Okay, fresh pile of perfume samples today to plow through, so let’s get started.
Ineke Evening Edged in Gold – The latest perfume from Ineke, it features notes of gold osmanthus, plum, Angel’s trumpet, saffron, cinnamon bark, midnight candy, leather, woods. Definitely an evening floral. It opens big floral, while the cinnamon adds a nice little bite to it that keep the florals from overwhelming you. Shortly after that, the drydown gets leathery, very nice interplay between the notes – this is not what I expected. I was guessing there would be more floral, so it’s a great surprise to get this nice little cinnamony leather with only the most delicate floral floating around it. Don’t let the midnight candy note scare you, though it does lend a sweetness to the perfume the longer it’s on, softening the edges out. Elegant, I do like this. Available from ineke.com – $88 for 2.5 ounces.
Montale Red Oud is one of the newest scents from Montale. Notes of aoud, pepper, iris, saffron, cumin, Haitian vetiver and Mysore sandalwood. Wow! The saffron, cumin and pepper make this almost gourmandy, while the oud, vetiver and sandalwood keep it grounded. Spicy, gourmandy oud — Montale hasn’t done oud like this before. It’s definitely unusual, and those of you that are looking for a new treatment of oud should try it. I’m all over the map on it — fearing it one second, but I find it irresistible to stop sniffing. The combination of notes are weirdly interesting. This is a fun little freak, I think I’m landing in the digging it zone.
The other new scent from Montale is Red Vetiver. No notes are listed for it yet, but definitely pepper and, er, vetiver, of course. While I’m not sure I find anything wildly different about it, I very much like the way they surrounded the vetiver with a warm spicness. If you like your vetiver spicy and warmed up, this one should work for you.
Out of arm space for the day, the Red Oud has eaten all the air around my arms.
So I’ve got a grabbag of samples that are piling up on me, so let’s do a giveaway to get rid of them. Included will be these three samples, plus a whole bunch of others. Just drop a comment to be entered in the drawing!
Montale is something I last experienced on someone else, gorgeous! Would love that experience again.:”>
I tried Montale almost two years ago purchased from Saudi Arabian Airlines. Nearly every single person crossing my path turned to ask me what I was wearing. Itssimply the best! I wouldn’t shift vin a rush from the Aoud Range.. Black Aoud, Aoud Lime and all the others are dreamy! No regrets besides the fact that the price keeps spiralling… I suppose you got to pay to smell good!
I don’t know if it’s too late, but I’d love to be entered in the drawing. I’ve been trying to find a particular rose/oud combination I last bought in Egypt, but that doesn’t seem to exist in the US. Any suggestions on where to start? Thanks!!
Hi, I need to find a new scent. Please enter me in the drawing. Thank you! 🙂
just read this (have been down with the flu)..these scents sound very interesting!..If its not too late-do enter me in the draw!
They sound absolutely fabulous!
oh, how I would love to try these! Please enter me! I’m a perfumista in training and think I need to put my nose in these!
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I only know Montale’s two Ouds: Black and White. Red would be a pleasant escape from monochromatism 😉
Please, enter me in the drawing 🙂
Hello – please enter me in the drawing. Thanks!
Devon
Montale sounds amazing, I would like to try all their perfumes. I like the word Oud. Please enter me in the draw…
Have a nice day!
A bit late to the party, but please enter me inthe draw, they sound fab !
Thanks.
The Red Vetiver sounds…. vetiverlious!
Please enter me in the drawing!
Thank you!
if you say it’s the best ineke you’ve tried, it could be good. i didn’t love the first round, but they are not bad – just not my style – a little too clean and light. the montales definitely interest me, though. i’ve been into arabic scents of late – some concentrated oils from dubai mostly. lots of rose and oudh adn other rich notes. i like that aesthetic.
I’d love to try any of these. I’ve never smelled anything by Montale either.
Please enter me in the drawing!
Thank you 🙂
The Ineke sounds lovely. I am a white flower type of woman and the leather note would be interesting. I have to admit that I haven’t yet found a Montale that did much for me. I will keep trying though.
Please enter me too.
Oh, my. Three that I haven’t tried and they all sound wonderful! Please enter me in the draw. 🙂 Thanks!
Did someone mention Midnight Candy is supposed to smell like cake? Mmmmm. Sign me up for the drawing please!
Love the Montales, love oud, love vetiver! I haven’t been that wild about any of the other inekes, but, cinnamon leather sounds wonderful. I’d love to be included in the draw if it’s still open. Thanks for the reviews!
please enter me in the drawing, dying to try the red oud. great post, i appreciate your work.
Cinnamon bark? I’m surprised. It’s such a skin irratant. Love the other notes, though.
