Intense Tiare

Montale Intense Tiare Unisex EDP opens with a moderate to a strong projection of sweet, white floral, and fruity accords. The opening is fresh, delectable, evocative of spring, and very pleasant. The Tiare flower is a prominent and inviting note, a white floral scent, soothing, creamy, and fruity; the coconut accompanies the Tiare flower with a sweet tropical fruity and slightly milky accord, delicious. The vanilla makes the fragrance delectable, it adds its sweet, cozy, comforting, aromatic, dessert-like note. Very close behind is the ylang-ylang, another floral and fruity note that contributes with a dense floral, sweet, creamy, and banana-like touch. The rose and jasmine are support notes, they are in the background but they don’t have significant participation. The fragrance is relatively linear, the sweetness and slight muskiness of the ylang-ylang is more noticeable during the opening, but it subsides to a secondary place once the fragrance commences its dry down journey and the vanilla smooths all notes down, letting the Tiare flower, coconut, and ylang-ylang assume the lead of the fragrance. Once Montale Intense Tiare Unisex EDP has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, sweet vanilla, white floral, and fruity (Tiare flower, coconut, ylang-ylang) fragrance. The fragrance feels casual, clean, comforting, cozy, creamy, delectable, delicious, dry, elegant, energizing, more feminine than masculine, floral, fresh, fruity, gentle, high-quality, intimate, inviting, slightly milky, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, slightly powdery, refined, relaxing, romantic, seductive, sweet, tropical, versatile, white, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 9/10. An exquisite, white floral, fruity, and vanilla fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 1/10. The white floral, coconut and vanilla notes are prominent but inoffensive. UNIQUENESS: 9/10. The notes are relatively common, but the fragrance has a unique touch. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 5/10. Good, about 5 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 6/10. About 6 hours, it projects well for about 4 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, summer, fall, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, gym, office, business, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 10/10. The fragrance is fresh and therefore suitable for warmer weather, also it is very intense without being harsh, and an as such a good option winter wear. GENDER: Feminine. Advertised as unisex, the noticeable white floral notes slightly lean the fragrance to the feminine side. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Montale Intense Tiare Unisex EDP can be found for about $100. Those that appreciate tropical, white floral, and fruity fragrances will find here a fantastic option. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Amouage Reflection Man is a great powdery, sweet, woody, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, and spicy fragrance; Creed Jardin D’Amalfi EDP is a fantastic, mildly sweet, citrusy bergamot, mandarin, green petitgrain, vetiver, and fruity apple fragrance; Mancera Jardin Exclusif is fruity, powdery, sweet, and musky; Mancera Sicily is fantastic very powdery, citrus, fruity, and floral but slightly tilted to the feminine side; Mancera Wild Cherry is a great fruity, cherry, floral, vanilla, very powdery, and sweet fragrance; Montale Chypre Fruite is a pleasant and fresh, powdery, fruity, citrus, and white floral fragrance; Prada L’Homme EDT is a soft, mildly sweet, floral powdery, violet, iris, and ambery fragrance; Prada L’Homme L’Eau Men EDT is a slightly sweet, very powdery, iris, and amber fragrance; Tiziana Terenzi Casanova is a good powdery, and clean musk fragrance with soft woody and spicy accords; Montale Intense Tiare is a great, moderate to strong projection, sweet vanilla, white floral, fruity Tiare flower, coconut, and ylang-ylang fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate to strong projection, sweet vanilla, white floral, and fruity (Tiare flower, coconut, ylang-ylang) fragrance. The fragrance feels casual, clean, comforting, cozy, creamy, delectable, delicious, dry, elegant, energizing, more feminine than masculine, floral, fresh, fruity, gentle, high-quality, intimate, inviting, slightly milky, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, slightly powdery, refined, relaxing, romantic, seductive, sweet, tropical, versatile, white, and very pleasant.

