradox: flowing linen paired with structured leather, or a vintage kimono over minimalist tailoring. More Than Words’ oriental-woody duality reflects their aesthetic-earthbound yet ethereal. They favor textures that tell stories: handwoven silks, tarnished silver, paper-thin prayer beads.

Colors are muted but deep-indigo, charcoal, oxidized gold-mirroring the fragrance’s balance of shadow and warmth. Every piece feels chosen with ritual intent.

Philosophy & Values

They believe in the alchemy of attention. The oud’s complexity mirrors their conviction that everything contains layers waiting to be unfurled. Fruity top notes are their reminder that epiphanies hide in the everyday; one must only look closely enough.

For them, silence is sacred. The labdanum’s resinous depth speaks to their practice of stillness as a form of knowing. They seek not answers but better questions.

Relationships

They attract seekers and skeptics alike. The floral heart notes reveal a capacity for tenderness, though they often love in abstractions-more comfortable discussing cosmic unity than their own needs. Partners must accept that some of their heart will always dwell in the in-between.

Their friendships are coven-like, built on shared fascination rather than small talk. They’re the one who gifts tarot decks or obscure texts, their affection expressed through symbols.

Lifestyle

Their days are punctuated by pauses. Mornings might begin with oud oil on pulse points and tea steeped to exactitude; evenings are for journaling by candlelight. They frequent bookshops and apothecaries, collecting curiosities as others collect contacts.

Work is secondary to practice, unless it is their practice. They might be an artist, healer, or scholar-any path that honors the unseen. This fragrance is their armor against the mundane.

Shadow

Their mysticism can become escapism. The fruity notes’ fleetingness mirrors a reluctance to engage with the tangible, while the oud’s intensity may signal dogmatism. They risk preferring the symbol to the thing itself, mistaking resonance for truth.

There’s also loneliness in the ivory tower of their insights. Not everyone speaks the language of olibanum and ambergris.

Conclusion

More Than Words is an incantation in a bottle, the Mystic’s tool for remembering-and transcending-the self. Its wearer walks the knife-edge between worlds, finding divinity in the blend of oud’s gravity and fruit’s lightness. To don this scent is to pledge allegiance to the unsayable.