The Montales sound really interesting.
Great job, Patty!
i havent seen angel’s trumpet as a note before. but i love the way it smells. and the flowers are so huge! anyway, i’d love to try the ineke, as well as anything else thats thrown in my direction. please enter me in the drawing, and great post.
I found some angel’s trumpet seeds online, along with the Candy flower thing and ordered them. If the angel’s trumpet smells like the regular trumpet vine does, I’ll be happy.
I love samples. Please include me in your drawing.
Have added you to the drawing!
I love drawings and I would love to try sameles of the new perfumes, especially the Montale. Please put my name in the drawing. Thanks
Will add you, Denise!
Hey there Patty – I’m trying to resurface and play with perfume – again! Red is a favorite color – not sure about in the scents, please include me in the draw!
I took a much needed morning away at a Nordstrom’s and discovered all sorts of things again, that Iris Prada, Pucci, Gucci and Burberry – at least things are a little interesting even if even my 5 yr old firmly pronounced them not her style!
I have loads to catch up on and am really enjoying the Posse’s posts – thanks for the fun – and love the look of the site!
Hey, Welcome back, we’ve missed you!!!
What did you think of the Burberry? I liked the Elixir version of the Beat Okay, found the edp to be just okay.
Thanks – missed y’all too! The Elixir was better for sure and different – not sure if it is my thing – but I need to retry alone – since it was mingling with others…the regular Beat just wore on me…it was kind of annoyingly perky or something…but it didn’t give me a headache like a lot of other current stuff and it wasn’t wretched – I mean I wouldn’t mind having my nose run across it on someone else. That Pucci – what a disappointment – and such an adorable bottle! I wonder if that one gets better with patience/persistence?
Ineke’s perfume names irritate me for some reason, but I did like her After My Own Heart. I just learned that Midnight Candy is a kind of flower with a “sweet, cake-like” scent. Hmm.
Please enter me in the drawing!
REally? oh, I like their names. I think it’s hard to come up with names anymore.
I’m a newbie and I have no idea what oud or vetiver smell like! :”> I would love to be in drawing.
Welcome to the grand obsession! You have a great journey ahead of you.
The Ineke sounds very nice. Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks!
It really is a nice fragrance. Ineke does a nice job on all of their things.
Hello again. The oud red sounds tasty and I’ve been curious to try Ineke. Please include me in the drawing.
Thanks!
Will put you in the draw!
I was scared off Montales early on, but I think it’s time to try again. “Fun little freak”; who could resist? Please put me in the draw. Thanks!
Yeah, you mos def have to try again!
Can’t make up my mind about the Ineke, but do like it better than any of the others. And gosh, the packaging on the samples is so lovely, it really does make you *want* to like it, LOL!
Yeah, they do a nice job of putting their stuff together. 🙂
“Evening Edged in Gold” is such a beautiful name for a scent; I’d want a sample based on the name alone! But the notes sound nice too, not-too-sweet or overwhelming white florals. And leather! Mmm. I love Vetiver, so I’d be very interested in trying Red Vetiver as well. I haven’t been able to really appreciate oud yet, though. Please enter me in the drawing!
Ineke has some great names. And in a world where perfumes have stolen some of the best names, that’s got to be tough.
oooo – a drawing? By all means throw my name in the hat, please.
Having only recently found one Montale that wowed me and one that I really like, I’m wondering if I’ve finally turned the corner with this difficult-to-‘get’ (at least for me) line. I think trying yet another of their scents is a purrrrfect way to find out. :d
I’ve never heard of Ineke, but I’m always willing to make a new scented friend.
Which Montale worked for you?
Actually, I’ve found another one, so it’s a total of three. None of the oudhs, though…yet. The line seems to be growing on me slowly. So far I’ve liked Velvet Flowers and Chypre Fruite. VF is incredibly smooth and easy to wear and CF is chypre and not toooo much fruit. But the piece de resistance for me so far, if I can hold my breath through the nasty open, is Orient Extreme. I’ve fallen hard for this one.
Is oud really as scary as you guys make it seem? Is there any other everyday scent you could compare it’s scariness to (for us newbies who haven’t worked our way around to oud yet)?
And please enter me!
Thanks
-S
Oud is tricky, but it’s not that scary. It’s just bitter in some ways and smooth in some ways. Interesting for sure and worth trying, absolutely!
Hey there patty I would love to be put in the drawing… The red oud sounds tempting and worth sniffing…I happen to love oud when it is done well
This oud is well done and a good slant on oud.
May I be in the drawing? That Red Oud is calling me. Thanks.
Tricia
Will do, Patricia!
P, does the Ineke remind you of Daim Blond? It seems like a slightly more floral version of it on my skin.
