Oud Pashmina

Just received this perfume. It was a blind buy based on reviews and I can say it is 90% what I expected. Initial spray is a bit stronger on rose and oud, I would say 60% rose, 40% oud (a bit animalic, but just in the beginning). Later rose goes down to background supporting oud. So main note here is oud, but after 15-60 minutes oud becomes warm, sweet but not syrupy. Imagine animalic oud sweetened with rose while at same time a bit powdery thanks to vanilla and rounded with slight musk in background. Overall profile I would call dark/luxurious/warm/sweet - bottle color is accurate describing it’s scent IMHO. Now if you know Montale - Honey oud and Mancera - Aoud vanilla. Honey oud is more manly and sweeter, not that powdery. Comparing to AV it is more animalic, if AV is warm cozy, then Pashmina is for more mature public, more animalic. Overall it is at the same time animalic oud and not, that vanilla make it more relaxed, rose make it a bit sweet, but not too much and musk makes it more sophisticated and more elegant. I would recommend it for those who are familiar with ouds. Scent 9/10 Longevity 8/10 (Montale scale) Sillage 7/10 Overall 8.5/10 (I marked it Love, and would rate it higher if longevity would be better)

Wow, honestly wow. Montale blends oud so darn smoothly: its nutty, dark-woody and so velvety. And lasts a heck of a long time. I'll keep it short and sweet: This is a sophisticated, high-quality fragrance where oud is the star. But it's not skanky, animalic or smoky. Rather it's so well-blended, incense/leather-like and reminds me of historical grandiose European palaces...specifically the natural scent lingering in the interiors, minus the mustiness of course. If you've ever gone traveling around the grand palaces of Europe, I feel as if the 'Oud Pashnima' is inspired from that sort of concept. This isn't a sweet vanilla, rose combo. Not sweet at all. More of just a surprisingly smooth and complex oud with leathery undertones. Move along 'Oud Bouquet'! Masculine, intriguing, classy. Highly-recommended for velvety oud lovers.

Another Montale, another oud fragrance. I think Montale is generally a good brand when it comes to oud-based fragrances. They can create scents that smell animalic, almost like a horse stable, as in Black Aoud, but they can also make more elegant oud fragrances like this one. In this fragrance, rose and oud are dominant, and I can also smell a little bit of leather. I usually do not like leather notes at all, but here it is not as heavy as you might expect. The leather note is not listed on this page, but I can definitely detect a slight leathery touch. Overall, it is a decent winter fragrance, especially if you want a high-performance scent at a lower price point. It could be a good choice. Longevity: 8.5/10 Sillage: 8/10 Scent: 6.5/10 Price: 8/10 Total: 7.75/10

Beast mode. Beautiful fragrance. I am not familiar with a lot of Montale's offerings, but I would say everything I have tried is beast mode. I think this might be redundant if you already own some Montale Oud's from what I have read. I don't own any, but wish they did more in the 50 ml size as they are so strong. I am almost 60 and wouldn't use it up before I die. I shall have to check the Montale website, but every stockiest I see online only has the 100 ml sizes.

This is closer to Oud for Greatness than it is to Ombre Nomade, and I do not like Oud for Greatness. I have to admit though that I only have an official Montale Sample, not a full bottle. I have and really like my other 15 Montale full bottles far more than this one, hard pass for me. That Initio resemblance is off putting to me, but if you like that scent profile, by all means, this better blended and a better value overall than OFG.