It’s compared with Montale Aoud Safran. This is a beautiful, smooth, refined, enveloping and alluring oriental style fragrance. This IS NOT a bold rose/oud traditional combination. It is pretty linear IMO, but very well blended, coming across as a floral, slightly sweet/creamy, leathery, resinous and woody scent with a lot of class. It got my compliments all day from my worst critical coworker. It is easy to wear even on the heat, and any occasion. Even though it’s smooth, projects ana last all day, specifically on clothing. A great addition to my collection.