MONTALE Intense Café Eau de Parfum 100 ml

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As far as gender goes, I think this fragrance is perfectly unisex, but the sad aversion most men have towards rose fragrances will probably make most people skew this towards the feminine end of the spectrum. And it’s definitely true that I would want to devour any woman wearing Intense Café with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. So the scent is not what I expected. I expected a real coffee smell, like the name says Instead, I don't get a coffee scent, but rather a café experience, i.e. a very extensive and complex scent that changes greatly over time on my skin and undergoes a history or a journey. Though the name of the fragrance implies that this will be a coffee fragrance, it really isn’t. To be sure, there is coffee lurking in the mix which reveals itself the closer that you press your nose into your skin. However, if you’re looking for an all-out, balls-to-the-wall coffee scent, this ain’t it. If you want something like that, I would suggest Kerosene’s Follow, Akro’s Awake, and Sebastiane’s Espresso Royale. It's hard to describe... For me an absolute work of art, which you should test on the skin (not on the test strip) and which you have to give several chances, because it gets better every time you wear it... This is a very, very pleasant fragrance that has gotten me a number of compliments. Unlike Vetiver Patchouli, this is pretty much a crowd pleaser that I think almost anyone could like.

Overall, the presentation of Montale Intense Caf é is unique, though it won’t be to everyone’s taste. Performance Since its founding in 2003, French niche fragrance brand Montale has established itself as one of the most popular and successful niche producers in the industry. Da li je za moju Penelopu? Nije! Ali bar sam nesto probao sto me odusevilo, a za nju se nastavlja potraga! Intense Café is very popular for a niche fragrance and has been around since 2013, so it’s spawned a host of imitators over the years. And though Intense Café is blessed (or cursed) with the, ahem, radiant Montale performance, it is nevertheless a wonderful, comforting scent.However, there are definitely benefits to the aluminium presentation. For one, they are not nearly as weighty as other heavy glass bottle presentations. They honestly feel so light that you might wonder if you got cheated – it doesn’t even feel like there’s a full bottle of juice hiding in there. But don’t fret – it’s there, and it’s so powerful that it’ll probably take you two lifetimes to get through. You can easily move these bottles around and even take them with you in your gym bag or purse. They’re not going to weigh you down like a glass bottle would.

So: different than expected, but after testing the fragrance and wearing it several times, it will definitely be on my wish list, just the association of the cosiness I get with this fragrance because of the café atmosphere is enough for me to buy this perfume as a work of art in itself.Fans of jammy rose, like Lush’s Rose Jam, will likely find a lot to love here, though perhaps someone who favors darker, more serious roses like Portrait of a Ladywon’t be as keen.

i had Intense Café on my list for a very very long time. I drink coffee very much, but do I want to smell like that? I asked myself that for a very long time and therefore postponed the blind buy for a long time!But how does Intense Café actually smell? Well, to put it simply, it is a sweet, vanillic, coffee-infused gourmand rose fragrance. And if you don’t know what a gourmand fragrance is – don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. The bottles are also opaque, so you can’t see into them to gauge how much fragrance you have left or to show off some cool looking juice. On the other hand, though, the opacity means that less light is being let into the bottle, which is a net positive. After all, light is one of the enemies of perfume, along with air. An opaque bottle is much more likely to preserve your fragrance for years and years to come. There are numerous other dupes and fragrances in a similar ballpark to Intense Café that I won’t list here, but suffice it to say that there are tons of similar fragrances out there within striking range. Pros & Cons Pros Finally, Grape Pearls by the House of Oud is quite similar to Intense Café, though it adds a fruity element in the form of grapes and blueberries. It also comes in an absolutely amazing bottle that looks like a swirly dragon egg. It is, of course, a bit more expensive than Intense Café at retail. This is a potent brew. As I’ve cautioned you already, any more than two or three sprays with this is overdoing it. Even three sprays is pushing it. If you go beyond that boundary, my friend, I can only say to you: “ Vaya con Dios“. Value For Money