Montblanc

Legend

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Montblanc asks $130 for 100 ml
100 ml$130

The houseFor men

Bergamot and violet over jasmine and geranium, drying down to oak moss and woods.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell bergamot, violet, jasmine, geranium, Oak Moss and Vibrant Wood.

The shop’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Legend’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, violet, jasmine, geranium, oakmoss, vibrant wood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Legend, when you spray it: Bergamot, Violet

As it settlesheart notes

Legend, as it settles: Jasmine, Geranium

What staysdry-down notes

Legend, what stays: Oakmoss, Vibrant wood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

BergamotVioletJasmineGeraniumOak MossVibrant Wood

What the label names

7 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
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

Gris DiorDior · shares bergamot, violet (sweet violet), jasmine and oakmoss$350 for 100 ml
RomanceRalph Lauren · shares violet (sweet violet), jasmine, geranium (rose geranium) and oakmoss$140 for 100 ml · about the same as Legend’s $130
Aspen CologneCoty · shares bergamot, jasmine, geranium (rose geranium) and oakmoss
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.