Reviews of Aoud Lime
by Montale

Alright, this one is just plain weird. (Don't get me wrong, I often like weird.) Aoud Lime is not of the relatively forthright oud-rose family that includes Attar, Royal Aoud, and Black Aoud, nor is it much like the sticky-sweet concoction Aoud Ambre.

Lime is not a listed note, but the top notes are true to the name: dark oud crashing over a bright, acidic citrus note. Immediately offputting for me, with the two notes scratching olfactory nails across a blackboard.

To be fair, I wait to see how this discord will resolve itself - troubling as it is, there is potential for something very interesting to emerge.

It doesn't. Rose begins to well up, but does nothing whatsoever to reconcile the clashing accord set up in the opening. By the time the patchouli shows itself, I've come to find the whole thing tiresome, like the schlemiel who follows you around a party spouting irritating drivel, or a yappy dog. At no point do the disparate elements in this scent never manage to come together. In fact, they don't even seem to interact in any meaningful way.

As I said, weird - but not gratifying.

No, this is much over the top. Lime and oud are so far away from each other that it is probably not possible to bring them together. And this combination of sour and bitter lime with oud is really nauseating. Turns more bearable when the lime gets weaker during the drydown, but still very harsh and unpleasant.

For me, this is the worst of Montale's ouds together with Red Aoud. Strange to find adorable scents like Steam Aoud or BA next to this horrible stuff in the same line!

This was a sour disaster on me. It smelled like Mexican food left too long in the fridge. I love limes too, but this was not good. I'm not actually sure at this point that there is any lime in the fragrance at all. The saffron and aoud are staunch and difficult.

First I thought it was a joke.
But no, they mean it, it is supposed to be a fragrance.
I asked about 20 people at my office to try it from my big sample.
They all hated it.
Thumbs down!

I love lime, and was hoping the might be my aoud "gateway" fragrance, but it was not meant to be (I should have known this would not be the gentle aoud I may need to start enjoying that note from the reviews). Right off the bat I got a whiff of celery seed that persisted. Bitter, and sharp, this note is not a favorite, as I recall my mother (an excellent cook otherwise) would use it to excess, and to no good end, in several dishes. There is lime, too, but an oily lime, not fresh and sparkling. Lime leaves or pith, not zest. And then there's the salt... Not to my taste.

sharp, soapy, and a faint dried lime peel. not much else. thumbs down. montale has better aouds to offer.