Montale Patchouli Leaves Eau de Parfum starts off with a dark, earthy patchouli--damp soil, earthy, and cool--but is quickly warmed up with with vanilla and amber before drying down to a mostly amber, vanilla, and musk skin scent. The patchouli was the main attraction for the first hour or so of...

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Montale Ristretto Cafe Intense Extrait de Parfum begins with a sweet, jammy rose that sits on top of a frothy, caramel macchiato; the rose dominates for the first two hours before the coffee and its accoutrements started to strengthen as the drydown was creamy coffee with toffee syrup and amber.

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