Oud Dream

After sampling in-store, my bottle finally arrived from an online order today. Ahh yes, Oud Dream, what a mysterious, dark, sexy, and slightly sweet fragrance. Love, love, love this one. I'm a sucker for most fragrances that feature either oud, rose, and/or patchouli, so of course I was going to love this. The oud is very beginner-friendly, none of that barnyard faecal stank. The patchouli is strong, and the hint of rose helps to provide a nice sweet balance. If you are curious about getting into Oud fragrances, this is a great starting point. To enjoy this fragrance you must also be a fan of patchouli, it's dominate here. I was recently looking for a new signature scent, previously held by Tom Ford Oud Wood. I've been comparing those two side by side, one on each arm, and surprisingly they have some similarities. Oud Wood has a lot of character and depth, which is sweetened with a touch of vanilla. Oud Dream is heavier on the patchouli and sweetened with rose. Both are seriously amazing, but considering Oud Dream was much cheaper, I have to give it the win here. These are extremely classy scents, date night and special occasion worthy. It's only been a few hours, but the performance, projection, and sillage of Oud Dream seem more than adequate. It's created a lovely scent bubble around me. I seriously can't stop sniffing my arm! Overall 9/10. It's everything I wanted in a fragrance: dark, mysterious, sexy, and unique, all at a fair price.

Montale Oud Dream’s familiar note listing of rose, patchouli, and oud—no strangers to the Montale/Mancera catalogue—add a fairly sweet, creamy twist that doesn’t seem to be indicated by the notes. It’s instantly pleasant, with reasonably balanced blend of the three main notes but with almost a honey and whipped cream blend to creamily render it sort of a sweet fragrance while still being a rose/patchouli/oud. Also, there are powdery nuances, which make the blend not totally sweet-leaning but a little more nuanced, despite the brief note list. Like most of the cold-weather-leaning Montale/Mancera fragrances, specifically with rose and/or oud, Oud Dream performs very well, with only a few modest sprays providing great sillage, density, and, so far, longevity, as expected. This might be the most impressive Montale/Mancera release to me since Montale Arabians (of 2017), as much as I know that Montale Ristretto Intense Café and especially Mancera Instant Crush have been popular in recent months. Oud Dream has the standard Montale retail pricing of $170 for 100ml and is available not only on the house’s website but great boutiques like Osswald NYC, Luckyscent, and Krystal Fragrance, though it’ll usually move to the grey markets and Facebook sales eventually for less. Krystal Fragrance even has various decant sizes available at good prices. I’ll enjoy my decant for a while but this will surely get bottle consideration too. 8 out of 10

My nose has evolved so much over the 30 years I been passionately into fragrance. I got this cause I just got a gut instinct (mostly from negative or describing details actually). I got it when I went thru a period of buying a lot of niche like scents. Many are powerful. Like in the eternal category. I never seemed to think a scent was there when it really was so I would think it was average or poor performing when in reality it was longer. A mistake many make, even when I read comments or reviews here. I kind of got around 50 scents. Discovery of how clones evolved saved me so much and allowed me to realize I can now chill with the new buys unless I lost an old bottle by attrition. Run out either replace or keep it at 50. Went on to become addicted to Invicta Watches. Especially replicas of Marvel stuff especially their Punisher ones. Like I did the same as with frags. Who needs 23 watches? Same person who needs 50 bottles of cologne. Anyway I got off track I meant to say I didn't smell this in about a year and I just put it on and it's a new 10/10. Love love this. It's so rich, inviting and it has that Bvlgari Man In Black type scent but with wayyyyy better ingredients. First time I could tell how good this was and is. Soooo glad my bottle is 70% full. Love it. It's strong and masculine and oud is yea and rose I can't tell. Just the ingredients are so well blended it's one good smell.

And another misnomer from Montale. Oud Dream is Spicebomb. Viktor&Rolf's Spicebomb. Which also means it is Bvlgari's Man In Black. Again no oud and I really wish that people would stop voting for notes they do not know how they smell. Terribly misleading and is helping some sketchy designers mislead the public. Yet, Oud Dream is a smooth and charming spicy cinnamon scent with a dash of sweetness. It's almost smokey, too. I really like it the best from all these cinnamon scents that are in the vein of Spicebomb/Man In Black. I'm not counting Burberry London, which is different and a more beautiful "scent", personally, than Spicebomb/Man In Black but some people put all 3 together. Back to Oud Dream, the cinnamon is very real. Like food-grade cinnamon, and that makes it pack a punch of sharp spiciness in the opening that might off put some people. However, the dry down is unmistakably identical to Spicebomb. I really dig it more than Spicebomb. It just feels warmer and deeper. Really good! Now, look at the voting at the top. Which season is voted the highest? Fall! Just like every other one of these cinnamon scents! Supports my cinnamon-y point. Do not be deceived by the written notes. A mature cool weather wear. "Love"!

Oud Dream opens with a very strong Oud that smells Woody, yet oily, like an Auto Shop. The Patchouli is there adding a Soil like Earthiness to the Oud. The Patchouli is also lending a subtle green freshness. The Rose is there adding a mild floral freshness while also adding a Fruitiness. Think Red Fruit like Raspberry. After about 3 hours the Fruitiness of the Rose settles & the Floral aspect of the Rose begins to blend with the greenness of the Patchouli & the dark oily woodiness of the Oud. Oud Dream is a Dark, Earthy, somewhat Fresh, Woody, Floral fragrance at this point. But in the 4th Hour, seemingly out of nowhere things change & the entire scent profile turns into BVLGARI Man In Black...But rather, a Niche version. At this point its like bougie BVLGARI Man In Black with an Earthy Oud that smells like an Auto Shop. ...& even still, Oud Dream & Man In Black arent redundant. Oud Dream has Nuclear performance with an Oud thats there from beginning to the end. This fragrance projects very well for 6 straight hours. Then projected subtly for several more. It lasted on Fabric for 3 weeks.

