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igoryka – :
Intense Tiare, unsurprisingly, is all about tiare! It is indeed intense, sweet and long-lasting. I don’t get any coconut at all. I love tiare and gardenia fragrances and I do like this one too, though I’m undecided whether it’s FBW for me (it’s probably too sweet for my taste). It’s definitely worth trying if you enjoy sweeter perfumes. The sillage is moderate to heavy. Longevity is impressive on skin and on clothes it’s tenacious!
Bryane – :
I really like it, very strong, concentrated stuff. Coconuty and flowery and sweet. Weirdly my fiance said he likes this the most out of all the countless samples I gave him to try. It’s super summery though and it’s getting a bit late to get summer perfumes so this is probably going to wait the next summer to be in my possession.
vada_05 – :
Had a tiny decant lying around, finally got around to trying this and, wow I really love this!
It reminds me a ton of terracotta by guerlain. The main differences being that guerlain smells maybe just a bit more coco-nutty, and has a lighter more airy feel.
Intense Tiare is a thick tropical floral scent with sweet creamy coconut. It’s certainly not gourmand coconut though, and smells like an expensive island vacation. I think the touch of rose is nice and I do notice it. Either I don’t get the plasticky-ness in here some people have complained about, or I like it. I do have a few plasticky perfumes I enjoy in my collection. The quality of the perfume is just wow. Thick, long lasting, voluptuous! I really enjoy by terracotta by guerlain, but when it’s gone I’m buying this instead!
FapLoarardLox – :
Very feminine, sweet and flowery. I get no coconut at all. Smells like expensive body cream.
I do wonder why people vote this as a summer scent. I put one tiny spray on my wrist, from a sample vial (which sprays out a minimal amount of juice) and it was chocking me for three hours, after which I scrubbed it off with soap. It was 30C/86F outside though.
Too potent and thick to be a summer fragrance. I would recommend this for cool spring days. So do the people around you a favour and NOT spray this on on hot days. It will become annoyingly cloying.
karl53 – :
Intense tiare
Good Lord the longevity is a beast. 12 hrs into it with a nice vanilla drydown
The opening is big, a bit chemical and it goes to a level of.. maybe yes .. maybe no.
I can definitely see both sides of the reviews. I did get a compliment but wondered if I was gassing those around me. If u need a beast mode tropical scent..
This needs to be your first stop.
rozhko – :
I hate to be a Debbie downer, but this is nothing more than a tropical, plastic-y scent on me. I also smell burnt rubber. A scrubber and a hard pass. My sample was from Lucky Scent.
Glazyka88 – :
Bitter and sweet. Intense tiare and coconut. Yang gland and jasmine in the background. The Rose is cacaphanous and creates the plastic/chemical smell people notice. Heavy and long lasting. .It ends in a slightly ambered tuberose. It is a lovely casual scent not worth the price point
Edit: I wish the amber drydown (10 hours in) projected more and was its own perfume
dimonirat – :
I definitely smell ylang-ylang in the opening. After a few minutes it settles into a creamy mix of tiare & vanilla. Keeping close to the skin, delicious.
belogoro – :
Growing on bushes along the lanai outside my vacation room were hundreds of white tiare flowers. Tiare is a type of gardenia plant that grows in the Pacific islands, native to Polynesia. Every day I would tiptoe out along the stone path and stick my face into these bushes and in those moments I truly knew heaven. Montale Intense Tiare was my selection for the third day I spent in Hawaii. My friend balked at how strong and sweet the smell was after I had just put it on, almost like grape juice. “You’re going to get chased by insects all day!” she warned. Luckily that never happened even though we spent a large part of the day in a tropical botanical garden. I’m not sure how much was the perfume and how much was my surrounding environment but all day I was surrounded by the sweet almost honey like scent of tiare, coconut, ylang ylang and jasmine. It was gorgeous, made me think if Thierry Mugler’s Alien went on vacation and traded her edgy city slicker garb for a sarong and sunglasses. This was my favorite of the three sample vials I had packed for my trip. Quite lush and elegant. Two thumbs up.
guinentee – :
I imagined a prom queen wearing a shiny TIARA 😀
Sweet, balanced. I feel a lot of coconut.
