MONTALE
OUD SAPPAROT

2025

pineapple
oud
saffron

cinnamon
birch
leather

coconut
vanilla
white musk

As with most Montale releases, let me start of by saying that there’s market for this, but I’m not a part of it. You want bang for your buck in terms of performance? You find it at this brand (although there are many stronger ones in their line-up than Oud Sapparot).

What you sacrifice is in terms of how nice it wears and feels… well, everything. To me, this simply wears unpleasantly. It’s a hefty, woody fruity scent in the class of the popular Maison Crivelli Oud Maracuja, but the fruit in Oud Sapparot is riper and sweeter.

Very sweet, in-your-face, overripe pineapple juice, mixed with a hint of coconut and charred, slightly leathery woods. This smells as if someone took Creed Aventus or Mancera Cedrat Boise and compressed a gallon of it into one superdense cloying drop of liquid.

There’s the slightly green tinge in the pineapple and coconut that throws me off a bit; only when I smell my skin up close. This lemon-grass-esque vibe I get from it, doesn’t quite match the rest of the fragrance.

The smoky pineapple fades and the drydown is a more leathery, woody scent. It’s not the harshest Montale, but still rather harsh, loud, artificial smelling and frankly, a chore to wear (and potential annoyance to people around you). Different strokes for different folks I guess.