Hugs and love!
That’s actually a pretty good description. Not quite as suedy and a little more floral, but that same well-blended smooth leather.
I adore Montale and am a little afraid of finding another that I “need,” but what the hell, please enter me in the drawing!
Oh, dear. If you adore Montale, this one should find a spot in your lemming list.
I’m a freak for anything with saffron – it’s my favorite spice. Please include me in the draw; the Montale Red Oud sounds kinda’ scary and intriguing. Thanks!
The red oud didn’t turn out that freakish, except how that first hour eventually turned into the wonderful thing it did!
Thanks to this site and The Perfumed Court I am definitely expanding my horizons, but am still such a neophyte!!! Please include me in the drawing.
Being a neophyte is fun! You have so much to look forward to smelling. REmember to take your time!
“Fun little freak” What a great description for a perfume! Please enter me in the drawing!
Will do, Vida!
Please put my name in the hat! I have not tried any Inekes and this one sounds right up my alley (especially the stink bomb Angel Trumpet flowers). Likewise the Montales are unchartered territory (except for a blossom one which Silvia kindly gave me a sample of – lovely but not really me).
Montales are either an acquired taste or you hate them. One side of them does sweeter scents, like the sweet oriental dream, white musk, soleil de capri, all of which I really like, but it has to be a mood thing, and then they’ve got all the bitter oud and roses on the other end.
Talk about polar opposites.
Please enter me in the drawing!
The Ineke Evening Edged in Gold sounds very interesting — it may be a sweeter scent that I could actually wear. Most of the time, sweet things become noxious on me. I’ll have to look into this one. Besides, I need to start learning a bit about leather scents, as well.
The two Montales seem right up my alley — woody, spicy, vetiver-y. Glad you brought these to my attention!
Hmm, need to re-read my review. I didn’t find the Ineke that sweet at all. Some of the notes seem to make you think that, but it’s just not, at least not on me.
Love the aouds…I could live in Montale.
I’m SO glad ‘Midnight Candy’ is a flower. I had a ‘Midnight Chemical’ fear going on in my little head.
Would love to try all of these! Please enter me in the draw. Cheers!
That midnight candy kinda creeped me out too when I read the note listing, but there’s just a soft sweetness, and it makes sense that it’s a little phlox flower, that fits what I was smelling
Have not yet approached the Inekes yet, but perhaps now is the time. However, I am all over the Black & White Aoud (I got Black for xmas and wouldn’t RED be perfect for an upcoming holiday?…) By the way, MattS, I would guess Black Aoud is entirely gym-clearing as a client commented that my office smelled ‘ever so slightly of ammonia’ when I was wearing it! Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks.
I’m thinking the REd, White nd Black bottles all together would look pretty nifty on my dresser! 🙂 Okay, I can almost never wear the black, but the red nd white work. Then I need a bottle of blue amber, and I’d be ready for 4th of July.
I can’t decide how I feel about the Ineke. I do love the leathery second act; the first part seems a bit tentative. I think you’ve inspired me to go back in there and do a heavy re-spray with the atomizer. I totally agree that it is NOT overly sweet — and Gail just above me is saying Midnight Candy is a flower, not a disgusting note.
Can I mention for the 33rd time how much I love the Ineke packaging?
Was not overly impressed at the first 30 minutes of the Ineke. It was fine, it was whatever. But as the leather note asserted itself, it was much more interesting.
Sniff it again. 🙂
Haven’t tried anything by Montale yet … I’m in for the drawing!!
No Montales yet? Oh, you do have to try at least a couple. I’m not as in love with the whole line as some people are, but there are a handful of winners in there that I think are just perfect.
Given all the love I’m seeing here, I’ve added Montale to my Wish List. 🙂
For anyone who is fearing the “midnight candy” note, take heart. Another name for it is Zaluzianskya capensis. It’s a flower, guys!!!! And I’d love to smell it, pretty please:d
I’m going to order that flower, but I’m never up late enough to be able to smell it!
Patty, please enter me in your contest! Thanks!
Absolutely, Kelley!
A cinnamony leather sounds right up my alley. Although I wonder what in the hell midnight candy even means. But maybe I’m just being grumpy.
Do sign me up for the drawing! maybe it will pull me out of my grumpiness. 😉
Well, apparently it’s a flower, which now I’m committed to finding so I can see what it smells like!
I’d love to try something with “midnight candy” in it. I tend toward perfumes with some kind of floral or gourmand sweetness in them. And the price is so right on the full bottle. Besides that, the description of the real flower sounds fantastic, so wouldn’t it have to be good?
As for the Red Oud… yes, I want to try that too. Please enter me in the drawing.
Absolutely, Debbie!