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jgc – :
Aoud Orchid opens up with very prominent coconut vibe… So prominent that makes me think that this should be renamed aoud coconut, and then the peach comes out to play before the main player, the orchid, filling the stage.
The dry down for me is a bit generic, it’s sweet and crowd pleaser.
Firasmalanzy:this smells lean more to the feminine side, but don’t let stereotype dictate what you wear, wear whatever you like.
ascela – :
I bought a full bottle, its very nice, In South Africa it performs as a beast mode perfume. i love the coconut and woody note, it doesn’t block people’s nose regardless of the number of sprays, i spayed 9 full sprays for high projection no sneezed even myself.
wiu806Bessinepome – :
I have a question, does this perfume smell more male or female scent? i want to buy it online.
1cmola1 – :
First it smelled more of a women’s perfume but after 2 mins it suddenly transformes into a beast .. it’s very different scent Peach and Spicy with very noticeable coconut .
Initial is harsh , dry down is yumm !
And the only peach scent I will ever use for myself .
A unisex for sure
djuma5 – :
for three hours now I sit in a cloche of 2 whiffs of Mancera’s “Aoud Orchid” from a 2 ml. tester. it is still going strong and exactly this is what Pierre Montale is gotten famous with, the gun-in-da-face openingblast the strongest I find, with Montale Aoud Purple Roses, Attar, Louban, Black Aoud and Black Aoud Intense. let me not forget Pure Gold of which I acquired a full flacon and which gives off such metallic orangeblossom as I had only encountered with Versaces “Eros Pour Femme”. well this Mancera (my first engagement with) shares (of course) the same DNA and then we have the same question again (mainly sparked by the nichist elite, snobist exclusivist parfumistas): “is it real oudh?” and YES here is used real oudh perhaps Montale hasn’t deforested entire Borneo or Laos but in my opinion with Aoud Orchid there is no other wood smelling so invasively as oudh, even in small amount and who knows, inforced with synthetics. I love this perfume although I must say I prefer what also loads of annoying so called ‘connaiseurs’ complain about: the effluxe of oudh-rose perfumes. I happen to love them very much as I find this particular perfume then, interesting to compare on the aspect of an ‘oudh-enfleurage’. as the orchid is the only flower here it is a rather sweet flower and I know loads of non-smelling orchids but once came into a damp, warm greenery smelling a deliciously bananalike heady smell which, as it appeared, came from a hidden species of orchid and it had much resemblance with the smell of the flower here. that there isn’t much development I find no disadvantage. it is a projectionistic, superimposing parfum and as I loved Giorgio, Poison, Coco and Knowing, I love this here alchymycal code 4 force, too, immensely. (a lovely review below.)
pashu177 – :
I went into the brand new Montale store in Paris (just across Guerlain’s flagship boutique on Champs Elysees at 50m in a side road) to buy Intense Tiare but I was deceived by Tiare’s excess coconut. So I tested a few and bought Moncera Aoud Orchid.
This new boutique is funny and very pleasant: behind the entrance, on the left hand side are aligned all the Montale flacons, on the right hand side all the Moncera flacons, and in the middle, the test desk with a number of very good SAs who don’t need much time to diagnose your preferences. BTW i discovered a hidden treasure (not on the shelves) which is pure osmanthus oil … but also on sale. Pierre Montale was not there, I was told he works in this atelier in Grasse in this cold Paris winter season.
Coming back to Aoud Orchid, the edp looks quite concentrated as it leaves an oily film on the skin for several minutes; it opens with fruity notes (too light of mandarine to be mentioned here and peach, already dominated by oud. The coconut is present but so discretely fleeting that it allows the orchid to develop quite quickly. Then comes the vanilla, still dominated by oud, but it enhances the floral scents which come like alternating color spots for hours, completing, or should I say nuancing the dominating combination between oud and orchid.
This excellent parfume has a long way to go, could be a classic in the making.
When I proudly went to Guerlain, Hermes and Tom Ford boutiques carrying my golden Montale bag to complete my shopping, some SAs asked me “is Montale finally back to Paris?”. Obviously most of them didn’t know about the new boutique.
When I’ll have more time, I’ll confront some of the Montale flacons to those of Mancera: it’s the ideal place for this kind of exercise with this boutique’s setup.