It's an incense/woody smell that is sweet and leathery. There's a great balance here that makes this fragrance perfectly unisex in a way I adore. The best way I can describe this fragrance is that it's not shy at all, very inviting and energizing, but respectable and classy. I feel like you could wear this year round; It's bold enough for the winter, and it's bright enough for the summer, probably MOST suitable for mild temperatures. It's incredibly balanced! I'd prefer to wear this when I'm more dressed up. Much to my despair, though, I seem to be allergic to something in it. It destroys my sinuses. But on certain occasions I think I'd be willing to pop a couple pills and deal with the congestion, because it's just.... so good...

YES!! Halfeti was one of the fragrances responsible for sending me down this rabbit hole. I do enjoy the oud/rose combination. I have found some too sweet and others too rosy. None could catch Halfeti. Dare I say, until this. Okay, it is not as complex. But, it is satisfying. Maybe it is the patchouli in the mix and that the rose isn't trying to be the star. I put this on one arm and Halfeti on the other. This of course lasted way longer. I noted throughout the day that I went to this more for enjoyment. This captured my attention. By the end of the day, I was like Half...what. Now I want to find Fantastic Oud for a test. Even better is that this is way cheaper.

Oud Dream was everything I was looking for in a fragrance. I wanted something unisex, that screamed Middle Eastern scents that encompass the incense that's burned in all the shops and markets. Of the people that walk-around and you catch whiffs of their warm, spicy goodness. I walked into Al-Jazeera perfumes and told them I want to smell like the Middle East they brought this one to me. It was the one! The sillage is unbelievable, and longevity on skin is great, 24 hours plus. On clothes, a week. Highly recommended!

Very alluring scent but becoming too "similar" if you are into fragrances. This is a no brainer if you like oud-rose combinations where oud is not dirty, dark, sharp and rose is not fresh, feminine, floral (yes i know...) but more spicy, dark, sweet, like it's distilled from dark red/black rose petals. I'm a big fan of Penhaligon's Halfeti, and Oud Dream is quite similar, and cheaper. But if it wasn't for Halfeti, I would go for Oud Malaki or Costume National Homme.

#642 in my "Tour de Fragrance" This is a pretty standard oud scent but I love it because the rose is not overdone as it is in many orientals. In terms of strength of the notes this goes patchouli-oud-rose and I like that. Solid EDP longevity and projection. I think if not over-sprayed it's safe for carpool, elevator, closed office, but more of a date night scent. Not for the kiddies. More masculine than unisex. If you like oud scents as I do, this is a solid entry.

Love at first smelling. Simply wonderful!Soo good! I had found that this fragrance has these notes: Bergamot, cardamom, coriander, black pepper, sweet honey, rose, oud, patchouli, cedar, leather, amber, musk Sensual, cozy, alluring, warm, relaxing and I am glad that it is only gently sweet. It is so harmonious and nicely blended that you don't get the simple notes but a beautiful and complex smell, like a warm blanket.

Below reviewer is right - this opens up as cinnamon gum. I was so disappointed. But just wait. That dies off after the first 20 mins and somehow disappears. What's left behind is a beautiful smell. It resembles a patchouli tobacco(processed, not fresh), with only a slight hint of sweetness from what I presume is supposed to be the rose. Don't get any oud at all, however. IMO a masculine scent.

Wow.... just wow! This stuff blew my socks off. My signature scent for sure! It starts of like one of my all time favourites; Oud Malaki by Chopard, but as the hours goes by, the scent evolves into a world of its own. The patchouli (one of my all time favourite notes) lives in perfect harmony with both the oud and the rose. Beautiful, beautiful parfum. This is what it was all meant to be.

I agree with the reviews that get an oily note from this, but don't be put off. It's a really lovely (synthetic, obviously) oud, well-blended with the rose and patchouli. It won't blow the socks off the true oud connoisseur, but it's more likely to be a crowd-pleaser because it isn't as polarizing. Personally, I love a good oud + floral blend, and I'm happy to add this to my rotation.

This is an oud patchouli bomb. And let me tell you this stuff is strong, beast mode performance, a room filler. It’s actually very pleasant, the opening have that oud and patchouli kick to it, it’s a little bit earthy and cool smelling; like a damp soil and the rose comes after. I really love this fragrance!

I bought Montale Oud Dream after the first sniff. It reminded me of Chopard Oud Malaki which i own also and i think the notes mentioned here are wrong and they are mixed with the notes of Montale fanatastic Oud. longevity is about 8 or 9 hours on skin. projection is good for the first 3 hours. 14-JUL-2019

I blind traded for this and I love it. Really nice balance of woody and sweet. Wearable in many situations. Not at all heavy but long lasting on clothing. I'm happy to own it. Be aware that the dry down can turn a bit unpleasant. I suggest reapplying throughout the day.

Number 1 Montale perfume in my opinion I looooooooooove this perfume and I keep buying it over and over , I just simply can’t live without it. Stunning smell and performance . And I have the most precious memories with it , the best days of my life ..

I don't see how anyone could dislike this fragrance. Simply stunning! Lasts all day long and into the night. I can't get enough of it. The musk in the dry down is so addictive... Try this one asap!

All I get is pine, mint, cinnamon, and sweet incense, maybe some buttery leather. It's lovely, just not what I expected. Leans masculine though I would wear it simply because it's not common.