I can smell a little bit of oud too, it's a synthetic oud, and not the tar, bitter smelling kind, this is the more sweet, funky, animalic, barnyard smelling oud. To be fair, I tested it couple of more times, during a 3-week period, and it always failed; I bet you that whomever did this, do not wear it, ever! This on the other hand, my wife loves, I love, and its something you can probably pull off all year around in the daytime.

I do love the artistry of perfumery and while I have my favorites, there are few fragrances I actually despise. However this does not smell exactly like starry nights this is a 1:1 copy of dunhill desire red the OG formulation. Longevity in perfumes refers to the duration of time that a fragrance remains detectable on the skin or in the air after it is applied. Please find below information on the cookies that may be placed on your terminal when you visit pages of the site montaleparfums. I love this honestly, but Ambre Nuit is better in my opinion because of the added character with amber.It does smell a lot like the Indian subcontinent during late autumn, as all the dominant notes are native to this region. The only comment I have received while wearing it, was somebody asking if I'd used fragrance boosting crystals in my laundry. I received this as a complementary sample, so it may smell different if sprayed rather than applied with the sample wand. Completely, nauseatingly synthetic, flashy and tacky, despicably stuffed with metallic stuff and artificial “roundness”. Montale’s wood and spices I’m sure has apple and rose because I can pickup other notes in this fragrance that another Montale has such as starry nights.

Remember when i was using Gaultier 2 i was always told that i smelled good but to much even after one spray had to sell it. I would not recommend this to someone younger than 30 and not as a signature scent, but overall it performs good, and on the cheaper side for niche. The short and sweet of it is this: Smell it on the card, then spray it on yourself and wander for a while. It's not old-school hairy chested machismo, but it definitely suggests sporty, clean and fresh-strong images in my mind. Expired cooking honey (cheap) with stale ground pepper, all dipped in resins of aldehydes and iso super e, which rendered the formula unnaturally sweet, WITHOUT ANY WOOD OR SPICES!I don't personally like really dark, deep scents, or really sweet scents, so this doesn't work for me.

Evoking the Indian subcontinent, this trio of precious woods is heightened by incense notes and cardamom. The oud is inoffensive and on the clean side, and combines well with the sandalwood and vetiver to make a fresh, woody, yet warm all season masculine fragrance.

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If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here. Because it's synthetic it doesn't give off that immediate 'ugh' reaction, and I can see how some people could perhaps interpret it as sour or lemon-cleaner like, in that synthetic bathroom cleaner type.In perspective, I should raise my ratings of all other Montale’s, as this one is really the worst of them all. It is important to note that the longevity factor alone should not be the sole determinant in choosing a perfume. So, after purchasing a discovery kit from Montale, and being utterly disappointed (as a guy), I finally come across one fragrance, in the pack of 20+ fragrances, that I think is freakin' awesome and good for a guy. The drydown becomes more mature simply because the off-putting anise and syrupy sweetness have been reduced enough to become tolerable, and a spiciness besides anise is determinable.