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liudmilad – :
I had not heard of this, but came across it compared to Animale. So… I blind bought a bottle from Scented Monkey. This is exactly what I like/enjoy, so I was excited to have something new to sniff/add to my collection.
And at first, it’s that TUMMY-turning, sour, freaky smell of Animale. But… let it pass. (And honestly, that sour part only appears briefly at first on a tissue test. Like Animale, they both have that sour-sick smell, but neither fragrance wears on skin/body like that.)
And while this is very much like Animale for about five hours, it’s EASIER to wear and less odd/strange/freaky. There are more florals to PdP. And the next day drydown of PdP is sooo good. Mossy, floral, powdery, musky, light incense & even some fruit. Long lasting, and the sillage was average/strong. The drydown 6+ hours later is nothing like Animale.
I have no doubt this is a current version, and sadly I really don’t get leather, ginger, or noticeable incense. But this is well blended (but somewhat schreechy like Animale) and I like it until the drydown– where I love it. Very retro.
Not sure if the top 2 notes (leather/incense) are because of the original formula? Because to me this is all marigold, rose, patchouli, and musk. The patch is more “oakmossy” here. Which is nice. I’ll take oakmoss over patchouli any day. This isn’t dirty or overly earthy. More like a fresh chypre- soapy-spicy-rosey-oakmoss.
s.ov.2011 – :
For the first five minutes, Parfum de Peau is sour and animalic. Civet and castoreum are not listed as notes, but I could almost swear they are in there.
After that, the sourness fades and I get ROSE. A bold, spicy, but clean rose. Even though there is no oud, I am reminded of those Montales/Manceras that contain rose/patchouli/oud. This could be because of the incense, amber, and pepper.
That boldness fades, then this scent gets soft and powdery, but with character. I don’t really get any leather here. This might be 80’s retro, but to me, this is still fresh and cutting-edge. The bottle is kick-ass. Love this stuff.
chigor-10 – :
Chypre of oakmoss, and orange blossoms.
Since it is released in 1986, i just wonder! how come that i detect a soapy note in here! the musk used in here is quite clean with allot of neroli, & orange blossoms. oakmoss is the base note.
And again wrong voting on major note, the major is oakmoss, soapy musk, narcissus, black current, blackberry, neroli, and orange blossoms.
It’s fine but i expected a much better fragrance. So it’s meh.
Oh and one more thing, that lade’s face on the ad just creeps me out & reminds me of the witch in “Marina The Mermaid”! you can have a peek on youtube “/watch?v=NDXCWKCYlXs” The Arabic version @ minute 25:39 . It’s just too much.
Burlipan – :
To be exactly, my mom had it and I kidnapped it. I was still in junior high school at that time (around 1990). I loved the scent but I never wear it because deep down, I’m not really sure it was a proper scent for teenage girl.
In my teenage nose, I remember woodsy, flowery, and musky swirling and mingling together into dusk.
strgev – :
Incredibly sexy without smelling raunchy or cheap, as opposed to more recent attempts at “wild” like La Panthère by Cartier. Great on a guy.
The other reviewers have mostly done a good job of describing the notes, but I think there’s too little mention of the urinous blackcurrant. I love it, but consider yourself warned. Blackcurrant plays a larger role in this scent than its page here suggests.
Buy this while you still can.
m2ada – :
You decect leather for sure.
Like cabochard de Gres.
Nice “dirty” smell.
nan731speagoessenda – :
I’d long given up on ever smelling this beauty in its original form again, I owned it in the early 90s, and had a mini that I held on to the pathetic dregs of which had turned a little. But found a true vintage 100ml bottle for an amazing price on eBay and I am overjoyed!
Such a beautiful opening, spicy marigold, then a perfect rose, drying down to just the right amount of skank. Its longevity and sillage are incredible. I am transported to my youth when I first discovered it in the late 80s, of reading Vogue and smelling the test strips, of getting that glamour hit from the perfume counters on a Saturday afternoon.
