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Verefracy – :
Apricot is a difficult note to me but here its perfection. The Apricot, Musk and Patchouli is a perfect round and warm mix. I can’t detect any white flowernotes at all. The Apricot is not sugarsweet here but the scent have a sweet airy note. A comfort-scent that is very grownup and female’ish. If you’re into fruity notes, try this one.
macid91 – :
A dreamy parfume, it brings me a little baby too! The jasmine is magnificent,and the white musk in harmony with apricot and neroli is something fantastic! a nice fragrance for me, suitable for all seasons, this is a positive and welcoming fragrance, i really like it!
Sillage: 8.5/10
Longevity: 10./10
Scent: 8.5/10
Overall: 8.5/10
kent47 – :
I have been a big lover of the Montale house for years now with my signature scent being Rose Musk and Rose Musk Intense. I have had my mind on Pure Gold for a long time and happy I finally decided to purchase it.
Firstly, as always I have to give credit on the intensity and longevity of this perfume. Montale has really outdone itself concerning sillage and longevity. Definitely my longest lasting perfume with Pure Gold also sharing this same advantage. Literally 2 sprays will last the whole day even applied on bare skin.
This perfume is absolutely beautiful and I am in love with the bottle and the name. The first spray is probably my least favorite stage of the perfume. As many people say, it is an explosion of something very sweet, childish, generic, apricot. After 30 minutes or so the perfume envelops into something much more sophisticated including a beautiful dry down, which I am in love with. To me it smells like sweet apricot syrup, with a mixture of white floral notes and strong white musk lingering throughout. It also becomes slightly powdery on my skin, which normally I am not keen on, however for Pure Gold it rounds of the scent perfectly, making it less young and slightly less sweet. At this stage I also notice some soft patchouli notes and it reminds me of a sweet soapy scent. I am happy I tested this multiple times at the counter to discover the dry down of it instead of judging it by the opening.
It is a very playful scent, very feminine. Overall very happy to have this in my collection.
taho – :
This one begins with a musky apricot, amidst some sour botanticals. As it dries down, the musky sourness seems to give way to some natural sweetness. You get an almost pulpish, fruit flesh-like texture with the apricot. This is sweetened by a noticeable presence of vanilla, while a light musky nuance remains lingering in the background.
It’s not especially stylish, although natural and sweetened. And given the muskiness, I don’t find that it has much comfort factor as a gourmand fragrance either.
Based the composure, I would say that the suggestion here is that this fragrance was intended to be used in your pure gold toilet (a common household ritual); yet I don’t know how this fragrance could even begin to compete with the myriad of greater fragrances available out there for this; nor do I think that it even does well to succeed in this task to begin with (given how musky and sour it is). You mine as well just leave it in there and walk away. It’s potentially not that different.
Shartparror – :
Montales “Pure Gold” starts immediately and ballistically with this sharp note of a metallic orange, neroli scent, scent which I otherwise barely can detect in other perfumes but here it is in all regalia present, full, enveloping, as fruity as floral. this of course is the modus operandi of Montale with the oudh (real !) and rose perfumes which I adore, as with several other of his perfumes (Intense Café, Intense Tiaré, Attar). But people have we forgotten “Giorgio”? Fred Haymans “273”? Houbigants “Orangers en Fleurs”? with “Giorgio” Pure Gold shares the gunshot opening and with the last two perfumes the lovely full ylang-y ‘orangeness’. I guess, but I am pretty certain I am amnostic to synthetic muscs (as half of the populace) here it is the musc by Montale which gives Pure Gold an orange blossom as tangy and with almost metallurgic sharpness. this citrus sharpness we find almost identical in Versaces “Eros pour Femme” where orangeblossom and lemonblossom fight for attention during its entire (long) sillage. Where people place the apricot as the strongest note I am surprised because with me the apricot gets citrified. the jasmine gets an “orange- all over”. These notes are detectable but I found it refreshing to, for once, get a good whiff of orangeblossom with Giorgio-like tenacity and Versace like Pomp & Circumstance. Dusitas “la Douceur de Siam” also comes to mind but in the end I’ll find Houbigants orangerie perfume “Orangers en Fleurs” concordant with this, again, Montale masterpiece.
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ps now the apricot is fully restored to my nose as the glowing centerpiece ‘giorgioising’ ‘pure gold’ all: magnificence.
sashamanag – :
Oh my, I was not expecting this explosive almost tear inducing, super projection, hours long lasting white flower, monster scent grenade! I got this delivered to work and two sprays cleared out my small office of people and caused coughing fits from co-workers, it was like a chemical weapon in strength. Since my poor nasal passages were in too much shock, I didn’t even get a chance to notice the dry down phase. However, I am kind of reluctant to test again anytime soon. Just wanted to warn that the initial sprays are potent. Not for the office, maybe after the powerful stuff wears off. More on this later. Unwilling to give up on this since it wasn’t cheap and is one of my first Montales along with Roses Musk, a super fresh and realistic rose, also super strong.
