Aoud Café

I have owned a bottle of Aoud Cafe the past few years and, although I haven't been wearing it this past year (I have a lot of fragrance), I wore Aoud Cafe today and it reminded me of how much I love it; very nice and unique take on a coffee fragrance. In a nutshell, take the coffee note from A*Men Pure Coffee, blend it with the sweet notes from Mancera Aoud Black Candy minus that loud licorice note, and add some extremely smooth woods, spices and musk...and there you go! Another comparison in the making of Aoud Cafe would be taking an empty coffee cup and filling it half-way with crushed assorted hard candies, and then filling it to the brim with strong espresso. Voila! It's Aoud Cafe!! Although this fragrance is somewhat linear, I find that the woods, amber and musk push forward a bit more in the drydown while the coffee and sweet notes become more subtle, but are still present through the life of the scent. Performance is stellar in that Aoud Cafe lasts an solid 10-12 hours on my skin leaves a nice, thick, scent trail. It's not beastly, but it will leave a nice scent bubble and leave a favorable impression. There is no hint of celery in this fragrance, as some have mentioned, and I have received favorable comments from others. It's not one of those people-pleaser scents, but I find it to be a comforting cool weather fragrances that many will appreciate smelling in your presence. Finally, this is very different than Montale Intense Cafe...which is actually similar to Mancera Roses Vanille. Cheers!

Aoud Cafe: best coffee scent on the market, I have smelled. It isn't just a coffee scent, and the scent isn't prominent enough to be obnoxious. It's like a carousel of musk, cream, wood, and fruit revolving around a coffee base. Aoud Cafe is less of a coffee smell, more of a coffee house odor--a pretty coffee house with fruit and baked items and wood and a flower on your table. It's a classier scent than most other coffee-based perfumes; it is slightly eccentric and very well blended. Some have said, "Oh, forget this and get Montale's Intense Cafe, or if you have Intense Cafe, forget this redundant scent!!" ....BALONEY. Montale's Intense Cafe smells EXACTLY like you dumped a Grande Triple Cappuccino on your head. Aoud Cafe smells less definite, less of a coffee product, and smells more like a relaxing cafe environment. CELERY BE DAMNED! I smell none of that from my bottle or on my skin. Not sure where that is coming from with others' experiences. Downside: of Mancera's line, this might be the weakest longevity and sillage yet. It isn't abysmal, but from a house where a couple sprays conquer entire office buildings, this thing can take 6-8 sprays and barely fill a moderate living room. I get about 3-4 hours before it is just a mild surface scent for another hour or two. It's unique and quality stuff, but it lacks the Mancera Perfume PunchTM. 8/10 within the Mancerasphere. 9/10 within the entire Fragransphere.

Another fantastic niche fragrance from the house of Mancera. This one opens with a combination of sweet fruitiness and coffee. I can't say that I specifically detect the peach. Nor do I ever smell a "celery" scent that some report. The coffee is forward in the scent, but not overpowering. It's beautifully blended. As it begins to dry down to the heart notes, the sweetness dials back and a subdued floral emerges and joins the coffee accord. It's at this point that the fragrance is most feminine, but at all times it remains a true unisex fragrance. As the dry down enters the base notes, the oud becomes more apparent, but it's never overly strong. It joins the coffee, which has been apparent during the duration, and settles into a comfortable and enticing "symbiosis". I could see this fragrance being worn in 3 seasons. Not in the dog days of summer, it could become cloying then. Good for both day and night. Truly an alluring scent with great longevity and projection.