You don’t know beast mode until you’ve tried this truly exquisite creation. They don’t make them like this any more. I am one happy perfume fanatic right now.
wxj788Negeltzex – :
does anyone have a sample to sell I want to test this one.
sefarman1978 – :
I have the vintage. Leather, my ass. This it totally and completely a chypre. Oakmoss central.
lancaster470 – :
The 80’s was an era of perfumed excesses, in the heyday of Tecno, Punk, leather and broken jeans, this decade, was born true odoriferous beasts, full of excesses that announced that with more power and wake you smell better, on Everything, decade in which they made great floral and extraordinary leathers by which many niche companies would give themselves cakes by having them in their collections.
Parfum de Peau is precisely one of those eighties beasts, which develops and evolves under the concept of floral leather, leather with a lot of calendula inlaid with rose and jasmine, an animal jasmine that is felt with a spicy counterpoint but more Smoked by the drying of a powerful incense that always fits below this excellent leather.
Classic evolution, with all the rich pyramidal scale of notes and more, because they are many, feels deep, rich, opulent and with a chromatic similar to that of the gay flag, good superior, because also this would be short in comparison.
It reminds me a lot and that does not look like the mythical Bandit de Piguet or Rumba de Balenciaga, that yes, (PdP is less astringent and camphorated) will be because in all of these I feel an aura of nostalgia, longing and even sadness that surrounds the aroma that A pleasant sense of well-being is produced even if it is contradictory.
Demodé, retro, but with a powerful aroma, exquisite, and full of extraordinary strength.
Completely sensational.
Rating: 9.3
Doomfury – :
This gets me into the same mindset as Rumba by Balenciaga. They don’t smell identical, not even remotely, but they carry the same vibe. Both are frags that I like to enjoy when I am alone with myself and my thoughts, a bit down, and enjoy the fact of having no company. That doesn’t speak against the fragrance at all. It is almost like when you are in the mood to watch the movie “Old Yeller”, or any other kind of tear jerker. That doesn’t mean “Old Yeller” is a bad movie, it just means it’s best to watch when you are in a certain mindset. Rumba and Montana are the ones I like to apply if I want to unburden my soul with free flowing tears, often accompanied by a glass of Malbec or two and some sad love songs. Well, every fragrance has its place and its purpose. So I hold on to Montana for these rare, emotional moments when I don’t feel my best and need a good cleansing cry to free my soul.
Brightsmasher – :
Blue edp mini
Oh that big sizzling neon 80s sour electric fruity rose.
Montana is a myriad of ideas thrown in a blender and served up shaken, not stirred.The star on me is the big neon damascone rose which is also found in Magie Noire and Nombre Noir.Marigold and bitter fruit opening into the sour rose with the animalic creamy leather. Its just huge, over the top , sharp edged like the leather shoulderpadded skirtsuit of the working girl of the 80s.
First formula splash edt update:
Not as crisp as the edp..but well rounded and a complex beauty. The sour rose push pulls against the bitter marigold and the leather with the animalics support this gigantic opus. Acvording to the insert it states: “the fresh spicy top noted are contrasted with the wooded, floral, warm and sensual base notes where musk and amber melt into the skin. Cyprus, spicy musky, avant garde.”
This one can last 24 hrs. Can totally see Kim Katrall in Big Trouble in Little China wearing this as well as Tramell.
Modern edt formula: Lighter and brighter. I agree with reviewier Fruitidiet that Montana needs to open fresh ontop. This formulation is plenty enough for the times we currently live in. Compared to the heavier slightly bitter rich vintage..this is a nice every day option with more florals.
Note: it thrives best in cooler weather
maxim_mix – :
not bargain at all…getting harder and harder to find and the prices are not at all low…
The vintage is, indeed, a masterpiece, but the new formulation, even bit weaker and more feminine, is a very good product, probably one of the best reformulation in 80s perfumes history, incomparable with Magie Noire or Dolce Vita reformulation disasters….Sillage- KILLER. Longevity – days.
Sucre – :
My sister wore that one in the 90s. It was really exclusive. The line was really complete: she had powder, cream, soap… it was really luxiurious.
To me, it was EXACTLY the same scent ad Iquitos from Alain Delon, altough that one was marketed for man. So to ne, this could be considered as unisex. Anyome interested in Iquitos should try this one.
