Aoud Red Flowers
by Montale

For those who are new to Montale, it would be very easy (and understandable) to confuse this creation with Aoud Flowers. Personally, although they are both floral ouds, they are completely different beasts.

Aoud Red Flowers is far more floral, subtle and feminine than Aoud Flowers. It also lacks a certain edge and, like most of the recent Montale aoud releases, doesn’t contain as much oud as earlier aoud releases from this house.

Very feminine and slightly boring.

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[Original submission date: 28 September 2008]

I just wrote a review of Aoud Flowers, which I didn’t care for because of the potent aromatic aoud note… This is more like it! The aoud acts as a partner in this one rather than a control freak dominatrix. The scent is brightly floral and spicy with a very nice aoud note that is strong enough to give it character. I could almost swear I smell some indole in there, too: For an occasional few seconds now and again, I am reminded of the old-fashioned chypre category that I love. Feminine? Maybe... but it doesn't come across that way on my skin: The aoud's presence makes sure of that. This scent holds a lot more intrigue for me that the ones with super aouds. What I don’t love about Aoud Red Flowers is the saffron note – I just don’t care for saffron as a note in my fragrances. But even with the saffron, this one is a thumbs up for sure. 127