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Evge№iy – :
This fragrance is to Eastern for me.. But never the less this would be a great hit for oud and saffron lovers… For me its a pass..
Performance is above average…
Swetlanciks – :
i smell that signature montale aoud at first-kind of sweet, leathery and expensive smelling. i get a hint of rose, but not tons. after awhile i get hints of saffron, but i think this is mostly a sweet oud with some rose. i like it.
Danehalbuvnht – :
hahaha so serious and heavy
im fan of oud and safran separately but this mix is really a headache and strong.
you cant hear the tone of safran within it.
Chornobel – :
Oudmazing
Saffromazing
Rosemazing
Probably the best Oud fragrance by Montale.
It’s strong. It’s tamed. it’s (very) pleasant. It’s a head turner. It’s addictive.
The eastern part of heaven smells like this.
Included in the list of the 10 things for you to do before you die:
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6 – Smell Montale’s Aoud Saffran
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vas710xt – :
I had ordered a decant of my fav. White Aoud, and was told they didn’t have any more, and they offered Safran in its place. I was a bit dubious, but as it turns out, this was an excellent choice. Safran is White Aoud’s sexy big sister. Her innocence is gone. She is worldly and cosmopolitan, and completely liberated.
Safran is wickedly, greedily sensuous and very naughty. It is pure sex. Thank God I’m not 35 any more, otherwise it would have been with anyone, anywhere, at any time. Big trouble.
The three ingredients listed above don’t seem to be enough. Safran opens with something almost like a mixture of litchi and licorice. A bit like an element of Black Aoud. When the saffron and rose come out, it’s magical. Then it just keeps going on and on, as the Aoud and rose develop together. Incredibly addictive. My new number one.
ser-ua1968 – :
Nice scent but too soft for my tastes. Starts off strong and medicinal, but quickly dries down to a much quieter scent. Saffron is front and center for me, but there are not enough other notes (specifically a strong oud) to maintain my interest.
Still, a very civilized scent that will please many people. Nothing wrong with it and not overly risky for a blind buy, although starting with a sample is always safer.
slavamartin – :
Well not exactly what I expected but not entirely disappointed… I get quite a huge dose of strong rose, the kind found in luxury rose scented soap that hangs on for the most part of the first 2-3 hours. This fragrance starts to transition into a muskiness that I can’t really put in words but for me that’s when the fragrance really starts to shine.
UPDATE: The dry-down is magical, say the least… I can’t put my finger on it but there is something quite reminiscent of the dry-down I get from For Him by NR.
evgen41177 – :
Amo lo zafferano, e questo profumo l’ho trovato curioso e intrigante MA le altre note si sentono davvero poco, sdrammatizzano e limano un po’ l’esuberanza dello zafferano.
A tratti sembra quasi diventare un gourmandes.
vulcan2 – :
Postman delivered this today. It smells pretty good – but not amazing. It makes me realise my tastes have been spoiled recently by some excellent and more dirty oud/rose/saffron perfumes that I have in my collection now. This strikes me as synth rose, synth oud and synth saffron. Do I want to smell like this? Perhaps for everyday use yes; but for special occasions, no.
Sniffing close up, this juice smells quite bizarre. Like blackcurrant cordial and vanilla soap. A real mukhallat of these three notes smells leathery, smokey and dark, even direct from the bottle.
Don’t be put off. For most people, this fragrance is good enough. It has that Eastern mysticism that people are looking for. It will not, however, take you away on that real magic carpet ride.
romadad – :
I tested this one based on safran, since I know sounds like it going to carry some Middle Eastren side.. which I always look in this type of fragrance, since I know Middle Eastren carry quilty with good price.
After opening the packing I can smell Safran even there were 6 other samples. when I tuched sample my finger got strong safran. This stuff is done so well and good way that you wanted to smell again again.
If you like safran and always looking for a good beautiful safran frag then dont look further just test it.
Also this has good performance on my skin, I can tell Black oud and Oud Safran are good ones which I tested.
not to mention this is a stand out fragrance and I am sure many will ask you what you wearing.
8.75/10
Dima23 – :
There is something heavenly & pleasantly addictive in this fragrance. Its a very calming sensual feeling!
I think I’ve struck Gold with this one!
IllibiaPipbon – :
Not as huge when compared to other Montale scents longevity and sillage. Average sillage and up to 6 hours of longevity. Smells like so many others with the medicinal oud which calms down after a couple of hours but I don’t get any saffron. None at all, which is a big letdown when considering the name. The oud continues with light florals to round it out a bit. If you are looking for samples of oud/saffron scents check out MFK’s Oud and City Oud by Dueto.
Edit: Longevity was at 12 hours with hints of saffron coming in very soft after about 6 hours or so.
rozhko – :
Very similar to Montale Attar indeed, just a bit rounder and warmer. Aoud Safran also has this cold, mentholated feel, but it is less “sharp” so to speak.