For some reasons, Iquitos is now a legendary masterpiece and parfum d peau is a bargin scent… i do not understand anything regarding this.
Please keep in mind that in the 90s the trend was to use perfume with strong sillage in order to be noticed.
Nowadays, this perfume would be considered too strong.
Time past! I feel like this was yesterday!
dekann – :
This was my very first perfume, received as a gift more than 20 years ago, not my cup of tea, as a 13 year old at the time, but incredibly strong, woodsy, balsamic and spicy, fitted for a mature lady. I will always remember it fondly!
error517 – :
Parfum de Peau is perfect for Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) and her ice pick in Basic Instinct! I saw this bottle in the film and ordered a mini bottle right away. I think I need the larger “helix” bottle in my collection! It is very unique, sexy, spicy, musky, why didn’t I get this sooner? The opening is pungent marigold. The marigold made me wrinkle my nose, it is dramatic and bitter, I smell a little blend of ginger, pepper and fruit. The black currant is very well behaved on my skin, it doesn’t turn rancid as usual. I get the beginnings of leather.
Flower bouquet of jasmine, ylang ylang, tuberose and rose comes through, I smell rose and white florals the most, they are accompanied by the patchouli. The leather is now stronger on my skin, it is like a dry leather, I also smell sandalwood, amber and incense. The end of the fragrance smells like smoky incense and leather. They certainly do not make fragrances like this anymore.
dimok536 – :
I had this back in 2003 and bought a new one recently.
Although it’s not the 2003 one anymore, it’s definitely a beautiful perfume. Strong and long-lasting. On my skin it starts off as a soap, then turns into a tuberose, then into a gorgeous orange blossom-leather smell which resembles the smell I remember from 2003, and after about 5 hours it softens to a darker leather-incense smell that lasts until you wash it off. It’s like a leather smell that’s becoming darker and sexier and one with the skin as time goes by, which I appreciate as my problem with most fragrances on me is that they tend to stink if I wear them for a long time, especially fruity ones. Very well made, very sexy, very expensive-smelling. Pre-reformulation it was slightly more feminine and more of a comfort smell for me, and now it’s definitely more on the sultry side, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
skylender – :
I had a miniature about 16 or 18 years ago. I loved it! I love chypre perfumes – paloma picasso, knowing, aromatics elixir, parfum de peau, though I don’t wear them so often as in the past…. Max. two sprays in a very cold weather and you get gorgeous and sophisticated.
Edit march 2017: bought it again! Omg, it’s soooo good! It’s a monster when compared with sweet silly gourmand caramelized contemporary scents.
DemoN88 – :
Montana de Peau is Ultimately a Masterpiece of the 80s and yet nothing I’ve smelled to this day can beat this Beaut! And/or even come close..what can I say if you want to feel Sensous Sexy or want to attract any sex..this animalic leather avant-garde chypre will do its job..mind you this fragrance is not for the shy or timid..so if you want to feel like a Bitch in good way like Joan Collins was in Dynasty or someone in power Montana Parfum de Peau is what you’ll need!
And for the ladies and men’ out there I dare and invite you to the ultimate Masterpiece of Montana Parfum de Peau you won’t regret!
Next to Diva, Coco Chanel, Fendi and even Magie Noire these are also unforgettable fragrances that will stand alone in time..its a shame for reformulations and even discontinuing this Beauty!
My personal experiences with Montana have always been Fabulous and very personal,
I Love my Montana juice! Liquid Gold All Day..
kofic – :
If a woman wants to turn a sophisticated guy on?
Then use this marvelous & sexy scent !
devisednb – :
A fragrant decadent Oriental perfume for anyone who loves their incense and musk. Spicy, seductive but sweet. It smells like the little perfume bottle in a harem girl’s table. She seduces her sultan with ginger, grapes and fruity scents that give her a youthful playful charm. But she’s actually all grown up. The rose and jasmine and narcissus are each detectable and they are elegantly arranged in a small bouquet. Of the notes in the end I smelled mostly incense, a warm and very long lasting incense. This is pretty aromatic so if you like aromatic scents layered with patchouli, musk and leather, or fragrances that really turn out to be more unisex than the “for women” category, this is for you. I think it’s lovely. On me it’s much sweeter. This is not a stronger full bodied oud or even a strong enough Oriental for me but lovely and something to wear casually at night. Very nice.
