Crystal Aoud Montale for women and men

Crystal Aoud is based on the typical Montale's oud note (strong and medicinal), enriched by prominent melon and apple notes. The overall effect is of a sweet, persistent and pretty linear fruity oriental fragrance of average quality. In my opinion this is not a stand-out in the huge offering from this house, but I've to admit that the fruits / oud combo is somehow succesfull.

Rating: 6.5/10

The green apple is very dominant when it starts evolving on your skin. Also as if the saffron was present from the very beginning? The dryness of the oud is however very much balancing out the potential sweetness of green apples.
All in all, there is nothing sweet about this perfume. I would not say it smell cleanliness either other than the lemony smell. Will come back on the drydown later though.

Обожаю его, самый оригинальный, изысканный, неповторимый аромат. Ни на что не променяю. Все остальное меркнет перед ним. Резкости уда практически не слышно,очень необычен. На самом деле, вызывает эйфорию. Непонятно, почем так мало отзывов о нем на многих сайтах. Это шикарно,это шедевр.

I dont have this with me now, but I remember thinking it smelled like all things I cannot afford ;)
Like what it would smell like in the taxfree area of an airport just in between a perfume shop and a shop that sells ties, leather wallets and expensive suitcases. The mix of all notes from these two shops combined: leather, high end make-up, sparkly perfumes (when it is impossible to pick out any notes..) clean pressed very dry very new textiles and something expensively crystally fresh on top.
Get a feeling of money in the bank when wearing it, and seeing as I have none I almost feel like misrepresenting myself ;)

I was given a sample of Crystal Aoud.
First notes are opens like a bath line, you can smell some spa aroma there.Something clean, but without "distinctive" character.In a middle some hint of a wood, but somewhat sinthetic presenting, not just give you full feelling. Drydown- flowery vanilla, but again, this is knocking you down to impress at first time. May be it need time to get use to it.Staying power is not that strong,however at the drydown you can guess a hint of a lemon.

Crystal Aoud is another creative product from this respective house:Montale. A master blinding of selected fruit aroma to Oriental concepts of Woody-like taste, smothened by vanilla, musk, and saffron yeilding this great parfume. Thump-up for its smell, which ease the wearing of Aoud to the middle-age.