Not mind-blowing, but not a failure either.
fegotwere – :
A bit too sharp and with a “cold” personality.
It’s has a “fake creaminess”, kinda hard to explain but imagine:
You have two hot cocoas. One was made using lots of actual cocoa, which makes it creamy and rich and delicious; the other one has less cocoa and more milk and was thickened by adding cornstarch (urgh!). While the latter is viscous, it’s not rich. It’s a “fake creamy”.
This fragrance is a bit like that to me – “fake creamy”.
Also not very unisex (more on the feminine side). It does last and project though.
irka3107 – :
So I’m from the UK, and like so many of us we tend to go abroad in the Summer where the weather is hot and reliable. This fragrance is truly reminiscent of being on holiday/vacation, wearing sun cream and feeling relaxed.
The scent is pure tiare, creamy coconut and a buttery vanilla. If you like the smell of Hawaiian Tropic, then you’d love this.
The projection and longevity is so surprising. When you think of summer scents, I immediately think of salty skin scents (Estee Lauder’s Bronze Goddess) that smell divine but only last for 1-2 hours. This is some strong stuff. You’ll get 7+ hours wearing this.
dalevyalonsefels – :
This is STRONG. Likely one of the strongest perfumes you’ve ever smelled – definitely one of the strongest I ever have. It makes no fuss and no frills, it sucker punches you right in the nose!
If you don’t like heavy, tropical, beachy florals then this definitely isn’t for you as it’s industrial strength. It’s not a very complex fragrance, it’s pretty much straight-up tiare flower and coconut/coconut milk, but boy is it good if that’s your thing (it really is my thing, for one). It transports you to a beach in the Caribbean, or the Maldives perhaps, where you’re sitting, basking in the sun and lathering yourself in luxurious suntan oil.
I would say it’s definitely more feminine than masculine as it’s sweet and strongly floral, but tastes may vary. I, for one, will keep wearing it in the summer despite being a man. It’s very strong and long-lasting even by Montale’s impressive standards, so be very careful with the application. I got the 100 ml bottle and I predict it should last just about forever with how little I need to smell for a whole day!
slulleymn – :
Very dry, nothing sweet or syrupy.
Rose and jasmin makes it not so esotic, an all season beast scent.
Something jokey and gothic, masterpiece of early 00’s
Elena050184 – :
As a child my mother bought me some Monoi Tiare Tahiti whilst traveling in the South Pacific. That smell evoked sunshine, frangipani, tiare flower, coconut and tropical beaches. I didn’t think anything could smell better! But I’m here to say that Montale’s Intense Tiare has taken this to a new level. It is sublime! It’s so creamy and lush you could almost drink it. I’m on holiday at the beach right now and I can’t think of anything more appropriate to wear. It blooms in the heat and you are surrounded by a cloud of happiness all day. Also worth mentioning, the drydown is the most delicious creamy vanilla I have experienced which lasts and lasts. Vanilla afficionados take note!
This has gone straight to my top 5 and I am on the hunt for backups.
frenel – :
Opens juicy, fresh, and youthful between a combination of Tiare flower, vanilla, and a milky coconut. Tiare is an uncommon floral in the perfume world, so it gives the fragrance a very unique feel to it. It feels new and exciting even from the start, but you have to keep it a distance or else it seems to lose its balance, and the mélange can begin to seem bland and stale.
Probably best for the outdoors—and warm weather is likely to bring out the best in this one too. Can’t say if it’s full bottle worthy or not, but easily worth a decant or a sample if it’s affordable.
Duke54 – :
This smell just like Cocoa Butter Lotion.
this is 100% femenine.
sergey.subbotin1963 – :
This is the third time for me testing Intense Tiare. I have ordered and tested samples three years in a row, and I still dislike like. Smells like lavatory air freshener. Screeches on my skin like a banshee – an unhappy banshee.
One thing I can say about this fragrance, it seems to last for ages. I am into hour 2 today and I don’t pick up any of the listed notes, all I get is a roar of smell.
Some of my favourite people love this fragrance, so I was very determined to like it. It isn’t for me though.
