Montale's founding statement — a pure oud-sandalwood meditation that strips away ornamentation to expose the raw beauty of precious woods. Rawer and more Middle Eastern than its later Tom Ford namesake.
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Sensory Profile
Composition
Concentration Eau de Parfum
Style Niche
Notable Ingredients
oud sandalwood cedarwood musk amber patchouli
Olfactory Structure
Family Woody
Evolution Linear
Sillage 6/10
Character
Moods
meditative earthy mysterious sophisticated
Season
Autumn Winter
Occasion
FormalThematic Territory
A pure wood meditation — oud and sandalwood in austere dialogue, stripped of sweetness and florals to reveal the raw materiality of precious woods.
Era & Context
Modern
One of Montale's inaugural releases, establishing the house's identity as an oud-first perfumery. While Tom Ford's Oud Wood (2007) later popularized a smoother, more commercial oud-wood formula, Montale's version preserves a rawer, more Middle Eastern character.
Spiritual Links
Influences
Absorbed from
Tauer Perfumes L'Air du Désert Marocain Shared reverence for Middle Eastern raw materials and austere desert aesthetics
Influenced
Tom Ford Oud Wood Preceded and informed the Western oud-wood archetype that Tom Ford later commercialized
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