Montale

Honey Aoud

Honey Aoud by Montale is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with cinnamon and honey, moves into patchouli and dries down to amber, leather, oud, vanilla and white musk. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects very strongly.

Notes, explained

Opening

• Cinnamon Sweet heat. Reads festive, sometimes to a fault.
• Honey Sweet, waxy and slightly animalic. Can smell dirty in large doses.

Heart

• Patchouli Damp earth and dark chocolate. Either you love it or it's your least favourite note.

Dry-down

• Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
• Leather Smoky, dry and a bit animal. Can be a new jacket or an old saddle.
• Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
• Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
• White Musk Clean, soft, laundry-like. The 'smells like nothing but better' note.

Smells like this

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• Mancera Aoud Lemon Mint

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