This is a true chocolate a bitter cacao note in the top which fades back into a slightly paler Vanille Absolu which I adore BTW. I can't say I dislike this fragrance far from it, in fact it's yummy, sweet, woody, vanilla just a bit redundant for me, Simply because of the similarity to VA. This is chocolate/vanilla wafers and when you smell really deep it does have a slight fruitiness and something which is undoubtedly Montale about it. Just like choosing an Ice cream flavour sometimes you're in the mood for chocolate sometimes vanilla...sometimes both? So I love this too...absolutely love it but when the ice cream in question costs over £100 a scoop (flacon) you have to make your mind up as you can't have both.

No higher praise than a compliment from my mum! She is often horrified by some of my fragrance choices and is not shy when it comes to being vocal about it. On the rare occasion I get a positive comment, I treasure it. "Have you been eating chocolate?" "Nah...I just smell of chocolate...do you like it?" "Yeah it's nice...you really smell of Chocolate, just like drinking chocolate" That constitutes a compliment to me, and this stuff does project it has classic Montale strength to it, obviously not the strength of the powerful Oud fragrances but very good. I'm seriously stuck between chocolate greedy, vanilla absolu and intense cafe, to be my first Montale purchase.