Sweet Oriental Dream Montale for women and men

Bought this one as a sample. Whilst advertised as unisex the almond and floral smells in the combined with how powdery it becomes in the dry down make it more suitable as for females than males in my opinion.

Smells identical to johnson’s baby jelly vaseline. I wouldn’t be able to tell them apart if blindfolded.

Hahaha I must be confused because I only notice the rose and vanilla 🤣 Yes this is a cozy scent, and it is sweet and powdery. I love it. I'm actually glad I don't notice almonds in this because a lot of perfumes and body mists or lotions are ruined or nearly ruined for me due to the Almond note.

My son told me this smells like sweat😅 and I got it in a way, however I love it so much, so I still wear it. Very sweet, powdery. I totally get the diaper thing too…but it’s a sexy diaper if you know what I mean😀( probably not). On my skin I find it beautiful. Doesn’t project very much, but lasts for about 7-8 hours, and on clothes even more. Hot chocolate with honey is the main vibe. I wouldn’t wear it in the summer, but on a winter night it is good for warm cuddles.

Please help this humble, stinky 🐈 cat. I hate this perfume, it doesn't smell like a dream at all. To me it smells like if the Montale bottle had a baby and put baby powder on it. It gives me nightmares. Some 🤖 Robot Apocalypse nightmares. Can someone recommend a layering combo? I don't want to sell it or throw it away bc I like to collect my perfumes but maybe it'll be able to wear it someday.
Thanks in advance.
StinkyKat

Update: I layered this with another perfume that has honey in the middle notes and I'm in ❤️ love with the combo.

Of all the fragrances I’ve sampled, this is one of the few I’ve purchased a full bottle of. It smells like vintage makeup powder, not necessarily literally but more conceptually. Right at home in a pink, frilly 50s boudoir. Reminiscent of baby powder, the almond is gentle, sweetened by the honey and rounded off with smooth vanilla. The rose is not distinctive, but adds a slightly sour/citrusy, fresh floral note that harmonises with the bitter side of the almond. If you’re looking for potent rose, you won’t find it, but I’m not at all disappointed. Hours in, the honey shines through, with the floral rose and bitter almond joining in to create a honeysuckle like scent.

The staying power is strong but on me personally, the projection drops off very quickly, becoming a close skin scent, but I think this suits the type of fragrance it is.

I got a sample of it and it was leaking, so when I got a package and put samples in my drawer the whole room smelled like this perfume for a few days. So longevity is great. It smells like a powdery but slightly sharp almond and some dried sweet cherries. Base is musky and radiant.

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Extremely strong baby powder with a very sweet finish that opens into quite artificial honey.
Not the best one of Montale.

After almost two years after testing the sample of this fragrance for the first time I finally bought a full bottle. Despite absolutely loving it from the very first sniff, I was hesitant about buying a FB because it wasn´t really wearable for me in warmer months (wasp and bee attacks because of the intense sweet honeyed note :P), so I didn´t find it to be reasonable enough for me to get it and wear it in colder months only, as I tend to reach for any of my perfumes anytime I want.
However, recently I have been craving this scent so much, especially after smelling it from the old empty sample sprayer, so I purchased it. It is gorgeous, so stunning. It´s honeyed rose, so sweet I can almost taste it... so lovely, vanillic, powdery, almodny, dessert-like. I don´t think I own a perfume more delicious than this and I have many gourmands in my collection. This is so bold and intense. Definitely sweet, definitely dreamy... :) The summer 2023 is slowly coming to its end but the weather is still quite hot and the wasps, bees and hornets are everywhere but... I think I will wear it no matter what. :) Carefully enough, of course. :)

Yes I do get the church smell reviews, it does smell bit like a church but then again it has very prominent almond that makes it lean a bit towards a sweet almond candy

All these reviews saying it smells like a sweet church smell make me reallllyyy interested in blind buying it lol
I just wish it had a different colored bottle instead of this old stale silver cause I would get it mixed up with my other Montale fragrances.

Creamy and powdery almonds love it

the name says it all! Its sweet i get a lot of that honey and almonds, its oriental it gives sweet arabian pastries vibes and its dreamy because of that beautiful powdery note. Its a gourmand lovers dream.

Villoresi Teint de Neige is a more exact dupe of Johnson Baby Powder if that's what you are looking for, but Sweet Oriental Dream is close enough to make owning both redundant.

I have both and use them interchangeably depending on my mood. The Montale is almond forward and gourmandish while the Villoresi is heliotrope forward and all about the powder. Those are the distinctions to my nose.

This is a sweet powdery goodness. To me it smelt very clean, creamy and powdery. I love the smell of baby powder hence why i really enjoyed wearing this. It is very strong, sweet and powdery.

This has to be one of the worst fragrances I have ever smelled, if not THE worst. I can’t think of any other perfume I have hated as much as this. I feel like losing my mind if I have to let this sit on my skin and I want to scrub it off.

To me this smells very oriental, it reminds me of uunsi, which is an incense burner commonly used if East African countries to burn frankincense, resin and other essential oils. If you’ve grown up in a culture that regularly used something like that in the household you might actually enjoy this scent. After reading the comments I realized that it’s also giving me major old lady vibes, strong vintage perfume like Chanel no. 5, extremely heavy on the powder and musky. It is not at all what the main accords suggest, definitely not sweet in the slightest. If you’re not into resinous incense, extreme powder or strong vintage scents do not get this!!

Have you been in a Greek Church? It smells exactly like this. Waxy, incensy honey. I get nothing else. But if you like this kind of smell you are lucky because this lasts forever

@MrAbbas. Than you should Try Apud Lemon Mint…its a linear almond in dry down

This scent restored my faith in Almond Note. I am not a fan of almond scent but this one is very well done. Its like a honey sweet powdery almondy scent but not in a marzipan way. I am really impressed. Its a seductive winter cozy and warm scent. Great performer and really heavy scent leaning a bit feminine, but its highly unisex. From the name, I thought this should be called honey aoud hehe. I am glad I tried it and I will get a bottle one day. I am really Impressed.

I get a get a very powdery almond scent ,
Almost baby powder type .
Sweet like baby Johnson

This is nuclear ...I seriously think that using more than 2 sprays should be prohibited. It's very almondy - if i can use that word and very very sweet. I don't like it but i have to admit that silage and performance are amazing.

I like this, very similar to Keiko Mercheri Loukhoum, but Loukhoum is waaaay more powerful. Oriental Dream is her softer cousin I would wear to bed. You have to be into almond and powdery scents though, luckily I looooove them, so it’s definitely a keeper for me

I already wrote a review for this (I love the perfume, by the way, even though I don't have a full bottle yet), but I would like to add that this is actually quite dangerous for people with apiphobia or spehksophia, when you are afraid of bees, wasps and hornets (although actually I appreciate what they do for nature and wouldn't hurt them or anything, I just feel uncomfortable when they fly around me and so I run away) because this literally attracts this kind of little flying creatures. :D I tried wearing it in the summer (foolish me, wearing this with its sweetness and heavy honey notes, right? :P but I didn't know much about perfumes back then) and the bees&wasps followed every step of mine. Be aware. :)

yes, the reviews were real. it does smell like baby butt wipes but in a good way… i wore it today and it’s a warm scent, smells like a new born baby + a heavy almond touch. :)) I am not gonna buy the perfume tho, it’s not a very wearable scent. Or maybe it’ll grown on me?…

Delicious! My husband thinks it smells like a femme fatale- maybe he’s getting cyanide vibes from the almond? I get mostly sweet honey and almond. It seems this one is polarising though- and this hasn’t been the first perfume I’ve loved that people insist smells like baby powder/ plastic/doll head/ whatever other unhelpful and overused descriptor.

Way too powdery sweet. I like powder scents but this one is just straight an overdose of baby powder and perhaps the slightest hint of amber and honey. I tried to love as this was my very first time trying Montale. But I just couldn't get myself to get past all that powder.

To me this is more like baby wipes than baby powder. It is similar to Louve and Rahat Loukhoum from Serge Lutens. Almondy-vanilla-ey soft powdery notes but tends to oily instead of powder. It is rather pleasant, comforting scent. The type one use for themselves, like, not to go to a job interview.

This is the of those fragrances that doesn't really smell like a perfume to me.. it smells like a classic baby oil or powder. At first I get baby powder. A bit like those scented dolls when you were a kid, a synthetic hint of plastic too. Eventually it warms up and becomes more human; a sweeter, skin like scent.
I think it's pretty cool! It's a great one to wear to bed, just dabbed on lightly. The almond and vanilla really come out towards the end and makes it very soothing and comforting. Almost reminds me of hugging a newborn baby or a puppy, that indescribable feeling!

I have issue with honey whether there is combo of strong honey and almond this is not go for me. this smells like heavy arabic scent, imagine entering middle east shop with different scences, oils and perfume. very heavy, a little bit too much so you it brings headache. fortunately, i got just sample. I would not know where or how to use the perfume. its strong, woody, oriental perfume, i would not say sweet or at least for me its not sweet. if someone would wear it in the office, i would not be happy as this is too strong.

