Ristretto Intense Café
Ristretto Intense Café by Montale is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with coffee and rose, moves into rose and coffee and dries down to vanilla, white musk, toffee and amber. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects very strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Coffee Roasted, bitter and dark. Adds edge to sweet fragrances.
- Rose Can be jammy, green, peppery or soapy depending on the type. Not one smell.
Heart
- Rose Can be jammy, green, peppery or soapy depending on the type. Not one smell.
- Coffee Roasted, bitter and dark. Adds edge to sweet fragrances.
Dry-down
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
- White Musk Clean, soft, laundry-like. The 'smells like nothing but better' note.
- Toffee Buttery burnt sugar. Denser and chewier than caramel.
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
Smells like this
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