I get a strong coffee and spicy wood opening, yes really do get the coffee in this one, like freshly ground coffee beans on my skin with a citrus musk vibe hanging out in the background. The initial spray fills the room with this delicious scent. Aoud Cafe quickly develops into a coffee, woody, musky dry scent with just a tiny bit of sweetness, but this is not a sweet gourmand type fragrance to my nose. 3 hours in Aoud Cafe Settles down a little and the coffee recess just a bit, but is still present, while the wood becomes more pronounced. Projection reduces to about arms length at this point. 6 hours in and I still get a coffee / wood scent on my skin, but it becomes a skin scent. After 24 hours I still get whiffs of coffee and wood on my skin. I don't get the celery note that others have talked about. To me this is almost all coffee and wood on my skin. Bottom line: If you like coffee and / or woody scents, you should try a sample of this.

Aoud Cafe by Mancera: This is good. Obviously you have to enjoy the smell of coffee to like this, that goes without saying but even then you might be able to tolerate it since it's not a screechy synthetic coffee note, rather a blonde roast smooth almost chocolatey note without being synthetic or overly sweet. Definitely an autumn/winter scent with great quality and performance. It's one of the most unique frags I've ever smelled that pulls together notes of warm spiciness, woods and somewhat sweet touches. I get it's not for everyone but for me it's a very inviting gourmand that will have you standing out. Top notes: Coffee, bergamot, slight peach accord. Chocolate isn't listed but I pick it up, no hint of blackcurrant Middle notes: Coffee, amber, very slight floral Base notes: Woody, delicate musk, touch of coffee 5/5

Perfume 10, tested on paper, decant 10 ml Coffee with cardamom and flowers in a wooden café. I also get amber or something resinous in the background. Despite all that, it isn't overwhelming. There's actually a certain freshness running through the composition. After checking the official notes, I can see there's no cardamom after all, so it must be the bergamot that's leading my brain in that direction. I'd also say the floral note reminds me most of peony or something similar, but I see it's listed simply as a generic floral accord. To me, this is a very beautiful fragrance. It feels unique, although I haven't tried any of the fragrances it's commonly compared to. A decant is enough for me, as it's not the type of scent I'd wear very often, and it somehow always ends up being overshadowed by something else.

@Ozbon I know where you’re coming from. I also felt I had a crappy batch (17K314A), Oct 2017, but I’m resigned to the fact that it’s easy to go nose blind to this. I keep thinking it’s intimate until I’m reminded with a hefty waft every now and then. It’s more likely a moderate projecting scent. It’s a creeper and it’s one that doesn’t need more than 4 sprays. In comparison to Mancera’s other room-fillers, this isn’t even close, but it’s still a classy drop that creeps up on you. Coffee, woods and fruits in abundance. The amount of oil from this fragrance on my skin reminds me it’ll last. And it does. Add a couple of dots to your clothes (back of neck) or shirt collar. You’ll get wafts for a good 5-6 hours. Just don’t put your nose too close to it - or it disappears.

Aoud cafe by Mancera created by Pierre Montale is an enchanting gourmand / oriental fragrance that opens with a light fruity accord combined with prevailing amber notes and an intense toasted black coffee, with vague hints of liquorice (undeclared element) and a precious oud of rare beauty. Mancera with Aoud Cafè builds a rich, well-structured fragrance that is not sweet or oppressive, undoubtedly a monochord fragrance that can be defined almost immediately, thanks to its main notes. In this case the hint of Aoud, refreshed by coffee, is absolutely evident. The heart and base notes give completeness, but do not stand out excessively. Ideal fragrance for creating layering.

I wonder where the people saying it doesn't last long or that it smells like ass are trying their bottles? It lasts AGES and it smells amazing. I'm not someone that enjoys dirty, animal notes or even leathers but this is in no way offensive The 'celery'smell lasts all of 20 seconds, so if you sprayed it on a tester strip and stuck your nose up to it immediately as most people seem to do without understanding that they're only getting the top notes, then yes that would be what you're smelling and that's likely what a lot of the negative reviewers have done in my opinion...give it time

Yes, there is a vague hint of celery for about the first 5 minutes, because of the way the fruity and woody notes interact with each other, but as the coffee, amber and musk warm up, this turns into a delicious, gourmand vanilla confection. After 10 hours, the floral and sweet notes dominate and you feel like you're rolling in a bag of sugared rose-petal candy. Absolutely delicious! The "celery" reviewers shouldn't be reviewing fragrances if they can't let a fragrance progress beyond the alcohol dry-down before passing comment.

