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.

Montale is not fooling around when they used the term “Intense” here. It is super-intense. Everything is amped up. The buttery tiare, the voluptuous jasmine, the juicy coconut, the banana ylang-ylang, and the sweet creamy vanilla, are all on steroids. The rose is the only thing missing for me. I'm not smelling it, but I'm sure it is adding to this luscious potion. Seems I'm one of the lucky ones as I don't get anything synthetic here, which can't be said about 2 other scents I blind bought from this house. Nope, everything smells natural, but also bigger than life. As others have noted, it does smell like Guerlain Terracotta initially, but the dry down is where they deviate. It is much more dense and rich that that. Even though it's crazy strong to me, somehow, strangely, it all works. After hours in this tropical paradise, I am rewarded with a sweet, creamy vanilla dry down, that seems to go on forever. I always hated coconut in a fragrance before. This fragrance has somewhat changed my mind. I don't think I'll be as closed-minded about that note in the future thanks to this scent. I love it!

This is STRONG. Likely one of the strongest perfumes you've ever smelled - definitely one of the strongest I ever have. It makes no fuss and no frills, it sucker punches you right in the nose! If you don't like heavy, tropical, beachy florals then this definitely isn't for you as it's industrial strength. It's not a very complex fragrance, it's pretty much straight-up tiare flower and coconut/coconut milk, but boy is it good if that's your thing (it really is my thing, for one). It transports you to a beach in the Caribbean, or the Maldives perhaps, where you're sitting, basking in the sun and lathering yourself in luxurious suntan oil. I would say it's definitely more feminine than masculine as it's sweet and strongly floral, but tastes may vary. I, for one, will keep wearing it in the summer despite being a man. It's very strong and long-lasting even by Montale's impressive standards, so be very careful with the application. I got the 100 ml bottle and I predict it should last just about forever with how little I need to smell for a whole day!

OK , Montale, I see you! This is my first Montale fragrance and as a Florist and Tiaré lover I had to get this. First spray was, as the name suggests, intense Tiaré. Almost pungent with the YlangYlang, so I had to sneeze. After a few seconds one of the richest Tiaré flower comes to mind and it's tropical with the coconut. I was afraid, that it would smell cheap like sun lotion, but to me it's a powerful, predominant white floral. I detect rose in the dry down, but only in a supporting role. Everything is well blended. The projections in the first 1 hour is beast mode and will have everyone in a radius of +3 meters in a choke hold. It smells like a vacation on a very expensive resort and gives me the complete vacay feeling. It's narcotic, tropical white floral that will make you noticed at any point and time. Longevity in clothes seem eternal, as I can detect traces of this scent a week after. The scent trail, well, is delectable and everyone will notice your immense presence. Give this a try if you want to attention and spread holiday feelings!

goddd i’ve been constantly wearing this and i’m still confused by some people in forums and review saying that it’s linear, boring, and no personality but this fragrance has a lot of depth. it’s mostly white floral at first but it can totally translate as soapy musky lotion-y coco powder, then develops to something warm, milky, and vanillic but not sugary sweet, then it dries down to something fluffy, whipped, and doughy like an edible sunscreen cake with rafaello nuances. You get the best of everything !! It’s perfume-y, it’s not too mature, not too juvenile, not too gourmand, not too sweet, not too creamy, not too suffocatingly floral, not too spf-y. You can dress it up, dress it down, and can be worn !! All. The. Time. and idk what else but to put it simply it’s beautifully balanced. This is soooo good 😭 like SOOOOO good. If u had the same problem like me, which i found coco vanille to be a coco sugar bomb, then pleaseee please just get this. if ur looking for a more lactonic fragrance tho, coco van or holidays might be better for you !!

this scent hypnotized me when i first opened the sample. I purchased the sample blind, for fun as it's close to my name so i thought it was cute, as well as being unfamiliar with the tiare flower and wanting to try something new. but wow was i unprepared for the summer-in-a-bottle explosion that would happen when i opened it. the vanilla doesn't hit me as much as other reviewers, but thats the way she goes. i also don't get "sunscreen" either, however, as a fragrance noob i feel comfortable describing this as creamy. this feels to me like tiare took a long bath in coconut milk and fell asleep in the tub. this fragrance lasts relatively long on me from 1-2 sprays, about 5-6 hours and as it dies down it still clings to you, but this will definitely last a lot longer if you use a body oil first and maybe add another spray or two. ugh, the white flowers + coconut combo just really does it for me here. if your usual fragrance picks have "beach," "tropical," "summer vacation," or anything similar in the name or description, TRY THIS!

