Aoud Flowers by Montale

It reminds me a lot Aoud Musk (and for some reasons Dark Aoud) and i detect a dry flowers/bergamot accord over a woody/musky bed that becomes in the time really lunar and impenetrable. At the beginning the geranium is more present while along the trip the smell becomes rounder and a rosey touch comes up from the abyss. The lemony/rosey accord characterizes the dark musky smell and the aoud is mostly woody/melancholic and not particularly stark or medicinal. The rose/aoud combo is, unlike in Black Aoud (where it is bold and daring), really introverted and quite moody. There is some aromatic dustiness in the mix. This is one of the darkest and more forbidding Montale's compositions in my opinion but i do not find it particularly original and distinctive. It is a fragrance conjuring a sense of cold and impersonal loneliness along the bare lands of the easter Europe.

Too simultaneously bright and dry for my liking. I detect the beautiful notes here under a very fabric-softener-like blend of flowers (and agree with the blend of Black and Wild Oud approaches here), but the problem is in the mix. Too much. Perhaps a good consdideration for those looking for power, but I would notch this up to a "power washing detergent" than anything beautiful on the body. I am using my 20ml as a room spray - and it does impart a wonderful cleanliness :-)

Strikes me odd as that the first thoughts I had were "honey, rose and... Terre d'hermes?" Yeah I get a touch of the Iso E Super or whatever in conjuction with a honey note all surrounded by the infamous rosy/aoud note in all of aoud fragrances I've smelled. It's very dry but also sweet. It's a strange rift of notes.

Stuck in the middle between Black Aoud and Wild Aoud.

I regularly wear Black Aoud and Wild Aoud, and, as a consequence, Aoud Flowers strikes me as a neither here nor there fragrance. It neither has the aromatic burst and smoky dry down of Wild Aoud, nor the rich, barbaric opulence of Black Aoud.

The bergamot and geranium add a brightness to Aoud Flowers that does not gel with the rose and aoud heart. In Wild Aoud there is Artemisia to go along with the bergamot and geranium, and the extra note makes all the difference. While Aoud Flowers is pointlessly bright, Wild Aoud is aromatic and strident.

The teak and gaiac add a dry woodiness to the base of Aoud Flowers, which the musk never entirely integrates with. The base lacks the moist earth feel of black Aouds patchouli laden dry down, and lacks the smokiness and roundness that Wild Aoud gets from tobacco and amber.

Aoud Flowers is a fragrance in permanent tension: the pieces just dont come together. Its got all of the right Montale constituents, but I cant give it better than a neutral rating.

The description that it is kind of waxy, musky, murky and medicinal rose is good. It starts a little sweet but the dry-down is fairly astringent. I could read some tobbacco and violet leaf in it. It is a fairly elegant offering, not quite as 'sparkling' as some other Montales. The longevity is excellent, as with most Montales, particularly on cloth. A spray on cuffs or collar will last for a good 10-12 hours.

I do like this one but it's not at the top of the stack in the Montale Aouds. This one and, despite its popularity, Black Aoud, are the middle of the pack for my taste. I like White, Gold, Velvet and Lime a little better... I enjoy the juxtaposition of bright & bubbly or casual notes over the oudh. Steam and Leather are both interesting in their own way. Black and Flowers are each rather dark & brooding and a little less 'fun' to smell throughout the day. It is still a high-quality and enjoyable entry in the Montale line, and I'd still rather wear this than just about any designer fragrance in my collection. I do agree that this would be very sexy on a lady.

Very very typical montale rose-y oud opening. Medicinal, oily, waxy and completely captivating.
This is indeed very similar comparing to many other Aoud scents of Montale, starting from Black Aoud.

If I continue comparing this to Black Aoud, this turns eventually a bit brighter. Its not that dark and I think it is even a tad stronger than BA with more massive sillage.

For sure I understand the critics who are bothered how much some Montale`s resemblances each other.
Aoud Flowers is definitely one scent which makes some other scents in the Aoud line completely pointless to own. I just suggest you just find out which one you like best of these rose-y ouds.

Aoud Flowers smells fantastic and it lasts so long that no one will be disappointed.

When I smell Aoud Flowers, I think of rubber bouncy balls which I played a lot when I was a small boy. Those balls had a very strong smell to them, and I just loved that Aoud Flowers-y smell as much as I was intrigued by the way those balls looked.


The colouring of AF aluminium bottle is very beautiful.

This is neither the ashy rose of Black Oud nor the stately rose of Aoud Queen Roses. Aoud Flowers is bright mix of honeyed rose and geranium balanced with exotic wood notes and dark Aoud. Like jenson, I find that the Aoud note quickly dissipates leaving mainly "polished wood notes" and rose. This fragrance has incredible longevity and lovely sillage.

Aoud Flowers is bright and dark, sweet and peppery. From the initial spray through the creamy dry down, Aoud Flowers is a study in contrasts that I find irresistible.

I find this to be a potent aoud coupled with a mixed floral. The floral aspects fail to captivate me at all and I would never reach for this if I have Aoud Damascus on the shelf (or Black Aoud or Royal Aoud, for that matter). It is an okay scent, but I think other Montale Aoud offerings are superior and more interesting.

Aoud Flowers: This one opens with a sweet refined floral blast along with Oudh, Rose and Lime, almost medicinal and oil extract in nature..give it 5 minutes and it settles down to a very fine layer of Rose, quite unlike BA. The oudh Backs off quite quickly on this one (45 minutes on my skin)...only to reveal "polished woody notes" and oudh. it stays this way with not much developments except for the polish wearing out revelaing a very bright Oudh note with touch of gold powder...easily Unisex, but would be really drop dead sexy on a lady. spritz away! it's Montale Time!!

This is another Montale where, to my nose, the Aoud grabs complete control of the opening and maintains a strangle hold on the accord. I get aoud with a weak mixed floral primarily rose background, and the aoud hangs on forever, it seems. In many of the more recent Montale Aoud offerings, the potency of the aoud has been reduced and with each reduction, there has been a corresponding increase in my appreciation of the fragrance. With Aoud Flowers the aoud is back with a vengeance. Its not that I dislike aoud, its just that there are now six or seven Montale fragrance that present themselves to my nose in a such a way that they are basically the same potently aromatic wood fragrance with some miniscule variation in the background. I already own two of these aromatic aoud power houses and, to my nose, there isn't that much difference between them to justify further adding to the aoud collection I dont need to own another like that. I like the background in this one and I think it would make an excellent fragrance for one whose nose doesn't find the aoud all out of proportion.