Raylenegf – :
This takes me right back to my childhood. I grew up in a spiritual family, and on saturday afternoons I regularly would go shopping with my mom. We always visited some spiritual stores, where they sold lots of incense. When you open that door, a gentle mixture of all the scents would come and bring instant relaxation.
In Montana PdP I found that scent once again! I never knew what made that store smell so good (nag champa? sandelwood? or just, ‘everything’?). Now I have it and I’m so happy!
Although it’s a mini, I love it a lot. The soft, clean suede like leather, warm spices and a touch of some ginger make this such a wonderful scent. A scarfscent in autumn and winter, but perfect with a light hand in warmer types of weather too.
Would definitely buy again!
pepe_fw – :
Nigels, in the new version the leather and animalic vibe are not so strong. The real leather, incense and animalic notes you can have only in the vintage, they are almost pungent. The vintage version is amazing, I think is the strongest, long lasting and pungent EDT I have ever smelled. Anyway, both versions are very good but for sure, the vintage is different, stronger, lasts forever on skin or clothes. A truly masterpiece, I have few bottles, 2 of them vintage and full and I am looking to stock it for the time when it will be discontinued…The reformulation is one of the best ever made I mean the scent is almost the same – except the animalic and leather, tamed in the new, also the lasting. But it s a very good one, comparing with the Dior disasters for instance (Dolce Vita, Dune etc) Parfum de peau is 95% the same!
slot2010 – :
At first, this was extremely soapy on me and I had to resist washing it off. Then, it transformed into a pretty floral scent reminiscent of the fleurs de rocaille opening. There’s maybe a hint of incense, but no leather yet. As other reviewers have mentioned, it seems this fragrance takes its time, so I’m still anticipating that leather note.
диман1997 – :
FruitDiet is right, I’ve read that this was a cult scent in the Middle East, meaning hugely popular.
evglop – :
I’m in love with this parfume. It’s magical. It has a mysterious, sexy and unique appeal to it. I would always go for this amazing, best parfume.
tolstak – :
To Migalex: Thank you very much for your answer!!!
I had it twice in the past and I m always in love with it! Is a magnificent one!Thanks again,I ll go for it again with a big pleasure!
svetiksupsmile – :
To Frayja: this fragrance has been reformulated but at least two years ago it wast still basically the same fragrance. I did not compare them side by side but the only difference I notice is that it is probably a bit, but just a bit tamer. To me it is basically the same fragrance and still an absolutely brilliant fragrance. Few older fragrances sold today are as faithful as this one to the original.
uwq131speagoessenda – :
Montana is a child of the 80’s. It’s a sultry, extravagant and beautiful perfume with smokey marigold, rose, patchouli and leather. There’s a lot of perfume to intake, it’s a powerhouse fragrance, but the notes blend so nicely that it’s smooth and lush, a bountiful bouquet. This is one of my favorites from this decade.
sorReoche – :
One of the glorious from the 80 … gorgeous and powerfull fragance … Comes back to my country really expensive in 2012-13
ko4kina – :
Sultry, spicy, leathery, musky and yet fresh scent that immediately triggers off the images of an American Wild West with all its prairies, mustangs, rodeos and cowboys with their lassos and saddles always in hand to use…Pervasive odour of untamed emotions and headstrong feelings.
The smell of passion; fizzy, sparkling, nipping, boozy, multifaceted, full bodied and complex in its country lyrics.
Sun, sand and more sun- looks like there has been a storm on the sun that changes electromagnetic field of the earth …with consequences here upon
de facto…
What is life without a little drama?!!!
De-Lovely and de luxe! Electric like a summer lightning ! It never fails to charge me with energy. Absolutely stunning fragrance ! Just adore it!!!
And this bottle…,the bottle is divine- the staircase to Heaven!
xiz – :
Marigold
Rose
Leather
Smoke!
