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Black Aoud

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Scentleys Black Aoud is an Eau de Parfum. Black Aoud opens with Mandarin, settles into a heart of Patchouli and Rose, and dries down to a base of Musk, Oud, and Labdanum. Scentleys's Black Aoud carries a Statement verdict, a rose-led wear.

Scentleys' version of Montale's Black Aoud (2006) - the dark, smoky rose-oud powerhouse, softened into a lighter, shorter-wearing rose-wood blend.
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  • Sensual
Black Aoud Eau de Parfum bottle
Dupe Inspired by
Black Aoud by Montale
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Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Accords

Rose
95%
Oud
70%
Woody
55%
Musky
45%
Sweet
30%

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Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Intimate
Intensity
Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Fall Winter

Dark rose-oud reads best in autumn and winter, too heavy for summer heat.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Date
Also Works:
Casual Formal

A confident date-night and evening-casual scent, not office-friendly at this intensity.

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About

Black Aoud is Scentleys' interpretation of Montale's Black Aoud, a dark and resinous rose-oud composition built around mandarin, rose, patchouli, and a smoky agarwood accord with famously huge projection and longevity. The dupe keeps the rose-oud skeleton - citrus top, rose-patchouli heart, oud-musk base - but the oud reads noticeably lighter and less smoky-resinous than Montale's dense, room-filling original, and the rose is softer and sweeter rather than dark and brooding. The result is a pleasant, wearable rose-wood scent rather than the polarising, statement-making original. Performance sits at four to six hours of moderate sillage, a fraction of Black Aoud's legendary near-24-hour staying power. A sensible entry point for the rose-oud category for anyone who finds Montale's original too intense for daily wear, best suited to cooler-weather evenings and dates.

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