Aoud Damascus (for women)

Aur-ha-kadosh

very oriental rose , great lasting power i love it, a dark rose with something sad and nostalgic

Mellyhelly

Aoud Damascus is one of my fave Montale together with Aoud Queen Rose. I first smelled these two and Aoud Rose Petal.
This last one I couldn't bear because it's too pungent and it smell like concentrated lemon dishwashing powder!
Aoud Queen Rose was my choice, I bought it and never regretted, although is not a well understood scent in my surroundings. Aoud Damascus is a different story... I own some samples I need to smell from time to time. It's a very warm, enveloping, wooden rose that strongly reminds of Middle Eastern. It smells very heartly, still aristocratic and a little on its own, not of the crowd. I imagine a richly dressed, strong-minded, generous person in it. I see a window in an oriental palace, dark room on a sunny day and this person looking through on his/her land. I consider this a feminine scent according to our culture, because of the strong rose note, but such a person could be either a woman or a man.
For sure Aoud Damascus is a scent od distinction. Perfect for an elegant evening and for intimate life, I wouldn't wear it everyday at the office, mostly because these scents are very expensive and my surroundings during the day are not very fond of perfume in general. and I hate my lovely scents to be eaten up by air conditioning!

jeca

I like this perfume, the rose is dark and soft, without sharpness of oud, with velvet mysterious olibanum.
Aoud roses petals is more lighter and sharper, with pronounced cold and antiseptic oud.

caribou55313

My favorite of the Montale oud line - dusky rose underlined by oud and incense. Heavenly.