SAHSA27091987 – :
This is probably the crown jewel of all my summer scents. Very well blended, so I get beachy, creamy tiare, and it is a monster. This may not seem super sophisticated at first to be a night scent, but the sillage and longevity alone would do it even if I didn’t love it so much. Its a lush, beautiful, voluptuous flower scent that never fails to make me feel the same way.
cheangen – :
Oh, this is a delicious one. Tropical, yes but in a sweet, creamy, coconut way. The coconut doesn’t give way to chemical suntan lotion smell, and there is no salty-sweat-seawater tone that is so common in beachy scents.. The lovely tiare running through it makes it so pretty and islandy. It packs a punch, longevity wise, but has only seemed to garner compliments at close range in the office. This is all around perfect for me and is definitely going on my favorites list.
nenexpafe – :
I’ve been at work all day, but at the same time I feel like I’ve been on a wonderful tropical vacation, thanks to my sample of Intense Tiare.
This one really delivers on the promise of its name: intense certainly is the word for it! So much so that it did make me feel a little conspicuous for the first few hours at the office, even with my usual two light sprays…but I liked being envelopped by this tropical sweetness too much to mind. And this level of intensity also feels rather fitting for this kind of scent – after all, if you’re going to smell like a beach holiday, why not go all out with it? Also, at this price point it’s reassuring when a little goes such a long way.
So I’m all for Intense Tiare, which is a bit of a surprise since I’ve had trouble appreciating this type of fragrance before. The combination of tropical flowers and coconut sounds like a dream in theory, but in practice it seems hard to get right – it’s often overpowering, too synthetic, too sweet. This one nails it, though: despite all of its strength, it never feels like it’s too much. It’s very well blended, and just so nice, comfortable and quite relaxing. This might just be THE beach scent for me, although it’s re-awakened my interest in exploring this “genre” as well, so who knows…
serj33 – :
It’s warm, tropical, and dare I say, creamy in a very beach like way.. This is a tropical vacation in a bottle.
ceflyjeadidlyyneg – :
Based on the reviews on Fragrantica, I ordered this. I applied it very carefully, not liberally at all. I swear this has lasted for days, through showers, etc. Thanks be to G*d I didn’t get any on my clothing, or it would be lingering forever into eternity. This is powerful, I cannot tell a lie. And I really can’t say I like it. No Coconut whatsoever, which is what I was expecting with the tiare. So, where is the coconut, folks?? This reminds me so much of Tom Ford’s Black Orchid, which I totally could not stomach. I literally got sick from it. I also had Annick Goutal’s Songes, which I quickly sold on ebay – none of these agree with me. Disappointed. I’ve ordered Montale’s Deep Rose, and hoping for the best. The longevity is what I’m looking for.
erlond – :
Guilty pleasure of creating a summer holidays mood in the midst of gloomy winter weekend. Aka little revolution of rebellious spirit, that begs for sunshine and sea breeze.
Deep and penetrating aroma of Tiare Montale is doing it’s job, better than D3 capsules. So if I would be a doctor, I would have prescribed few sprays of Intense Tiare per day in rainy cold days, which is pretty always where I live.
It is like coconut butter with lush wet white florals and ylang. This summer I completely burned my skin on the beach and local French pharmacist advised me to apply generous layers of Hawaiian Tropic after sun body butter, which smelled delicious and I was sad when I finished the jar. Well, Intense Tiare evoked the memory of that butter along with French Riviera, – it is a memorable smell indeed.
irysya9 – :
Received some of this as part of a giveaway from the most amazing and nicest person on fragrantica. Infact her review is directly below me!
Intense creamy tiare, coconut, suntan lotion vibe happiness. Fantastic summertime scent, nuclear sillage and longevity! Just a great perfume for tropical scent lovers.
Beware though, it is beyond strong and may induce migraines, especially the first hour or so. For this reason, I am swapping it away. An amazing love affair while it lasted..
rus11973 – :
I finally got a bottle!! It’s amazing! I love white florals and this is outstanding. Buttery,oily, tiare! Smells like tuberose and gardenia with that delicious dreamy creamy sun tan lotion scent from the coconut. It starts off smelling like intense tuberose and gardenia and a few minutes later the sun tan lotion smell comes out. It does remind me of Madonna Truth or Dare and Robert piguet Douglas Hannant but with the added coconut. It’s perfect for summer but still wearable and beautiful in the fall especially when it’s rainy. Tropical,lush,classy and sexy. Long lasting and great sillage! Mine is montale paris not international. I heard montale split into two categories, so i wanted to be clear on which one im talking about. It might not matter, but any way… if you like white tropical florals and suntan lotion than this is for you!
ander_black – :
This is quite enjoyable very-very nice fragrance. Coconut and tiare flower mix together very well. It’s a sweet, tropical vacation scent. Smells like coconut cake.
