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nvp – :
love this!
it is like the epitome of the 1980’s flower bomb, but in a good way. if you shoved them in a cauldron, said a magic spell about it being “just right”, this would be it.
massive powdery bouquet and violet to begin. wow. love the violet.
can’t stop sniffing.
but I’m still not sure about whether i can smell Aoud. can i? it is 2 hours into the dry down and i smell lots and lots of beautiful roses at this point.
this is such a fascinating and scrumptious floral, that i beg you to try it, if you like your 80’s pow pow! and you love flowers, soft woods, a touch of musk and powder.
im afraid, as usual my main notes are the opposite to the others. i get safflower, violet and rose! and it is truly lovely. almost edible.
and yes, this is quite a sillage monster, but after a few days of perfumes from the lighter shade of the perfume world that fade fast, i welcome this lovely bunch of flowers.
if Molly from pretty in pink got married, she would be wearing this on the day.
yep, scrumptious. try it, even if you are shy like me. you might surprise yourself.
RYUJIN – :
Industrial strength pink floral. I get absolutely no oud at all, just an intense blast of neon sizzling flowers at beginning, middle, and finish. I hate it!
shewa-i – :
The opening is definitely a loud white floral, but also sticky and syrupy. It has a honeyed quality, which reminds me of Jil Sander No.4. There is a LOT of ylang, but it doesn’t become too sharp or piercing on me (which is usually the case with ylang on my skin). The tuberose is very noticeable, but not buttery. The drydown definitely has an oriental feel, with lots of sandalwood. In fact, most of the discernible floral notes have diminished on my skin in the drydown, and the base becomes quite woody. I can certainly appreciate the scent, in fact I find it quite loveable, but because I don’t feel comfortable wearing big white sweet florals myself, so even with the woody drydown, it’s not right for me.
vitaj – :
Montale AOUD BLOSSOM is first and foremost a big fat floral fragrance. I was having difficulty figuring out which precise flowers were represented, and small wonder since all of them are! Well, that may be a slight exaggeration. The named flowers here include jasmine, rose, tuberose, violet, and ylang. What about the other “floral notes” note? Your guess is as good as mine, but I suspect that narcissus is present.
Taken together, the whole bouquet is quite strong, and some may find it overwhelming, especially since the petals are coated with a very potent resin, gurjum, which, in addition to having its own distinctive and penetrating scent, seems to make the flowers last forever–or until a bath.
Is there oud in this composition? I’ve no doubt that there is–this is Montale, after all!–but it is hidden behind all of the flowers and gurjum to the point where I feel that this perfume has been misnamed. It should really be called GURJUM BLOSSOM.
To my nose, this is a very feminine floral perfume with a classical feeling. The ylang seems to be the strongest of the many strong florals vying for attention in this creation. This is a heady mix, no matter how lightly it is applied. The florals do subside eventually, leaving behind a persistent (or is it durable????) gurjum layer.