Is Eden Perfumes No.598 Aoud Musk a dupe of Montale Aoud Musk?
Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Aoud Musk
- No.598 Aoud Musk
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Which Should You Buy?
Pierre Montale's musk-forward oud-and-ebony composition - a clean, dry-woody musk powerhouse with serious projection. Reviewers repeatedly call it a more wearable, better-performing cousin to Nasomatto Duro.
No.598 leans hard into Montale's dense oud-and-musk signature, opening on golden saffron before a singular vetiver heart and a heavy oud-amber-musk base, delivering the brand's trademark oud intensity if slightly less refined than the niche original.
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How They Wear
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Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
Fragrantica voters split 100% fall, 98.4% winter - the dense oud-musk-ebony composition is firmly cold-weather. Heat amplifies the synthetic musk projection unpleasantly; Fragrantica's cons list explicitly flags 'unsuitable for high heat or humidity'.
Occasions
Night-coded at 88.5% of voters and explicitly flagged as 'too loud for office or professional settings' in Fragrantica's cons. Strongest fit is date nights, formal evenings, and special occasions where the beast-mode projection is welcome. Office wear is risky on more than one light spray.
Seasons
Community season votes for Montale Aoud Musk, the fragrance this is built to match, favour autumn and winter.
Occasions
Wearers put Montale Aoud Musk, the fragrance this is built to match, at its best for date nights and formal occasions.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Every one of its 5 notes is in the original, including Musk, Amber, Saffron
Without ebony
Where to buy
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No.598 Aoud Musk Parfum
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