Lovely! It’s the simplest way to put it. But it’s really just so lovely I want to douse myself in it all day! The Tiare flowers persists all throughout, and somehow does not get overpowered by the Ylang-ylang, Jasmine, and Rose notes. This reminds me of island flowers in full bloom, where amalgamation of smells from various flowers fill the air. The vanilla and coconut notes added the perfect amount of sweetness and creaminess to the overall profile. I cannot emphasize enough how perfectly blended this juice is. It is indeed linear, but there’s no need for any development if it’s already perfect from the very beginning! Not only does it smell amazing, the performance is also eternal! It envelopes you in a wide bubble of goodness! It unleashes its full potential during warm spring/summer days. It easily lasts me 10+ hours on a warm day, but it’s everlasting on clothes. I find that it layers well with other coconut and floral scents, such as Mancera Coco Vanille. I absolutely love this!

This fragrance calls to mind a gorgeous, affluent young woman vacationing on a Hawaiian island. She rubs expensive dry oil on her legs before her dinner date on an outdoor patio. Nearby are tropical palms and cananga trees, their branches heavy with ylang ylang blooms. It does remind of suntan lotion but in a balmy, sophisticated way. The coconut adds a creamy touch but is so well blended as to be almost undetectable under the sultry, tropical flowers and the slight edge of Tahitian vanilla. For some reason whenever I smell this I think of a rich oil rather than a perfume; maybe it’s reminding me of monoï. It leaves that impression, though, of fragranced oil on hot skin under a silky dress on the beach. While this is intense (I generally limit myself to one spray, on my chest underneath my shirt), no one will be asking who’s wearing all that perfume. This is an elevated, sexy sunscreen oil all the way, hot and rich and silky.

I just love this scent! When I first spray it , when I sniff the bottle, when I smell it dried down, it’s so good! But there is something about it, everytime I sniff deeply to inhale the scent I think in the back of my head maybe I shouldn’t because it’s a poisonous chemical air freshener! And yet I loveeeeee it. First bottle of a montale and now I understand the reviews about the brand being overpowering & synthetic smelling. I agree. But this scent!... I don’t have exactly this scent of tiare in my collection yet... I have decants of TF Soleil Blanc & of Terracotta, neither is really a match, very similar, but the Tiare note comes across different in both of those. I have full bottle of Replica Beach Walk and Aerin Hibiscus palm, both have softer tiare notes than Intense Tiara... any way I hope some day I find this same tiare profile... just less air freshenery.

To start off with a surprising and silly extra review, my mom said it smells like myrrh and frankincense, the kind used in church. I was taken aback because it's far from what the notes suggest, but once she pointed it out, I couldn't unsmell it :( My experience with it? It’s creamy, floral, feminine, and bitter. It’s puzzling, because I sense a strong contradiction within it. It’s marketed as a summer fragrance, yet I can’t bring myself to imagine wearing this in high heat without feeling at least a little nauseous. Ironically, I can easily picture someone, or even myself, wearing this in a summer vacation setting, such as on a cruise or in a well-ventilated, pretty restaurant. Even with that said, I don’t deny that it might do well in summer heat as well. It’s elegant, refined, ladylike, and definitely brings back summer vacation vibes.

