Is Eden Perfumes No.598 Aoud Musk a dupe of Montale Aoud Musk?
Aoud Musk EDP
| EDP | Concentration | Parfum |
| U | Gender | U |
| 2010 | Year | - |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
No.598 Aoud Musk Parfum
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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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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
How alike these two fragrances smell, scored from their full scent profiles.
Both lean oud, musky, woody
Subtle differences in overall composition
Where to buy
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