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bublik90 – :
what an excellent perfume, excellent quality and many many compliments !
allpowerful – :
I have many montales I love. Aoud Lavender is not one of them. Smells very cheap and masculine. Like actual lavender oil and cheap aftershave cologne. Gibes me headache… What a horrible thing…
film-lal – :
I love lavender in all its iterations, but this is probably my least favorite of the many many lavenders I have tried. This is very herbal on me, astringent, bracing, acrid and almost burning, nose-singeing. The “synth-oud” definitely enables that sort of bitter quality. As much as I love lavender, this is just too much of a sharp “house cleaning product.” It really smells as if it would kill germs, just stop them dead in their tracks. After a few hours it does fade out a bit and the flowers and amber come to the fore, and then it’s considerably more pleasant, but I don’t want to have to wait that long and there are more gorgeous lavenders out there.
Scents are unisex in my mind, and I tend to be drawn towards ones labeled as such or not at all, but I think men (I’m thinking the manly men stereotype) could pull this off easily. The “powder flower” is much less evident here than in many other scents marketed toward men. I don’t even really get that. While this isn’t a scrubber, it is not FB worthy either,
NekludovaOlesya – :
Buckeye, what are you talking about! Montale uses high quality and natural ingredients in his perfumes. There is nothing average about his perfumes and the ones I have are worth every cent! They are sold here in the best niche perfumeries and that says enough. It looks clear to me that you can’t like all the 115 perfumes that he has made, thats impossible and depents on what you like in A perfume. You clearly have nothing with Montale, thats oké but your critics are misplaced imo!
smania – :
Lavender Aoud starts out with a lovely blast of lavender, followed shortly after by an aromatic note, kind of like cardamon. The lavender is somewhat fleeting, which is too bad because I really liked the lavender. Not much oud here at first but after about an hour I start to notice the woodsy side getting stronger and the amber raises it’s little head. Some powder with this but so far not tooo much. Drydown is sort of reminiscent of a Nasomato, with a little oud amber. Overall I like this quite a bit, the drydown is quite nice.
xaker92 – :
My review is based on a sample from LuckyScent.
When it first goes on, it smells like a nice, unisex lavender – some where along the line of Invasion Barbare. Then, with the dry down, the fragrances changes into a very feminine lavender. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice lavender but far too feminine for my taste.
Generator6_2 – :
It starts from the good enough lavander note (intensive, more flowery than herbal as I prefer). But then it goes into oud and saffron base almost like in Oud Rose Purple. As I have the last one, I can say, that it’s heavy enough base. Think twice! Because not everyone around you will understand it, based on my experience.
Interesting, loud, but I wish that it would stay more lavandery floral.
elena.stolnikova – :
Bitter saffron and medicinal, slightly acrid oud combo with distinct, yet fleeting a bit too fast to my liking, dry lavender.
Very calming and distancing in general impression. Zero sweetness, just dry, aromatic woodiness that makes my nostrils and mouth dry from the imaginary dust that this scent almost literally evokes. I can easily imagine sawdust and wood slivers all around me while wearing Lavender Aoud. This is no usual oriental floral category, but oriental woody at its core. But for a pleasant lavender addition, it reminds me of Korres Saffron Amber Agarwood Cardamom (AL being thicker and, paradoxically, seemingly more natural) and Reminiscence Oud (AL being less thick in texture and less flowery). All in all, it is a perfect heavy loaded oud scent for those tired of rose sitting on the back of many oud combos offered by Montale & Co. Really potent stuff, a little goes a long way and again Montale has introduced something of its legendary sillage and lasting. I like it, as a hardcore oud fan, even though I would prefer a longer lasting lavender note in it!
STAFOR – :
Initial blast is very strong sharp lavender mixed with oud but after 10-15 min later the saffron, amber, and a toned down rose begins to stand out into a tolerable almost beautiful soft oud scent.As i keep sniffing my wrist to me it smells like something Mason Francis Kurkdijan would produce.Nicely done.
lovexiii – :
This is a dusty oud accompanied by an oppressive, synthetic lavender. I feel like someone is smothering me with a chloroform rag. I usually like Montales, but this one is a no-go.
soil – :
Just a very average scent… and very feminine…nowhere near as good as some of the older classic Montale.
Dallan – :
Tested recently. There are two ways to view this fragrance, if you compared with old montale masterpieces like black aoud, aoud lime, dark, etc. Then, is a clearly looser.
But if you compared with new montales, with some fresh, some oud, florals, always nice and inoffensive, like aoud forest, wild aoud, aoud&pine, aoud melody etc. It could be a winner.
Now the fragrance; starts with a semi-bitter floral accord with reminiscence to licorice. Then licorice and bitter goes off, and starts the real floral sweet creamy non aoud accord like in many friendly montales, with a little soft lemony sandalwood in the background.
It could be perfectly a flanker of montale aoud forest but with one touch of lavender, that improves the final result. Better dry down, with the creamy floral (lavender-saffron) touch, and better long-lasting.
There is an endearing aspect that bring me memories of a fabric softener(in a good way, nothing harsh) or the smell of some people clothes. Maybe the minimal touch of powdery sandalwood helps to that.
I like this one. Ill give a 6,5/7 out a 10.