Ginger musk...hmmm...??? I've come to have no expectations when trying a Montale fragrance as they either are exactly what you expect (usually some Oud/Rose variation) or totally not what you expect from the cryptic name or regardless of a note pyramid. What you can be a little more certain of and almost always expect, is atomic strength but even then sometimes a soft scent. 'Ginger' from Montale and I'm expecting some sort of rough, firey, distilled ginger beer, consomme of epic proportions and enough musk to sink a battleship...but I'm wrong again! Ginger musk is a sweet and unique fruity, dark berry cocktail which does indeed have some ginger at the back of it (somewhere?) and makes for a really odd fragrance. I'll be honest the olfactory adventurer and childlike sweet tooth in me immediately adored the sweet and unique opening. It's like some foreign candy, an approximated and synthetic fruitiness whereby you can't actually tell what kind of fruit it's supposed to be?? If Ginger musk was deep and thoughtful in the base notes (perhaps some booze or even Aoud?) then fine but it has this silky smooth musk which is not animal at all but ever present. I loved this fragrance right up until a couple of hours in, then I began to have my doubts about it? Just in terms of being a fragrance I wanted to add to my collection I thought the quirkiness would carry it and it's true I've not smelled much like it out there. However on the same day I got my girlfriend to try Roses Musk (a scent I subsequently tried myself) and even though it was a tired combo of notes I much preferred the drydown. Truth is I was just a little sick of ginger musk after a while although the drydown is soft and almost powdery. I have to go with my gut reaction and it was on the whole positive so it gets a 'Like' from me. It lasts very well and projects in the first couple of hours atomically! I applaud it for being a talking point and that's what fragrance is about at the end of the day. I sense it's a polarizing one this, worth trying and making up your own mind.
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12 years ago
Ginger Musk, from Montale was released in 2006. The perfumer behind this creation is Pierre Montale. The notes are Blackberry, Ginger, Musk, Red Berries.
Ginger musk...hmmm...??? I've come to have no expectations when trying a Montale fragrance as they either are exactly what you expect (usually some Oud/Rose variation) or totally not what you expect from the cryptic name or regardless of a note pyramid. What you can be a little more certain of and almost always expect, is atomic strength but even then sometimes a soft scent. 'Ginger' from Montale and I'm expecting some sort of rough, firey, distilled ginger beer, consomme of epic proportions and enough musk to sink a battleship...but I'm wrong again! Ginger musk is a sweet and unique fruity, dark berry cocktail which does indeed have some ginger at the back of it (somewhere?) and makes for a really odd fragrance. I'll be honest the olfactory adventurer and childlike sweet tooth in me immediately adored the sweet and unique opening. It's like some foreign candy, an approximated and synthetic fruitiness whereby you can't actually tell what kind of fruit it's supposed to be?? If Ginger musk was deep and thoughtful in the base notes (perhaps some booze or even Aoud?) then fine but it has this silky smooth musk which is not animal at all but ever present. I loved this fragrance right up until a couple of hours in, then I began to have my doubts about it? Just in terms of being a fragrance I wanted to add to my collection I thought the quirkiness would carry it and it's true I've not smelled much like it out there. However on the same day I got my girlfriend to try Roses Musk (a scent I subsequently tried myself) and even though it was a tired combo of notes I much preferred the drydown. Truth is I was just a little sick of ginger musk after a while although the drydown is soft and almost powdery. I have to go with my gut reaction and it was on the whole positive so it gets a 'Like' from me. It lasts very well and projects in the first couple of hours atomically! I applaud it for being a talking point and that's what fragrance is about at the end of the day. I sense it's a polarizing one this, worth trying and making up your own mind.