I can’t imagine men wearing it, I sense it as ultimate feminine scent.
Different from other sweet scents on the market, outstanding!
I like it a lot!
anatana – :
Oily, creamy, opulent white floral dream. A blast of jasmine and ylang ylang add fresh creaminess to the very strong but natural smelling tiare. Soon it softenes considerably on skin leaving a sensual trace of candied white petals soaked in coconut milk and vanilla. It smells divine!
sergey_sport – :
Update: screw it, I’m getting another bottle for myself as a man. This is a real addiction. I need help. I’m also purchasing mukhallat. Tired of the cliche mens masculine fragrances. If I like something I’m wearing it period. I want to smell “good” rather than “rugged”. My muscles are all the masculinity I need. Ladies buy this NOW. You will hypnotize men #facts.
bdl500 – :
I love this! I also have Aloha Tiare but just… Don’t… Like it much. I was scared, first spray of Intense because it smelled close to Aloha Tiare, but then smoothed and sweetened out in seconds. So so good. A new fav! Oh, and it’s not too strong on me at all!
KileshValera – :
Bought this for my girlfriend. She walks in a cloud bubble of ylang ylang banana tropical beauty. The tiare goes almost honey on her. Slight tanning lotion vibe but overpowered by the sweetness. Masterful blend. Montale offers powerful perfumes for $100. Will never buy another designer frag again. Also just purchased aoud velvet for myself since I liked her so much. Tiare flower is no joke, favorite flower hands down over rose, jasmine, all of them.
WAqahronW – :
Nice perfume,tropical,summer and gives freshness. Beware,however,is very powerful, used sparingly,like all most Montale perfumes,the sillage is heavy. Certainly more suitable for summer,although likely to be ok in winter…It opens with notes of Tiare quite pronounced, with vanilla notes are the first I’ve heard.. after a while ylang adds creaminess to the perfume, jasmine and rose give a delicate and gentle touch to the fragrance. The coconut is there but not so intrusive,it harmonizes perfectly. Very well balanced, and I think I like to buy it as soon as I finish my sample :). Beautiful!
Sillage: 9.5/10
Longevity: 10./10
Scent: 9./10
Overall: 9./10
deepprofe – :
Just got this Beautiful today…
I smelt the box and got beeswax or honey kind of scent. Didn’t expected it to be that gourmand sweet though.
BUT it’s another story when I actually spray it!
At first spray on my neck, I then realized that I NEVER EVER experience a forceful heavenly tropical scent like this! SO INTENSE! SO MAGICAL! Yes, it fill the room and I can still smell it on my wrist after shower.
If I were to compare this frag as a woman, She would be a truly charming woman that has telepath and she’s saying “Look at me… You are in love with me, like, FOREVER!” mentally. lol
I got fresh tiare, coconut, vanilla (these two make it sweet and a little oily.), juicy sweet jasmin and dry rose. Since i don’t know what Ylang-Ylang smell like… so I cross it out from my perception list. lol
When i got out of my room my aunt suddenly said that she smelt Thai candle-smoke pastries. (Which is oriental Thai sweets.)
I guess the smoke or incense scent is from the (a bit dry) rose note.
My friend said that i smell mellow and dry flower like. (in a good way)
If you love or looking for a classy sweet tropical incense like scent. This is the one.
OLEG KOSOVTSOV – :
Beautiful….speechless.
tinych89 – :
It was like magic. I was on the plane back from Venice still my senses full with what I had been experiencing there. A very elegant lady passes me. Instant love I felt when she walked passed my chair. Like a hypnotized person I went after her and asked her what she was wearing. Unfortunately, she was speaking only Italian. I repeated in my broken Italian, same question, and with a huge smile she told me ” Tiare, Montale” I thank her and went back to my sit. Most gorgeous smell was lingering around still. I meat the same lady in arrival terminal. Same joy of seances around her.