I’m quite disappointed with this fragrance, but I should’ve listened to the majority of these reviews. It’s like somebody peed in Kilian’s Rolling in Love. If you don’t believe me, go ahead and try it. I had to learn the hard way, too.

It doesn't last long and it's very underwhelming to me but it's still not bad.
Very almondy and honey strong and the rosey part reminds me of just straight baby powder.

It's nice but not worth buying a full bottle since I'll probably take a long time to finish the sample.

I'm bracing for the worst with how many bad reviews this frag has. I got a sample of this and Vanilla Cake on a purchase at a reputable makeup and fragrance website here in the Middle East (Golden Scent).

The opening on my skin is horrible with strong piss and cherry cough syrup scents. That was a rough for nearly an hour before a familiar scent appeared, Pure Honey by Kim Kardashian (honey, white florals, white musk, vanilla) without the coconut and a stronger rose note.

The drydown is a slightly sugary and powdery white musk, white florals and almond with a slight tinge of honey. Reminds me of a standby of mine, Aubade.

The sillage is massive on the first 2-3 hours becoming less noticeable but still leaves a trail. Only gripe of mine is as this is a Montale I expect 10+ hours performance, this one is gone by 7. Clings massively on clothes though, had to wash my nightgown twice to get rid of the scent. Hopefully when my budget isn't too tight anymore, I will buy this one within this year.

This is baby powder gone wrong lol. I want to lay blame on the honey/almond/vanilla combination because the urine (honey)/baby wipes (almond)/plastic (cheap vanilla) tone of this thing is just horrific. Sorry but this is straight trash... Montale/Mancera is batting really low with me (only one I can remotely tolerate is Velvet Vanilla and even that has its off days).

Sweet baby powder...that is all.

I love this. Lasts forever, projects well. Honey, almond, powdery goodness. I absolutely love this. Every brand should learn from Montale’s projection and longevity.

I've used up a whole bottle of the cheaper dupe of this - tresori - to me this smells exactly the same. Sweet honeyed almond. Perhaps tesori is a touch more complex with it's complex note pyramid however it does come with a slightly screechy side smell - this one is smoother. I think I'm done with this scent though!

Edit: Drydown wow. That's where the quality difference is. Smooth sugar coated turkish delight.

I have a sample of this and I love the honeyed (and ultra potent) almond scent in the middle of the winter when really cold. Yummy and comforting to me, but with the most longevity and persistence.

I once wore a tiny spritz on my chest to work and had the worst reaction to a perfume ever. Coming close to someone they caught the scent and eyed me up and down with an expression of surprise and disgust.. LOL I think the honey note may not smell the same to everyone..

Needless to say, I’ve never put this in a professional situation again. You were warned! I do wear it to bed but not often, and it’s so nuclear I don’t need any more than 2ml.

This is delicious. At first I get a very powdery almond blast, it is sweet but I don't really get the honey note or the rose. As it dries down it becomes creamier and almost edible. I have been spraying it before bed and the smell lasts all night and into the next day. This is a love.

Smells similar to Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille. Smells like liebkuchen or however that’s spelled. German Christmas pastries.

First impression only:
The fragrance opens up with a powerful dose of honey at first. After that I immediately get the rose note (I got scared at first while smelling that familiar "jammy rose", as normally I really tend to dislike it perfumes), but then the rose mellowed down a bit (phew, fortunatelly) into this very nice and sweet combination of almond, vanilla and sugar. It's definitely a very, very sweet fragrance and although it's not totally baby powder/talc like, it's still kind of "baby powder-ish" to my nose. :) It's lovely, though, and I'm even considering getting a full bottle now, as I can even smell a little of a bubblegum note in this, surprisingly (that's not what I expected at all!). Very nice, sweet, bubblegummy, milky, powdery, yummy perfume. :) But not for those who dislike very sweet perfumes.

EDIT: I need to add something to my previous comment. Today I'm wearing this perfume again and only now I can smell that it's pretty talcy, actually. Only now I finally get the baby powder aroma. :D Different from Teint de Neige, maybe, but still very talcy and powdery - which means, this is going to be my next purchase. :) Having bubble gum and Johnson's Baby Powder all in one - sounds like something worthy to add to my collection. :)

I agree with the baby powder comment below.

So....it's July in Australia which means in the Southern States...effing cold!
Maximum temp today was 5 degrees C.
And two days ago I received this gem.
I have had it before...maybe 15 years ago.

The new juice is great but the first 5 mins is more screechy or annoying than I remember.

After that...I am busy smelling myself all day and all night.
Who cares? I smell like honey, almond, sugar and spices. I LOVE IT! Join me or go home...

In my almond, honey milk bath spa I am lolling around. Sounds pretty good if you ask me.

Not a work scent. But if you do wear it to work? You are a legend and they will say... Fuck me - she smells good.

This is literally almond scented baby powder, like marzipan with baby powder poured all over the top. If you LOVE powder/baby powder scents you would definitely love this one. It lasts forever on skin and projects like crazy. It's definitely not for me, i guess I was expecting an almond with a sweet honey & rose on a base of powder but I just get straight powder and almond thats not very sweet either. I still think itd be a great scent if you are into it, i unfortunately am just not.
I don't think this is blind buy safe based off the name or the notes, but only safe to blind buy if you love some strong almond and super strong powder

This perfume smells different than i expected. It reminds me of Almond scented beauty products. Like a hair mask I have. It smells very pretty to me. I wish it packed more of a punch. On me this is a soft comforting scent. I can't believe so many people dislike this scent.

Unfortunately I don’t find anything ‘sweet’ about this perfume at all. Not sure if it’s my skin chemistry but this has turned very sour. I can’t smell any honey, almond or vanilla, maybe the rose has overpowered the whole thing and it doesn’t smell pleasant at all. Will test again, such a shame.

Update: After a couple of hours on the skin, a slight sweetness came out but it was still overpowered by that very sour note. This was not what I would imagine a ‘sweet oriental dream’ to smell like. Longevity and projection is really good, the only positive I can think of.

just sprayed this.. opens up with powder, gets sweeter with almond still being shy, I am waiting for the moment it will sparkle... ROSE???? whyy??
almond here is roasted with honey but always overpowered by the rose! could have been a good one if the rose was not this realistic and loud.
The notes are really high quality I will give that, the fragrance itself is definitely too... But I am not big fan of roses with this combination, it’s the reason people get the johnsons baby wibe.It’s like using a lot of salt for a chocolate chip cookie and turning it into a salty but a sweet cookie? It wouldn’t result in something new or unique and wouldn’t feel like a bold combination of opposite notes, it would just make you feel like the baker made a mistake and put 1 tablespoon instead of a teaspoon. This is how this fragrance feels!

EDIT: I think I kind of start to like the weirdness this fragrance has.. I will update again

Almond Croissant + KEIKO MECHERI's Loukhoum!

It has been a few years since I smelled KEIKO's version, but the resemblance strike instantly. KEIKO's unique, thick, densely sweet scent profile left a strong olfactory memory burn.

This type of perfume really reminds me of biting into, and the after taste of, a sweet, buttery, almondy, powdered-sugared pastry; or a syrup-soaked Baklava if flavored with almonds instead of pistachio.

Delicious, sensual, luscious gourmand.

To me this is “if you like this, you might like that” with SL Rahat Loukhoum, but way more complex and vanilla-y, which suit my taste better. Thank Goodness it doesn’t have the poor quality that Tesoro D’orient Bysantium have (to me it has a lot of deodorant straight from the can smell). I absolutely LOVE all powder scents and collect them all, however, even though it does have a very noticeable powdery note it doesn’t send me to baby powder land, because to my nose the honey, almond and vanilla are the stars of the show!

It smells like burning musk fragrance oil on oil burner with slight powdery almond throughout and until the drydown. I
This is delicious and unique like Turkish rose almond delight lokoum mixed in baby powder, but done in a sexy feminine way.
Nobody mentioned Musk here but the dry down is full on musk and burning thick powdery sweet almond loukoum incense sweet smell. Excellent performance too. Lasts and lasts projects until you have bath. I love it.

When Montale envisions it's finale product. They make sure you get every cent paid for. They last so long. I love this company doesn't water them down. I hope not anyways. If they have, my heart would have another hole in it. I love this. Rahat Loukhoum candy is my favorite, and powdered sugar, almonds. Oh, I don't know, it must be my DNA, I love the Keiko Mecheri, both of them, the light bottle and dark purple bottle. I have the vintage. I read that it was reformed, sad. I say give it try. It lasts all day, and stays true to it's first spray. I just hate to use mine up. A fun fragrance for everyday. It's for all who love gourmand. They used to sell samples, and everyone was so long lasting. Not like the reform.

