Oud Montaigne

This smells just like the Vimto drink in the opening! with a rich natural smelling oud wafting in afterwards. There’s a candied, jammy plum sweetness up front. The plum is very pronounced, then the oud comes in to meet it in almost equal measure, neither overpowering the other. In the dry down, a rich vanilla sweetness appears out of nowhere. Even though it isn’t listed, there’s definitely vanilla/vanillin in here which gives it a delicious creamy sweetness. I also smell blackcurrant and grapes! In such a saturated market, it’s hard to do anything truly unique with oud. The fruity oud genre has been done to death. Yet this manages to feel distinctive. A super sweet, plummy, vanillic oud that stands out. Performance is less impressive . Longevity is mid, and has soft/moderate sillage

Never really smelled a plum fragrance I didn't like but I've also never smelled an oud I fell in love with. This, however, is a very good contender! Plum might be the perfect fruit to pair with an oud. It's not so boldly sweet or tart that it becomes a legitimate plum fragrance (not that oud would ever allow that to happen) but it's strong enough to hold its own with other, very prominent notes. I love how subtly it warms and deepens as it dries down. The plum fades in such a beautiful way. It's pretty calm and calming to me, I wouldn't be mad smelling this all day.

I am counting down the days for cooler weather so that I can specifically reach for this. Though not disclosed in the notes, there is a hefty dose of vanillin in the ingredients which gives Oud Montaigne a gorgeous boozy vanilla dry down with a sweet plum backbone. I usually shy away from oud and leather combos, but both notes are incredibly blended here. This along with Silver Skin are my top picks from this collection.

Oud montagne is a great fragrance. Very well balanced. I get sweet ambery oud. Very subtle wood notes and leather . No booze though. Nothing sharp there. 9/10 Very wearable all year round . Glad I have it.

This is nice, however, an almost identical scent is Testa di Moro Salvatore Ferragamo. OM has slightly more oud, Testa has slightly more fruit.