Of COURSE there are other notes here, but these are the ones that hit me between the eyes and take no prisoners. 😀
Those of you who love a strong and tangy 80’s rose are in for a gigantic treat. Yes, the patchouli is a definite presence – thoroughly balanced by every other perfectly blended note. Not a subtle blend of notes, or even slightly tamed. This wild beast of an animalic beauty is in the same category to my nose as two other unique scents:
Animale Animale
and
Caesar’s Woman
Both of which are about as loud and proud as the animalic chypre gets!
Animale has an earthy presence, reminding one of vegetal roses and ancient growing things. Perhaps more dry than Montana, with softer sillage. Caesar’s Woman is sweeter than either of these, with Huge orange blossoms, brashness, and sillage. It would be truly wonderful when worn with cigarette smoke and sequins!
Of the three, I feel Woman the hardest for me to wear, announcing an almost soured sweetness on my skin. For others, it’s primarily floral presence might be substantially more likable. Animale is the easiest for me, with an earth-like element which somehow quiets and slightly tames the rough character of this rose. One squirt under clothing is my calming, mossy comfort scent. 😀
Some people really notice the civet in Animale, but I do not. Instead, I feel the Marigold and Narcissus in MONTANA are far more wild and untamed in their animalic splendor! As yet I have read few if any reviews characterizing Marigold and Narcissus (those orange and golden sirens) as anything other than floral. But when mixed with leather or other chypre notes I often sense such an amazingly strong presence of animales. My nose literally smells unbridled CIVET and Castoreum. Strong stuff indeed…
Today I am wearing but one spray of Montana on wrists, and it has lent an exhilarating element to this rainy weather. I am Alive, Alert, and very, very Scented!!!
Five stars for excellent sillage, longevity, presence, and a most distinctive personality. In other words – WOW.
Only negatives…. getting harder to find and not to be worn around the perfume intolerant! 😉
inciongxwv – :
A question to any Fragrantica’s member who knows:Ιs this reformulated?
I had it back in 1998 and I want to order it again,but is not available in my country, I can’t test it again.So,I will have the old treasure or something new?
Thank you in advance.
IGOR_B – :
Mmmmm! This musty leather and ‘tart’ rose scent interestingly brings to mind several other perfumes like Animal Animal, but the tone reminded me of a much more sophisticated Downtown Girl. Before I saw them on the Fragrantica page, my amateur nose could pick out every note in DG. Montana is much more well blended and wearable on me. I tried to love Downtown Girl, but what I really wanted was This all along!
Where is the gardenia? I’d swear the greenness in the background could be this lovely flower, but notes like ginger can do amazing tricks to compositions. Out of my extended search for the perfect old fashioned musty leather power house, I have found this is one of those types that is highly personal and doesn’t usually turn out to be the majority’s cup of tea. Very dark and old patchouli meshes well with me, as does the era of ” I am Woman” !
This is quite loud, but unlike some 80’s wonders, it can be worn discretely with a small spritz.
Excellent sillage and longevity.
dadsHoatteCof – :
Here are some things that come to mind when I wear this scent:
Dusty, dry leather. Earth, wet and mossy. Thick, airy elegance. The marigolds zing and sunshine so bright it hurts your eyes. Clean and refreshing. Ubiquitous. This is a woman who has perfect makeup. Her hair is cropped short or is always up and her wardrobe consists of mostly grays and cashmere. She speaks softly and rules with an icy detachment. Unfathomably sexy and independent.
Dragon48 – :
Strong and beautiful. So different from the smell-one-smell-them-all, girlie-girlie variety, so lamentably in vogue these days. Gloriously 80s!
lega24 – :
To my nose and taste this is a very elegant scent, starts of peppery, smoky with a strong note of marigold and leather, and dries down after an awful long time to an almost aldehydic, soapy, sharp floral with a dominant rose at its heart. The patchouli lends a certain retro heavyness to the whole composition that packs a punch to the senses throughout.
I don’t like mentioning ages as we all have different tastes but certainly this juice demands a certain confidence and sophisticated femininity to be allowed to shine properly. Best worn during the winter months though.
