This one opens with beautiful fresh fig, grapes and oud with a dash of citrus. There's also a noticeable vanilla influence. The oud is well-behaved, with maybe a smidge of that skankiness shining through (maybe this is just the leather note though). This is still a very clean oud, good for beginners who might be scared by the note.
Overall, fresh and fruity but with the oud deepening it and giving it some muscle. As with most oud fragrances i think this is suitable for colder weather, i can see this being cloying in hot weather.
Performance seems quite good on the strip, i'll have to try a real wearing to judge.
I find this to be more femme leaning but certainly could work on a man too.
A successful blind buy for me and certainly one of the better offerings Montale has.