As others have said, a linear baby powder / baby oil! But it is not the clean, fresh baby powder of, say Bvlgari Petits et Mamans or Prada Infusion d'Amande or L'occitane Eau Maman & Bebe. It's a lot sweeter (but not the saccharinely sweet type) with a touch of "orientalness" in it, as the name of the perfume itself suggests.

Also as many have pointed out, it stays and stays and stays, and its sillage is as strong as that of your hot bowl of chicken curry. Similar to one of the reviewers below, I actually got so tired of catching the scent from myself after 4 hours I had to shower to get rid of it. Now this is the longevity and sillage that every perfume should strive for!

Not really my type of fragrance.

Sexy Baby Powder. Starts off smelling just like baby powder. A few hours later the vanilla, honey and almond come through but maintains a baby powder scent. Rose is used to scent baby powder so this is the resemblance. I really love this fragrance but I would steer clear if you can’t see your self smelling like baby powder. Sexy Baby Powder.

the scent smells of honey and almond! it smells like an oriental honey and almond "baklawa" cake (for connoisseurs of this cake). I do not understand people who find there a baby smell ?? it is delicious, gourmand , it must be tested! An incredible smell that I always look for. The longevity is extreme! the wake is not bad. One of the most delicious scents on the market.

On me I get sweet almond, honey, sugar and cinnamon. Cinnamon and sugar are not listed as notes, but that is definitely what I get on my skin. On me it smells like a mix of honey, sugar, and cinnamon together that’s what I get! With some almond...and the almond is not bitter. It’s delicious!!

Some of the reviews I read said that this smelled like straight baby powder, which I don’t get at all on my skin. I also saw reviews that said it smelled like Turkish delight, I also don’t get that (although, that would be nice :-))

This lasted on me ALL day with excellent projection. Definitely want to add this one to my collection!!

This has absolutely beastly projection and longevity. However, it does not smell good. It smells identical to Johnson’s baby oil, and it just doesn’t work for any adult. It’s the worst thing ever when a fragrance has amazing performance but doesn’t even smell good, so I would definitely not recommend this fragrance to anyone, but a baby.

In theory, I should LOVE this. Almond, honey, vanilla, rose - sounds like a dream indeed. So imagine my disappointment when I confidently doused myself in this only to be hit by the dreaded Johnson's baby powder scent. On my skin at least, this is no gourmand; it's straight up Johnson's and raw honey. Unfortunately for me, the longevity is extremely good as is the sillage. I've already been told "you smell like a baby" tonight, so there's that. Not quite the gorgeous, golden goddess aura I had hoped to project.

Edit: Perhaps worth noting that my skin amplifies any note of powder and transforms it into baby talcum 99% of the time.

It smells just like turkish delight, the dessert. Much too sweet rose and vanilla, that is. Unfortunately, I don't get any almond, or honey, just sugary sweetness.
It's a linear scent, no complexity, but lasting power is amazing, well, it's Montale.
It's definitely not something I would enjoy.

This is straight up baby powder nothing sweet and oriental about this. So happy I just got a tester.

Johnson's baby powder mixed with fermented honey. Johnson's called, they want their signature fragrance back.

I can't explain this, but when I first smelled this I get a baby diaper vibe. 😂 🤣
Like... Clean diaper. Maybe powder? I dunno. But it's not sweet. Not good. Not to me.

Almonds, almonds, almonds, vanilla and sugar rose. It’s Alice in Wonderland in a powder-rose confectionery shop somewhere in Istanbul. Love it. Nothing very serious or masterpiece but lovely cozy sweet delight. Must be even better in winter. A sweeter and more dense sister of Mandorle di Sicilia de Aqua di Parma.

I don’t get what everyone is talking about. Honey, where? Rose, where? All I get is burnt plastic. It smells atrocious. A damn shame. The most synthetic fragrance I have ever smelt, and I like Montale.

A powdery honey masterpiece. Lasts for days on the skin. If you are a powder lover you neeeeeed this. 10/10 the best powdery fragrance I've ever encountered and I love powdery scented perfumes.

Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP opens with a moderate to a strong projection of very sweet, gourmand, nutty, and light floral notes. The opening is delectable, elegant, dense, intense, and inviting. The honey and almond are prominent opening notes. The honey note in this fragrance is very sweet, dense, and delicious; very close is the almond, which comes across as nutty and milky. Two steps behind are the roses, which are evocative of pink or white roses, just a light floral touch for balance, almost unnoticeable under the dense and sweet accords of the honey and almond. As the fragrance commences to dry down, the vanilla develops, blending itself with the honey but staying a step behind; the vanilla makes the fragrance feel dry and slightly powdery. The fragrance has a linear opening to dry down transition with no abrupt changes. The development of the vanilla and its drying effect over the fragrance is the most noticeable opening to dry down change. Once Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a moderate to strong projection, very sweet, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance with faint rose accords. The fragrance feels appetizing, bold, casual, comforting, cozy, creamy, delicious, dense, dry, elegant, exotic, expensive, gourmand, high-quality, intimate, inviting, milky, modern, natural, nicely-blended, nutty, relaxing, rich, seductive, special, sweet, syrupy, unisex, warm, and very pleasant.

CATEGORY: Oriental Vanilla (2006 Pierre Montale).
BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 (#G0170).
WOW RATING: 9/10. Simple but delicious honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance.
DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. The fragrance is very sweet.
UNIQUENESS: 7/10. Honey and almond are common notes, but the fragrance has a unique quality touch.
MASS APPEAL: 9/10. A fragrance that most people will enjoy.
PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer.
SILLAGE: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet behind the wearer.
APPLICATION: 4 atomizations.
LONGEVITY: 6/10. Very good, about five hours, it projects well for over 4 hours.
SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments.
OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This fragrance is office-friendly.
VERSATILITY: 6/10. A very sweet and delectable fragrance, ideal for casual or formal wear.
GENDER: Unisex. The honey, almonds, and vanilla are gender-neutral. The rose is a faint accord.
AGES: Any.
RECOMMENDATION: Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP can be found for about $80. It is a delicious fragrance ideal for those that enjoy gourmand, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrances. It is a great buy.
BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its notes.
SIMILAR: These are examples of other fragrances in the same genre.
• Acqua Di Parma Blue Mediterraneo Mandorlo di Sicilia EDT is a good, mild, very sweet, vanilla, almond, anise, fruity, and tolu balsam fragrance.
• Armaf Craze EDP is an outstanding almond, vanilla, and nutty fragrance.
• Guerlain L’Homme Ideal EDP is a very good, sweet, cherry, nutty almond, vanilla, tonka, and leather fragrance.
• Guerlain L’homme Ideal EDT is a fantastic, nutty almond, sweet tonka, leather, woody, and spicy fragrance.
• Guerlain L'Homme Ideal EDP is a very good, sweet, cherry, nutty almond, vanilla, tonka, and leather fragrance.
• Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait is fantastic, musky ambergris, bitter almond, spicy saffron, and woody fragrance.
• Parfums De Marly Pegasus EDP is a great, sweet, nutty almond, vanilla, sandalwood, floral, ambery and spicy fragrance.
• Montale Sweet Oriental Dream EDP is a great, delicious, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance.
SUMMARY: A moderate projection, very sweet, honey, almond, and vanilla fragrance with faint rose accords. The fragrance feels appetizing, bold, casual, comforting, cozy, creamy, delicious, dense, dry, elegant, exotic, expensive, gourmand, high-quality, intimate, inviting, milky, modern, natural, nicely-blended, nutty, relaxing, rich, seductive, special, sweet, syrupy, unisex, warm, and very pleasant.

Baby powder and play-doh. Comforting to wear, and lasts forever on me. It's meant to be a unisex fragrance but I find this very feminine.

@xmelldefrag nailed it

What I get is a (very long lasting) Johnson's Baby Oil scent

It is nice enough but honestly this one of the few times I wish it didn't last quite so long. 24hrs+ is common with this one and by then I'm well and truly tired of wearing it.

Would I recommend a blind buy? Absolutely not... But it is worth trying to see if you are OK with smelling that same Johnson's Baby Oil smell for an entire day (and then some)

One of the few Montale/Mancera frags that I would not consider buying again (if I ever were to run out) ;)

I was expecting Sweet Oriental Dream to be quite a gourmand fragrance but in my skin the note of rose is very present, in combination with the dominant one of almond. This makes that the parfum feels more bitter than it seems to be in most people's skin where the dominant note is honey.

Anyway this is a parfum which I like for being very different to others, having a great projection and being longlasting (duration is 9-10 hours on my skin).

The combination of almonds with rose is very unique and pleasant. I feel honey and vanille only at the bottom of the fragrance. After some hours the rose disappears and the fragrance remains as an almond-vanille combo. Oddly enough the note I less feel is honey, I hope it comes out with a bit higher temperatures.

Despite I like it a lot, both in smell and duration, for me the winner between the parfums I have already tried from Montale is still Sweet Vanilla.

