Aoud Damascus Montale for women

WOW!!!! One of the most beautiful and noble fragrances that i have ever tried!! Love it in the beginning and ADORE it after half an hour - wood and spices are melting into something soft and sexy on my skin! Mrrrrrr....

To me, this is the most subtle of all the Montale ouds. The oud provides a perfect base the sweet and sultry Damascus rose. The saffron is subtle and warming. A great fragrance, and a perfect signature for those who love unique rose scents.

Edit, I must say..this is also quite masculine, aoud is too much for a feminine fragrance IMO.
Rose&Aoud, tremendous sillage, I applied this morning at 8.30. AM and it is going stronger. Those Montales are definnately worth the bucks:))
I wish Roses Musk had the same sillage.If you like your Roses black, than this is it.Go light on the spray...

AOUD DAMASCUS is the aoudiest of the Montale aoud-rose perfumes I’ve tried, with a dark, oily, leather-like aoud note much more prominent in the opening than is the rose. Initially this seems like a less feminine composition which would work well for women or men, and some women may actually find the opening too masculine. I, on the other hand, like even the opening of AOUD DAMASCUS a lot, though not as much as Juliette Has a Gun MIDNIGHT OUDH, which masterfully plays the aoud and the rose off one another from start to finish.

I’m finding that the Montale aoud-rose perfumes tend to focus on one or the other of these notes rather than giving them equal prominence at the same time. (okay: that’s a weak induction on three cases…) Here it is the aoud which steals the show early on, while the rose is more like an understudy waiting on the sidelines-—important but not that memorable. But then the rose takes over, as though she hired a hit man to pick off her rival, aoud, so that she could finally share her talents with the world.

The sillage of AOUD DAMASCUS is medium and the longevity pretty good, thanks to the oiliness of the aoud. I’ll put this on my “wait and re-sniff” list for now…

beautiful scent.....
worth a try

I imagine Ms Damascus is lolling around in bed after an afternoon of hanky-panky with Mr Oud. She is spent, indolent & entirely relaxed in herself.

Admist the woods & the roses, this had some strange, sweet, naughty, post-coitus ladies bedroom kind of smell which made me feel a bit uncomfortable, like I had accidentally witnessed something I shouldn't have.

A bit like Olibanum who is a silent voyeur lurking in the corner, only breathing heavily occasionally (I certainly did not get much incense or spice here). Maybe I felt his influence more than smelt it?

Most of the action for my skin happens in the first couple of hours because the scent is now soft & retreating. The oud seems to have drifted off to sleep and rose is keeping quiet, trying not to wake him.

First I get a nice scent of oud, than what smell like nice woody notes (must be the oud and olibanum) than a soft, lovely rose. It smells more complex than 3 notes would suggest. It is long lasting. This is another bewitching scent from Montale. My test samples are a treasure trove!

Whoa.... this one took me by surprise. In fact, this is my first personal encounter with any aoud fragrance and it's DEFINITELY something that I can get into. I can detect the aoud in this and I love it with the incense. THIS is THE rose fragrance I've been looking for. I only applied a few swipes onto my index finger and everyone that I've come into contact with has been in awe from this beautiful scent. It doesn't take a genius to know high quality when he smells it. I will have this one. Special thanks to Gojira for the sample....

this is my first test of Montale, and i find Aoud Damascus absolutely gorgeous. It is quite feminine, soft and warm, but not light; strong oriental rose, frankincense is subtle, but adds some "darkness" to the composition))very balanced and refined scent!

Very well balanced between Rose and Aoud. I can't detect other notes. I dont think it's unisex, its more femenine IMO.
Unfortunately on my woman's skin it did not last more than 1 hour and even on clothes it last 2 hours max...

Skin chemestry I guess.


7/10

I"m now going on 12 hours of wearing this scent and there is still no sign of fading, and no change in consistency. This is one perfume that is very much worth the price tag. This is my first experience with Oud, and I like it, but I have nothing to compare it to. overall I like the rose/oud balance, and give this scent an 8 out of 10.

very oriental rose , great lasting power i love it, a dark rose with something sad and nostalgic, maybe this description is very personnal but it still scents like something old and precious

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!

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.

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