Needles to say I reached home and ordered it.
Stupendous
RusKnyaz – :
The first time I smelled this perfume, I was working in a coffee shop and believe it or not, this lady would come every morning and her perfume would fill up the place ( the area where she always sat had 15 tables)! I had no idea that was somebody’s perfume so I asked a manager one day which room scent are they using because I loved it, he showed me but it wasn’t it. When I realized it was this lady I asked her right away and it was the Intense Tiare. At that point I already had Intense Cafe and was hooked on Montale. I just recently got a bottle of Intense Tiare for summer and it smells even better on me! It’s really strong so I just spray it once and i can smell it the whole day! It starts a bit too strong for a couple of seconds, I really don’t feel comfortable with the intensity but then it develops into a real tropical scent. Smells of Coppertone mixed with flowers, coconuts and salt. It really reminds me of Beachy by Lilly Pulitzer, only it’s a bit warmer and a lot more long lasting. It’s very very sweet.
Also it’s a perfect perfume for mixing, I like to mix it with the Tropical Wood by Montale.
VormaLaraccug – :
This one is a real banger! Rarely do fragrances live up to their name, especially when they are called ‘Intense’ but if there’s anyone you could be sure of making something Intense… It’s Pierre Montale.
I actually love how the tropical, sweet, white floral vibes of exotic Tiare flower and Jasmine assault the senses. This fragrance does have an edge of coconut but it’s not cloying and doesn’t smell like a tacky sun cream in small doses it’s quite elegant.
I think worn in moderation this is a very bright and uplifting scent which dries to a talcum, musk which reminds me of my mums rose talc she used to wear when I was a kid. So yeah there is a very subtle rose note in there. I don’t often say this about a fragrance because I like to think I’m open minded in my fragrance choices but this to me is 100% feminine. If a guy wants to wear this, then more power to you but I just wouldn’t.
A lovely thing then and very, very potent indeed.
Shuxer1980 – :
I had hoped this would work for me as I do enjoy some really sunny scents with coconot and tropical florals, like Terracotta, St Tropez Dispenser, Datura Noir, Isles Lointaines etc. Unfortunately this just does not work well on my skin. The first few seconds were glorious, and I thought I was going to be in for a real treat. Sadly however this very quickly fell apart. It kind of reminded me of those birdman competitions, where people construct elaborate looking costumes in which they hope they can “fly”, and take a running leap off the pier before inevitably crashing into the sea. For one split second, as they leap from the pier into the air, arms spread wide, it does indeed look like they are flying before gravity claims them. That is how this scent was for me, a moment of tropical sunshine paradise and then BAM it morphs into a plasticy, synthetic and cloying coconut shampoo. Every now and again this attempts to stagger back to its feet, sending a waft of enticing tropicana to my nose but it always falls back down again.
I seem to find this house very hit and miss, with more misses for me. Orange Flowers, Full Incense, Blue Amber and Aoud Orange all smell great to me but everything else I have tried from Montale has gone wrong on my skin. I can achieve what this perfume attempts with my trusty old bottle of Body Shop coconut oil. Not for me.
asher – :
There are a couple Montales that I just LOVE, but why do they all smell so similar at the base? Yes, this is nice. It is pretty. Great sillage. But it is so incredibly unremarkable.
Sharpoon – :
Just received it today , it’s really perfect ! Sweetness overload plus coconut ! I love it <3!!
And it does have staying power and great silage if you spray 4-5 times , with 2 you don’t get that … 6 hours you’ll smell divine.
nikolaimititel – :
Lovely creamy vanillic white flower frag. Lasts forever and sillage bomb…two sprays maximum.
thwsenfstsdh – :
I’m not a fan of Montale’s assembly line approach to perfume (any company that puts out 50+ “oud”-variants can’t be very serious about what they release). However, the line gets my attention when they manage to do something that deviates from their standard agar/rose/sandalwood bombs. This one smells like suntan lotion on meth, and the “intense” is no lie as this stuff is obnoxiously strong. It’s supposed to be white florals and coconut, I assume, but it smells more like a spill at the Bond No. 9 counter combined with several bottles of sugary shampoo. This is the kind of scent that was popular in the ‘80s — the sort of thing that people would bathe in, gassing out entire floors of office buildings to make a statement. It’s milky, tropical, and smells like some of the fancier shampoos at the drug store. If it were a quarter of the volume, it’d be fit to wear in public, but as it stands, it’s migraine material for anyone who comes into contact with it.