Trunk – :
got few weeks ago a qurter of a vintage bottle from my sister in law. she used to wear it more than 20 years ago when she was on her twenties. she is of an oriental origin and has tanned skin. i remember that on her this scent was just divine in an unforgettable way. though i wear it now , and i have fair skin and fawn hair, and it is also wonderful. i most certainly agree with nikoleta1. this one develops very slowly but when it does, it gets to the best part of it, which lasts almost endlessly. huge sillage and staying power. 3-4 spritz are enough! .they do not make perfumes like this any more. it is indeed a smell of skin (peau). sexy and seductive. suits winter or fall for all around day and night use and on summer nights out (in the right amount). reminds me the style of paloma picaso, aromatics elixir, soir de lune. a classic scent for classy women.
воланд – :
Cant trust those groupings and descriptions. This is what I smelled in a new version. Opening very scary animalisic, sweet with honey and border line unpleasant. In a few minutes it turns out into classy floral chypre, no more animals. Soft, elegant and lasting, little powdery or may be soft leather, very nobel elegant edt, great surprise find for comparison you can think of Pamela Picasso.
Great silage and longevity.
trulyalya – :
17. march 2014
I have finally got my hands on a vintage bottle of EDT and i also have a full size 7,5ml bottle of extrait of this wonderful fragrance. Been wearing it for the few last days and feel ready to share my opinion about htis fragrance.
Let just start by saying that i know quite a lot about Claude Montana, his background and impact to fashion, so i had expectations for this fragrance to be very excessive as well as his infamous exaggerated shoulder pads and structural fashion. I hav never smelled this fragrance before (i still haven´t unsealed my extrait bottle), except for one time when i have smelled a most probably recent formulation of it while visiting someone. Oh, it was lovely, heavy, honeyed, just the way i like them for the colder time of the year.
But wearing it and smelling it from the lid are quite different things. When i smell a lid of my vintage EDT, i smell familiar fragrances that i madly love (Regine´s, l´arte di Gucci EDP and Moments by Priscilla Presley). They all share that vibe of a syrupy, sweet, heavy on rose/tuberose fragrance. The smell of Montana from the lid is very similar to them as well. BUT!!! When i sprayed myself quite liberately with Montana, first thing i got was relatively light soapy tuberose scent. I know, i know, notes don´t list any tuberose for this one, but it must be a combination of blackberry, patchouli, orange blossom and narcissus i guess. And i can most certainly say that for the first couple of hours i can detect only soapy tuberose scent on myself. WHERE IS THE LEATHER???!! Not even close in here! And it also doesn´t smell anything that i have smelled from the lid, that my favorite orchestra of notes. This stage lasts for quite long time and many hours later it starts to become more syrupy. Yeah baby! that´s when i get that lovely “lid” scent! That´s when i smell that beautiful rose i wanted. The honey is not listed, BUT my nose smells something like honeyed rose (same as in Gucci Arte EDP). Now i think that i might have overapplied actually with the scent, since it´s sillage becomes more potent that in the opening. Quite a heavy one. By this time it becomes a “typical 80´s powerhouse”. Gorgeous!
I can clearly see the connection of the fragrance itself and it´s marketing face Christelle Saint-Louis, who was one of my most favorite models in 90´s. She always walked quite slowly, bit lingered her steps, had that great look in her eyes and fabulous fizzy hair. Once you have seen her in motion, gracing down the catwalk in a long evening outfit, giving you THAT look and halfsmile (a hint of it), you´ll get the idea. The Montana fragrance lingers like a trail of that fab dress, it envelopes and surrounds you, makes you want not to rush anywhere and give everyone THAT look in the eyes.
Ok, the fragrance lasts on my hair for over 48hours by now, also on my skin it is very much detectable, so the lasting power is amazing (but most probably because i have applied it also SO much!). But the transformation of this fragrance doesn´t end in here. The next day, 24hours later, is the time, when i finally smell the fabulous LEATHER. Yess! it is a thick yet soft vintage leather jacket. Quite dry leather with an amazing animalistic one. I know, no civet or anything else animalistic is listed in here, but this leather in here has that most gorgeous drydown of the Paco Rabanne´s “La nuit” skanky undetone. I´m totally speechless! I ebjoy it to the very last moment from the very first moment!. True, the opening was a bit dissapointing at first, but after a very short while i enjoyed it very much as well.
