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as8686 – :
I believe someone here gets drunk before trying out the perfumes.
And the smell that he feels is that of his own alcoholic breath and not of the perfume.
Because I really read rantings here!
Or maybe their bottle is a fake.
Since Montale is one of the most falsified among the perfumes.
This scent is delicious, a small masterpiece.
In my collection of Vanillas, it is the most sensual and mysterious.
When I wear it I feel a beautiful fatal woman and men are fascinated too.
But be careful! The sillage is huge! Small doses wrap in a fragrant cloud, but if you exaggerate the cloud stuns you!
BoymnSton – :
Only after I sprayed this awfulness on me did I check the reviews. So, I got a sizable decant of this at a familiar decanting site many of us know well in the US and abroad. This is one of the few times I’ve given a really negative review of a perfume. This is disgusting. I usually try perfumes that I know I’ll like at least—or certainly appreciate. But this is awful—and there’s a reason for the low numbers on this review site. I don’t always believe those numbers—but in this case, this is an epic fail. DO NOT BUY for ANY reason at ANY PRICE until you try this one: if you must, try before you buy.
I don’t care much for vanillas and am not super into gourmands, but the occasional vanilla or tasty-treat scent is fine, especially at night. This is not vanilla. That in itself doesn’t bother me at all—the less foody and more complex the better—right?
This is a hot mess of aromachemicals that burn the throat and the nose—seriously. It smells like a chemical explosion of oak moss—not the kind we long for. My first impression was of finding a rejected bottle of perfume, the label peeling off in great-grandma’s windowsill where it had been exposed to both heat, humidity and sunlight. I do not mean to imply that this is a perfume for the “older set”—as I am in that set, nor do I mean that it is a “grandma perfume”—a very derogatory phrase. It smells like 85 year old perfume that some swain brought over from France in 1911, and that just died, notes burned off, some staying behind, the perfume shifting and becoming kind of a “wooden” “burning” mossy scent.
Those of you thinking I don’t appreciate a chypre—that’s not it. I do in fact. Too, this is not some kind of long-lost Shalimar (which I would embrace with loving arms). This is drek.
There is absolutely no lavender (I love lavender). There is perhaps some hideous geranium mixed with Iris—perhaps (no powder). There might be a “leather-like” smell but this is so hostile, so hot and strong with ABSOLUTELY no vanilla in sight, a synth-leather.
There is a very very rough patch. Now, I’m a patch-head, and yes, this has “something” like patch—but it’s gawdawful. And there is a kind of “fake pepper”—not even a real pepper. Even though not listed, this emanates a copious amount of a substitute oak moss—as if the entire perfume was made out of a synthetic oak moss. Perhaps this would delight someone out there. Tonka? Ha. Nada.
Now, I’m determined. I did not scrub. This has NUCLEAR silage and a half-life of three days, permeating everything you wear and that you walk past. Was this enough punishment for me? Nope. I tried it again, a second time, really just to confirm how bad this was. (I’m like that). The second day, as I was considering my vast perfume empire of bottles, I wondered “Why in h*** did I waste not just ONE day, but TWO days on this? This is my life. I have dozens and dozens of bottles and decants—and I wasted two whole days.”
Then I gave it to my significant other. He wore it to work—actually the house and all rooms wore it when he left for work. I felt sorry for his crew.
This is like meth—and I don’t mean “addictive” or swoony “drug-like” scent driving you wild with desire. It’s like meth specifically, in that people “warn you about it” and then you see the effects, the lack of teeth, poor skin, etc.—and YOU JUST DON’T TRY IT. Being warned and learning from others is good enough for some of us. But some of you will try this scent, like me, and I hope it goes better for you, or that you at least have better sense than I do and just scrub it off. So warned you are, and, at least try it before you rush off seeing a “good deal” or if you think you’ll like the notes (all of which I love).
xrumerar – :
I bought a bottle from Perfume.com that has Europarfums on the bottom of the box. I think it’s a few years old, it smells great. This starts with cologne like citruses (orange, lemon) over a powdery iris-tinged vanilla with a bit of spicy amber in the base. It’s a proper fragrance in my opinion. Initially it is soft and citrusy with a non sweet vanilla with density and texture. Over time–a few hours– it expands and grows into a powdery vanilla aura that smells slightly dusty and soft and very interesting. Three hours in its a cloud around me. The drydown is vanilla with a pulsating amber giving a sensual feel in the base.
Boise Vanille is a very satisfying fragrance experience. It feels like they used good materials and put the composition together thoughtfully. Its worth getting your hands on one of these older bottles if you like dry vanilla.
avopas – :
I put this on my wrist about an hour ago and I’m thinking it must be a mistake. It’s ghastly! All I can smell is a very powdery element that reminds me of drywall dust. That smell when you’re in a room that’s being renovated and they’ve taped, mudded and sanded the drywall seams. This is quite unpleasant and very disappointing. I smell no vanilla, no lavender, nothing sweet at all. Maybe pepper is the predominant note. Oh well. Can’t win ’em all…
tinokinee – :
Looking at the range of reactions to this composition, I am guessing that either there have been batch issues or else there have been some bad samples running around. Having wound up with some of the latter myself, I can only caution: caveat emptor! Trust only samples prepared from a bottle bought from an authorized dealer. Otherwise you are likely to end up with a nose full of aromachemicals!
This one, sent to me by a friend and decanted from his bottle, smells so good that I am tempted to postpone my bath! A lovely synthesis of woods and vanilla plus some spice. Definitely not overly sweet. A classic oriental profile.
Only wish that I had more!
