Aoud Leather

Montale Aoud Leather EDP opens with a strong projection of leather and woody notes. The opening is elegant, sophisticated, and intense. The leather and oud are opening prominent notes. The leather found in this fragrance is very polished, dry, natural-smelling, and projecting; similarly, the oud, although noticeable, it is very refined, evocative of fine wood, as opposed to animalic or dark pungent oud. A step behind the leather and oud is the saffron and cardamom. The saffron is a leathery, earthy, and spice note, it blends well with the leather. A little more towards the back is the cardamom, sweet, resinous, spicy, bitter, but not prominent. The ambergris and pepper are support notes, just a whiff. The fragrance is linear, all feature notes come up as soon as the fragrance is applied and continue into the dry down. Once Montale Aoud Leather EDP has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a strong projection, leather, wood, and spicy saffron fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, dense, dry, earthy, elegant, exotic, expensive, heavy, high-quality, intense, leathery, masculine, mature, modern, natural, nicely-blended, polished, refined, warm, woody, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 (#E0846). WOW RATING: 10/10. A very pleasant natural leather fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. The leather is noticeable, polished, but it is a featured note. UNIQUENESS: 8/10. Leather fragrances are relatively common, yet, this one has a unique touch. MASS APPEAL: 6/10. Leather fragrances are not among the most mass-appealing fragrances. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 8/10. Impressive, about 8 hours, it projects well for over 5 hours. SEASONS: Fall, spring, winter, colder nights, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 7/10. A versatile leather fragrance ideal for casual, formal, and workwear. GENDER: Masculine, leather is a masculine accord. AGES: 30 and above. RECOMMENDATION: Montale Aoud Leather EDP can be found for about $80. It is a natural, very appealing, high-quality leather fragrance. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Acqua Di Parma Oud EDP Men is a challenging, intense, animalic, oud, leather, spicy coriander, resinous Amyris, and musky fragrance; Al Haramain Opulent Saffron EDP is a fantastic, sweet tonka, suede, almond, heliotrope, and amber fragrance; Azzaro Pour Homme EDT is a great, strong, mature, leather, very spicy, woody, and green fragrance; Carolina Herrera 212 Sexy EDT Men is a very good sweet vanilla, amber, sandalwood, leathery guaiac wood, and spicy fragrance; Carolina Herrera CH EDT Men is a great, mild, sweet, leather, suede, woody, and ozonic fragrance; Guerlain L’Homme Ideal EDP features leather, almond, bergamot, and vanilla fragrance; Mancera Gold Prestigium EDP is a superb, sweet, vanilla, orange blossom, leather, and oud fragrance; Paco Rabanne 1 Million EDT Men is a good, sweet ambery, leather, and spicy cinnamon fragrance; Tom Ford F Fabulous is a very good, intense, sweet, vanilla, tonka, bitter almond, leather, and woody fragrance; Tom Ford Ombre Leather is a fantastic, intense, leather, white floral, spicy, and ambery fragrance; Tom Ford Tuscan Leather EDP is a very good, intense, leather, fruity, and spicy fragrance; Valentino Uomo Intense EDP is a great, mild, leather, sweet tonka, vanilla, and powdery iris fragrance; Xerjoff More Than Words is a very good, oud, sweet, fruity, floral, and ambergris fragrance; Montale Aoud Leather EDP is a great, intense, leather, wood, and spicy saffron fragrance. SUMMARY: A strong projection, leather, wood, and spicy saffron fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, dense, dry, earthy, elegant, exotic, expensive, heavy, high-quality, intense, leathery, masculine, mature, modern, natural, nicely-blended, polished, refined, warm, woody, and very pleasant.

