Montale

Dark Vanilla

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Montale asks about $157 for 100 ml
50 mlabout $95
100 mlabout $157

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Peppery saffron, cardamom and cumin over leathery oud and sandalwood, drying down to a deep, resinous vanilla and amber.

Montale says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper, saffron, cumin, cardamom, lemon, coriander, sandalwood, leather, oud, patchouli, vanilla and amber.

More from Montale’s description

It also mentions Spices, Resinous Vanilla and Oud Wood.

The house’s page

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The drawn Dark Vanilla bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Dark Vanilla’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, saffron, cumin, cardamom, lemon, coriander drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Dark Vanilla, when you spray it: Pink pepper, Saffron, Cumin, Cardamom, Lemon, Coriander, Sweet orange

As it settlesheart notes

Dark Vanilla, as it settles: Sandalwood, Leather, Oud, Patchouli, Citronellol (rose)

What staysdry-down notes

Dark Vanilla, what stays: Vanilla (vanillin), Amber, Virginia cedar, Galaxolide (musk), Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Montale names

Pink PepperSaffronCuminCardamomLemonCorianderSandalwoodLeatherOudPatchouliVanilla

What the label names

22 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

4 citrus4 herbs & lavender5 florals4 woods2 sweet2 spices1 musks

Citrus4

LimoneneBitter orange oilLemon oilCitral

Herbs & lavender4

PineneCamphorLinalyl acetateLinalool

Florals5

HydroxycitronellalCitronellol (rose)Geraniol (rose)Rose ketonesGeranyl acetate

Woods4

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Ebanol

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneEugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OutlandsAmouage · shares saffron, cumin, cardamom, lemon and 4 more$475 for 100 ml
TerraRayhaan · shares saffron, cumin, cardamom, lemon and 4 moreabout $41 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Dark Vanilla’s about $157
Epic ManAmouage · shares pink pepper, saffron, cumin, cardamom and 4 more$395 for 100 ml
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African LeatherMemo Paris · shares pink pepper, saffron, cumin, cardamom and 3 more$350 for 75 ml
Overture ManAmouage · shares saffron, cumin, cardamom, sandalwood and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
Black AoudMontale · shares saffron, lemon, sandalwood, leather and 2 moreabout $146 for 100 ml · about the same as Dark Vanilla’s about $157
Epic 56 WomanAmouage · shares pink pepper, cumin, sandalwood, agarwood and 2 more$550 for 100 ml
Epic WomanAmouage · shares pink pepper, cumin, sandalwood, agarwood and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
See 4 more4 more share half its notes
Oud CadenzaMaison Crivelli · shares saffron, cardamom, leather, agarwood and 2 moreabout $465 for 100 ml
Purpose 50Amouage · shares pink pepper, saffron, sandalwood, leather and 2 more$550 for 100 ml
Opus VII Reckless LeatherAmouage · shares pink pepper, cardamom, sandalwood, leather and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares pink pepper, cardamom, sandalwood, leather and 2 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Dark Vanilla’s about $157
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