Scent 7,5/10
Duration 10/10
Projection 8/10
Price for its quality 7/10
Versatility 7/10
Packaging 8/10
Would I buy it again? Maybe

I agree with the previous reviewer. To me, this smells like straight up Johnsons baby oil...on steroids! I do detect the rose in this as well as almond and hints of vanilla. I'm not sure about honey as it does smell different than other perfumes I have with that note. The fragrance is very well rounded it does not have harsh edges. The first blast is very strong! and on my skin (which typically eats perfume!) It sits on top of my wrists and projects very well.

If you like powdery, warm scents and baby powder this is the one for you. I suggest getting a sample first!

It is Johnson baby oil indeed, one that lasts a whole day with beastie silage.

For me this perfume evoking the childhood memories, powdery, pleasant and i feel like a baby all over again, engulfed in a cloud of vanilla-almond-honey.

This reminds me of Bvlgari Petit mamans, however, in terms of silage and performance, Sweet Oriental Dream is the winner.

Powdery, so enveloping that you can easily choke on it if overdosed even slightly, marsmellow sweet and very addictive, wearable only in winter but unmistakably beautifull.

This juice to me bears a striking resemblance to Lorenzo Villoresi - Teint de Neige. I would have called it a dupe, but both of them are in the same price range.
If you have worn Teint de Neige once, you will remember it forever, that is how I immediately made the connection. I am wearing these fragrances side by side now and there is really no need for both in the collection. The smallest possible bottle will last for ages.

FB wise, I would have picked Villoresi for the bottle and a slightly more playfull opening, otherwise they behave identically.

It smells identical to Johnson's baby oil. Nothing oriental or sexy about it, in fact you'll achieve the exact same result by applying baby oil on your skin. I doubt anyone will notice the difference. The longevity is very good, but I find no reason to spend so much money on such an uninspired and mediocre scent.

I got a sample of this fragrance. The opening is so strong, 😊😊, it smells like baby powder, then it calm down and here comes the rose and almond, to change that first impression 😊😊. The dry down is almond, that's it, i have nothing else to say. For now, i like it but DON'T love it, i gotta give it a next try. One thing i gotta say, it last a looooooooong time on my skin.

My impressions of this scent are:

vanilla
chocolate
ambergris
sandalwood
rose
honey
powdery aldehyde
musk

in other words: a perfect scent for me!!!

First impressions:

So I just sprayed this on my hand and I'm reminded of baby powder, it's kind of nostalgic as kid I used that stuff a lot. But I can see why some might compare this to the smell of lotion.

Will follow up with full review soon when I've had more time with this one.

Little update it just hit me and I figured out what kind of baby powder this smells like it was Johnson & Johnson talcum powder. This is turning into a weirdly nostalgic scent like I can wear it in a kind of comforting way. I'll probably wind up getting a 50ml of this soon.

But this one is growing on me slowly and that's a good thing and it seems to work well on me body chemistry wise too, and I don't really have anything bad to say about Sweet Oriental Dream.

Undoubtedly, whenever my husband smells a honey note, he says, "Ugh, urine." Every single time. Kills me because today I sprayed every single one of our perfumes onto testers and took the day to smell them blind, without bottles or colors or brands. In my blind sniff test, this came up in the top 10!

This smells like pouring real honey from a jar. It would be amazing layered with smoke and rose notes. It's cravable, and I can't get enough! I read comparisons to a less expensive alternative and was tempted to try it, but I went ahead and paid for SWEET ORIENTAL DREAM because Montale's project like a boss... and I was so in love that I worried it's dupe wouldn't measure up. I do not regret it for a second. True love.

This smells like baby powder and a smidge of that cabbage patch sweet baby powder scent mixed in. I tried to smell the other listed notes but all I smell is a sweet baby powder as I've described. Nothing else. Then after about 20 mins, I started to notice a woody or musky scent coming through which turned me off.

This is a star on winter parties..I like it when someone comes closer and says: 'hmmm...you smell so good'.

Although it is a gourmand scent no one wants to bite me (luckily) and I don't have eating associations either. It is more a soft-creamy scarf which gently surrounds you . A must-have on my shelf.

It's more oriental than the notes suggest. I ordered a 2ml sample and thought it would be something sweet and cute, but the latter is not true. It's outright turkish delight, but there's something smoky and incense-y in there as well.

Although it smells good, it is not something I would wear. This is a candle scent for me.

What's touted as the ultimate loukhoum scent happened to be a huge fail.

I must say I blind bought it in full confidence, hence my disappointment matches the high expectations lol.

Window cleaner ultra sourness stinging my eyes first, followed by wax polish.
I can feel honeyed almonds from nougat bar, albeit rough and fake.

Although I seldom use in a negative manner epithet such as "chemical" (every matter around us is about chemistry!) or "synthetic" (nothing wrong with that, natural doesn't necessarily mean better and I'm no one to be green-washed), well...

For such a blatantly artificial-smelling concoction, the price point is outrageously high!
Even heavily discounted: ≤70€/50ml.

I'll be keeping the bottle though and try again in a few months, who knows.

UPDATE 28SEP19: I forgot my bottle in a cupboard and gave it a chance this week. Some scents I recently (re)experienced seem to bloom under that stormy and heavy weather we've been getting in Barcelona for the last fortnight.
That eye-watering sour opening and wax polish honey I've never been able to stomach completely disappeared.
Instead, I'm left with a loukhoum frag, heavy on crystallized rose petals (not rose water).
Drydown is almond nougat drenched in honey, not the most realistic but nice enough. It's an uncomplicated sweet confectionery gourmand I would wear to bed.
Powerful projection, faithful to Montale's reputation, longevity up to 6h on my perfume eating skin.

I just went through a bunch of my decants looking for a little something to dab on to the remnants of my Joy as I drift off to sleep. When I came across this, I couldn't remember having tried it. I wasn't planning on using it, I just wanted a whiff. When I opened the vial, some splashed on my wrist. Joy? What Joy? It immediately filled my space with honeyed, slightly powdery almond sweetness. I am particularly fond of gourmand scents, and this is 100% gourmand upon opening. So I dabbed another small droplet on my other wrist and I am interested in seeing how it plays out. So far, for something as sweet as this is, I am actually enjoying it. It came to me via Luckyscent,when I asked for a few floriental samples to try with a recent order. At this point, I can't detect anything remotely oriental about this juice. The vanilla is starting to rise up, but no roses yet. But I am definitely intrigued, and think I am going to give it a few more tries to see whether this becomes something I can love, which would be the first truly gourmand scent I can ever say that about. Already I am finding myself wishing for something a bit spicy to cut through the sweetness just a tad, but I can also see that there may be times where this could be just what the doctor ordered in terms of comfort scents. It's also the first Montale I have tried, and so far I have every reason to believe that the brand's famous sillage and longevity are more than hype! Two tiny drops and my bedroom is full!
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Final verdict - it's a pass for me. When it all settled down a bit, it was pure pipe tobacco. This is not a bad thing, and for many, I am sure it is a good thing, but it's just not my style. That said, I am very happy to have had this introduction to the Montale brand! In a world full of perfumes that are here one minute and gone the next, this one has the best longevity I have ever encountered. Over 12 hours and still quite prominent! I need to try more from this brand and I am considering Rose Musk next - not sure if that is the correct name, but you know what I mean!

This is simply a lotion smell .

A great composition albeit a touch feminine. A bit like a fabric softener - an expensive one though. Not suitable for office use

Whoa! This scent is sweet! It took me a minute to right myself after first smelling it--I was almost knocked over! I was worried I may have ordered in error, but after I gave it a few sprays, it settled down. I think the initial blast was just whatever was left in the sprayer. After I acclimated and cleared it, things improved. This is a cozy, comforting, sweet, and powdery vanilla and almond (the almonds don't come out right away--you have to wait a minute) perfume. It's actually quite lovely, but def something you'd need to be in the mood for! I'm quite fond and found it for a good price online. Highly recommend to gourmand lovers :)

this is a pretty soft almond-vanilla scent. it's very powdery and i consider a comfort scent, particularly on cold winter days. there is honey as well, but i don't seem to get any rose. i like this for cold days-it's cozy.

A thickly syrupy rosy louhkoum. All four notes - almond, honey, vanilla, and rose - are well-represented. Delicious! But you must like almond and honey.

A very unusial combination of notes, soft and powdery rose with up front almond and honey. I cant decide if it reminds me of some sort of rose flavored Turkish Delight candy, or the rolls of pretty paper my mom used to line her lingere drawers. Maybe both. The rose is strongest first but it fades to a smell not unlike roasted Bavarian nuts. I used to roast them at a fair in the summer and fall, yes thats quite similar to sweet roasted almonds.
Feminine and subtle yet distinctive. The bottle isnt pretty thats the only downside. But i just have a sample anyway .

