Attar Montale for women and men

nice, though too feminine in my opinion...

Harmony is the key to this fragrance. It's soo simply but great in the same time. I can agree with Cereza. For me this one have sth that other (not all) scents of Montale doesn't have - perfect balance. Longevity is stunning and sillage is also good - it's typical for Montale . I quess that he spend soo many hours to find this marvelous balance between those few components.

Sandalwood with thorns. As others have said, this is straight-up rose in the beginning, but later the flower gets downplayed in favour of the woods. I find it slightly reminiscent of YSL's Rive Gauche, mainly in the way it treats the rose note, but this rose definitely stays more sharp and it keeps more of its acidity which you can smell even over the warmth of sandalwood. Good projection and longevity.

Starts out extremely strong with an enormous bouquet of sweet candied, slightly citrusy roses unembellished by much of anything else. They are dark red, Arabian tea roses with all of the nuances typical of that variety, but light on the marzipan. I don’t smell any oud or sandalwood although both may be there, along with some saffron, as an undercurrent boosting the rose scent.

There is a great deal of rose sillage; longevity is at least 12 hours. The rose is linear for the first 8 hours of so, after which it slowly recedes to reveal a little bit of the woods, more oud than sandalwood. It seems like there’s also a warm, caramel-like musk in the base. An Arabian rose soliflore is not the most original fragrance ever made, but Montale’s Attar is a beautiful example of that genre. If you like roses, you might love this Attar. I know I do.

It is simple, but extremely wonderful. The sillage is amazing and staying power is beyond hopes. But that's what you probably except from the house of Montale.
It opened with sharp oud, but after the firs 5 seconds the most amazing, oriental rose appeared. It's very sexy, feminine, dark, but still somehow refreshing and mouthwatering. I had tried perfumes with oud before but I thought it's not my thing, but in Attar - it's just simply amazing. The quality, richness of the scent is more than amazing and it's definetely worth every penny.

A masterpiece I'm proud to wear on my skin. And definetely worth a full bottle for the most amazing and elegant evenings in your life. A keeper.

I tried Attar today and I have to say that I am quite disappointed, mainly because it reminds me a lot of Musk to Musk from Montale and personally I don't see why would one perfumer want to produce two "similar" creations...
OK, maybe they are not that similar, maybe it's me somehow, :-) I don't know...but I personally feel a lot of resemblance. The composition in those fragrances is supposed to be quite different... (Musk to Musk that is not listed here on Fragrantica at the moment, should hold white musk, nutmeg, aoud, teak wood, precious woods, grey amber, musk). So maybe it's mainly the Aoud that gives the impression of similarity, or maybe it's the combination of Aoud, woods and roses in both, I don't know, but I can certainly smell roses in Musk to Musk too (even though those are not listen in there). Either way - although to me those two are strikingly similar, Musk to Musk is a clear winner simply because it is much softer, more feminine, much more "multifaceted", the Aoud in it is much smoother and it last far, far longer than Attar + I love musk. :-)

I received several Montale samples from LuckyScent and Attar is my favorite. It smells of rose and the sandelwood and aoud makes it more complex and interesting. Smells good from first application, through dry down and for several hours.

Like kastehelmi said, this is unisex for sure with a bit more on the masculine side.

It is without doubt one of the best of all Montale's (in my opinion) with Black Aoud. This one is more versatile than Black Aoud (who is more powerful and for night), this one is either for day, night, cold and hot weather.

I slightly prefer Black Aoud because its longevity, but this is, for myself, a MASTERPIECE!


10/10

This is one of the best fragrances for men-soft, supple, woody and simple-It's not too strong, and not so stiff. A woman could definitely wear this too-it smells brilliant on my skin-but it's not a distinctly feminine scent, it's very unisex. I like it more on my boyfriend's skin, and he won't wear anything that smells at all feminine to him.
The rose touch makes the primarily sandalwood scent more interesting and lighter, we have yet another "aoud" scent without any bitterness, Montale impresses my senses again.
This is easily described as a fragrant masterpiece, simply because it is so balanced...and unpretentious.

Dears; this an art in a bottle. Very oriental, arabic style with a good harmony. A subtle sandalwood, streamed by a creamy rose with a touch of agrawood at the background, Good for those who find diffeculty to wear a medicinal agrawood as it's heavy, and dark alone. Another jewel from Montale.