I bought a bottle two years ago. This was the only perfume I had ever wanted to scrub off. It smelt straight up like camphor and hair relaxer or perm. It was awful. In comparison, Teint de Neige, Iris by L'erbolario, and Elizabeth Arden Red Door are my favorite powdery scents. I love lathering myself in baby lotion - I can never smell too powdery. Two years later...I've tried it again and it's amazing. It's much sweeter and denser, it's the closest perfume I've found to replicate the OG Johnson baby powder scent. It's baby powder on steroids. I'm so happy with my bottle now. Perfumes are subjective, to me, I pick up baby powder, to others it will smell different. A difference in opinion does not make a review ill-informed or wrong. I love oud and I detect baby powder in this perfume - there's absolutely no reason why a person cannot enjoy both scent profiles. Anyway... It's super strong and lasts until it's washed off - over half a day for sure and projects like a beast. Everyone will smell you. It's not a replacement for TDN for me, as they have different profiles and I'd reach for them in different occasions. Just to note - I believe the metal bottles that Montale is using are interfering with the fragrances. All the scents I have bought from them have smelt awfully metallic and alcohlic initially. They usually settle a year or two down the line. I don't have this issue with Mancera or any Montale samples I buy as those come in glass bottles.
0
2 years ago
Powder Flowers, from Montale was released in 2005. The perfumer behind this creation is Pierre Montale. The notes are Cedarwood, Jasmine, Osmanthus, Rose, Tonka Bean.
I bought a bottle two years ago. This was the only perfume I had ever wanted to scrub off. It smelt straight up like camphor and hair relaxer or perm. It was awful. In comparison, Teint de Neige, Iris by L'erbolario, and Elizabeth Arden Red Door are my favorite powdery scents. I love lathering myself in baby lotion - I can never smell too powdery. Two years later...I've tried it again and it's amazing. It's much sweeter and denser, it's the closest perfume I've found to replicate the OG Johnson baby powder scent. It's baby powder on steroids. I'm so happy with my bottle now. Perfumes are subjective, to me, I pick up baby powder, to others it will smell different. A difference in opinion does not make a review ill-informed or wrong. I love oud and I detect baby powder in this perfume - there's absolutely no reason why a person cannot enjoy both scent profiles. Anyway... It's super strong and lasts until it's washed off - over half a day for sure and projects like a beast. Everyone will smell you. It's not a replacement for TDN for me, as they have different profiles and I'd reach for them in different occasions. Just to note - I believe the metal bottles that Montale is using are interfering with the fragrances. All the scents I have bought from them have smelt awfully metallic and alcohlic initially. They usually settle a year or two down the line. I don't have this issue with Mancera or any Montale samples I buy as those come in glass bottles.