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Nattasha – :
The opening is quite delicious. On my skin, this is very feminine, warm and inviting. Like a pudding with creamy ylang and fluffy musk.
Not much more to add, like other Montales this is again simple, linear and long lasting fragrance.
It is not deep, complex or unusual with an exotic/french/whatever twist. Just warm ylangish milky musk.
update: eventually does morph into a “soapy” scent, this type of musk is closer to “old fashioned’ Lorenzo Villoresi musk then the one used in N. Rodriguez.
JENYA1993 – :
This is the first ‘white musk’ scent that doesn’t get sharp or overly soapy on me. It’s smooth, fluffy, creamy and clean. A hint of floral sweetness is detected. Simple, and straightforward but high quality. Like coming out of a warm bath, clean and towel-dried, and then being wrapped in cashmere, feeling peaceful and pampered. Low sillage and great longevity.
Sileicesunc – :
Very clean crystal like (if crystal had a scent).
Different to the white musks i’ve smelt. I have tried Tresori, ASAQ, Serge Clair de Musc, etc.
Montale’s does have a cold vibe to it and i still rate the scent of jovan white musk and body shop’s white musk as my fav white musk scents. Im getting a note found in Tresori’s white musk which seems to be in the Montale one. Whereas the latter doesn’t have the animalic vibe.
NUSHA – :
Like Planet X said this is a pure, clean musk. I find it so wearable, it’s clean and musky but not cloying as some Musks can be on me. It’s clean, cold feeling, a little soapy, great longevity, new love.
Titexcide – :
Beautiful fragrance. Safe to wear it at work. I’m working in healthcare and I find difficult to find a perfume suitable both for my taste and and to respect my patients sensitivity. Very close to the skin. It’s a personal and selfish delight. Makes my day happier
kuvalda-jb – :
First pure musk ever that I Am ready to wear and buy at any time. Very soapy-warm on me, simple, but very attractive, sensual, yet ethically correct to wear in all situations. At work will give reassurance and probably relax colleagues, at home it’s like a magnet for family members, can’t remember that I ever received as many cuddles , as while wearing White Musk. Calms me down by its natural baby-like aroma.
7.8 out of 10.
александр12 – :
Montale White musk (tested from dabber)
This is perfect for white musk lovers! It is effortlessly sexy, very easy for anyone to wear, anytime, anywhere. Pure, very fresh, clean, smooth, soothing, addictive, there is a powder feel to it, it becomes a little milky on my skin. I can smell it on my skin for hours even applied from a dabber.
ozi027JeomiWogkig – :
Nice clean musk, but I wouldn’t pay this much for a fragrance I’d only use after a shower.
zrv_74 – :
This is a lovely very gentle musk – virtually a skin scent with no projection at all.I detect a slight Vanilla and plastic scent in the top notes.In fact the top note is all there is.There is no discernable development to this perfume at all.
I love Musk and I love Roses Musk but this is such a disappointing Montale.Particularly at this price.
SonicRS – :
Smells good but it’s so week that I must put my nose to my wrist to smell it.
desten – :
nice – and gone!
Trevlig – sen borta!
slava_3000 – :
Violet leaf + musk = POWDER bomb!! It should be noted that I am not a fan of powdery scents. That being said, this is a fairly linear dry/powdery musk that’s very soapy and a bit sharp. Being a Montale, it lasts forever, it was still going after 14 hours. I can appreciate a soapy scent for what it is but this is one of my least favorites due to its harshness and strong powder note.
DonFreep – :
Montale’s White Musk is a sweet, creamy, velvety white musk scent. Starts with an apricoty-fruity note to my nose, and some clean coldness due to the violet leaf, but after drydown warms up on the skin, and becomes soft and creamy, maybe because of the ylang-ylang. Very feminine, simple comfort fragrance, perfect for everyday wear.
mogekto – :
Strangely, the opening was “rotten fruit”; it eventually morphed into a white soapy musk, but without much interest…oh, well.
pihra7 – :
Smells soapy, like a powdered detergent. Not a fan of this at any price.
листик – :
The notes are well blended in such a way that the fragrance feels like an iris soliflore. It definitely has a musky smell, however the combination makes it smell a bit old lady. It reminds me of a spray deodorant my nana used to wear so it does comfort me, it is also a deadringer for Chloe, but it’s not personally my first choice for a musk.
aymerdur – :
Beautiful! Clean, soft, tender, but cold. For me it is like watching a foggy winter landscape throught a withe veil. It’s not old but especially young; a young, clean, nice body.
sonatoz – :
Like nearly every woman of a certain age, in my youth I worshipped at the shrine of Body Shop White Musk. So it’s almost embarrassing to confess that, despite many years of developing some perfume maturity ;-), I could love anything called White Musk. But I *do* love it!
