Montale · 2019

Arabians Tonka

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Montale asks about $158 for 100 ml
50 mlabout $102
100 mlabout $158

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and saffron over rose and smoky oud, sinking into sweet tonka, brown sugar, amber and leather with white musk.

Montale says

You’ll smell bergamot, saffron, rose, oud, amber, oakmoss, Tonka Bean, leather, Brown Sugar and White Musk.

More from Montale’s description

It also mentions Spices, Roses and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Arabians Tonka’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, saffron, rose, oud, amber, oakmoss drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Arabians Tonka, top notes: Bergamot, Saffron, Sweet orange, Lemon

Heartas it settles

Arabians Tonka, heart: Rose, Oud, Musk

Dry-downwhat stays

Arabians Tonka, dry-down: Amber, Oakmoss, Tonka, Leather, Brown sugar, White musk (Galaxolide), Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Montale names

BergamotSaffronRoseOudOakmossTonka BeanLeatherBrown SugarWhite MuskMusk

What the label names

14 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.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender4 florals2 woods1 sweet1 musks

Citrus3

LimoneneBitter orange oilLemon oil

Herbs & lavender3

PineneLinalyl acetateLinalool

Florals4

Rose ketonesGeranyl acetateCitronellolGeraniol

Woods2

Cedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

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

Interlude WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, rose, agarwood, oakmoss and 3 more
Delina ExclusifParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, rose, oakmoss, tonka and 2 more$430 for 75 ml
SequenceAmouage · shares saffron, rose, agarwood, tonka and 1 more$475 for 100 ml

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.