I used it for about a year before writing this review. I couldn't bring myself to write a superficial review. When I first put it on, I thought it smelled like a new basketball, like Louis Vuitton leather, with a dominant scent of bergamot and light, fresh leather. It is a fairly linear scent and the combo of saffron and bergamot lasts for several hours. I wore aoud leather for a few months thinking it was much fresher, but as the weather turned colder, I noticed the smokeiness of the oud thickening in the middle. It even feels warmer as it changes with the temperature. This is a smooth blend, so you may not feel the oud at first impression, but the clean oud is there, and as soon as you perceive it, you know it is spreading well behind you. After a few hours to a day of dry-down, the bergamot and saffron notes mysteriously transform into a smooth roundness and acidity, like the aroma of berries, and at this stage it is clear to see why it is compared to Tuscan leather. It is a masterpiece that can be worn all year round, with freshness prevailing in summer and the thickness of the leather prevailing in winter. To tell the truth, I was disappointed when I first purchased it, as it seemed to me to be a straight new leather scent without much depth. Still, it was somewhat addictive, and the experience of noticing the depth and artistry as I wore it was wonderful. The performance is great and lasts 12 hours on the skin and more than 2 days on the clothes.10/10

Tuscan Leather "Aqua". This is only slightly similar to Tuscan Leather, it's absolutely its own scent. This is the same leather and saffron notes, but no suede or raspberry, replaced instead by sharp, citrusy bergamot and oud. Although it's strong, this is not as heavy as Tuscan Leather. The added citrus causes the scent to be brighter and the leather to be a bit more rubbery, but not so much so as Fahrenheit, or anything. Tom Ford could have released this scent himself as "Tuscan Leather Aqua" and not a single soul would have questioned it, but I actually rather respect that this is NOT a clone! It smells great and stands on its own merits. Did I mention this is strong?! Wow! Update: After purchasing a full bottle at a price I just couldn't refuse ($76) I will also add that I've received NUMEROUS compliments on this one! Personally, I usually prefer Tuscan Leather to this, however it seems that others tend to prefer the smell of Aoud Leather on me. It's a crowd pleaser! Everyone who's compared this to Tuscan Leather has told me that this one fits my personality better. But, everyone is different and I still love Tuscan Leather equally. Also - When you buy a bottle, don't be surprised if it feels like it's half empty. It took comparing the bottle to every other bottle in my collection before I realized that as small as the bottle is, the bottle itself would probably hold more than 5 ounces, so yes, it isn't completely full, but it is 3.4oz of liquid inside.

This is an incredibly nice spicy-leather scent with a generous helping of saffron and ambergris. Very potent opening. The initial citrus accord is very bitterish-spicy but very short lived so it's just fine. Black Pepper and Saffron are the two notes that dominate the life of this scent, in incredible depth. It doesn't smell exactly the same all the way. Different shades emerge as time goes by. The cardamom, something I'm not usually fond of, brings great depth here to the other spices ( I get traces of cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf) and the saffron accord. The leather here is very soft and smooth. Very polished and subtle (atleast on my skin). There's also a boozy vibe to the whole thing that, together with saffron, pepper, & leather kinda reminds me of Bentley Intense. (It is quite similar in terms of the overall vibe.) And beneath all this is, what, to me, feels like, really good quality Ambergris. It's salty, slightly sweet, with some ambery-floral nuances. And finally, the Oud. It's extremely subtle here. Not at all the dominant note. Just something like a catalyst of sorts, added to bring out certain facets in the other elements. It's there - slightly medicinal and dark - but more like a filter added in post-production. It just adds a certain vibe to the main theme. Projection, sillage, and longevity are all on the higher side. All in all, beautiful. An incredibly nice spicy-leather scent with great depth and a classy vibe.

To start off, this is actually not quite what I was expecting but ended up still liking what it is more than what I expected. This fragrance is what you would imagine an incredibly clean leather car seat would smell like, or almost like the leather equivalent of white chocolate, it's clean, slightly sweet, very fresh spicy and is absolutely quite versatile. The performance is also really good, I get at least 10 hours of longevity, the projection is moderate to strong too. Even though I was actually expecting a darker, more warm spicy almost dirty scent with hints of a little bit of baccarat-esque DNA in the base, this still satisfied me quite decently, and the oud also isn't very noticeable, at least on my skin. Also, I don't know if it's like this anywhere else but the price of Montale fragrances for their quality and performance is genuinely really good value, I got my bottle of this for £45!! For 100ml too! For those curious, I use perfumeoasis, they're legit and have really good prices. Anyway, this fragrance is really good, it's mass appealing, quite sexy, and versatile for every day use, enough to be a signature scent even. I do love this. To me, this frag is a 8.5/10, I would have personally liked a slightly higher dose of saffron or cardamom, but this is still fantastic.

