Sweet Oriental Dream

Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP opens with a moderate to a strong projection of very sweet, gourmand, nutty, and light floral notes. The opening is delectable, elegant, dense, intense, and inviting. The honey and almond are prominent opening notes. The honey note in this fragrance is very sweet, dense, and delicious; very close is the almond, which comes across as nutty and milky. Two steps behind are the roses, which are evocative of pink or white roses, just a light floral touch for balance, almost unnoticeable under the dense and sweet accords of the honey and almond. As the fragrance commences to dry down, the vanilla develops, blending itself with the honey but staying a step behind; the vanilla makes the fragrance feel dry and slightly powdery. The fragrance has a linear opening to dry down transition with no abrupt changes. The development of the vanilla and its drying effect over the fragrance is the most noticeable opening to dry down change. Once Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a moderate to strong projection, very sweet, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance with faint rose accords. The fragrance feels appetizing, bold, casual, comforting, cozy, creamy, delicious, dense, dry, elegant, exotic, expensive, gourmand, high-quality, intimate, inviting, milky, modern, natural, nicely-blended, nutty, relaxing, rich, seductive, special, sweet, syrupy, unisex, warm, and very pleasant. CATEGORY: Oriental Vanilla (2006 Pierre Montale). BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 (#G0170). WOW RATING: 9/10. Simple but delicious honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. The fragrance is very sweet. UNIQUENESS: 7/10. Honey and almond are common notes, but the fragrance has a unique quality touch. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. A fragrance that most people will enjoy. 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: 6/10. Very good, about five hours, it projects well for over 4 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This fragrance is office-friendly. VERSATILITY: 6/10. A very sweet and delectable fragrance, ideal for casual or formal wear. GENDER: Unisex. The honey, almonds, and vanilla are gender-neutral. The rose is a faint accord. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP can be found for about $80. It is a delicious fragrance ideal for those that enjoy gourmand, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrances. It is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of other fragrances in the same genre. • Acqua Di Parma Blue Mediterraneo Mandorlo di Sicilia EDT is a good, mild, very sweet, vanilla, almond, anise, fruity, and tolu balsam fragrance. • Armaf Craze EDP is an outstanding almond, vanilla, and nutty fragrance. • Guerlain L’Homme Ideal EDP is a very good, sweet, cherry, nutty almond, vanilla, tonka, and leather fragrance. • Guerlain L’homme Ideal EDT is a fantastic, nutty almond, sweet tonka, leather, woody, and spicy fragrance. • Guerlain L'Homme Ideal EDP is a very good, sweet, cherry, nutty almond, vanilla, tonka, and leather fragrance. • Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait is fantastic, musky ambergris, bitter almond, spicy saffron, and woody fragrance. • Parfums De Marly Pegasus EDP is a great, sweet, nutty almond, vanilla, sandalwood, floral, ambery and spicy fragrance. • Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP is a great, delicious, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, very sweet, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance with faint rose accords. The fragrance feels appetizing, bold, casual, comforting, cozy, creamy, delicious, dense, dry, elegant, exotic, expensive, gourmand, high-quality, intimate, inviting, milky, modern, natural, nicely-blended, nutty, relaxing, rich, seductive, special, sweet, syrupy, unisex, warm, and very pleasant.

In the field of 'Turkish Delight/Rahat Loukhoum' fragrances, S.O.D. is the black sheep of the flock. In typical Montale style, it takes a concept and turns it up to eleven. Eleven thousand. This is the bad boy of turkish delights. Dark, greasy, poisonously sweet, and not nearly as powdery or soft as one might expect from the notes alone. The opening is teeth-achingly sweet, dark richness, all burnt sugar, rose, bitter almond and acidic oud. After 3-4 hours or so you start to move into the drydown where it takes on a strange, almost unsettling chemical greasy-sweetness, with a dash of vanilla smoke. I've noticed a lot of people find this note very artificial, but for what it is worth - I actually grow a species of orchid that has blooms that smell exactly like the drydown on S.O.D. Prosthechea radiata if anyone's interested. The hot, sweet, almondy latex drydown lasts for another 8 hours or so, before finally bowing out with a last gasp of ragged, smokey vanilla. I adore this frag and truly find it unisex, but in this case 'unisex' does not mean 'safe'. Definitely try before you buy and perhaps avoid wearing this in warm, enclosed spaces. You may accidentally knock someone out. Longevity is predictably eternal. Getting this on anything other than your skin is a bad idea - you'll most likely be catching whiffs of it for months to come. Projection/sillage is just as nuclear as most Montale offerings, not office safe, heck, probably not even warm weather safe. Outrageous, delicious, nasty and hot. Enjoy responsibly.