This perfume exceeded all my expectations. It smells very light and feminine. However, it is still strong and projects very well.
I get a strong, beautiful rose scent with a hint of sweet honey note and tons of powdery almond. The vanilla becomes more potent in the dry down. Anyway, the perfume never gets too sweet, nor does it smell eatable on me. Since this was a blind buy, needless to say, this fact makes the scent much more enjoyable.
Now, I have eaten a fair amount of a Rose Turkish delight in my life (I'm a fan of this sweet little inexpensive delicacy) and even tho I can see the parallel with this lovely perfume, the perfume smells much better and not nearly as sweet (at least on me).
Actually, after two hours of wearing, I get a lovely, powdery makeup kind of scent that remains on me the whole time. The smell is oh, so pretty.
P.S. Yesterday, I came back home after 10 hours, and not only did it last on me (two little sprays) the whole time, but the room I sprayed it in welcomed me home with its beautiful aroma. I can still smell it today. Wow!

So strong on honey and almond that it seems like a strong note of chocolate. Thats how my nose gets it.
By longevity and sillage amazing perfume. For me too strong, drown in honey.
Can not wear it.

This smell just like creamy lotions.
100% femenine.

Sorry to say this was horrible... Simple almond shampoo, straight from the hairdresser's. Not a perfume at all. Very longlasting but annoying... I got it because i loved louve by lutens, but there's no comparison...

After the initial sweet powder cloud, so thick it was choking, settled down to a dull roar, the rose/almond duo became clear. The very definition of cloying.

First, almond.
In a very clean, sharp and private way!
Cold.
Then vanilla.
Sweet vanilla. Very sweet, but still clean.
Warm.
Almost hot.
Then both, embrace of sharpness almondy bitterness with warm vanilla sweet predication.
Quite a teaser.
Stays on skin for few hours, longer on clothes.

Just received this, after eager anticipation.

I wasn't sure how I felt about it at first, as this juice is STRONG, but I must say it, it's quite growing on me after having worn it a few times.

Sweet Oriental Dream is a SUPER gourmand on steroids -think walking into a high end pastry shop somewhere in a beautiful European village, with rich fatty custards, sugar upon sugar, honey and almonds all caramelizing and bubbling away on the stove. The word "sweet" in the name is certainly not misleading - this is extremely sweet!! If I put my nose directly to my skin after spraying this, I feel a little nauseated. But getting wafts of it in the air, this fragrance is absolutely wonderful. It's kind of like looking at the sun - if you look directly at it, it hurts, but if you enjoy it from a distance, letting it warm you from afar, it's very enjoyable.

It opens with a blast of powdery, sugary, honey drenched almonds floating in sugared roses. There are only 4 notes, and for the first time in my fragrance enjoying 7 years, I must say I can actually pick out each of the 4 notes, which is quite neat. This is HEAVY on the honey, HEAVY on the powder, and HEAVY on the sugar. I can see how some of the other reviewers make the connection to baby power or baby wipes. This doesn't quite go into baby powder territory for me, but it is indeed quite powdery (from the rose, perhaps??) To my nose, the toasted almonds and roses are there, but they're in the background, letting the honey and sugar play the star role.

The other reviewers are also very correct - this perfume is quite possibly the strongest perfume I have ever smelled, certainly the strongest I have in my collection to date. One tiny spray is all you need (I wish I could do a half spray!) as this will get you noticed. Longevity is actually insane - this can easily still be smelled after a shower, over 24 hours later. Absolutely not office appropriate, and I can see this being choking in warmer weather. Wear at your own risk and be warned this is a BEAST of a fragrance.

I can't see myself wearing this on a regular basis, but for a sugary, honey fix - this will fit the bill easily. Will likely bring this out again once winter comes in Canada.

Absolutely not for the faint of heart, and if you don't like sweet scents, stay far, far away.

When I first tried this super gourmand I could only stretch to a like. I have to say it has grown on me. Its a beast indeed! Phenomenal longevity.
You have to let it settle and apply with a light hand or you could be put off at the first hurdle. It is an intense sweet dessert affair.
Almond is king here and backed up with lots of honey and vanilla. Its more like a custard slice with a heavy dose of almonds. There is a touch of rose but certainly not enough to start talking about Turkish delight.
I could only see myself wearing this at night and in cool conditions because its that strong. The longer its on the more I warm to it. If you have a sweet tooth then this is a must have.

Incredible Edible. I don't like gourmands. I take that back. I like this one. No, I LOVE this one. From a tiny sample, I am completely hooked. It's a sillage bomb, it's longevity is phenomenal. It's individual, it's a stand alone winner with no competition. Notes: Vanilla, Heliotrope, Almond, Red Roses, Fresh moist tobacco leaves, Honey, Sugar, Cocoa, Baby Powder, Birds custard powder, a hint of CLEAN lady musky pants. Frills, silk satin, burlesque, attitude, dusty button studded chaise draped with fragranced feather boas. It's a boudoir dream. Full bottle at my earliest opportunity.

This is the first Montale I've tried that I've really liked, and it's little wonder, since I can only confirm what so many people have already said: this really is almost a dupe of Loukhoum! Essentially it's the same cloud of Turkish Delight goodness that can be overpowering when encountered at the wrong moment, but quite wonderful when applied lightly on a cold day. This one might be slightly less powdery and even more straighforwardly sweet, but I don't think I could tell them apart in a blind test, so if my decants of both of them ever run out, the price difference will make this the obvious candidate for a full bottle purchase.

Sweet Oriental Dream could be summarized in three words: SWEET, POWDERY and FEMININE.

You actually get lots and lots of honey and vanilla with the almond sustaing the composition and giving it a nutty creaminess. The honey in this is sugary and has a caramelized nuance.
The fragrance is linear so what you get in the first 5 minutes is what you will get for the next day, as this is a bomb in terms of performance.

Starts out baby powder, then turns into a semi sweet burnt honey accord. I dislike the baby powder. It would have been a brilliant gourmand without reminding me of changing diapers.

So very sweet! I am praying that this calms down (or blends better for me) in the winter. Right now I have my A/C set on 70F and this fragrance is cloyingly sweet. I oh so want the delicious honey to come out more than "sweet". Mmmmmmm......I cannot wait!

Straight up burnt honey.

Smells like Guerlin Insolence to me.

I swear I smell chocolate. I know it isn't listed but the notes in this on my skin create an incredible chocolate accord.

Got a small sample and am wearing it today. Sweet it is, if you don't like sweet steer clear, and it lasts. It's quite linear but I expect that from Montale and I am not someone who demands my perfumes evolve. If I like the scent then I like the scent and I'm happy to stick with it. This one is lovely, not as in your face as some Montales though overspray could be a real issue if you are to trigger happy. Go easy on this one to enjoy it better.

I get a lovely natural honey, complete with pollen, some musky nut in the background and a hint of vanilla. Sometimes the honey is forefront and on some breathes I'll swear I'm smelling a milky/dusky chocolate. Then it's back to honey/nut. I'm really enjoying this on a cool rainy summer day.

It reminds me of a hypothetical "Habanita light", or a honey-drenched tobacco-less Back to Black by Kilian. Intoxicating. Fantastic. Love.

I have sampled quite a few Montale frags now and I have to believe that this is not the house for me.. I have not liked a single one yet.
This one is very much a rose, dipped in a strong honey. Not for me.

This is juuuust beautiful. Strong, thick and the sillage is a monster! Really powdery on me, sweet, but not cloying. Yummy. :)

on amber clouds of luscious honey dripping with fragrant almond liqueur, i traveled over a dense agar-wood forest...
over fields of delectable vanilla beans capturing all their sweetness...only to land in the lap of soft rose petals...
ahhh!...and then to discover that the clouds had turned into wings...my wings...nectarous and ethereal...
i'm in a sweet oriental dream...oh so sweet...
please don't wake me up!!

I've had this one for a while. It was love at first smell! I was on a quest for the ultimate almond perfume when I found this. Wow! Beyond intense almond heaven. Sweet, rich almond Shangri La! The gold standard almond frag IMO. Sillage that will linger long after you've left. Longevity that rivals Methuselah! You get a lot of bang for your buck!10/10 all the way!

Very sweet, very very very sweet. One can not simply describe this perfume's sweetness! It starts with vanillic almond and as time passes by it just gets stronger and stronger, so be warned you are dealing with a beast.

Project and longevity lesson: I put it on, went out, projects like a beast, 3 feet a head of me, 6 hours later came back and showered, put on oud wood (directly on the points I had applied this one before). 24 hours after that Oud wood is completely gone and this one can be smelled close to skin!

I would not waste 80 euros buying this blind, please anyone thinking about getting it, get a sample, as it's horrible, headache inducing joss sticks (cheap ones, if that makes a different) mixed with stale marzipan and elnett hairspray.

I love this perfume,,,,

No doubt: it's good and the quality is worthy of Montale. I detect all the ingredients listed except rose. Great impact to my nose, but this is not the smell I want over my body. I prefer BTB by Kilian and L'Artisan's TDB.

