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4.1

49 reviews

76%
would repurchase
3.8/5
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5.0
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2 years ago

Firstly, I don't understand the reviews which say it's a headache-inducing or cloying because it's not at all. It's made of high-quality ingredients. I’m from the Middle East and I know what a...

About reviewer (148 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair

HairOther

EyesOther



3.0
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9 years ago

Brought this up to three stars from two stars. Oddly I perceive this as smelling better when residual scent from my wrist is dabbed on the back of the neck. Normally, if a scent is strong or I am...

About reviewer (517 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Olive, Warm

HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

EyesBrown


5.0
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11 years ago

I've tried a number of Montale's aouds, and while they're each lovely in their own right, Black Aoud is by far my favorite and has worked its way into my everyday fragrances. On my skin, it's a...

About reviewer (53 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinDry, Medium, Warm

HairBlack, Straight, Coarse

EyesBlack


4.0
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12 years ago

Absolutely mental, but a classic. I wore this to a wedding once. That was probably a weird thing to do, but it was the sort of wedding where the bride wore a Vivienne Westwood black dress and...

About reviewer (12 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinNormal, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


4.0
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13 years ago

This is intense and purely sensual. If you wait about 30 minutes from the initial camphor blast opening, you suddenly get incense, spice, sweet yet dry wood and real, full bloom roses. Very strong...

About reviewer (308 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinOily

HairBrown

EyesGreen


4.0
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13 years ago

Hold onto your hats, cause this one packs quite a wallop. Amazing, dirty, delicious aoud--but spray it on with a light hand because it has heavyweight sillage and lasting power. Get it on clothes...

About reviewer (30 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBlond, Other, Other

EyesHazel


5.0
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14 years ago

The Truth? Wearing Montale Black Aoud is like having an impossibly gorgeous woman cross the room, softly kiss you, and then throw a drink in your face. It is hot and it is BOLD. You will LOVE...

About reviewer (31 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair

HairBrunette

EyesBlue


5.0
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14 years ago

Montale has created a beast and Black Aoud is thy name! Raw, unbridled sexuality in a little black bottle. This is as subtle as a catagory 5 hurricane with just about as much humanity. This...

About reviewer (175 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Medium, Warm

HairBlond, Curly, Coarse

EyesGreen


2.0
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14 years ago

This fragrance screams Very Loud! Best for formal nights.Still to loud for me.

About reviewer (64 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination, Medium, Warm

HairBrown, Other, Other

EyesBrown


5.0
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14 years ago

As they say it really is something else! I am from the indian continent and have smelt spices, attars and others before. This stuff is very different it is strong!! You get black dark dying rose (...

About reviewer (6 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Medium

HairBrunette

EyesBrown


5.0
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14 years ago

Black Aoud is an adventure in a bottle. I love White Aoud as well, but it's a little too "vanilla" in the drydown, even though it is an interesting, weird-ish vanilla. When I first tried Black...

About reviewer (4 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinNormal, Other

HairBrunette

EyesGreen


5.0
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15 years ago

I realize that, per se, this costs the earth. However I ticked the price at less than the earth because, as with many Montales (and none more than this), a little goes way way way way far. I...

About reviewer (542 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination

HairBrown

EyesBrown


5.0
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15 years ago

I have neglected to write a review because I have been enjoying this one too much. No - honestly I was waiting to try as many Aoud variations from Montael and non Arabian brands before giving my...

About reviewer (546 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinAcne-prone, Medium, Warm

HairBrown, Relaxed, Medium

EyesBrown


2.0
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15 years ago

Oh, no, this one does not work on me at all. It is dark and heavy and the rose is *so* cloying and overhwelming. I tried it a few times but it just doesn't do anything on me worth waiting for. ...

About reviewer (533 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinNormal, Fair-Medium, Cool

HairBlond, Straight, Medium

EyesBlue


5.0
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15 years ago

completely and udderly my favorite rose scent of all times...rose scents can often be so generic and ladylike--this is not one of those scents this is a dark wet rotting rose...almost cloying like...

About reviewer (41 reviews)

Age

SkinSensitive, Other, Not Sure

HairBrunette, Other, Other

EyesBlue


4.0
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15 years ago

i work on the place vendome in paris, and since the montale store is right on rue de la paix, i pass by the store very often. when you pass in front of the store, you are immediately entranced...

About reviewer (1 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinOther, Other

HairOther

EyesOther


3.0
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15 years ago

A sweet fragrance friend sent me a decant of this, and I'm so grateful she did! Now, my chemistry is such that things get very sweet and syrupy once on - even those that are supposed to be dry....

About reviewer (141 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair, Warm

HairRed, Curly, Coarse

EyesGreen


2.0
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15 years ago

I love the onset of this one. Rich, deep dark rose, medicinal, exotic Aoud, resinous labdanum (one of my favorite notes in perfumery). But it doesn't last this way. The labdanum fades much too...

About reviewer (1727 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBrunette, Other, Fine

EyesBrown


5.0
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15 years ago

Strange, how our experience of perfume varies. I suppose it has to do with body chemistry, and olfactory memories... I have worn Black Aoud for quite a while, but let me say - it has to be just...

About reviewer (56 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair, Neutral

HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

EyesOther


3.0
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16 years ago

Black Aoud is a very dark, very heavy, velvety rose fragrance, accented with dark woods, a bit of leather, some incense, and patchouli. There are mainly top-note traces of citrus. I think it's got...

About reviewer (382 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinAcne-prone, Fair, Neutral

HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

EyesGreen