Perfume Review: Montale Aoud Blossom
 Soon as I beheld thee, mazed and wildered grew my sad heart; How shall I my love disclose to thee who tyrant dread art? How shall I hold straight upon my road, when yonder Torment Smitten hath my breast with deadly wounds by her eyelash dart? Face, a rose; and mouth, a rosebud; form, a slender sapling--- How shall I not be the slave of Princess such as thou art? Ne'er hath heart a beauty seen like her of graceful figure; Joyous would I for yon charmer's eyebrow with my life part. Farisi, what can I do but love that peerless beauty? Ah! this aged Sphere hath made me lover of yon sweetheart. Sultan Osman II,1617-1623 (source) What can I say, Montale scents put me in the mood to cite poetry, the more abundantly romantic and exotic the better. I didn't really think I could possibly do another Montale review, because there is only so much one can say about rose-aoud blends, stunning though they might be. But Aoud Blossom is more than just roses and aoud, and so here I am again, waxing poetic with the help of an Ottoman ruler. The notes that make Aoud Blossom special and put it somewhat apart in the seemingly endless (not that I am complaining) row of rose aouds, are jasmine and tuberose. Especially tuberose. Rose + Aoud = Love, we all know that. It came to me as a surprise that the creamy, tropical scent of tuberose would be just as alluring, paired with the spicy darkness of aoud. Rose and Aoud seem like natural companions, a dark and handsome young sultan and his beautiful dark-heaired wife that comes from the same land...The tuberose is a blond European import, sold to the harem by the pirates... to Sultan Aoud she is exotic, alluring and irresistible... I am very tempted to go on with my Anne and Serge Golon inspired love-story, but I won't. Try Aoud Blossom and find out for yourself how the sultry novel ends. Aoud Blossom is available wherever Montale is sold, $150.00 for 50ml. The still from Angélique et le Sultan is from allocine.fr |
posted by Marina |
12:03 AM
38 Comments:
Must. Try. Immediately. How is it that I've missed this? Sounds like a fascinating, delicious scent.
L,
You haven't tried?! I'd be happy to send you some!
I've been lurking. Tuberose & aoud!!??!! I've very, very intriged. Great review.
Sorry for the typos in the above comment, happy trigger finger! (Not a good first impression)
Lindsey,
Thank you and welcome!
Hmmmm. . .I thought you didn't like this one. . .
LOL! Dark sultan, dark wife, blond european import....what am I reading here? The sultan's dreams just came true! :D
J,
I thought so too. I was wrong :-)
Faizan,
What you are reading here is very bad bodice-ripper kind of prose :-)
oh my! (fans self)
this is the second time i've seen an "angelique" picture in one of your reviews, so i googled it, and learned it's a historical adventure book series. seems interesting! is it more popular in france, or am i just a dumb4ss for not having heard of it? :-)
so far, of the montales, i've only tried aoud roses petals - sounds like i'd like this one, too.
btw marina, off topic, i just tried le parfum de therese last night, which if i'm remembering correctly is a favorite of yours. now i know why! it was stunning! i found it very elegant and vibrant.
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Oh no - another Montale to love! Why are they doing this to me! I am already in love with Aoud Queen rose and Roses Petals. Now THIS!?
Hilarious image. Doesn't the sultan look a bit overwhelmed (and bookish) for the sultry beauty who is languidly linked to his torso?
I won't hold my breath over this one. It's where we often depart in taste. I've kinda given up on Montale.
To me this is Chloe (the original good one) meets Aoud.
Btw, I was hooked on Angelica films as a child !
*fans Tom and offers him rahat loukoum on a golden plate*
Kamala,
I am so glad you liked PdeT!! I adore it.
Yes, I think Anne and Serge Golon Angelique book series and the movies are more popular in Europe. They are definitely very popular in Russia :-)
Donna,
They want us to go bankrupt, that's why :-)
Lee,
I am not even sure it is the sultan form the movie (been a while...). :-) I just love her hair, OMG!
Silvia,
wow, that's true! :-)
I am so happy to see a review of this! I adore it, and although I own several Montales, I'm going to need a new bottle of this one first. Which is not at all what I expected, as a fellow White Aoud devotee, but apparently I reach for this one all the time!
I love the Montales (Cuir d'Arabaie, Black Aoud, Boise Vanille are my favorites), but I remember not liking this one. So I dug out my sample today to try it again, and...
No, afraid not. This one is strange on my skin, like a mixture of spearmint gum and peaches.
I'm sure it smells divine on you, though, Marina. Can I borrow your wrist?
alright, I confess -
I've only tried 3 montales in my life and none of them were the aoud collection.
whats my penance? 47 hail Marys and a shot of Jack Daniels?
*fans Tom and offers him rahat loukoum on a golden plate*
What a funny coincidence- that is exactly what I wore today!
For some reason the rose-ouds by name of Montale just never seem to quite work for me, though I keep trying!
My usual question: will I like it?
M, I like it when you wax poetic, I like it a lot. The woman, the poem, the notes sound (and look) just stunning. I can feel a twitch in my fingers coming on (to get that cc). The two Montale's I've tried so far were love: Queen Roses and Roses Petals, like made for me.
Sabina
He does have a sort of preoccupied look on his face, doesn't he? Like he's trying to recall where he left his keys. Are these films worth watching? I am trying to see if Netflix carries them. To my shame, I have not yet tried any of the Montales (hangs head).
Marina, I am sending you something that you will get a kick out of, if you like her hair. No, it's not a wig.
-Existentialist
Mel,
So glad to hear for a fellow White Aoud devotee! :-)
Suzanne,
spearmint gum and peaches...somehow it sounds appealing :-)
MarkDavid,
You should go to Aedes and remedy that straightaway! :-)
Tom,
It's like I knew! :-)
Patty,
are there other rose aouds that do work?
R,
And my usual answer: I am not sure! :-)
Sabina,
Clearly, we are Montale scent sisters. Do you like White Aoud?
Existentialist,
I am soooo intrigued :-)
Oh my! I had absolutely no idea they actually made Angelique movies! I adore tuberose, so now I have to try this ;-)
Sylviso I guess you know the books? I wonder if they have the movies on netflix
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