One of the best leather frags ever. wonderful nuanced combination of leather, oud and saffron notes with hints of citrus. Great projection and longevity like most Montales, 2 sprays to the chest easily lasts 8 hours plus. I love Tuscan leather but I personally prefer the saffron and leather combo a bit more to the raspberry and leather combo, seems more of a natural fit. This is right up there with my favorite leathers, TL, ADP Colonia leather, Dueto Golden Boy, and PDM Godolphin but from a price to performance ratio, beats them all hands down. If you are on a tight budget, this is the one to get. you can pick up a tester online for about 50$ and the bottle will last you a long time as you need very little of this juice to last all day. Just fantastic. love it all the way. 9/10 PS There is a slight difference between the Montale Paris and International versions. The international version has a stronger, sweeter, raspberry like note in the opening which the Paris version does not. After half an hour, they are similar although I think the saffron note in the Paris version is a bit more pronounced as well. They were both wafting off me strongly even after 8 hours with 2 sprays so longevity is not an issue. Either one is worth getting.

This is a sharp and clear leather scent. Up top you have a potent citrus spice, and at the base you have a very clean and realistic aniline leather smell. The oud/saffron is not subdued and the pepper is not biting but you will get a strong cardamom. It is mostly linear; you do not need to wait for the leather to materialize. This is the type of leather I've been looking for but in most perfumes it's either muddied with too many layers or it takes hours to come out. If you're looking for complexity or a darker animalic smell this perfume is not the right choice. Because of how bright this smells you will not have trouble finding a time to wear this. It is really unisex unless you think all female perfume has to have five different florals in it. You can also snag this at a pretty low price right now (around mid-level designer prices), which does not bode well for an '06 release. Apparently people find it too abrasive and are gravitating towards Montale's more saccharine scents. The bottle is pure garbage and is embarrassing. It feels like an empty hairspray bottle and the atomizer barely works. I honestly recommend using a different nozzle to spray it. At full retail a niche should not come in a cheaper bottle than Lalique Lion.

This is another scent that I may be a little biased with as I do like MOST, but not ALL of the Montale Paris line. I know that the house of Montale Paris catches a lot of flack, but I have to respectfully disagree. Montale Paris has almost always has great projection and longevity on my skin, which makes it a natural favorite house of mine. Now on to Aoud Leather... This one gets compared to Tom Ford Tuscan Leather a lot. It is the same as TL? No. It is similar? Yes. The initial spray fills the room with a bright, happy, velvety, warm and inviting sensation, like standing in an open field basking in the rays of the golden afternoon sun. AL is a smooth, sweet, luxurious, classy, masculine and classy leathery wood scent with a bit of spice and a touch of floral to it. While I do get a bit of Oud, it is blend in and not overpowering. I don't get a fruit scent on my skin as others have decried. I easily get 12+ hours on my skin with great projection. Bottom line: If you like Montale Paris or Leather scents like Tuscan Leather and Golden Boy, you should try this one. If you are looking for a strong Oud, there are other fragrances you should look at.

Don't just wonder about this one. It's awesome juice! All the other reviews say how it's like Tom Ford's Tuscan Leather is true. This stuff is magical and alluring. Do what it takes to get a sample, however I would warn you that you might rnd up buying some. It's addicting, very. I've tried Clive Christian "C"... It's closer to that fragrance to me than Tuscan leather. So, here you have a high quality "leather" fragrance at a fraction of the costs than two well done expensive leathers, really, it's an easy decision. I tried this and Clive C one on each wrist and there is not a huge departure from one ore the other. Even in dry down they stay very close. Yeah, I bought a bottle and that "guilt free"! ;-D Update: Longevity is a beast. I put two spritzes on in the morning and 15 hrs later I showered and it is still lingering a bit. Really, Montale fragrances are strong and long lasting overall. This one always chimes in to me clearly as a winner in the leather category. This stuff never gets old. I love it !