Truly great multifaceted fragrance. I am seriously glad i have got it finally.
Top rating from me for this one!
P.S. Oh, did i mentioned that the bottle itself is a piece of art and absolutly magical. I SO much enjoy holding it in hands! MASTERPIECE!
motiv – :
Parfum de Peau leaves me with mixed emotions. This a perfume with multiple sharply distinct personalities, and it is hard for me to decide if I like the entire experience or if it fails to come together as a coherent whole. This review is based on an eau de parfum mini, a tiny cobalt blue version of the beautiful helix bottle that fits upside down into a small plastic box. I think this is vintage, because I don’t believe the EDP is still available, but I am not certain of its exact age. I see other minis online that are frosted glass rather than blue. On me. PdP opens with an acrid and peppery smell of marigolds (the scent that makes marigolds a natural pest repellent in the garden). Luckily this opening doesn’t last very long, perhaps ten minutes, so I don’t drive away house pets and family members. The next phase is a classic strong leather. At this point, PdP smells a lot like Cabochard and Azuree to me. The leather phase fades gradually, in about an hour or two, but it is eventually replaced by the third, final, and longest lasting phase of PdP on me (about 10 hours or more…this stuff really lasts!) which is a slightly sweet and smokey bouquet of flowers (with no single floral note standing out forcefully). There is a very faint tang of clean, salty sweat in the background, but I get no more leather in the PdP drydown, unlike Cabochard and Azuree, which remain lovely leathers to the end. PdP is a fascinating, unusual scent that surprises you throughout its long wear time, but it may be too moody for me.
most1122 – :
I am sorry for the mistake, I should have written Parfum de Peau instead of Jeu de Peau.
I read somewhere that it is being discontinued. Is it true?
Palite – :
I travel back to the 80’s. I remember this one being a sensation back then. I didn’t have the money to buy it then but would always squirt some on at perfume counters of dept. stores. My chemistry changed since then; the leather note didn’t dominate when I wore it, the floral & patchouli were what I remembered. But as I’m rediscovering it, it’s taking on a totally different path where leather & incense with a touch of peppered amber truly dominate. It reminds me of the nightlife, the clubs, the smell of cigarette ,leather outfits, the half full cocktail glasses & the carpets filled with the aroma of spilled beers & cigarette butts.
Jeu De Peau makes feel like I’m in my early 20’s and it’s 1986 all over again. Nostalgia at it’s best!
robert1975 – :
Wow!! This is something else. All class and sophistication. Although it opens with a soapy note, after five minutes it’s gone, to be replaced with amber, smokey woods and delicate subdued spice. There’s also a tantalising wisp of leather musk, but I’m not getting the patchouli, and even though I love that particular note, I don’t miss it.
Having bought ’80’ and ‘Just Me’ and ‘Parfum d”Elle’ blind and loved them all, I was brave enough to give Parfum de Peau a try and I’ve now become quite the Montana freak. It’s perfection and I’m soOoo very happy that our paths have crossed at last.
Parfum de Peau is persistant and has great silage. It is a serious and totally womanly fragrance, not frivalous or girly girl. l I like the stylish square pexigIass stand too. I’m in love with this wonderful offering from the great maestro Claude Montana and it’s now on my top shelf. I can’t believe my luck. This is a rare fragrance in the EDP and I scored a 30ml bottle on eBay to back up my 50ml. Exceptional projection and silage. An extremely satisfying blind buy. Woo hoo!
alexeyavd – :
I’m not sure what some are smelling here…has this been reformulated? My son brought me back a bottle of this beautiful perfume when he returned from France. That was years ago…maybe 1989.
There was nothing in that bottle that even remotely smelled of cat urine, baby nappies, or garbage and pizza! Beautiful, extravagant, loud…yes. Urine, no!!
пончик07 – :
Já foi minha assinatura nos anos 90. Amo!! Preciso comprar de novo, venho pensando nele há algum tempo. É raro aqui no Brasil e por isso anda meio caro…
tircik – :
I decided to stick with the French made version rather than newer Italian version. They