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· woody backbone
**Montale Original Aoud** opens with a dry, slightly prickly accord of spices, where saffron and pepper leave a fine metallic spark on the skin.
Shared notes: bergamot, saffron, spices, rose, oud, patchouli
Where it differs: pink pepper, vetiver, leather
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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: rose, saffron, bergamot, oud, patchouli, amber
Where it differs: geranium, cedar, 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: spices, saffron, vanilla, patchouli, rose, amber
Where it differs: black pepper, citrus, leather
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· floral heart
Released 2015 by Pierre Montale
**Blue Aoud** opens with a bright, cool flash of citrus that quickly gathers dry spices and a faint fruity sweetness around it.
Shared notes: bergamot, spices, saffron, rose, patchouli, oud
Where it differs: fruity notes, ylang-ylang, violet, leather
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· spicy heat
Released 2015 by Pierre Montale
**Mancera Black to Black** opens thick and shadowed: first come dry saffron and spicy clove, like warm air in a velvet room.
Shared notes: bergamot, saffron, clove, rose, patchouli, amber
Where it differs: nutmeg, jasmine, leather, white musk
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· woody backbone
**Montale Aoud Amber Rose** opens in a dry, lightly spiced way: sparks of bergamot and saffron quickly settle closer to the skin.
Shared notes: bergamot, saffron, rose, oud, patchouli, amber
Where it differs: pink pepper, white musk