I’d been hunting down today’s fragrance for many years, not in an obsessive kind of way, but enough to get me excited when I finally found it here in Japan on the second-hand market. It’s only got three notes – Tahitian vanilla, bitter orange and cacao – so you can probably predict what it’s going…
Tag: Montale

Roller Ball Set from Montale: Aromatic Lime, Wood & Spices, Aoud Roses Petals
I have a set of three small roller ball bottles from this house to share with you in today’s post, and two of the three are not in the typical Montale style with which many of you might be familiar. All of these are unsurprisingly from perfumer Pierre Montale. Let’s dive in. Aromatic Lime Rarely…

Suntan Oil Perfumes that Bring you Right to the Beach
Summer is now approaching, and it’s soon time to head out to the coast and cool off in the ocean. Time to embrace the feeling of play and freedom by enveloping your senses in beachy, suntan-oil-like fragrances! This post introduces some perfumes that relish memories or dreams of basking in oil on some tropical beach…