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4.1

49 reviews

76%
would repurchase
3.8/5
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5.0
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17 years ago

I recently moved from my comfy California home to live in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, and after a week set out to find the perfect fragrance to represent this amazing city. I have a...

About reviewer (5 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Other

HairBlond

EyesBlue



4.0
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17 years ago

I expected this to be so strong I'd recoil from it, but Black Aoud is not as offensive as I thought it would be. I get leather,rubber, and candle wax all blended together with honeyed rose. I'm...

About reviewer (1072 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinNormal, Medium, Warm

HairBlack, Straight, Medium

EyesBlack


4.0
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17 years ago

Well, this is a really great fragrance if you're up for a bold one - it's quite assertive. As it begins to dry down it smells to me a lot like BPAL Whip but with the leather amped up. So if you...

About reviewer (514 reviews)

Age

SkinOther, Other

HairOther

EyesOther


5.0
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17 years ago

I LOVE this; it's definitely one of my very favorite rose fragrances of all time. However, it's not lonely at the top, because I probably have at least half a dozen rose fragrances that I really...

About reviewer (87 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinDry, Fair, Warm

HairRed, Other, Medium

EyesBrown


2.0
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17 years ago

Who wouldn't want to try this after reading these reviews? I loved White Aoud (my husband is an oude-hater, though, so I don't own it), but the Black version just gets warmer and increasingly...

About reviewer (545 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinVery Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBrown, Straight, Medium

EyesHazel


5.0
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17 years ago

Black Aoud is *the* most beautiful perfume I've ever experienced. I say *experienced* rather than sniffed or smelled. That's because encountering Black Aoud is an experience. I've never said...

About reviewer (66 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

HairBlond, Wavy, Fine

EyesBlue


5.0
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17 years ago

I have a mad crush on this perfume! And, it loves me back. I only want more of that "iodine-like", "envelope glue", "medicinal" aoud note. Among all the Montale Aouds I have tried, this one has...

About reviewer (8 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinNormal, Other

HairBrown

EyesHazel


1.0
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17 years ago

Sample received from Lucky Scent - and I have to confess that I wonder if I got punk'd because this smells like laundry soap on me. Quite *nice* laundry soap - rose castile, I'd say - though it...

About reviewer (73 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinNormal, Fair

HairBrunette

EyesGreen


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17 years ago

My first try at an aoud fragrance-- NO NO NO A THOUSAND TIMES NO!! Just wanted to shower immediately. The opening is intolerable on me, too sharp, medicinal, and headache-inducing!! Tried it...

About reviewer (80 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

HairBrown, Other, Other

EyesBlue


5.0
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17 years ago

Very heavy on the Oud, blended with other oils. Only a small dab is by far enough for an entire day as this can be overwhelming. Not for the wallflower.

About reviewer (57 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinVery Oily

HairRed

EyesGreen


4.0
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18 years ago

At first spritz I smell the aoud with roses in the background, it starts off very dry, cool then it sweetens up ; the roses come out of hiding and mix with ambery sweet woods with the drier aoud...

About reviewer (96 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther


3.0
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18 years ago

What is IN this? I smell overblown roses that are way past it and some kind of slimy wood that’s been sitting in stagnant water, like them rotten logs laying out yonder in the backwater mud slough...

About reviewer (33 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinNormal

HairBrown

EyesGreen


5.0
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18 years ago

Intoxicating blend of wood, roses, and leather. Black Aoud was a scent that piqued my curiosity, but I really wasn't expecting to love it. For whatever reason, I don't get the medicinal note that...

About reviewer (38 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination

HairBrunette

EyesBrown


5.0
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18 years ago

LOVE! I ordered several samples of fragrances I've been itching to try and this is far and away my favorite -- possibly my favorite fragrance ever. The Montale samples took the longest to...

About reviewer (262 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrunette, Curly, Coarse

EyesHazel


4.0
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18 years ago

Black Aoud reminds me so much of another Montale; Aoud Rose Petals- which I'm incredibly fond of. That camphor-like, nearly medicinal smell just reels me right in and then I also swear I smell...

About reviewer (21 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBrunette, Other, Other

EyesBrown


5.0
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18 years ago

This dark fragrance, from the little-known company Montale, has captured my heart and imagination like no other in a long time. Amazingly, the first time I sniffed it, I thought, “Oh, this is...

About reviewer (32 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOther

HairBrunette

EyesGreen


2.0
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18 years ago

I got a few samples of Montales Ouds just to see what all the hype was about. BEWARE: if you suffer from allergies or asthma... this will put you into an instant attack!! It's so pungently...

About reviewer (636 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBrunette, Other, Medium

EyesBrown


5.0
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18 years ago

A sweet friend had recently sent me a sample of Black Oud to try. I am testing it tonight for the first time. <br> My goodness, it's AMAZING! What a gem! I LOVE it!!! <br> <br> I almost...

About reviewer (51 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinNormal, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrunette, Other, Other

EyesBlue


5.0
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18 years ago

This is HOT! No, wait! This is super hot and RICH! This makes me think of those expensive leather jackets that are so supple they feel like BUTTER! I love dark roses, but Montale did something...

About reviewer (200 reviews)

Age

SkinCombination, Other

HairOther

EyesBrown


5.0
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18 years ago

Goes on medicinal and repugnant. Then a transformation takes place--sweetness and roses wafting in on a cool breeze. Mellows into a dark, spicy rose. Devastatingly beautiful. Gothic.

About reviewer (144 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinOther

HairOther

EyesOther