Dr. Cracer – :
Terrible stuff. Reminds me of how plastic smells. Of course it lasts forever and in this case that is not a good thing.
denzelino – :
Stinky perfume! I warned you. The opening is very strong and spice and incensy? I can’t explain because I’m not familiar with these notes in my perfumes, I just don’t like this. It’s been on my skin for over an hour now and I just think it’s too strong for me. It feels liked i rubbed patchouli incense all over my arm. It’s not for me, but I know people who enjoy that type of fragrance. Like someone here said, it just doesn’t sit well on my skin.
snaik8989 – :
@ Noori, in the beginning when I sample this fragrance I did not understand what you meant by the “wet potato” smell, but as I dabbed it again, I said to myself “it smells like raw potatoes” and then I remembered your comment, I did not get that aspect in the beginning.
In fact I did appreciate this scent for its powdery,freshness while detecting lots of lavender. I absolutely can not get any Vanilla since it is intensely overshadowed by the Iris,Lavender and lemon notes. I will still have to keep retesting it, since the potato aspect kind of turned me off this scent.
Powerful Sillage and longevity.
Kriks – :
For those who think that Montale perfumes are very similar, all created on the same theme and without innovation or creativity, you may need to understand that there is a line of perfumes designed on notes of oud and another without oud in the composition. Within this line, Montale released its first fragrance woody-vanilla, composed by output notes of Jamaican pepper, lemon, lavender and bergamot, harmonized with a floral tone from Italian IRIS and geranium Bourbon, in the heart, and with a sensual base of patchouli leaves and tonka bean.
On my skin, the fragrance turned out very gourmand, with a lot of presence of pepper and bergamot, but with real fullness of the IRIS and tonka bean notes, which set the tone and the creaminess of vanilla to this creation. It starts sweet and then calms, getting slightly dry, due to the notes of patchouli in the background.
It is a good fragrance for those who like sweeter nuances, that exudes luxury and lasts for more than 8 hours easily. In my opinion, it is perfectly unisex, with a more feminine output and a drier and male base.
It is all about to choose the right occasion to wear it!
padme – :
On me, it started strange (a bit like wet potato, really), then settled to some faint spicy-like smell. However, on my boyfriend, from the first moment till the very last it was sexy, woody-spicy, with a hint of ‘manly’ vanilla 🙂 a good unisex in my opinion.
poppppppoppp – :
It’s strongly reminds me of Lagerfeld Classic edt. Not bad at all.
massimo – :
A very spicy, almost medicinal fragrance, and after an hour I still haven’t picked up any vanilla! The cedar and allspice dominate on my skin leaving a subtle and slightly mature scent. Very warming.
louddyerusy – :
This fragrance has a nice dry-down : dominant patchouli , spices, vanilla-tonka with a woody -resinous, slightly incense feeling. The vanillic side is soft without sweetness. Femme fatal for sure. The dark patchouli will get you the attention if that is what you are looking for. 🙂
The top notes are not so well balanced. Too much geranium that enhances the lavender and cedar notes. And not in a good way. If there was less patchouli and vanilla it could have been a nice masculine fragrance.
Overall, I could ignore the first hour, the dry down is getting better and better. After 3 hours it is just beautiful.
I have 4 words for this fragrance: impervious, intriguing and Krazy Krizia.
7.9/10
gteyueyu – :
There is no kind way to say this: I absolutely hate this perfume. I like lavender and I like vanilla. Their combination though did not work for me one bit. The lavender is way too strong as are the citruses. In fact, I couldn’t smell any vanilla at all, until an hour or more after I tried this. I’ve been searching for a vanilla perfume for winter and been over 10-15 samples during the last month. This is definitely the worst, followed closely by Vanille Absolue. Montale’s not a house I will be revisiting soon.
Note: In other sites this is marked as a masculine scent mostly and I do agree this would be better suited to man than a woman.
Firelaz – :
The opening of Boise Vanilla has a nice candle-wax smell, similar to the waxy smell you might get from Jublition 25. Soon the wax smell’s gone within seconds, and there’s deep, dark, woody smell, something reminds me of clove, but woodier, smoother, and also, there’s some weird old Asian wine smell/Le Labo Oud smell dances around.
Then I’ve got something soothing, cool, powdery (the Iris note, I guess), as well as addictive. I kept on sniffing my wrist, however, weird enough, I’ve got a headache from it, but I kept on smelling because it’s just so addictive. The headache is like a physical punch, a good and slightly painful stretch from yoga; and has nothing to do with the sad depressing headaches I sometimes get from smelling..say Euphoria by CK or jasmine meteorites from Alien by TM.
I cannot smell any distinctive lavender here, but as the perfume gets quite cool and soothing through time, there’s the grown-up-baby-powder/slightly-minty-vanilla-tobacco combo which gives me similar calm feeling to what lavender essential oil does to me.
The final drydown is slightly powdery, oriental, vanilla-y, plus a tiny bit soft-leathery, like smelling some nice iris scent along with a soft leather handbag. Somehow it feels like Guerlain’s Shalimar wearing a sexy leather-looking corset, hanging out with Balmain’s Jolie Madame.
isonsenoivy – :
I am not sure what to make of Boise Vanille. Initially is smells kind of boozy (like bourbon). The drydown is more pleasant. The lavender is expressing as a strange antiseptic undertone on my skin. Overall a whirlpool of incongruency; sweetness, woodsiness, medicinal spiciness.
I just don’t think this sits very well on my skin.
hooligans_tim – :
A peppery and seductive vanilla mixture.
First notes lure with bergamot and freshness of lime but then majestic vanilla strikes like a blood rush.
Amazing and very sexy perfume.
sskazzka – :
This vanilla is sweet and dangerous. Not girlish, its sweetness is balzamic woody with pepper and aromatic notes, for a femme fatal. Very very sensual, for a femme fatal.