Reviews of Aoud Ambre
by Montale

The biggest disappointment from Montale’s aoud line.

Aoud Ambre is flat, boring and hardly detectable on the skin. I was hoping that something would happen during the drydown but, nope, I could only detect a faint ambery sweetness (with some tobacco) and not much oud. Its presence is so lame that, if you don’t remind yourself, you’ll eventually forget you’re actually wearing it!

Fornication in a can my arse!

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[Original submission date: 25 May 2008]

I love the opening salvo, with super-sweet amber notes perfectly offset by the (pleasantly) medicinal oudh. Then, after ten minutes, the amber grabs the wheel and careens off on a sugar fueled joyride, tossing the oudh out the window just before slamming into the guardrail. The most disappointing drydown I can remember.

I have tried this many a time, hoping that the middle and end chapters will live up to the first sentence, but so far it's been a boring read. Moderate sillage and an extended, if not stimulating, lifespan.

One of very few Montale Aoud scents that I clearly dislike. I actually think Aoud Ambre is pretty awful.

I get extremely small dash of oud here. To me it smells a lot more like a nostril burningly sharp blend of aldehydes, patchouly and carelessly done and selected amber. Maybe there`s some labdanum too.

I love Montale, but once again I really don`t undertand the contradiction between the official notes and the actual smell.

Oh well....

In one thing with Montale I agree here, though : This is purely a fragrance for women. Probably mainly due the flood of aldehydes, I find this utterly feminine. (but to make it clear, I wouldn`t want to smell this on a woman either)

Aoud Ambre is no good.