Not as horrifying as it sounds coming from one of the least subtle houses in perfumery. The honey is there, but it’s dialed back, blended with scorched maltol, and the whole thing’s cut with Montale’s signature condom note (a rubbery saffron) that actually launches the scent into a more intriguing space. Don’t get me wrong, it's still best suited for folks who choose to smell like donuts of their own cognizance, but given the brand and the name of the perfume, it’s not nearly as gag-inducing as you might think. Well-shaped, somewhat polite, and not a total cliche—which is quite impressive for Montale. Would I wear it? Of course not. Is it as bad as it could have been? Not really.

I have a love/hate relationship with this one. On me this smells like a concoction of baby powder, vanilla, general sweetness, with tobacco smoke and a hint of almond. I don't smell any flowers. It's quite interesting and doesn't smell like anything else I've come across. Just not sure it's a good thing.

Such a pretty smell! I have put it on my wrists and walked out into the snow and it was such a ying/yang of elements: the crispy zest of the snow and the mellow sweetness of the perfume..
I smell honey, rose, almonds, and vanilla - all as promised in the description.

Better suited for a lady than a guy. It's not as gourmand on my skin. The honey/almond is present with a light vanilla base. After 4 hours I have to sniff my wrist to smell it which is a pity based on other Montale scents. Performance is average but I do like the scent, just not on me.

Délicieux!
The lovely almonds are covered with sweet, sweet honey and there are roses but they are dusted with vanilla sugar.
I adore Sweet Oriental Dreams because for some reasons the combination of notes reminds me a little bit of cherry pipe tobacco!
This scent is powdery but not too much for me. I can sense a little of the plastic notes at the beginning but that subdues quickly enough. Out of my "Turkish Delights" samples, this one was my favorite because of the soft tobacco accord.
It is very heavy and dramatic scent as expected by my experiences with Montale.

This is a must test for gourmand lovers, surely they will love this in their collection!
The sillage was a beast and the longevity was about 9 hours (2ml sprayer)! I need a bigger decant of this asap!

In the field of 'Turkish Delight/Rahat Loukhoum' fragrances, S.O.D. is the black sheep of the flock. In typical Montale style, it takes a concept and turns it up to eleven.

Eleven thousand.

This is the bad boy of turkish delights. Dark, greasy, poisonously sweet, and not nearly as powdery or soft as one might expect from the notes alone. The opening is teeth-achingly sweet, dark richness, all burnt sugar, rose, bitter almond and acidic oud. After 3-4 hours or so you start to move into the drydown where it takes on a strange, almost unsettling chemical greasy-sweetness, with a dash of vanilla smoke. I've noticed a lot of people find this note very artificial, but for what it is worth - I actually grow a species of orchid that has blooms that smell exactly like the drydown on S.O.D. Prosthechea radiata if anyone's interested.

The hot, sweet, almondy latex drydown lasts for another 8 hours or so, before finally bowing out with a last gasp of ragged, smokey vanilla. I adore this frag and truly find it unisex, but in this case 'unisex' does not mean 'safe'. Definitely try before you buy and perhaps avoid wearing this in warm, enclosed spaces. You may accidentally knock someone out.

Longevity is predictably eternal. Getting this on anything other than your skin is a bad idea - you'll most likely be catching whiffs of it for months to come. Projection/sillage is just as nuclear as most Montale offerings, not office safe, heck, probably not even warm weather safe. Outrageous, delicious, nasty and hot. Enjoy responsibly.

Wonder if I got a bad sample. I see some reviews talking about tobacco? Where? At what point? Ill I get is a sweet, powdery, and creamy honey. And one I dont care for either. Linear as well. Although they dont smell the same at all, id think if you want something resembling a honey, with some powder kinda scent(and tobacco if its actually there which some people say it is)I would just get By Kilians Back to Black. Not even close. For what its worth it lasts long and projects well like a lot of montales. But again I myself dont think it smells very good, and it gets sickening smelling like it for hours upon hours. A deff pass for me.

Great perfume, but too much of roses (which I dislike)

Could I be able to resist a man who smells like this? Nope, I guess..

I'm just doing a side-by-side comparison of this perfume and Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum Eau Poudree.
These two are extremely similar!
Both being absolutely scrumptious, intensely sweet gourmands with excellent sillage and longevity.
Both versions are gorgeous concoctions of sugary rose, almonds and vanilla.
They just slightly differ from each other. To me Loukhoum Eau Poudree is slightly less sweet due to the addition of violet leaf I think, whereas Sweet Oriental Dream is slightly sweeter due to the honey.
The difference between the two is minimal as I can only tell the difference by doing this side-by-side comparison.
''Must Check Outs'' for every gourmand lover!!
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Unbelievably yummy, delicious, enticing. Enormous longevity and sillage. Honey, almonds, trays of baklava, turkish delight, syrup, roses- it's all in the bottle. Smells like fancy pastry shop downtown Istanbul.

I blind bought this, and I have no regrets. It grows on me each time I wear it. This is very sweet, but I have taken the advice of several writers and what I do (so I don't go into "sugar shock") is to spray it right in front of myself (not directly on myself), and then walk into the mist. Absolutely no more than two sprays, at most! Just one spray does the job for me, and I can still smell it through the course of the day. If I walk into the perfume mist, it is less apt to make me (and others around me) sneeze! This one needs time to relax into to the warmth of your skin; I found that after about four hours was when it really made me think of Guerlain's Tonka Imperiale and how I wished that the Guerlain would smell like this on me; a delicious buttery soft honey almond vanilla human skin warmth (with just a wee tiny bit of salt, like salt from your skin) scent. I've tried Tonka Imperiale and while I really liked it, I did not purchase it because my skin ate it; Tonka was very faint after I dabbed some on and it completely disappeared about an hour after I applied it. SOD on the other hand will stay with you all day. This is very nice for winter; a lift for your spirits on bitter cold days.

PS: Thank you , Estebanz ;)

This is one strange perfume. In fact, it should be renamed Strange Oriental Dream. That would honestly be more fitting, considering the texture (powder/oil), and its out of whack behaviour.

I can't smell individual notes in this perfume. The scent reminds me of pink clouds. Montale has some pink bottles and they ought to put this scent in one.

To me, SOD (heehee) smells more pasty than powdery, almost like a roux (flour+water, used for cooking sauces). Yet it is physically very oily, to the point that I can't stand how oily it is.

How is it behaving? Well, it appeared to have leaked from the decant when I opened my package of samples, there was oil all over them. So, using my cheap little decanting kit I bought from Surrender To Chance, I carefully switched it into another decant, put it into a small box with fewer samples. When I opened the box - there was oil all over those!

What else? It's so strong! Normally I don't complain about strength because I like powerful perfumes, but I felt unsettled while wearing it, to the point where my neck was swinging around all the time with the "what is that smell?" reflex. All the physical movement of looking over my shoulder in fact had the effect of making me feel nervous.

To me, SOD (heehee) does *not* mix well with other smells. I had to stop peeling a tangerine and leave the room entirely. I felt sick and held my breath cleaning off the car when I could smell exhaust and SOD mingling around me. I'm never usually so irritated (emotionally, not physically) by perfumes.

And finally, it showed up in my dreams! It will NOT be ignored! I was in a dorm at University, and in the common room there was a fair set up with all kinds of vendors. There was a huge vat of SOD for sale for $25. And I really wanted it! It was a good dream, there were many handsome men at this dream University.

I don't know what else to say. I've had to throw out my sample. But I will never forget this perfume.

Update: Oh. My. God. I just read the review below mine. Exact same experience with the nervousness and the fear!!!!

Sorry to say that, but SOD is totally not my cup of tea.

The opening has almost knocked me down. Plasticky, oily sweetness that reminds me of rahat-loukhoum dipped in gasoline; honestly, this is something you don’t want to wear. Well, at least I don’t. It becomes a bit smoother over time, but still reminds of floor polish with its chemical undertone.

In my opinion, mixing bitter-sweet almonds with waxy honey and raw tobacco was a bad, bad idea. Or the execution failed.I don't get any rose in it, and there's stale vaniline instead od vanilla. I simply don’t understand this fragrance. I cannot find anything appealing in it (and mind you, I don’t expect all perfumes to be nice’n’pretty). Sweet Oriental Dream is crude, weird in a bad way, it gets on my nerves and makes me feel nauseous. I cannot even say I am disappointed with this one; I am pretty much scared by it. It should be called Sweet Oriental Nightmare.

The first seconds of the opening are pure honey and vanilla, very sweet. When I was about to rush and wash off this perfume, the rose appeared and it made a big difference.
The sweetness is present all the time but the rose is like a breeze of fresh air in the middle of a hot summer day.
While I could detect each single note, at one point they all blend together creating one single scent, similar to a praline dessert.
Many of Montale's fragrances are overly sweet and cloying, but Sweet Oriental Dream is fabulous, sillage is moderate to soft (unless you spray more than you should).

My boyfriend absolutely loves Sweet Oriental Dream on me. He recently made a comment that I smell of a sexy baklava and that I make him both horny and hungry similtaneously, apparently this is a novel feat for him.

I typically do not love sweet gourmand fragrances (with exceptions) but I find SOD really beautiful and incredibly different from most.

