Smells rich, luxurious, and sweet. Clearly unisex but more masculine leaning maybe because of the Oud. Best suited for outdoors or indoors shopping, but not in closed spaces, this stuff will fill the entire room, and I don't even have the best skin chemistry but admit this. This type of sweet is very different from something like Le Male Elixir for example, Arabians Tonka by Montale is a rosy, dark, and mature type of sweet. I think it's better suited to those in their mid twenties and older. For once I will admit, this lives up to the hype of being a beastmode room filler, strong sillage fragrance. My second favourite scent in the collection.
My full opinion: Upon initial spray I was a little confused as I got a very dark saffron smell that was definitely not mass appealing, but not in a bad way just in a uniquely weird way. However, in about 5 solid minutes it developed into a warmer, sweeter, oudy rose which I absolutely loved. If you think this scent stays the same throughout the duration of you wearing it, you are incredibly mistaken. This fragrance develops another 3-4 times between its opening, middle and base notes. It almost feels as though there is a 4th layer to this scent htat they are keeping a secret. The damn thing takes you on an olfactory journey! The sweeter oudy rose scent stays for around 30-40 minutes. Once it closes in on that 1.5 hour mark, another development occurs. I get more tonka bean and cinnamony-nuttiness that blends with the faded top note of saffron and consistent yet ever-changing sweetness of the oudy rose in the most sublime way possible. I'm telling you, try a sample ONCE and you will get what I mean by it takes you on a journey. From this point onwards, the scent doesn't change too much other than more a mixture between sweetened and darkened rose with some hints of amber that comes in at a perfect time in the drydown. This is the only fragrance I own that pairs magnificent smell with atomic performance. I am very happy with this purchase.
Performance is incredibly important to me, and Arabians Tonka by Montale does not disappoint. Longevity is easily 12+ hours and is still respectably strong, which is crazy. I don't really care for fragrances lasting more than 24+hours, so for this fragrance to COMFORTABLY last 12 hours on skin I will gladly rate it 10/10.
Finally..... a fragrance that lives up to its hype about projection, the only other fragrance that lived up to its hype is Le Male Elixir. But back to Arabians Tonka. This stuff has STRONG projection easily for 6+ hours CONSISTENTLY. It is very very impressive. I speak highly of this scent because I have tried hard to find a fragrance that is the true definition of beastmode, I have finally found it. It doesn't matter if I am well hydrated that day or not, it will still perform. Don't overspray this if you are wearing it in closed spaces. Perfect to wear when exploring the city, colder temperatures, date night, big shopping malls/spaces, events. To me, 10/10 projection, no doubt.
This would not be a beastmode fragrance if it didn't hit all 3 sectors of performance. It's sillage is gonna be smelt by people may feet away from you. I was going down an escalator and asked my friend who was a few feet behind me whether he smells it, he said "obviously, it's damn strong", that's all that needs to be said. You will be smelt with this on, that is not a worry. 9.5/10, just because I still think it can be just a little stronger on the sillage aspect.