About This Scent
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- Top notes
- Bergamott, Sage
- Heart notes
- Vetiver, Läder, Sandelträ
- Base notes
- Patchouli, Akigalawood
- Longevity
- Long Lasting
- Sillage
- Moderate
- Brand
- Montblanc
Montblanc Explorer Eau de Parfum Gift Set is the version to buy when you want the fragrance and the presentation in one go.
What is inside is a scent built on contrast. Bergamot and sage open it, the first bright and citric, the second dry, herbal and a touch bitter, and together they give a short clean overture before the real material arrives. That material is vetiver. It is rooty, dry and lightly smoky, and it sets the character for the long middle of the wearing. Leather runs with it, smooth and quietly sweet rather than rough, while sandalwood sits beneath them both and rounds the edges with something creamy. The base takes a turn towards earth: patchouli for depth and damp soil, and akigalawood, a material derived from patchouli and sharper than it, for a dry, resinous, faintly sharp finish.
Buying it as a set changes nothing about the smell and quite a lot about the occasion. It is the format that works when the fragrance is a gift rather than a restock, when it needs to be opened in front of people, or when you want somebody to try a scent in more than one form before deciding it is theirs. Seven materials, confidently handled, pitched at men and most at home from October through to spring. It is the kind of fragrance that gets worn rather than admired on a shelf, which is the right thing to be giving somebody. Expect it to project for an hour or two and then stay close for several more. The name belongs to a Hamburg firm known for fountain pens and writing instruments before it was known for anything else, later for watches and leather, and now a part of Richemont. Perfume is made for Montblanc under licence by a specialist house.
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