Montale
Montale
97 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Passion fruit and pineapple explode immediately with almost childlike eagerness, whilst bergamot carves out a slim pathway of brightness. For the first ten minutes, you're firmly in tropical fruit territory—juicy, slightly green, with a sticky sweetness that feels almost gourmand.
The oud materialises around the ninety-minute mark with surprising depth, and suddenly the violet and rose become far more prominent, almost resinous against this darker foundation. The fragrance pivots sharply here, moving from cheerful fruitiness into something altogether more mysterious and floral-woody, creating an unusual juxtaposition between the cloyingly sweet and the austere.
The Bourbon vanilla softens everything into a creamy, muted sweetness whilst white musk provides a skin-scent tenderness. Leather emerges as the final anchor, grounding the composition into something faintly powdery and intimate, before dissolving into a whisper of vanilla and white musk.
Tropical Wood is a fragrance caught between two impulses—the hedonistic pull of fruit-forward sweetness and a more austere woody sensibility. It's rather like wearing a silk shirt in the humid tropics: technically refined, yet undeniably sticky with intention.
The opening assault is pure sunshine: passion fruit and pineapple arrive with tacky enthusiasm, undercut by a bergamot that tries desperately to lend structure to the chaos. But Montale isn't interested in restraint here. That 100% fruity accord dominates ruthlessly, making this feel less like a composed fragrance and more like you've stumbled into a juice bar run by perfumers with access to expensive raw materials.
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