wab623InsuffBooni – :
My new obsession! 🙂 It’s funny, when I tried it in a store several years ago, I was disgusted! All I could smell was a stench of mold!!! Tiare frags aren’t for me – I said to myself. Some days ago I received a sample… Well, Let’s try it again! And… Poufff, Here is one of the most amazing, feminine, creamy white floral fragrance I ever tried, with a very natural, sweet vanillic and coconutty dry-down! What happened? Maybe the tester in the shop was gone bad! I plan to buy the full size of this gem asap… and to spray it carefully, as it’s a sillage bomb and one of the must powerfum smell I know 🙂
zankor86 – :
The desperate search to find an antagonist of “Carnal Flower” has led to the creation of this floral scent. Certainly not “Carnal Flower”, but it is undoubtedly cute, strong and much less expensive. For those who are content.
cmb753Unlogrere – :
This fragrance took me right back to San Diego, where I lived years ago, at the beach. It starts with a sort of over ripe fruity note, even though it lists Tiare as the top note. I was not very impressed, but decided to give it an all day wearing, as to write a review, it needs time to get the whole fragrance picture.
The next stage, after about an hour), was a plasticky, slightly floral vibe. Then the suntan oil presented itself! This was the scent of the beach, where everyone gathered with their boards to catch some waves. I wouldn’t have minded that so much, but that slightly over ripe fruit note kept drifting in and out, and was very off putting. In it’s defence, the fragrance does have good longevity, and isn’t shy to show it’s stuff, but I think for the price, it is definitely not worth the price tag! i was expecting a distinct, and prominent tiare flower, but, instead got coconut and a strange plastic fruit smell. I suppose I have been spoiled by my other lovely florals). This is the second Montale I have tried, and will purchase some other samples, as this house has a wide range of choices. Unfortunately, this wave just wasn’t worth catching!
Zolli – :
Fresh and sweet coconut/Tiare scent. Less is more, 1 spray goes along way. Be careful with Tiare Intense or your scent will fill a room. This is a heavy scent but gorgeous – especilly in summer evening. This is a scent great to mix with darker perfumes in my opinion.
Fräsch och söt kokosnöt/Tiare-doft. Lite är mycket! 1 sprejning håller i många timmar. Varsamhet är ett måste med Tiare Intense annars blir den lätt en rumsdödare. Denna tunga/kraftiga doft är ljuvlig- speciellt sommarkvällar. Detta är oxå en doft som är perfekt att mixa med lite mörkare parfymer.
wtb855Unlogrere – :
My first impression of Intense tiare was of a simple, basic fragrance with just three ingredients. Jasmin, Coconut and Vanilla. all three wrestling with each other to get the first place. they smell intense.
But then, the whole composition keeps growing and the scent turns into a creamy, sensual, sophisticated fragrance. the notes are blending and they all work together.
It has a slight suntan lotion vibe, but the rose arrives just in time to break that path.
Unlike Comptoir Sud Pacifique, Intense tiare is magnificent, with such strong notes as jasmin, coconut, vanilla and rose this fragrance manages to stay elegant and refined.
karamelec – :
This may smell less of tiare than coconut, but oh my goodness what a gorgeous coconut suntan lotion fragrance it is, and it sure is intense! I just love this tropical, sweet and creamy luxurious blend of vanilla coconut with tiare and ylang-ylang. In all its carefree sunny style it’s perfectly composed and I wouldn’t change a thing about it. And why limit yourself to only wearing this scent in summer? It’s the perfect way to bring some sunshine into your life of a cold and gloomy day!
gbh572Unlogrere – :
On paper this is extremely floral and feminine to me. On skin the florals are toned down and although still pretty girly, not quite as extreme. On skin I get basically coconut suntan lotion and a lot of it. Stays pretty linear on my skin, with the florals just toning down as well as the overall scent. Very tropical, and I suppose if this is the vibe you want it works, but for me personally I think in this circumstance id rather just wear VIW.