Very nice. Another powdery-sweet loukhoum scent that is a little bit more grown-up and less approachable than Keiko Mecheri's Loukhoum. I prefer the Keiko Mecheri though (it lasts longer and is more full-bodied).

it is super sweet ant strong as TM Angel. Reminds me of babypowder. Smells like powdery honey with almonds. Anywhay it gives me headache.

This is wonderfully delicious! I adore the scent of Loukhoum and this is as delectable as that Turkish delight gets. A mouthwatering combination of almond, vanilla, honey and sugar with lovely hints of rose in the background. I was taken with this fragrance from first sniff ... sweet, luscious and nutty. If you like Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum (like I do), they're very similar but Montale Sweet Oriental Dream is even creamier on the skin.

As my profile states, I'm wearing this today, but really I think it's wearing me!

I had to acquire a sample of this because it sounded so different and intriguing, but I knew it wouldn't suit me so if you generally tend not to go for perfumes that are heavy on sweet vanilla and tobacco it wouldn't be something you'd love. Though the notes do seem very authentic and high quality

It is an interesting experience though! I first get super strength baby lotion, not baby powder, but baby lotion because it has an oily quality. There's a tiny heart of gelatinous rose and pistachio scented Turkish Delight, then as it dries down sweet pipe tobacco drenched in baby lotion dominates for me, it does get drier and drier though, until vanilla tobacco is the dominant note. This seems to me a high quality vanilla note - very like vanilla pods in a jar of sugar, with that coffee-like note of vanilla pod). Almond essence is always there - if you were to stick your nose over an open packet of tobacco(preferably pipe tobacco)a bottle of almond essence and a vanilla pod, you're halfway there to this fragrance.

Oddly enough I find this unfeminine, I'm reminded of oldy-worldy gentlemen from my past who are no longer here - uncles who smoked pipe tobacco, a rare event these days. But of course it's all subjective and down to personal taste, and how it works on you. Someone mentioned marzipan which sadly I'm not getting on my skin, if I did I'd like it more as I love marzipan!

I might experiment with this and some rose oil essences to see if it does more for me. I recently discovered that a touch of rose otto with Bulgari Black smells amazing!

Edit a few days later: still don't love it on me, but my Mum tried it, and on her, these flowery notes of rose and almost violet come out, and it's a more whispy tobacco, really nice! Def' depends on your skin, and that says a lot about the good quality ingredients in this.

The first blast of almond/honey and rose combo is simply shocking and very beautiful. The scent I'm getting is powdery rose with the ultimate sweetness of almond, I do love how honey, which I am not usually friendly with, in "Sweet oriental dream" is not too foody and so distinct. It just helps the whole bouquet to stand out.
After the first blast a wonderful vanilla appears and this actually gets a bit too foody and gourmand for me, but I bet may people would love this.
Even though this is a nice scent, I don't think I could wear it, it's extremely sweet and might cause a headache and here as in many rose + almond fragrances I get the "old lipstick" note which is unfortunately not bearable by me.

Hmmm.... I'm not sure this is MY sweet oriental dream, but might be someone else's. It's really a gorgeous, soft, feminine scent, however the initial blast of powder is a bit of a turn off for me. Luckily, it never manages to get to Guerlain status with the powdery notes, but it's still more than I am usually comfortable with. The rose is quite prominent, and I can't say it's a rose I particularly like (not surprising since I am very finicky with rose scents).That being said, I still think it's a lovely scent, but I wouldn't buy a bottle. I do appreciate the marzipan vibe, and I've noticed that it gets sweeter and more gourmand as it sits on my skin but it never reaches that deep, rich, sweet, seductive level that I look for in an oriental. I like full fat, rich orientals like Hypnotic Poison eau Sensuelle, and rich, sexy gourmands, so for me this one just wasn't exactly my cup of tea. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful scent, just not something I can see myself wearing too often. I might try it again later and see if anything changes. Btw, this perfume is STRONG, which is great. A little goes a long way. Sillage is moderate to long lasting (actually, just right!) and longevity is amazing!!!

EDIT- I think that as it sits on my skin, the rose is fading and the marzipan (well, almond, but sweet like marzipan) is coming out more which makes me think maaaaybe I could kinda like this one more than I originally thought. Not a super fan of the opening notes though or the powder throughout all the stages :(

I was very surprised to see that there was no Tonka in this. It smells very similar to Guerlain's Tonka Imperial. I would say that I favor the Guerlain, but this Montale has quite the longevity and about half the price.

Very sweet and gourmand oriental fragrance!

This fragrance smells yummy Turkish delight warmed and sweetened by the honey note mixed with the tasty almond note and beautified by the rose of France and Centifolia rose notes. Delicious!

I really like roses in this fragrance. I wish they were more intensive. Actually, they are intensive enough, but they smell more like in Turkish delight. The other notes hide their beauty a little bit. As for me, I feel more roses smelling this fragrance right from the bottle than on the skin.

Because of the almond, honey and a little bit rose notes this fragrance reminds me a Louve by Serge Lutens. Only if Louve smells more like a liqueur, Sweet Oriental Dream smells powdery enough.

This fragrance is very bright, intensive and sweet. Sometimes it seems to me even sickly sweet associating with something like a wet rosy almond sugar powder.

But despite it seems to me too sweet sometimes, I really like this fragrance because it's very yummy and the roses notes are very charming in it! Besides, I like how this fragrance is called because it really smells exactly like this:)

Turkish delight oriental fairy-tale!

Uniqueness: 8/10
Longevity: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

Sweet Oriental Dream has Winnie the Pooh's stamp of approval on it. An opulent honey fragrance that may come off too strong out of the bottle but wears beautifully. Think of drizzling honey that has been allowed to dry a little bit. The almond is very light and I'm sure if you looked very hard with a magnifying glass there's rose in there somewhere. But really, it's more a portrait of honey, makes you think of warm cookies and sticky fingers.

The sillage is very good, this juice projects like a proper Montale. You will smell it and so will others, so use your judgement. Opens with a spicy sourness which is quick to leave and becomes more powdery after an hour. Almonds come forth as it ages, mostly after three or so hours. On me this lasts around 8 to 9 hours, which is very impressive.

A beguiling fragrance if used sparingly, not your cheap-smelling Pink Sugar (Aquolina) in the least. Personally though, I would have liked to see the almond more in than its current back-seat position.

I tried this both on skin and clothing:

Clothing - Very sweet and excessively powdery, flat and vaguely cheap. Kind of reminded me of Love's Baby Soft, from what I remember of it 20 years ago.

Skin - more complexity, slightly less powdery, with the almonds at least making an appearance (they were virtually non-existant on clothing).

Either way, nothing particuarly compelling here unless one is searching for the perfectly over-powdered honey with a hint of almond. Longevity was quite good. It is "sweet" and I suppose "dreamy" in a new-born baby sort of way, but in no way "oriental".

On me, this is more honey than almond, and the rose stays neutral. It's a very intense honey scent, not powdery at all on my skin! The honey generates an olfactory sort of "heat" as well. For some unknown reason, this perplexes my nose and preoccupies my mind. I am going to try re-testing it on a day where I am preoccupied with something else, so I will stop thinking so hard about what I am smelling and just enjoy the scent! The wafts are sweet, sticky, and lovely afterall!

Love this so much! its sweet, powdery, rose jam, sort of incence but really no smoke, pretty much exactly as descibed. Its long lasting and highly addictive. I wanted "Loukhoum" so badly but could not afford it, so bought this due to the fantastic reviews of Fragrantica ( so helpfull) and I love just as much.

This is almost exactly the same as Loukoum by KM, but doesnt last as long for me and it is not worth having both, they are almost exactly the same.

A sweet, heavy powdery gourmand on my skin. Yummy and cozy, like an oversized sweater on Christmas morning, eating almond kringle and you can smell Grandpa's pipe tobacco wafting in from the porch.

Outstanding gourmand perfume around the turkish delight or Loukhoum theme. it's sweet and strong, but doesn't get cloying (well, i wouldn't use in hot weather just in case) or sirupy/sugary-sweet.

The sweetnes is well balanced. It gets kinda powdery/dusty for my tastes but with the great balance of notes and composition that Pierre Montale has achieved with this one, i can get over it.

Fantastic sillage and longevity (Montale garantees that). A bit on the femenine side but wearable for the kind of men that like to not be so mainstream.
4,5/5

For loukhoum lovers only, Montale SWEET ORIENTAL DREAM is just that. To my nose, this composition is slightly less sweet than my memory of the first perfume in the Keiko Mecheri trio. However, my reception of the KM loukhoum perfumes may very well have been affected by my non-expectations of super-sweetness, given that I had no idea at the time what loukhoum even was!

