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Yeah, it should be called Royal Cedar. Because imho has very little to do with oud. From my point of view RO is a beautiful Cedar Chypre with an excellent cocoa note and a very high quality, citric opening.

The gradient remains fresh and woody, it offers slightly sweet undertones without ever really being too sweet. Dark cocoa wrapped in peppery nuances accompanies the fragrance until the last hour. It never becomes banal or boring.

The development is less complex and the beautiful notes of the head resonate slightly in the background until the last minutes of the drydown. The oud always stays in the background.

Durability and Sillage are not "beastmode" but clearly above average, which makes it unobtrusive and suitable for everyday use.

For me it is one of the best fragrances currently available from Creed. Again and again with pleasure!

...this is what happens. I may begrudge it to anyone who likes the scent, but I find it unfortunately by worlds more modest than Duro. Where Duro shows a clear, woody edge in the drydown, the Montale seems sweaty and monotonous. I was already asked the first time I wore it on textile if I could use deodorant, it smells so pungent like sweat. The colleague was right in retrospect. I think he can leave an impression of sweaty clothes with some "recipients"

This has never happened to me with Duro and even though Duro is a purely synthetic fragrance, it is more pleasant. Fresher and less musty.

Most perfume connoisseurs won't want to accuse this fragrance of a sweaty muff, neither will I really. But I can easily understand this association.
He's a risk. He's not bad. But I can't find anybody who likes him, at least not in the 2019 version.

The 2016 batch smelled even more pleasant and rosy in my nose. The head remains duro in a slightly less sharp version, but the drydown is almost unpleasant for me. I don't think that it is generally well received by the majority. You wear this scent for yourself. I could imagine that the layman could smell a mixture of petrol, sweat, duro and hairspray. That may sound hard, but I have already had experiences of this kind. Definitely a negative compliment getter, if you have bad luck

I love most Montale fragrances insanely!
But this one is the one I dislike most in this house. I have no use for it whatsoever.

The hype is completely incomprehensible to me.

... ...that's what it might be called in the commercial world. But still, he has rather little to do with the current wording of Mitsouko. He polarizes strongly as soon as the top note has evaporated. The original Mitsouko, which Diaghilev himself used for his stage, was probably a bit sweeter and fruitier in the overall picture according to tradition.

It starts with the most beautiful peach note you can find at the moment. At the beginning peach, highly powdery iris and the gently embedded flower bouquet play the decisive role. Whoever buys it for this reason will be disappointed. Because it quickly transforms into a monstrous Oak Moss Civet Beast in a class of its own! The top notes evaporate quickly depending on the temperature, leaving rather masculine notes that are absolutely dry and very dark.

After the first hour it becomes more and more mossy and also smoky. Imagine a burning cigarillo drizzled with Civet over a huge carpet of oak moss. The fruit is completely absent in the drydown and soon nothing remains of the golden sweetness in the opening.

On textiles the chypre character remains for days, on the skin it quickly becomes a dark, heavy companion. Dress code! Or you can provoke in a hoodie... i've worn it every day for months. The durability is not quite as violent as often read, but this is probably due to the fact that it gets very close to the skin very quickly and it projects much better on textiles

Whoever is looking for a historically oriented fragrance that is rather smoky and animalistic in its drydown, should give it a chance

It's beautifully made. But you should be prepared for a very heavy, smoky oakmoss nerd. If you can handle it, feel free to try it.

Anyone who was a fan of the former Gucci pour Homme by Mr. Almairac should actually worship this fragrance above all else. Don't!

So I wrote personally with Benjamin, the son of Michel Almairac, and he raved about the fact that his father has now decided to reissue it under the PMdP label. It should be the version that was originally intended for Gucci but was redesigned by Mr. Ford with the red pencil. I then ordered a bottle from Almairac and could hardly wait. Finally he is back.

Far from it! I now carried both versions at the same time on both arms and had to realize with horror how Tom Ford was right with his correction. Where the old Gucci is more of a chypre on the basis of a warm incense, paired with beautiful hesperidia ... the new Almairac stands beside his once so popular work like a shadow of its former self. The performance can pack up, the scent itself is darker, colder and reminds more of the Bentley version than of GPH. No humidity, no freshness, no more beautiful incense. It only resembles its former facade

Whether Benjamin Almairac will be successful with this version is in the stars. I don't believe in it. So Tom Ford was right. So, in this version, you can't sell the scent. Almairac will have to turn it into a 72 in no time. His brand doesn't appeal to me. Unfortunately, it's far too unspectacular for a man who's one of the very best in the world!

I was always enthusiastic about Almairac. He's one of my favorite perfumers. But with this fragrance and the rather boring brand, he is doing himself and his fans no favours at all.

The fragrance is suitable as a light companion for the morning, when it should be something incensey without force. But that's all there is to it. It is rather boring. No replacement for the Ford modified version.

...what a thing! A Montale that has no hairspray or commercial touch and looks completely natural and fresh.

I've never seen Montale like this. When I bought it blind, I was completely satisfied with this beautiful fragrance from the first sniff. It's very monothematic. Quasi an "Iris Attar without rose", if I may take this name out of my mouth!

It starts much deeper and much more woody than Infusion d'Iris and has a much more unisex effect on me. It captivates with an unbelievably pleasant freshness and appears much more powdery than its fragrance twin from Prada.

In the drydown, the woody component becomes more and more evident and gives the whole fragrance that certain degree of masculine wearability.
I never have the impression of carrot and if I do, then only shallowly in the background. It shines brightly and offers an excellent silage for a fragrance of this category. The durability on my skin is over 8h.

It is nevertheless gentle, unobtrusive and captivates with an almost pure impression of high-quality iris. Whoever expects great development here will definitely be disappointed. As mentioned above, it becomes a little bit more woody with time, but never changes its character. This remains strong, radiant and bright.

My fragrance for sports, hot summer days and for all occasions in which you want to be perceived as having a clearly pleasant fragrance without wanting to appear too progressive.

Clear recommendation to buy. If you like irises and are looking for a slightly louder fragrance with that certain freshness: buy!!!!