Hmmm.... I'm not sure this is MY sweet oriental dream, but might be someone else's. It's really a gorgeous, soft, feminine scent, however the initial blast of powder is a bit of a turn off for me. Luckily, it never manages to get to Guerlain status with the powdery notes, but it's still more than I am usually comfortable with. The rose is quite prominent, and I can't say it's a rose I particularly like (not surprising since I am very finicky with rose scents).That being said, I still think it's a lovely scent, but I wouldn't buy a bottle. I do appreciate the marzipan vibe, and I've noticed that it gets sweeter and more gourmand as it sits on my skin but it never reaches that deep, rich, sweet, seductive level that I look for in an oriental. I like full fat, rich orientals like Hypnotic Poison eau Sensuelle, and rich, sexy gourmands, so for me this one just wasn't exactly my cup of tea. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful scent, just not something I can see myself wearing too often. I might try it again later and see if anything changes. Btw, this perfume is STRONG, which is great. A little goes a long way. Sillage is moderate to long lasting (actually, just right!) and longevity is amazing!!! EDIT- I think that as it sits on my skin, the rose is fading and the marzipan (well, almond, but sweet like marzipan) is coming out more which makes me think maaaaybe I could kinda like this one more than I originally thought. Not a super fan of the opening notes though or the powder throughout all the stages :(

First impression only: The fragrance opens up with a powerful dose of honey at first. After that I immediately get the rose note (I got scared at first while smelling that familiar "jammy rose", as normally I really tend to dislike it perfumes), but then the rose mellowed down a bit (phew, fortunatelly) into this very nice and sweet combination of almond, vanilla and sugar. It's definitely a very, very sweet fragrance and although it's not totally baby powder/talc like, it's still kind of "baby powder-ish" to my nose. :) It's lovely, though, and I'm even considering getting a full bottle now, as I can even smell a little of a bubblegum note in this, surprisingly (that's not what I expected at all!). Very nice, sweet, bubblegummy, milky, powdery, yummy perfume. :) But not for those who dislike very sweet perfumes. EDIT: I need to add something to my previous comment. Today I'm wearing this perfume again and only now I can smell that it's pretty talcy, actually. Only now I finally get the baby powder aroma. :D Different from Teint de Neige, maybe, but still very talcy and powdery - which means, this is going to be my next purchase. :) Having bubble gum and Johnson's Baby Powder all in one - sounds like something worthy to add to my collection. :)

Very sweet and gourmand oriental fragrance! This fragrance smells yummy Turkish delight warmed and sweetened by the honey note mixed with the tasty almond note and beautified by the rose of France and Centifolia rose notes. Delicious! I really like roses in this fragrance. I wish they were more intensive. Actually, they are intensive enough, but they smell more like in Turkish delight. The other notes hide their beauty a little bit. As for me, I feel more roses smelling this fragrance right from the bottle than on the skin. Because of the almond, honey and a little bit rose notes this fragrance reminds me a Louve by Serge Lutens. Only if Louve smells more like a liqueur, Sweet Oriental Dream smells powdery enough. This fragrance is very bright, intensive and sweet. Sometimes it seems to me even sickly sweet associating with something like a wet rosy almond sugar powder. But despite it seems to me too sweet sometimes, I really like this fragrance because it's very yummy and the roses notes are very charming in it! Besides, I like how this fragrance is called because it really smells exactly like this:) Turkish delight oriental fairy-tale!