Moon Aoud, from Montale was released in 2011. The perfumer behind this creation is Pierre Montale. It has the top notes of Agarwood (Oud), Rose, and Saffron, middle notes of Leather, Patchouli, and Vetiver, and base notes of Amber and Sandalwood.
Goes on like a smelly cheese this fecal note will put off all but the hardest of fragrance lovers. Seriously, moon aoud has Montale written all over it and takes about 20 mins to settle in to what the fragrance is all about then a further hour or so to become palatable. When it does however it's a delight even when that opening is still lingering slightly something bold, defiant and interesting about what is in essence...a bad smell. It's the mixture of Oud and a raw leather accord which creates that olfactory car crash I know I should hate but can't help sniffing. The rose explodes in the heart with a calm after the storm effect which completes takes over from the leather and Oud which take a gentler backseat...still there though. It becomes implausibly Good in the deep dry down the smell left on my skin was deliciously woody.
Goes on like a smelly cheese this fecal note will put off all but the hardest of fragrance lovers. Seriously, moon aoud has Montale written all over it and takes about 20 mins to settle in to what the fragrance is all about then a further hour or so to become palatable. When it does however it's a delight even when that opening is still lingering slightly something bold, defiant and interesting about what is in essence...a bad smell. It's the mixture of Oud and a raw leather accord which creates that olfactory car crash I know I should hate but can't help sniffing. The rose explodes in the heart with a calm after the storm effect which completes takes over from the leather and Oud which take a gentler backseat...still there though. It becomes implausibly Good in the deep dry down the smell left on my skin was deliciously woody.