Montale · 2006 · Pierre Montale

Black Aoud

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Montale asks about $146 for 100 ml
50 mlabout $96
100 mlabout $146

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Lemon, mandarin, saffron and oud over rose and patchouli, drying to leather, smoky guaiac wood, sandalwood and white musk.

Montale says

You’ll smell lemon, mandarin, oud, saffron, rose, patchouli, leather, guaiacwood, sandalwood and White Musk.

More from Montale’s description

It also mentions Cambodian Oud, Indonesian Patchouli, Musk and Roses.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Black Aoud’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, mandarin, oud, saffron, rose, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Black Aoud, top notes: Lemon, Mandarin, Oud, Saffron, Geranium, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Black Aoud, heart: Rose, Patchouli, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Black Aoud, dry-down: Leather, Guaiacwood, Sandalwood, White musk, Musk, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares mandarin, rose, patchouli, leather and 3 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about half of Black Aoud’s about $146
Arabians TonkaMontale · shares agarwood, saffron, rose, leather and 2 moreabout $158 for 100 ml · about the same as Black Aoud’s about $146
Epic 56 WomanAmouage · shares agarwood, rose, patchouli, guaiacwood and 2 more$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.