Powder Flowers
Powder Flowers by Montale is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with geranium, moves into rose, heliotrope, vetiver, cedarwood and sandalwood and dries down to vanilla, benzoin, tonka bean and musk. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects very strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Geranium Rosy and minty at once. Reads masculine more often than not.
Heart
- Rose Can be jammy, green, peppery or soapy depending on the type. Not one smell.
- Heliotrope Almond, vanilla and powder. Smells like marzipan and old-fashioned makeup.
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
Dry-down
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
- Benzoin Sweet balsamic resin. Vanilla-adjacent but drier.
- Tonka Bean Almond, hay and vanilla in one. Warm and slightly nutty.
- Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
Smells like this
- Le Labo Tonka 25
- Ex Nihilo Musc Infini
- Memo Paris Cassiopeia Rose
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- Argos La Primavera
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