I finally got a bottle!! It's amazing! I love white florals and this is outstanding. Buttery,oily, tiare! Smells like tuberose and gardenia with that delicious dreamy creamy sun tan lotion scent from the coconut. It starts off smelling like intense tuberose and gardenia and a few minutes later the sun tan lotion smell comes out. It does remind me of Madonna Truth or Dare and Robert piguet Douglas Hannant but with the added coconut. It's perfect for summer but still wearable and beautiful in the fall especially when it's rainy. Tropical,lush,classy and sexy. Long lasting and great sillage! Mine is montale paris not international. I heard montale split into two categories, so i wanted to be clear on which one im talking about. It might not matter, but any way... if you like white tropical florals and suntan lotion than this is for you!

Surprisingly happy with this coconut based scent!!!! Nice, creamy and sweet coconut as the based of strong tiare flower notes. Sweet but definitely not a gourmand scent that what makes it great. Its a love at first sight for me. You need to wear first only then you can love it. Read notes wont take you anywhere near because many people would mistakenly interpret the coconut note. Its really tropical and tiare in intense way. Type a scent that has bold character and one of mass pleaser from Montale. You wont go wrong with this creation and this has become my very often wear fragrance. Projection and sillage are great, longevity is beast on my skin. Last for 12 hours with a couple of spray. The more you spray the more performance you ll get. Overall score 9 out of 10 (projection, sillage, longevity, scent and notes, wearable)

Got this scent for retail in a little shop in venice (i know it seems random). After a lot of discussion and scent smelling with the sales lady, i ended up torn between this or aqua gold, however I ended up settling on the prior to save a little extra money (didn't bring a lot of cash). Though I was a little skeptical at first (mainly due to the very forced sunscreen opening), I ended up falling for the creamy, vanilla-coconut drydown that just made the sunscreen hit all the more beautiful. I get really good performance of around 6-8 hours of projection before becoming a skin scent, while only using 3-5 sprays. The only criticism i can really give to this fragrance is that its sunscreen opening is a little too strong and that it may be harder to wear in certain occasions. overall would give it an 8.5/10.

First impression: this is quite lovely, I've only got a sample of this so far, but I can definitely imagine buying a full bottle of this perfume for summer. I can't really imagine wearing it now, during winter, though, just like I can't imagine wearing Sun EdT by Jil Sander, Womanity by Mugler or Poeme by Lancome. Those are to be worn in hot, sunny weather, as far as my very own, personal "perfume schedule" goes. :) This particular one smells like my childhood memories from summer vacations in Croatia. Smells like skin in summer, smells like sunscreen. :) Like the one we were using as kids and it's very pleasant. Considering notes, this really is mostly about tiare and coconut to my nose. Light, nutty, milky. It opens quite sharp, that's true, but after that it' s just nice and summery in my opinion.

Had a tiny decant lying around, finally got around to trying this and, wow I really love this! It reminds me a ton of terracotta by guerlain. The main differences being that guerlain smells maybe just a bit more coco-nutty, and has a lighter more airy feel. Intense Tiare is a thick tropical floral scent with sweet creamy coconut. It's certainly not gourmand coconut though, and smells like an expensive island vacation. I think the touch of rose is nice and I do notice it. Either I don't get the plasticky-ness in here some people have complained about, or I like it. I do have a few plasticky perfumes I enjoy in my collection. The quality of the perfume is just wow. Thick, long lasting, voluptuous! I really enjoy by terracotta by guerlain, but when it's gone I'm buying this instead!

This is my first Montale and I am blown away. The bottle feels cheap and is definitely not filled to the top. However, the perfume inside is marvelous. It's this super creamy delicious white floral that is very sweet. The sillage is impressive and it lasts ALL DAY. I sprayed on 3 sprays before work this morning and it projected for at least 8 hours before mellowing into a skin scent. However, I could still easily smell it on myself for several more hours. I love this for the summer and wish I hadn't waited so long to buy it. I also layered it with Mancera Holidays and wow, it was delicious!! It toned down the fruits of Holidays and added a slightly powdery sugary coconut-y flower on top. YUM! I can't wait to wear this on vacation, whenever we get to take vacation again.