One of Montale’s greatest hits. Very well-blended - you get impressions of a dark leathery core, surrounded by airy wispy softness and a touch of fruity sweetness. Breaking it down, there is a medicinal oud note, but it locks into the citrusy bergamot like two pieces of a puzzle and you can't quite pick them apart, creating a fantasy medicinal fruit wrapped in soft suede. Sometimes you smell a fragrance, and right away you just know it's for you. That's Aoud Leather for me - just the right balance of sweet/sexy/dark/light. And thank god as the stuff lasts an unchanging eternity, Montale-style, so I'll be wearing these sprays till next week. Update: trying side-by-side with Tuscan Leather, out of curiosity from all the comparisons here. To me, the similarities are theoretical at best. Tuscan Leather is very smooth, round, safe, clean, neutered. Aoud Leather in comparison is animalistic, raw, full of sharp edges. Tuscan Leather is all repressed superego, Aoud Leather the unsocialized id.

Nose Note #957 The most pleasant Tuscan Leather clone I have. I haven't tried the OG though, but judging from the clones alone the OG seems to be much more leathery than this and maybe even less raspberry than this. It's like a smoother, more unisex, slightly sweeter, overall more transparent scent and I'd say much much more wearable and mass appealing. Aoud Leather doesn't even feel like a leather scent to me. I guess you could say it has the fruity oud in it like Oud Wood and Imperial Valley, but the oud note is very toned down, same as leather. The raspberry is not literally like raspberry, it's more of an aquatic citrus plus raspberry. What a nice scent this is. Wonderful for the price, definitely worth it. To me this is perfectly unisex. Very strong!! But never overpowering. Great sillage. 8.6/10, I never really liked Tuscan Leather, but this is brilliant and makes me want to try more clones like Godolphin

This is one of the best leather fragrances on the market imo! It smells expensive and luxurious, lasts forever on skin and best of all it doesn't break the bank! Often compared to Tuscan Leather, but when compared side by side the differences are obvious. I love Tuscan Leather and cherish a 50ml decant i got back in 2011 - 2012. The decant i have is amazing and performance is nothing short of stellar, however my friend just recently purchased a 30ml bottle of Tuscan Leather 'obviously current formulation' and he was very disappointed with the performance. He brought his bottle into work one day and let me wear it, and after 4 hours on my skin it was undetectable, gone! It's criminal that a fragrance which was once so potent has been diluted into nothingness. Oh well, for anybody looking for a great Leather fragrance, i always highly recommend Aoud Leather.

this is what i want out of oud. i smell like a mountain but not like "outside". the leather is so lovely and long lastiong, the oud is not subtle but it isnt in your face either. its very "collected" and refined but not too formal or snooty to wear just out about either. the leather here isnt the astringently clean white sports car interior type of leather like in their arabians tonka, its closer to a nice pair of boots scent of leather, or a dark couch worn golden like brass where theyve been most worn on. theres a certain old wood and old book quality that i havent really found adequately represented in perfumes much less with this sillage and projection. a librarian a barber or a lumberjack seems like the type of men this is for, whatever that means. i really like it.

I love this so much. Smells like an elegant lether not animalic not too masculine, super classy and elegant spiced up with saffron and cardamom which make the fragrace unisex, a really safe for all occasions in the winter or climate controlled environment if you only do 1 to 2 sparys. Don’t get scared by the oud in here, can’t smell it in here. It does not change all that much in the many hours it lasts, very linear. I personally love it, so classy so good so sexy YES BOTH AT THE SAME TIME . For thoes who care, this gets compliments from everyone, and no wonder it is really simple and easy to like by everyone and it is pretty versatile regarding age groups. Ratings Smell: 10/10 Performance: c’mon it is a montale after all/10 Price 8/10 Versatility: 8/10 OVR 9/10

