20 community ratings

Oriental Flowers

2008WomenClassic

7.3/ 10

Community score
20 ratings

Montale Oriental Flowers is a powdery, oriental floral for women, deepened by spice, resin and woody tones; it has been discontinued.

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Skunky's take: A bouquet in a bottle: floral and eye-catching.

How does it perform?

From 30 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

8.5 /10

Sprayed at breakfast, still around at dinner.

Sillage

8.2 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

6.8 /10

Looks good without trying too hard.

Blind buy risk

Medium risk

70% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Floral
Synthetic
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Powdery
Resinous
Earthy

What does Oriental Flowers smell like?

Ylang-ylang, rose and bergamot come first; in the heart, jasmine and orris root pull the scent toward a powdery line. Peru balsam leaves a resinous warmth at the base. Spicy, earthy and chypre accords sit alongside the floral ones, so it reads darker and heavier than a simple flower bouquet.

Voters find both its longevity and sillage strong, though the number of votes is small. It is worn by day and by night: leisure and business draw the most votes, with evening and night out close behind. It reads as a feminine scent. Halston Halston and Guerlain Mitsouko have a close profile.