Fracebubavame – :
Met a friend for dinner last night and kept smelling the most delicious, fragrant perfume. By the end of dinner, I realized it was my friend who had put this on in the morning and still smelled amazing by the end of the day. I am going to grab a bottle of this and will write a full review later. But in my humble opinion, this reminds me of an updated version of Diva by Ungaro. Anyone else get this?
METVA – :
I agree with Taxidermy, this is very simular to Libertine, which I loved but this one is even better! I don’t understand the people who finds this A Sharp fragrance, on my skin it is very soft and not A hint of sharpenes. So soft, warm and fresh at the same time and lasts A very long time, great for summer!
momuta – :
گرایش به زنانگی و کمیکال طور ولی دوست داشتنی از نوع هلو و یاس
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Scent & Qualiy: 8/10
Longevity: 8/10
Sillage: 7/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 7/10
Affordability: 4/10
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Overall: 6.8/10
chothCyhora – :
Very similar to the discontinued Vivienne Westwood Libertine. The only difference is the ‘sparkling’ opening. Sourish, perfumey floral fruity. I like it a lot.
Pisulik – :
Sharp and uninteresting opening but dries down to a creamy white floral apricot. Fluffy, soft, cotton-like. Quite lovely, really. Needs either to be covered by fabric or otherwise warmed up to blossom.
TGJHDSCXFGJ – :
Well, I personally use this fragrance as almost all fragrances by Montale are unisex, and i don’t find it feminine, this is sweet but there is strong sharpness in it. That’s why I concider this also a unisex perfume. And as advice don’t blindly buy this perfum. Test it on your skin. My brother sister and I all used this, and that’s absolutely different on each of us.
Al8550Pr – :
Very sharp fragrance. After spraying, there were the mild and more easy-going top notes, but after a few hours, it’s purely sharp, not purely gold. All about neroli and jasmine in my opinion. Also very strong, when you smell it closely, I don’t know about the sillage though.
Not the nicest one by Montale.
4428 – :
I was so sure this would end up a favourite frag after testing the first time but,
I had another go round with Gold yesterday. I dumped the rest of the tester on me. This is not usually a very wise thing to do but I had just come in from a day of gardening followed by a shower. I wanted to be wrapped in a frag that would comfort me and thought this would be it.
Nothing. Very faint smell but really nothing. Gave it time to warm up and still nothing.
More time was given for it to warm up but still, really nothing. A little powdery scent like an unscented body lotion. I have a very strong sense of smell so this wasn’t about me……
ua9yk – :
English:
I’ve tried, used and stopped using numerous perfumes that if I try to account for them ever to quantify the accuracy, but none of these was able to obtain both prominent compared to Montale Pure Gold. What struck me this fragrance was how it evolves, as well as their silage and fixing almost eternal here … It seems that volatilize not NEVER, how can this happen in a fragrance ?! Not sure if this is good or bad. Obvious that there must be countless other perfumes of the world outside with the same characteristics, or maybe even higher. Montale perfumes House is a Niche RSS Enterprises Group and have signed their fragrances by Pierre Montale creator of House, who printed in Pure Gold a fruity floral so intense and poignant that is no body that is able to accept it, not . Now, it opens with a cover in the face given by Musk form so concentrated that I come to believe that the whole world Musk is there and along comes a bouquet of jasmine Jupiter-sized pulling her hair back and warned that comes more thump a society composed of neroli, patchouli Baunilhão and angry. This initial crazy mix reminded me of AVON Crystal Aura, which by the way was a perfumaço that exuded yards and yards, it was discontinued. His heart is in Damascus with grout and more Flowers Vanilla Orange resected, giving the fragrance a more somber aspect, making it even more than at the beginning and also highly invasive. At its base is more noticeable musk with a light citrus coupled with Vanilla and White Flowers that are growing, beating you, kicking your stomach and making you realize that Montale Pure Gold is scent to be applied with toothpick, or otherwise, will be death sudden conscious. No wonder a fragrance from the hands of Pierre Montale have much notoriety since the same honed his perfumísticas skills in Saudi Arabia creating perfumes for the nobility in the East, hence the peculiarity of their fragrances are as compared to Attar’s and consequently scare both nostrils Western audience. This here is first perfume for Sheiks! [laughs] … And here to talk about projection and ultra setting would be redundant, then it is up to each one to read draw their conclusions about, if they exist.
I dedicate this review to my Amiga Diana Alcantara!