It took me 4 years since I bought it to understand the beauty of this perfume..!! 🤎☕ The opening is nice (peachy coffee), the midde notes is the worst part of the fragrance (strong scent of roasted cofee and nothing more, thank God it only last for 2 to 3 minutes), but the drydown is amazing..!! Sweet, musky, candy coffee..!! Perfect for cold weather! Sorry Aoud Cafe, i have wore you 3 times all these years because i didn't knew you well..! I never gave you the chances that you deserved, but now I know!!

After reading countless of reviews from youtube and here in fragrantica, I finally decided to buy a full bottle.. At first, i thought this doesnt perform well compared to other mancera offerings but i was wrong, this is beastly and sillage is great.. I convinced my cousin to wear this and damn, this is really good in the air.. I smell coffee when smell it directly but once it lingers in the air, i smell a lot of florals and peach.. this really a good blind buy imo

Love love love! I get sweet coffee with a hint of licorice and some wood in the background. Sometimes woody notes remind me of burnt wood, but here even the wood is sweeter. This is not to say that this is an overly sweet perfume. It's more like this perfume has some sweetness to it. On me it starts with a coffee blast and then I get deeper coffee! It's so nice! Lasts at least a full work day and radiates nicely even after a couple of hours.

To me this is a fruity, floral powdery almost chypre perfume with a more ambery drydown. The coffee note is there, but only in the first 2h or so, after that time it's more of an impression. So don't expect an "intense cafe", this is not it! But i think it's pretty good and well blended. It's indeed a busy wooden furniture coffee-house. Leans feminine. Performance is very good! Good Mancera again! 88 Oh...the celery note disappears quickly!

This is an artsy composition. I understand why some hate it. To me, this isn't any coffee scent, this is a "Jabana coffee" scent. If you don't know, "Jabana" refers to a traditional pottery flask used in Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Eastern Sudanese coffee ceremonies to brew Arabic coffee. The scent gives the feel of being in such a setting back in the day and now I'm overwhelmed by nostalgia. Thank you, Pierre Montale!

Definitely over hated, the rating is 3.72 as of time writing. For me, on my skin at least, the opening smells like a slightly toasted honey croissant. And when it gets warmer, its as if it was getting reheated in the microwave. It comes to a point where a lot of gourmand fragrances smell too similar to each other because they are all really sweet. But Aoud Cafe finds that fine line. I prefer it to Amore Caffe.

Well well well what do we have here? My first initial spray I thought hmmm coffee, capucino then I've asked my sister to smell it and she just blew my mind saying that smells like Jack Daniels honey and I must agree 💯 is true, it's boozy sweet woody but not that sick sweet that makes you throw up. What a beautiful fragrance I really like it. One of my first blind buys that actually makes me happy.

I really enjoy this fragrance. It is very unique and performs extremely well for the price point as with most Pierre Montale's perfumes. Very well blended and lasts forever. It is all year rounder and can be worn safely at the office as well. The dry down is amazing with soft oud coffee aroma that keeps on giving (the dry down to me is similar but not identical to Mancer Aoud Vanille ) 8/10 for me

First sniff is all licorice. Then it becomes a bit like a black coffee and finally a soft powdery gently fragrance. I love it. It's perfect for daily wear in close contact as it's not offensive in any way. It's a bit sweet but not sickly. I think it's fine for both Men and Women to wear. This to me is going out for dinner and drinks afterwards.

This is a wonderful scent, like a beautiful candied semi-spicy coffee. Just a hint of musk, amber, and black currant, and as a man I love it. It is a little on the feminine side, but I agree with the review below that one of the best features is that there are no synthetic tones from this juice at all.