Montblanc · 2019 · Jordi Fernandez, Antoine Maisondieu and Olivier Pescheux

Explorer

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, clary sage and pink pepper over vetiver, leather and sandalwood, settling onto patchouli and ambery woods.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell bergamot, pomarose, sage, vetiver, leather, sandalwood, patchouli, Ambrofix and Akigalawood.

More from Montblanc’s description

It also mentions Clary sage and Pink pepper.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Explorer’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, pomarose (rose), sage, vetiver, leather, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Explorer, top notes: Bergamot, Pomarose (rose), Sage, Pink pepper

Heartas it settles

Explorer, heart: Vetiver, Leather, Sandalwood, Clary sage

Dry-downwhat stays

Explorer, dry-down: Patchouli, Ambrofix (ambergris), Akigalawood (oud)

What’s inside it

What the label names

4 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 & lavender1 florals

Herbs & lavender1

9 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

HaltaneParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, vetiver, leather, patchouli and 3 more$460 for 125 ml
PurposeAmouage · shares bergamot, rose, vetiver, leather and 3 more$395 for 100 ml
Purpose 50Amouage · shares bergamot, rose, vetiver, leather and 3 more$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.