Sweet Oriental Dream

Sweet Oriental Dream by Montale, composed by Pierre Montale in 2005, is a dense almond and honey gourmand worn by anyone. Everyone describes it as sweet; a third also find it floral. There are only four notes, and they are all rich.

Almond leads, in its sweet, marzipan form rather than anything bitter, and honey thickens it into something sticky and golden. Vanilla adds a creamy, smooth depth that makes the sweetness feel rounded rather than sharp. Rose is the one floral note, and it sits inside the sweetness like a flavour rather than a flower, adding a faintly jammy, Turkish-delight quality to the whole.

Most wearers report that it lasts extremely long, with about half calling it eternal, and that it projects strongly or enormously, so a very light application is sensible. It is voted mainly for winter and autumn and splits almost evenly between day and night. It suits someone who loves sweet confectionery scents and wants one that behaves like a true perfume in strength and staying power.

Sweet Oriental Dream — unisex fragrance by Montale (released 2005). Notes: Almond, Honey, Vanilla, Rose. — Parfica open fragrance database