I mainly feel fresh roses, sandalwood, a touch of oud and a tiny addition of saffron here. To me Aoud Safran isn’t that “saffron-y” at all. Not spicy! For example JHaG’s Midnight Oud has much more saffron in it.
I received my Aoud Safran in a swap with a wonderful Fragrantican (thank you V.!) and I’m not sure whether it’s a newer edition or it is from the glorious past of the brand. It is a beautiful perfume, probably one of the best of Montales (along with Attar, Aoud Queen Roses, and Black, White, Red Aoud).
If this is one of the newly reformulated products, I have to say this particular perfume they did not ruin. It is still as wonderful as many Montales used to be. Sadly, this is not the case with other compositions.
Another very similar perfume is Nejma Three, almost a dupe, just softer.
Moff – :
absolutely sensual – when I wear it I feel addicted to it!
b001t – :
The moment I donned Aoud Safran, the first words out of my mouth were: smells like Attar. That was a compliment, in my book, because I love Montale Attar. The funny thing is that the two fragrances are united in featuring aoud and rose, but supposedly divided on the big S: saffron or sandalwood? Can they really be indistinguishable?
There are some other possibilities, of course. It may be that both Aoud Safran and Attar contain both sandalwood and saffron, but the former contains more of the latter and vice versa, mutatis mutandis. Still, I did not really believe my nose–or rather my memory of Attar–so I decided to try a direct side-by-side comparison test of the two perfumes, being fortunately in possession of samples of both. Or am I? I ask because my sample of Attar is a carded house vial, while my sample of Aoud Safran came from a decanter. Things that make me (at least) say “Hmm….”
The results of the test? Attar and Aoud Safran are close enough on my right and left wrists to be indistinguishable. I tried to find more saffron in the Aoud Safran, and more sandalwood in the Attar, but I failed. The two blends are beautiful, but they are basically the same perfume. What to conclude?
The skeptical conclusion is of course that my “hand-decanted” vial involved one of the proverbial “mistakes were made” decanting errors. I know that decanters make mistakes, because when I decant I have sometimes made mistakes. I recall that one time I was trying to prepare a sample of Bond no 9 New York Fling for a friend, and for some reason I kept picking up the wrong Bond bottle! I filled it with Fashion Avenue, and then I made some other mistake–again! Naturally I corrected my errors, attributing them to my dangerously low BCC (blood caffeine content), but I wonder whether decanters always catch their errors and, if so, depending upon their state of disgruntlement (low wages, etc.), whether they make the extra effort to correct them. It would be tempting at the end of a long, boring day of filling strangers’ vials to shrug one’s shoulders and say, “Whatever. They’ll never know anyway.” But I digress…
Having now read some other reviewers’ reactions to Aoud Safran, I find less cause for decanter error suspicions. Other people have found this perfume very similar to Attar as well. I therefore conclude that the two perfumes are in fact quite similar, both containing not only rose and oud, but also both saffron and sandalwood. All of this leads irresistibly to one and only one conclusion: you need to own only one of these two perfumes to satisfy the Attar or Aoud Safran itch.
starmusic2008 – :
The most exotic, aesthetic and expensive Spice in the world in an exceptional highly sensual concentration with powerful spiritual AOUD and ROSES from IRAN & SAUDI ARABIA
dutjapedala – :
impression of a sharp medicine at at the opening – like in JHAG Midnight Oud. After that it gets milder but still not completely good with my skin chemistry to be bought. Quite linear fragrance with medium longevity.
Stasiol – :
Aoud Safran begins with medicinal strength as do most of Montale´s aouds. Then the saffron and a bit of rose appear.
In comparison to Black Aoud AS contains much, much less rose and honey-amber notes.
In comparison to White Aoud AS contains no vanilla/tonka notes.
It is somewhere in between. A very nice aoud variation neither really dark nor particularly feminine. Unisex and as strong and long-wearing as is usual for Montale aouds.
Recommended.
SektorGaza – :
well. i kinda like it. Gives me the impression as if I sniffed into a box of incense stick and a bottle of rose oil at the same time. The saffron seem to put a hold on the roses and the oud, keeping the two in balance.
kostyamberdj – :
Remind me a lot Attar with a slightly plus safran and slightly minus sandalwood.
They are brothers, nearly twins! Take off the sandalwood and add safran…that’s it. This one is a winner for my skin! As I can’t buy ALL perfumes in the world, I would buy Attar and not this one as they are similar.
A Love here.
p.s. Attar don’t have saffran and Aoud Safran don’t have sandalwood.
5/5
nzs716elipseskism – :
terrible, very spiritual and dark scent, i mean strong and very hot and smoky, not the kind of scent which suits to young girls and boys immatures
very serious and solennel perfume, sacred thing