Dark Aoud
Dark Aoud by Montale is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with black pepper, saffron and cardamom, moves into oud, leather and cedarwood and dries down to sandalwood, vetiver and ambergris. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects very strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Black Pepper Dry and prickly. Gives a fragrance grip and a bit of bite.
- Saffron Leathery, medicinal and slightly metallic. The signature of modern niche.
- Cardamom Cool, aromatic spice with a eucalyptus lift. Smells expensive.
Heart
- Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
- Leather Smoky, dry and a bit animal. Can be a new jacket or an old saddle.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
Dry-down
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
- Ambergris Salty, animal, sun-warmed skin. Marine and musky at once.
Smells like this
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