Português:
Já experimentei, usei e deixei de usar inúmeros perfumes que se eu tentar contabilizá-los jamais os quantificaria com exatidão, mas nenhum desses pôde obter tanto destaque se comparado ao Pure Gold de Montale. O que me impressionou nesta fragrância foi a forma como ela evolui, bem como sua silagem e fixação quase que eternas… Isso aqui parece que não volatiza NUNCA, como pode isso acontecer numa fragrância?! Não sei se isso é bom ou ruim. Óbvio que devem existir inúmeros outros perfumes de mundo a fora com mesmas características, ou quem sabe até superior. Montale é uma Casa de perfumes de Nicho do Grupo RSS Enterprises e têm suas fragrâncias assinadas por Pierre Montale criador da Casa, que imprimiu em Pure Gold um floral frutal tão intenso e pungente que não é qualquer organismo que seja capaz de aceitá-lo, não. Ora, ele abre com um tapa na cara dado pelo Almíscar de forma tão concentrada que chego a acreditar que o Almíscar do mundo inteiro está ali e juntamente vem um ramalhete de Jasmim do tamanho de Júpiter puxando seus cabelos para trás e avisando que vem mais pancada de uma sociedade composta por Néroli, Baunilhão e Patchouli revoltados. Essa mistura louca inicial me fez recordar o Crystal Aura da AVON, que por sinal era um perfumaço que exalava metros e metros, ele foi descontinuado. Seu coração tem Damasco em caldas com Baunilha e mais Flores de Laranjeira ressecada, dando um aspecto mais sisudo à fragrância, tornando-a ainda maior que no início e também altamente invasiva. Em sua base é perceptível mais Almíscar com um leve cítrico somado a Baunilha e Flores Brancas que vão crescendo, espancando você, chutando seu estômago e lhe fazendo perceber que Pure Gold de Montale é perfume para ser aplicado com palito, ou caso contrário, será morte súbita consciente. Não é de se estranhar uma fragrância das mãos de Pierre Montale possuir tanta notoriedade, uma vez que o mesmo aperfeiçoou suas habilidades perfumísticas na Arábia Saudita criando perfumes para a nobreza do Oriente, daí a peculiaridade de suas fragrâncias serem tão comparadas aos Attar’s e consequentemente assustarem tanto as narinas do público Ocidental. Isso aqui é perfume primeiramente para Sheiks! [risos]… E, falar aqui sobre projeção e fixação seria ultra redundante, então cabe a cada um que ler tirar suas conclusões sobre, se é que elas existam.
Dedico esta Resenha à minha Amiga Diana Alcântara!
draven1983 – :
Lo adoro
sgans – :
It’s a nice scent for those who like jasmine. Nothing special at all. I would expect more from Montale, but… Pleasant,and everybody – If they feel , because it’s very close to skin- will like it.
Lipsalietet – :
On my skin it is very similar to Montale Chypre Fruite, almost identical (maybe a bit smoother)
vce – :
Montale PURE GOLD starts out as a fruity-floral blend with a lot of clean resinous musk. I find it somewhat nondescript, especially initially, when I have trouble discerning individual notes… except for the musk which is quite big.
Later this perfume starts to seem more like a nice floral with a slight soapiness. The floral component seems to me to be mainly jasmine. I was thinking that PURE GOLD was similar in some ways to Jennifer Aniston and DKNY Pure, but in side-by-side comparisons I changed my mind. PURE GOLD is much better than those. Perhaps the idea is similar, but in this case we have much better ingredients and execution. JENNIFER ANISTON veers too far in the industrial direction in an attempt to be clean. DKNY PURE has a touch too much woodish aromachemical stuff for my tastes. PURE GOLD is perhaps how those perfumes should smell, but they don’t, which is probably why they are on their way out of the stores already…
PURE GOLD is another example of Montale going beyond their area of expertise (middle eastern-inspired oud creations), to produce a decent, if not extraordinary, perfume.
Espero – :
well smells quite good for me, sweet enough, i get a lot of compliments. But my husband says that it smells like ald ladys perfume.. yahhh
9acrobatr – :
This is, in my honest, humble opinion, better suited for men. For some odd reason, this is unexpectedly wonderful on my skin. More casual than other fragrances with similar notes, this is very easy to wear. I turn heads when I wear go out wearing this and I seem to get bombarded with compliments when I wear this with white shirts. The sillage is moderately noticeable; more so in heat. The longevity is typical Montale on my skin – 10 hours of solid olfactory alchemy. I can’t lose with Montale.
vansha – :
This scent is a simple, common and cheap floral fruity fragrance.nothing special and very girlish.the open notes are juicy. then white flowers appear not in an harmonious dance that evoches my senses but just simply in one blast. so i cannot perceive them one by one but i just perceive a mass of indistincted flowers.not surprising just for young girls
westrn5 – :
I received this as a sample from Lucky Scents. It goes on Very Medicinal and lasts for about 30 minutes this way. Then it finally mellows out to something sort of pleasant, and then it fades away. No WOW factor here and medicinal smell is so not worth it.