Like sherapop, I too have a bit of BS White Musk – a small recyclable plastic bottle (remember those?) still half full. It’s a pleasant scented oil, warm and comforting.
Montale White Musk is a Perfume. Musk yes, but tied up in a bouquet of fresh flowers. It’s somehow a sunny, happy fragrance. It projects without being overpowering, stays fresh smelling and lasts all day. FB worthy.
dima1104 – :
Not being much for big musk perfumes, I have been pleasantly surprised by Montale WHITE MUSK. The name is perfect because the musk is really very clean and pure. I barely smell any flowers at all, but I have noticed that the musk in this composition appears to be similar to that used in Chanel NO 5. Now that everyone uses synthetic musk, there may be more convergence among musk perfumes than there were back in the olden days when unsuspecting musk deer were “relieved” of parts of their anatomy in order to satisfy wealthy people’s desire for luxurious perfume.
The question becomes: if every house from Jovan to Montale is using synthetic musks to make their musk solinote perfumes, then why in the world would anyone choose the most rather than the least expensive of the available offerings? Not being a musk connoisseur, I have to admit that I do not know the answer to the question!
I did notice today that the remnants of By Kilian LOVE AND TEARS, which I found to be a rather hum-drum and dry jasmine soliflore, mingle quite nicely with the Montale WHITE MUSK. To make sure that I was not misinterpreting the Montale, I also tested it on the back of my hands. It’s a clean white musk, no question about that. What I’m still not sure of is whether I like it better than The Body Shop WHITE MUSK. Well, I happen to have some of their perfume oil here somewhere, so let me go find out the answer to the question right now. I’ll be back in a jiffy…
I’m back. There’s actually a huge difference. The Montale WHITE MUSK is smooth and creamy and clean, while The Body Shop smells somewhat sharp and soapy. I definitely prefer the Montale, and recognize now that not all synthetic musks are created–or combined–alike!
natali84-84 – :
White musks are my favorite scents – always have been – and I’m always on the lookout for a good one. I just received this as a decant in order to try it, but yuck. My first thoughts were “old lady.” It has that musty, granny smell. Like you’re snuggled into an old lady’s bosom. Maybe it’s a body chemistry thing and smells better on other people. But I won’t be wearing it again.
pcvaka – :
Smells old, like bed sheets, kept in the chest for decades. Doesn’t smell clean, it smells musty. It’s not priceworthy, there are much better and definitey cheaper musk fragrances. Blah.
hugg – :
totally agree with every word of guest_s-ultra. he nailed it when he wrote “knid of old lady smelling…” nice-smelling perfume but a little old fashion. not for me.
PUPSIK— – :
This is a very clean musk. It may not be the most interesting, but it’s exactly what I like in a white musk, clean without being too soapy. Very good for layering.
Marat-932 – :
Simply the best pure white musk out there. Beautiful.
I’m not at all a Montale fan, but this is what you are looking for in category “White Musk”. Believe me. They nailed it.
(And they put a price tag on the perfect musk – niche politics, you know, what I mean).
Extrimall – :
Very clean perfume. A smell of cold, white, pure skin.
rom4eg – :
I tried White Musk after sampling six or seven other Montale scents in a short period of time. Maybe it was just olfactory fatigue, but neither my husband nor I could actually smell this perfume on the test strip. Musk is not the only note, but somehow we were completely anosmic to it. I’ve heard that most people are anosmic to musk aromas of one variety or another. Perhaps I met my match here.
If this one has a scent, it’s obviously much more subtle than the other Montales. I recommend sampling before purchase, just so you don’t spend a lot of money on a fragrance you can’t even enjoy.
raisubreste – :
Both clean and powdery-but slightly sweet-the elements are perfectly balanced. It’s a very wearable pristine and proper musk-not cold for me, but certainly not warm. This doesn’t do much for me, but it does have the typical fine-tuned smell of a Montale to me, and I could imagine it on a very very delicate and reserved lady-perhaps somebody like Isabelle Huppert? Not for me, but I wouldn’t turn down a free bottle!
Xeroxsghtv – :
Montale White Musk is a very clean white musk scent. I can’t feel ylang-ylang in it. The violet makes it a cold fragrance. It lacks for me personally some warmth and depth.