My suspicion is that some reviewers of SWEET ORIENTAL DREAM, too, lacked previous loukhoum experience. What is even more strange, given the name, is that people are complaining that this perfume is sweet. This is a rare case of total truth in advertising! I could definitely understand such complaints, were this perfume simply named ORIENTAL DREAM and marketed as unisex. Then any guy who purchased this scent unsniffed would have a valid claim in requesting a full refund. In this case, however, the sweetness is unabashedly and unapologetically revealed up front and center. If you do not like sweet perfumes, why in the world would you be purchasing something called SWEET ORIENTAL DREAM? Perhaps reviewers simply like to bitch in general. That would explain why they get all bent out of shape whether the name falsely or accurately claims to be this or that thing. But I digress...

SWEET ORIENTAL DREAM is a confectionary perfume with more almond nougat than anything else. The roses are akin to the ones made out of frosting and poised atop store-baked birthday and wedding cakes. But anyone who is actually looking for a loukhoum perfume should give this one a try, provided that they have a triple expresso and a pitcher of ice water close by! The longevity of this perfume is typical for loukhoum-centric compositions, at least those I've tried: quasi-infinite. Loukhoum sticks around until you submerge your perfumed naked body in a bath! That's a good thing if you like it, but a precaution to those who are testing for the very first time.

A fine loukhoum perfume, in my estimation, but it is what it is, and it's not what it's not. If you have not yet walked down loukhoum lane, this would be an excellent place to start (and, for many, to finish).

Love this! Definitely not what I expected it to smell like, but pleasant and comforting all the same. This is not gourmand to my nose in any way, shape, or form. It's a scent I would want to wear after a shower, and off to bed. I smell a delicate, very powdery rose mixed with honey. I very rarely like rose fragrances, but this isn't the obnoxious rose, nor the candied rose that you get in many fragrances nowaday. This is a classic, comforting, almost luxurious, fragranced powder of a rose that makes me feel like I've been bathed in rose petals and honey water (easy on the honey). I don't get much almonds (which I was initially hoping for), but I no longer care. I would buy a full bottle of this if I could.

Update: After a few minutes or so, I get an ever so light whiff of crushed almonds, but only because I was looking for it. It does, however, turn sweeter and more gourmand after a few hours. It also changes from powdery to dusty as well (which, fortunately, isn't a bad thing with this particular fragrance). Delicate and lovely.

I thought I would love this perfume, thank god for samples! it reminds me of something I wore from the drugstore when I was in middle school but i can't put my finger on it! it's definitely sweet but i don't notice the almonds, it just smells powdery to me. not a fan.

update: i remembered it! it reminds me of love's baby soft

Praline roasted bitter almonds, this is all that is it to this perfume. Incredibly gourmand, yummy, sweet and quite heavy, I love it. There is no complexity here, and something smells terribly synthetic, like almond essence you use for cakes, but very sweetened. I don't smell the roses at all... could it be that my sample is a mistake and this is actually Amandes Orientales? It is possible, I suppose....

At first this scent is rather flat, coming across as plain sweet powder with a hint of sharp dusty rose. Reminded me of the scent of Cabbage Patch dolls in the beginning phase. I found it to catch in my throat, like when you accidentally breathe in a helping of bath powder - kind of made me want cough. I had trouble getting through the beginning without scrubbing, as I found the rose unsettling , and it kept tickling my throat. But then it warmed up, and the honey seeped through, and I caught lovely whiffs of sweet nutty vanilla laced almonds. It becomes more dessertlike and less cheap rose bath powder in the end. But still, I cannot stress enough that this is definitely a POWDERY scent. The sillage is good, like a puffery surrounding cloud. Fairly long lasting.

I have such a love-hate relationship with this fragrance... At times I love it, I crave it, I need it... and then there are times when is simply makes me sick to my stomach, makes me nauseous and uncomfortable. Usually I can can get away with a tiny dab and that seems to work every time, but should I spray this on - I am never quite certain what might happen.

Good Golly Miss Loukhoum, or should I say, Pierre Montale's Sweet Oriental Dream, please meet any/all of Keiko Mecheri's Loukhoum fragrances. You will have a great deal in common - because you are somehow riffing off those sweet girly-girls a bit too closely.

Although I like them both, Keiko Mecheri's Loukhoum Eau Poudree wins by a soft powdery girly cloud, a few secret flowers, a more delicious, slightly sour candied flowers dry down and a few dollars less in price.
In other words, this is a more expensive, less complex, less covetable version of the masterful Loukhoums by Keiko Mecheri.

This may be a little too imitative, but its pretty, well made, long lasting, a little less intense than, for example, Loukhoum Eau Poudree but still so dashedly close, yet, alas - a fair bit less distinctive, less pink marabou feather boa sexy and less girly.

"Out of the mouth of babes": My two year old son loves me to put a drop on his wrist, so he smells like "birthday cake." He loves it!

It's a VERY Sweet Oriental Dream... First I got headache when I tried my sample (I overdosed it, I think, one drop is more than enough). I felt as I was in a bazaar, smelling some fumigants, but after a half hour it became a nice vanilla-honey scent and it lasted for hours with good sillage. However I prefer Vanilla Extasy to this one, I like it. But only one drop...

There is something a little waxy about the scent. I definitely felt like I was smelling vanilla, but it was a plastic vanilla. If I had to identify this mysterious note, I'd say it was violet, but it's not listed, so I'm not really sure what to think.

Still, it's a sweet scent, and even though I was perplexed when I pressed my nose to my wrist, I found pleasure in the little wafts of fragrance that rose up as I tested the scent.

It had incredible longevity, and it was very potent. One tiny drop of perfume on my skin, and I could smell it through my clothing for the rest of the evening.

Definitely it doesn't work on me. To my disappointment I feel sick inhaling it. Too sweet, too bitter. Is it nuts with honey making it so heavy? I prefer Mukhallat to this one.

The opening is very spicy and deep, and the sillage in the opening is a weird fascinating creature! The mesmerizing opening lasts a while, and the scent changes drastically into the sugary, vanilla treat that it is.

I wouldn't say that there is talc here, sure, there is this powdery talcy bent in the notes--but it's so much more than that, so very different than "powdery"! This nuance of the scent has a life and esscence of it's own, it floats out on it's own, so distinguishable but biazrre it's hard to describe, and much more refined than "baby powder".

The sweetness, extremely powerful. The sugary sustanance here takes you back to childhood, new plastic baby dolls and Barbie dolls (remember how they smell differently from eachother-well, you get them both here in this Montale) and all the candies, cupcakes, taffy, and frostings, with edible decor on top. Just like those memories, this extremely strong scent, oddly enough fades pretty quickly, and is more noticeable the next day, on the clothes one wore, and it all comes wooshing back.

This is not "just a sweet scent. It's quite Bizarre, Peculiar, a Space Oddity of sweet perfumes.

Wow. Sweet, strong, sweet sweet sweet and powdery rose talc. It's okay, but unless worn in the dead of winter, I suspect it would become too sweet very fast. I did end up scrubbing this one, because the rose-scented powder and the strong sweetness were just so not my personality. I don't actually like it, but as far as powdery roses go, it's excellent for that. Delicate, soft and warm, like very pale pink velvet.

I got this some time ago, packed it into the wrong box and it took four months to find it.
Now, I was looking for something in that box full of odds and scraps and there was the bottle. I took it out, thought Whoa, now it's here, I can happily resell it, put it on the bedside table and in the morning, I woke up smelling it. I didn't spray it or anything, it apparently penetrates the aluminium bottle.
It's not a bad scent. Just very, very strong and extremely sticky-sweet. It gives me the image of running down the street being followed by a swarm of wasps. Hungry wasps.
I suppose that there'll be enthusiastic admirers but it's not my cup of tea, I'm afraid.

I recently got a sample vial of this from a friend and was so excited to try it today....so excited in fact, that I spilled 75% of the vial down my arm and onto my dining room tale, which I promptly mopped up with my shirt tail. Whew.....Montale overload, LOL!! I resisted teh urge to wash it off, not wanting to waste the opportunity to give this scent a full test, as it were. Now, about an hour later I can finally stand the smell of myself, I felt I was being devoured by the honey sweetness! Only now can I detect a hint of rose and alot of almond. This scent reminds me strongly of good rich and moist flavored pipe tobacco. A scent that I love, by the way. This is a truly stellar gourmand, but if you test this from a sample vial, take my advice....BE CAREFUL, LOL!

On me this is one of the longest lasting fragrances, but for that fact most Montales usually last forever and a day on me. This is a wonderful rendition of the ever delicious rahat loukhoum delicatesy and very similar to Loukhoum by Keiko Mecheri. There is a wonderful powdery drydown that puts an emphasis on honey and almond while the rose sits comfortably in the background at this point. On my skin rose is more prominent in the opening while almonds and honey come out to play later. One of my favorites for cold weather.

This is a sweet fragrance with a very powdery dry down. While it is a floral oriental, I find that this is much sweeter than the 'usual' oriental scent, which I typically associate with a spicy deepness. This one is great for someone who enjoys a soft and simple fragrance as it isn't complicated. It doesn't last as long as I would hope so for that reason I would suggest there may be other fragrances that are similar that you could get for much less money.