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Smoky, leather and wood
Not a safe blind buy.
I wouldn't say this fragrance is true gourmand for those looking for a gourmand oud fragrance like others by Montale, as Arabians Tonka is. It's a mature scent.
The pineapple is minimal to my nose in the middle and base, as is the coconut and vanilla. Top notes are a bomb of juicy charred pineapple but quickly fades. The leather and wood are smoky and the strongest and longest last notes, possibly the saffron and cinnamon too although I dont really pick up on these notes. They are all offset and made lighter, less overpowering and a little sweeter by the cinnamon, vanilla and slight creamy but almost undetectable coconut.
This is a very unisex fragrance, maybe even slightly masculine leaning.
It's not sickly or overpowering as I was fearing. It doesn't screech, but as typical for Oud it is rich, deep, and smells expensive, but all the notes seem to balance well.
On skin it isn't the longest lasting, probably 8 hours. It radiates arms length to intimate. On clothes and hair it lasts a lot longer. 12 hours plus.
Top notes until it fades to middle and base could be considered slightly medicinal.
This is a good evening fragrance or for special occasions. I'm unsure how it will perform in summer as I originally attended.
I wouldn't say this fragrance is true gourmand for those looking for a gourmand oud fragrance like others by Montale, as Arabians Tonka is. It's a mature scent.
The pineapple is minimal to my nose in the middle and base, as is the coconut and vanilla. Top notes are a bomb of juicy charred pineapple but quickly fades. The leather and wood are smoky and the strongest and longest last notes, possibly the saffron and cinnamon too although I dont really pick up on these notes. They are all offset and made lighter, less overpowering and a little sweeter by the cinnamon, vanilla and slight creamy but almost undetectable coconut.
This is a very unisex fragrance, maybe even slightly masculine leaning.
It's not sickly or overpowering as I was fearing. It doesn't screech, but as typical for Oud it is rich, deep, and smells expensive, but all the notes seem to balance well.
On skin it isn't the longest lasting, probably 8 hours. It radiates arms length to intimate. On clothes and hair it lasts a lot longer. 12 hours plus.
Top notes until it fades to middle and base could be considered slightly medicinal.
This is a good evening fragrance or for special occasions. I'm unsure how it will perform in summer as I originally attended.