Yes, very much like Tuscan Leather. Opening is a little off, but the rest of the fragrance is basically the same. No raspberry, no thyme, no suede, but super super close. IMPORTANT: Make sure you get the Montale Parfums version. The Montale International Design version is dramatically weaker, and begins to fizzle out within the first couple hours. You can tell it's Montale International Design because the packaging is missing the bottle size (3.4oz, for example) underneath the name. The bottle shown in the picture above is Montale Parfums. My Montale International Design bottle says Montale Paris on the packaging, but on the back of the box it lists their name and their website (which is currently just a parked domain) Be careful!

This is very similar to TL, minus the raspberry opening, but way more saffron after one minute. The following 30 minutes then feel a bit more 'rounded' to me, I think from the ambergris. Tuscan Leather seems to be dryer, flatter and slightly smokier to me. This one has more substance. In fact, although TL has a drydown that is so 'flat' it actually gets a bit boring and aromchemically to me, I still prefer TL, if only for the first 30 to 60 minutes of heaven. (Must try the new TL Intense flanker. Come on Tommy, make it a good one.) Sorry, digression, I like this Montale but don't love it. That raspberry and leather combo is a tough act to follow, and for me the saffron doesn't quite do the same for me.

رایحه بسیار تلخ و تاریک و دودی چرم آغازگر این عطره که حس بی روحی رو القا میکنه بوی عود خیلی زود به رایحه اولیه اضافه میشه و عطر رو از اون حالت اولیه در میاره وقتی از نزدیک عطر رو بو میکنی عمق وجودت رو خاکستر میکنه واقعیتش تو این لحظه حس و حال یه مرد تنها که یکدست سیاهپوشه رو بهم منتقل میکنه بعد از مدتی هم زعفران و لیمو با روایح قبلی ترکیب شده و از اینجا به بعد ، عطر دودی ، تلخ و کمی ترش خواهد بود وتا پایان عمرش هم همین وضعیت رو حفظ میکنه یکی از ویژگی ها بارز این عطر ماندگاری و پخش فوقالعاده این عطره یعنی محاله به یک مجلس و محیطی وارد بشی و عطرت تمام روایح رو در حس تاریک و قدرت خودت محو نکنه با این عطر احساس قدرت خواهید کرد خاص عمیق تاریک

Like everyone else, I do get the similarities to Tuscan Leather, but there is one thing about Aoud Leather that is noticeably different. Instead of TL's famous leather/raspberry combo, we get leather/bergamot instead. And I actually prefer this. Leather fragrances can be really heavy or even sometimes cloying, but the citrus here really brightens things up, making it somewhat lighter and clean, rather than being dark and smoky. Performance on this one is outstanding, I get 12 hrs easily with two sprays, so go easy on the sprayer. Overall, a very enjoyable leather scent and more versatile and wearable than Tuscan Leather.

I tried this perfume from a flanker from one of my friends, and at the first impression is very similar with Oud Wood Tom Ford. Smells like a leather wallet with cigar and also cinnamon and vanilla. Do not get yourself fooled by the sharpness from the beginning, in 30 minutes it becomes very suitable for a female. It is very powerfull, and the longevity is amazing, I was being able to sniff it realistically also in the evening after more than 12 hours. You can imagine that smell from a leather products shop while the seller still has on his hands the smell of the cigar and a bit of his cologne sprayed in the morning.

After testing countless Montale "Paris" fragrances at a speciality Fragrance store in Beverly Hills, I bit the bullet on the 3.4 ounce of the Oud Leather. I am so happy I did. Very masculine, and powerful scent. Lasts FOREVER on my skin. It's been 8 hours and it still smells strong on me. I've gotten 2 compliments the first day I purchased it as well. Very happy right now I chose this. It was a close tie between OUD MUSK,RED OUD AND OUD Leather. I went ahead and chose OUD Leather and am very happy about my choice. I wonder what my next Montale fragrance will be. I'm a big fan! Happy!