Wood On Fire
Wood On Fire by Montale is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with lemon, cedarwood and incense, moves into vetiver, oud and sandalwood and dries down to amber, vanilla, toffee and labdanum. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects very strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Incense Smoky, dry and meditative. Adds gravity to anything.
Heart
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
- Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
Dry-down
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
- Toffee Buttery burnt sugar. Denser and chewier than caramel.
- Labdanum Sticky, leathery resin. Dark honey and old books.
Smells like this
- Montale Bubble Forever
- Montale Ristretto Intense Café
- Floris Honey Oud
- Mancera Of the Wild
- Chanel Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif
- Thameen Carved Oud
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