Montale Paris Aoud Greedy

Montale Paris Aoud Greedy is the real designer fragrance, sold at most major retailers. When one of our partners carries it, a direct buy link shows up here. The "smells-like" alternatives below are for anyone who wants the profile for less.

Montale Paris Aoud Greedy opens with Lemon and Licorice; a heart of Jasmine and Patchouli; drying down to Amber, Vetiver and Oud, from notes FragranceX publishes. Those notes read as citrus, floral, sweet, amber, woody, the coarse families FragranceX cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to Paris Aoud Greedy by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Paris Aoud Greedy, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Montale Paris Aoud Greedy is listed as unisex, marketed for anyone, which is how we'd wear it too. Fragrance has no inherent gender; the label just reflects how the retailer sells it.

Dior Sauvage Elixir (shares Licorice, Vetiver, Amber); Mancera Aoud Lemon Mint (shares Oud, Vetiver, Amber); Nishane Karagoz (shares Oud, Vetiver, Amber). These share specific notes with Paris Aoud Greedy, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Paris Aoud Greedy's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of Paris Aoud Greedy, and has its own page.

Paris Aoud Greedy reads as citrus, floral, sweet, amber, woody. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Hermes 24 Faubourg, Afnan 9 PM and Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gioia nearby. We rank them by how many of Paris Aoud Greedy's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Paris Aoud Greedy, and each has its own page.