timurtashkent – :
I actually don’t smell any tiare or any distinguishable florals. THIS is pure coconutty suntan lotion, literally with the plastic bottle too. That’s right, it does smell like it contains a note of plastic, but it’s kind of nice. It’s a sillage monster, great for daytime or hot nights in Hawaii or Miami or any number of other hot, tropical vacation spots. What I like about the coconut is that it’s milky, not like dry, shredded coconut. Nice perfume.
toka.net – :
I was lucky enough to find the last bottle of this at MiN New York (amazing store by the way, you must visit this place if you live in NY or are ever planning a trip here). I initially went there with the mindset of trying out Chocolate Greedy and Intense Cafe, both of which I’ll do a separate post on. After trying those out, I remembered reading about this one and finding the notes very appealing in theory, so I tried this one out, and hot damn I was blown away.
It’s a very clean and perfectly executed fragrance. It is very floral, very coconut-y, but it definitely comes out in a way that men would easily be able to wear. The quality is unquestionably Montale, you get what you pay for with this one, and it is worth every (s)cent
mar450 – :
Just like the name says Intense Tiare is very intense. It literally fills the whole room with its presence. It smells gorgeous and leaves pleasant trail after i pass by. It gets a lot of compliments. But…this is very linear smell, after initial spray it doesn’t develop, it just stays the same for hours. I get a lot of tiare of course and a bit of vanilla, other ingredients are not noticeable for me. There’s also second “but”, after 5 of hours of wearing it started to reminds me scent of toilet block. Still nice though but but at this phase there was something not right. My conclusion is: because of its linearity it can become cloying, boring, and tiring. But i like it anyway.
CeattLaws – :
Monoi obviously has a big following and is important to people who may not necessarily be in the market for niche perfume. Montale Intense Tiaré is perhaps intended for people who have no experience with monoi, but in truth, this is very monoi-like.
In brief wafts, immediately after application, I caught just a touch of soapiness which made it seem as though it was going to be a very different scent from monoi. But the wafts were very brief and pretty much disappeared after the opening.
This is really just monoi for 98% of its life. Which is fine, of course, but as many reviewers have remarked, the scent is comparable to monoi oil available from Yves Rocher for about 10% of the price. Personally, even if I loved monoi (which I don’t, as it sometimes seems cloying and annoying to me), I’d save my big Montale bucks for something not so “common”.
This is not an aesthetic denunciation of monoi, per se, but most people are not in the position of owning the entire Montale collection and must make choices.
wurdalak – :
Wonderful!!!! Maybe not that original, but wonderful!
Theis scent brings you to a flowers bouquets from Oriental Lands. You smell white flowers and coconut very close to suntun cream, at the same time vanilla warms up and thi is a scent also good for winter.
Soulx423 – :
Very true Tiare! Beautiful, tropical and warm with just the right hint of white flowers thrown in. If I didn’t already own pure Monoi oil, I would totally purchase this! If Monoi is not accessible to you, this is the next best thing! Highly recommend!
jm46 – :
While I like the Tiare scents of Yves Rocher, I find the Montale one extremely stinky. I’m sorry to say that, but to me it doesn’t smell like Tiare, just annoying. I had to wash it off.
Bayoon – :
I’m tring this one today from a sample, and I’m a little bit disappointed: despite the name It smells more like monoi than like tiare flowers… I can feel lot of coconut, maybe too much. I was expecting a floral fragrance. of courrse it is strong, with a great sillage as all Montale’s fragrances.
runet – :
wonderful..
den125 – :
WOW. Just BEAUTIFUL!!! This fragrance makes me think of desert islands i’ve never been to. It makes me think of a beautiful, colorful sunset at the beach while drinking coconut lemonade. It’s a tiare fragrance but not like the other ones in the market, it’s delicate and sofisticated. I chose to try a sample today after I showered and randomly i picked this one. After a few hours, you’ll get this creamy rich coconut, but not sickly sweet like the ones we usually smell from other fragrances. I’m crazy about coconut, tiare and vanilla, so this is perfect for me. What a great surprise!!!
kul655speagoessenda – :
Wearing this perfume is like drowning in a swimming pool full of the most beautiful-smelling, creamy, delectable suntan lotion. You have the extremely intense tiare working with the creamy