Montale Paris Oudyssee

Mostly bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel. Underneath that, cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers.

It opens on sea notes, bergamot and lemon, moves through ginger and amber, and settles on oud, mate and musk.

• sea notes: a general salt-and-air impression, invented rather than extracted
• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does

It lasts well and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.