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· woody backbone
**Montale Intense Black Aoud** opens with a dark rose wrapped in a dry saffron accent and a brief citrus spark that quickly sinks inward.
Shared notes: saffron, bergamot, oud, patchouli, sandalwood, amber
Where it differs: rose, mandarin, frankincense
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· woody backbone
**Montale Oud Sapparot** opens in a bright flash: sparkling citrus and dry saffron create a hot, almost metallic start. After a few minutes the scent grows denser, and oud wood rises at the center, softly stitched to rose and dark leather.
Shared notes: bergamot, saffron, oud, patchouli, leather, amber
Where it differs: mandarin, pink pepper, rose
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· woody backbone
Released 2020 by Pierre Montale
**Montale Oud Pashmina** opens with a dense, warm accord of oud and rose, where woody darkness is softened at once by velvety, almost wine-like petals.
Shared notes: oud, saffron, patchouli, leather, sandalwood, vanilla
Where it differs: rose, coriander, labdanum, moss
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· woody backbone
Released 2007 by Pierre Montale
**Montale Aoud Rose Petals** opens with a damp rose lit by a cool citrus gleam and a faint, spicy bitterness of saffron. In the first minutes it feels vivid and almost velvety, like dense petals just misted with water.
Shared notes: saffron, bergamot, oud, patchouli, cedar, amber
Where it differs: rose, geranium, frankincense
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· spicy heat
Released 2020
**Dark Vanilla** opens not with dessert sweetness, but with a dry, almost smoky spicy accord where vanilla already stands in the shadow of leather and wood.
Shared notes: saffron, black pepper, vanilla, leather, patchouli, amber
Where it differs: spices, citrus, rose
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· woody backbone
Released 2016 by Pierre Montale
**Aoud Legend** opens with a dry, almost rough accord of leather and oud, lit by the warm spice of saffron. In the first minutes it feels dense and tightly composed, unsweetened, with a faint woody bitterness.
Shared notes: saffron, leather, oud, bergamot, sandalwood, patchouli
Where it differs: rose, vetiver, oakmoss, labdanum