I had a hard time choosing between intense tiare, coco vanille, and holidays but I'm glad i trusted my gut and went with this one. My problem was coco vanille was too sugary sweet, so i thought i'd give its sibling holidays a try in the hopes of liking it better but as i read more reviews regarding holiday, people said it's basically the same milky coco vanille with an added salty sea accord, so i kinda doubted whether i should rlly get it or nottttt, that's when i saw intense tiare and trusted my gut to just ditch holidays. best decision ever lol intense tiare is coco vanille but sugar-free !! it has all the facets i'm looking for in a beachy fragrance. it's creamy and milky in a white floral + coconut way, it's naturally sweet, has a bit of silky sunscreen vibe, and overall fabulous. another bonus is that I rlly found myself liking white florals lately and i mean in an old-schoolish way bc i badly wanna smell like someone's glamorous granny in the chic-est cathedral ever lmao and that vibe is quite there with intense tiare. specifically, i'm craving for tuberose and for some reason there issss a hidden tuberose note in this fragrance (i love that). if u find urself having a hard time deciding which fragrance to get among the three choices i previously mentioned, you probably have to get intense tiare if ur into white florals that shapeshifts like a beastly chameleon. speaking of, i don't get how people claimed that this is not at all interesting + complex and just your plain linear fragrance bc this is a verrryyyy multi-faceted tiare+coco/monoi/beachy fragrance like girlie has a lotttt of evolutions lol she can be: -indolic jasmine -powdery rose -creamy coco lotion -banana ylang -fizzy tuberose -mature vanilla -monoi that doesn't choke you (unlike other monoi-inspired fragrances that are extremely sweet) it's beautifully blended as well !! it just depends on ur chemistry if it wants to be a soliflore or a beachy bouquet bc there are days where it behaves differently on me like why are u trying to be a mood ring? most of the time tho, it usually starts pretty tart, green and stemmy, then u get to smell a bit of coconut husk that quickly develops into an indolic white floral + banana ylang then you get hints of bubblegum + soda-ish tuberose on mid dry-down that doesn't stay too long as it settles into this powdery and soapy coconut scented lotion. on the late drydown where it's basically just a skin scent, it either goes indolic jasmine or musty (yes musty lmao) vanilla, which i don't hate bc it gives the fragrance that needed animalic twang making it more sensual and elevated. it's not too similar to coco vanille, tho i can tell that they use the same vanilla base. weirdly enough, it reminds me of the powdery smell on jlo glow but better quality bc jlo glow has a rubbery smell. also reminds me of chloe nomade naturelle or jasmin naturel but that one's sandy, dry, woody and definitely sweeter + spicier (lovelyyyy for layering tho). as for performance, it does its job amazingly. on a casual day with ur usual outdoor stuff, it can last 6-7 hours on skin but it's a different case when ur just at home chilling bc it can easily last a whole night's sleep. on clothes? spectacular. easy 27 hours (absurd). strong projection for 2-3 hours then the rest of its wear time is pretty much a long-lasting skin scent (expected bc of it's high oil concentration). finally found the coconut fragrance for me !!

I discovered this years ago searching out a dupe for the original Sand & Sable. S&S was a drugstore perfume that still ranks as one of the best ever summer fragrances imho. Sadly like so many others, it was weakened and cheapened by reformulations over the years. Intense Tiare was recommended to me, under the auspices that the high dollar Montale offering would more closely resemble the tropical beauty of the original Sand & Sable. I can see the comparison, but can't call this a dupe. True to the name, the tiare flower is indeed intense. When people comment on it, they usually think it's gardenia. It's a strong tropical flower note. I get light hints of coconut, but the floral is definitely front and center. The original S&S was sweetened with a little more coconut and slight hints of pineapple or tropical fruit that, together with the white musk, created a perfectly rounded tropical triumph. For me, this one is begging for just a hint of something juicy or bright to temper the heavy white florals. Even with the heavy opening though, the drydown is lovely and invokes tropical elegance. On its own this is a pinch thick for me at first, but I start to enjoy it after an hour or so. It draws compliments, even from strangers, every time I wear it; one lady stopped me in a store to say I smelled "like Tahiti." 🌺 Fun factoid: the cheap reformulated Sand & Sable, spritzed on top while Intense Tiare is still wet, seems to add just enough brightness to make this less floral and more friendly. The combo dries into a beautiful tropical scent that really is reminiscent--but not identical--to the OG Sand & Sable magic. Sillage is highly respectable (spray lightly) and longevity is an all day or night affair. A perfect choice for a destination wedding or summer occasion. Tropical, fun, alluring, and still very high end. ❣️🌴🥥

This is it! This is the perfume I have spent years looking for! I have been on a quest to find the most perfect summer day at the beach wearing suntan lotion scent. This is not one of those "smell like the ocean" beach fragrances, it is a gorgeous creamy floral coconut. This makes me feel like I am holding a coconut shaved ice browsing a cooler full of leis in Maui. IF you want to smell like you have spent time at a tropical destination, but do not want to smell like the destination this is perfect. With all my trial and error perfume samples and purchased I have found coconut to have three main scent profiles. 1. A dry coconut smell that is like opening a bag of dried coconut flakes. Not bad, not sweet, just there. 2. Twangy coconut that has a slightly mildewy or sour note. Some of the popular "beachy" scents lean into this category. Maybe it is a certain combination of coconut and something else? 3. My favorite version, bright and happy coconut. This does not always lean towards gourmand and dessert-like. When I think of a coconut scent in my mind, this is what I imagine. This version of coconut is harder to track down. Believe me, I have spent a small fortune trying. I feel like this is what Vacation brand perfume was trying to smell like, but they just couldn't make it. I immediatly ran to my computer and purchased the largest bottle of this I could find. I might even buy two.

The first time I smelled this perfume, I was working in a coffee shop and believe it or not, this lady would come every morning and her perfume would fill up the place ( the area where she always sat had 15 tables)! I had no idea that was somebody's perfume so I asked a manager one day which room scent are they using because I loved it, he showed me but it wasn't it. When I realized it was this lady I asked her right away and it was the Intense Tiare. At that point I already had Intense Cafe and was hooked on Montale. I just recently got a bottle of Intense Tiare for summer and it smells even better on me! It's really strong so I just spray it once and i can smell it the whole day! It starts a bit too strong for a couple of seconds, I really don't feel comfortable with the intensity but then it develops into a real tropical scent. Smells of Coppertone mixed with flowers, coconuts and salt. It really reminds me of Beachy by Lilly Pulitzer, only it's a bit warmer and a lot more long lasting. It's very very sweet. Also it's a perfect perfume for mixing, I like to mix it with the Tropical Wood by Montale.