Aoud Damascus

Aoud Damascus is one of my fave Montale together with Aoud Queen Rose. I first smelled these two and Aoud Rose Petal. This last one I couldn't bear because it's too pungent and it smell like concentrated lemon dishwashing powder! Aoud Queen Rose was my choice, I bought it and never regretted, although is not a well understood scent in my surroundings. Aoud Damascus is a different story... I own some samples I need to smell from time to time. It's a very warm, enveloping, wooden rose that strongly reminds of Middle Eastern. It smells very heartly, still aristocratic and a little on its own, not of the crowd. I imagine a richly dressed, strong-minded, generous person in it. I see a window in an oriental palace, dark room on a sunny day and this person looking through on his/her land. I consider this a feminine scent according to our culture, because of the strong rose note, but such a person could be either a woman or a man. For sure Aoud Damascus is a scent od distinction. Perfect for an elegant evening and for intimate life, I wouldn't wear it everyday at the office, mostly because these scents are very expensive and my surroundings during the day are not very fond of perfume in general. and I hate my lovely scents to be eaten up by air conditioning!

This was my fragrance of choice after sampling a slew of Montales from the perfumed court. I sampled Roses Musk, Black Aoud, Aoud Queen Rose, Crystal Flowers and Velvet Flowers. But this had just the right balance of rose and oud. This, to my western nose, smells like a beautiful, exotic Arabian perfume. This is the 'essence' of that middle eastern culture- the right accord that I was looking for. But at the same time it is gentle enough to not overpower with the medicinal aspect of the oud note. The oud is spicey and velvety. I must give this several more wearings in order to properly learn its nuances. And I will possibly update then.

Whoa.... this one took me by surprise. In fact, this is my first personal encounter with any aoud fragrance and it's DEFINITELY something that I can get into. I can detect the aoud in this and I love it with the incense. THIS is THE rose fragrance I've been looking for. I only applied a few swipes onto my index finger and everyone that I've come into contact with has been in awe from this beautiful scent. It doesn't take a genius to know high quality when he smells it. I will have this one. Special thanks to Gojira for the sample....

This is my favorite rose from Montale! (Highness Rose 2nd & Intense Roses Musk 3rd) To me it's quite different from Black Aoud and more in line with MFK Oud Silk Mood (but better), or even Eternal Oud by Kilian with extra rose and almost no musk, and yes, quite similar to Rasasi "Mukhallat Oudh" Al Mubakhhar (NOT "Oud" Al Mubakhhar) in the middle stage.

Montalе perfume is of course every girl's dream. Oriental scent, I do not smell the scent of a rose, it is overridden by the scent of agarwood. Persistent fragrance, I think this perfume is suitable for autumn, because the smell is very strong