Cheaper alternatives

Cheaper alternatives to Montale Intense Café

Intense Café by Montale is a feminine-leaning eau de parfum from 2013 in the niche price tier. These 12 fragrances cost less and smell close to it.

What to wear instead

• Chloé Roses de Chloé designer · 80% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, white musk and amber.
• Dior Miss Dior Rose N'Roses designer · 77% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, rose and white musk.
• Lattafa Hayaati budget · 75% note match, 3 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, white musk and amber.
• Lattafa Ana Abiyedh Leather budget · 75% note match, 3 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, white musk and amber.
• Kayali Oudgasm Café Oud | 19 designer · 74% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share coffee, bergamot, damask rose, vanilla and white musk.
• Lattafa Fakhar Rose budget · 73% note match, 3 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, vanilla and white musk.
• Kenzo Flower L’Elixir designer · 67% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, vanilla, white musk and amber.
• The Body Shop White Musk budget · 66% note match, 3 tiers cheaper. They share rose, vanilla, white musk and amber.
• Chanel Allure premium · 64% note match, 1 tier cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, vanilla and white musk.
• Yves Saint Laurent Paris designer · 64% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, white musk and amber.
• Lancôme Tresor Midnight Rose designer · 63% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose, vanilla and white musk.
• Versace Dylan Purple designer · 63% note match, 2 tiers cheaper. They share bergamot, damask rose and white musk.

How these were picked

Ranked by shared notes, counting rare notes for more than the vanilla and musk nearly everything has, and base notes for more than the opening. A price tier is a band (budget, designer, premium, niche, luxury), not an exact price. “Sold as a dupe” means the catalogue records it as an imitation; the rest only match on paper.

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