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wismut – :
@ chiragh
Cut the crap, man ! Mancera Aoud Vanille is very vanilla-sweet with a lot of spices, but Montale Original Aoud id pure woody fresh-cutted oudh without any sweetness. They are totally different.
golubaptaxan – :
Same has Mancera Oud Vanilla …Good stuff and lasts all day long .
8/10 for me.
ГУдянки – :
It doesn’t exist anymore 🙁
gorlum89 – :
This is Montale’s Dark Aoud minus the sandalwood note. It has the same pungency as Dark Aoud, but with considerably more sharpness and musty woodiness up front. As it dries, it becomes smooth and creamy, very enjoyable. If you can still find it, it’s easily the most authentic oud in the montale line that I’ve come across so far (and I own 10 Montales, most of them from the Aoud line, all of them Paris versions).
I find the sillage to be strong, requiring only 1 spray to the chest for modest/polite projection, otherwise you risk offending people with this, as the scent is definitely for oud fans. The longevity is 12+ hours easily. As a side note, I received the gold bottle, and it says “70% Alcool” on the box. I hear there’s another version in a black bottle that says “80% Alcool” that is more dilute. If you’re a fan of the characteristic medicinal Montale oud note, and wish to experience it by itself, unadulterated by any rose, citrus, or other modifiers, then this one is for you.
Apemabafefs – :
Also known as Bois de Aoud, this fragrance carries the famous Aoud note (achieved through an oil made from the resin of the Aquilara bark, a type of tree that produces this resin with about 50 years of life) plus wonderful shades of woods and musk.
This is about a fragrance with a strong output and a medicinal aroma, which is a characteristic of aoud, that only gives a relief after about 20 minutes of being applied. Then, evolves – very subtle – to a woody aroma, which is very well balanced with a touch of musk in the background, without losing, however, its aoud aspects. It screams: “I’m made of aoud and I will die exuding aoud!”.
I don’t know if this is also categorized as unisex, but I just can’t see it as a male fragrance. If I could comparing it to any other scent I know, in terms of aroma, I’d say it is a “cousin” of Gucci Pour Homme, because it grew up in an “aoud cradle”…LOL.
After about 3 hours on skin, it soothes a lot and gets softer, creamy-resinous, with less explosion and projection. But the lasting is worthy of a Montale.
My final note goes to the fact that many criticize the Montale line as being an “unnecessary number of perfumes on the same theme, since all of them ends up being so much alike”. Still, they use to say that: “you just need to have the Dark, Red and Black and you’ll be well served”.
Well, as I said, the aoud note is very strong and it was born to be the protagonist. In the Montales, especially, it is very rich and it’s like the DNA of a family: it’s there for everyone to recognize that these are Montales (as well as in the Guerlain’s guerlinade). The differences between them are the notes that make up each creation, which would be like the unique characteristics that exist between brothers, even twins. And just know them, who lives and who have a perception a little more accurate, as is the case of their parents. Therefore, I advocate that, although similar, they are not the same and do not become repetitive. Maybe it’s a matter of skin: in some, only the aoud stands out and everything looks alike.
machineasousgr – :
A beautiful ouud/tobacco note opens fresh and persists throughout the lifetime of the fragrance…
The good thing is that Original Aoud is the least synthetic among the Montale’s Aoud line!
Personally, I enjoy wearing Original Aoud by itself, away from the cliché compound of aldehyde/iso e super, present in almost all perfumes below $500.
If you are looking for a “hurra parade” fragrance, to use on a date or impress others, original Aoud is not the one!
Its usage is more consistent for oneself; you wear this fragrance to please yourself, not others who unfortunately will not understand the theme, unless they are perfume conoisseurs.
For layering purposes, it might work with few natural single note oils (woods, some spices, and few flowers, only…Away from fruits, gourmand, or citruses…).
N.B. Sample before buying…
mars1970 – :
Original Aoud starts out deceptively light – ethereal even. A gentle and cool morning breeze carrying a hint of the dusty desert in its wake. The sun hasn’t risen yet, but oh, it will, and with it the full heat and intensity of the desert will be known.
The development of Original Aoud follows a the development of a day in the desert. As mentioned, it starts quite cool and vaporous, it surrounds you but like a deep bass wave, its source is hard to pinpoint. It warms quickly, and there is just a hint of sweetness amidst the dusty coolness. This is not a fecal or barnyard oud – this is stripped of those qualities and retains only those essences which will not get in the way of calm introspection or meditation. And that is why I posted a picture of a city above [my original review over at BN had a picture of the ancient city of Bam in it, I recommend doing a Google/Bing image search for it!], and not just a desert. It smells of desert, the color tan, of warm and dry air, but there is a spiritual quality to it that I would imagine would be found in the mosques and temples of such a city.
L’Air du Desert Marocain is an amazing fragrance, but it encapsulates not only the desert air, but the spices and sweetness emanating from the streets on the outskirts of a small Moroccan village, lined with artisans and vendors on one side and a vast and dry expanse of desert on the other. It is sweet and dry and yet rich and opulent too. Original Aoud is a relative, sure, perhaps a distant cousin, a cousin who chose the life of an ascetic, instead of the more worldly pleasures that LDDM indulges in. There is no hint of earthly desire or hedonism in Original Aoud – it is the essence of the desert – and the inevitable introspection that comes from being surrounded by such a dry and almost featureless environment – in a bottle. This isn’t something to wear to impress the ladies (or men) or to draw unwarranted compliments from random passerbys. This is something to be worn for one’s own good and well being.. to be worn when a calm sanctuary is needed, when focus is of the utmost importance, or when one simply wants to clear the mind be it for meditation or relaxation.
Sillage is average and longevity too (compared to other Montales). Regardless, it’s worth sampling if you are interested in very dry scents. It is, of all the scents I’ve smelled, without question the one I’d recommend in response to the question “What would a holy man/mystic/shaman wear?”
Alisan – :
Smells like the name on the bottle – more or less 🙂
It’s a very stripped-back, austere oud scent, remarkably similar and a good (and more affordable) alternative to By Killian’s Pure Oud. Has a touch of a vetiver-like note in the drydown as well as a nutty note , but this is mostly just a tiny, tiny amount of Cambodian cultivated agarwood with the majority of the composition created with the synthetic support of Firmenich Oud Blend 27 found in dozens of modern/westernized “oud” compositions.
I sometimes wear it on it’s own for a dry, spicy aura or more frequently for layering under other fragrances to give a simple touch of the exotic.