Montblanc · 2025

Explorer Extreme

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Montblanc asks $146 for 100 ml
100 ml$146

The houseFor men

VersionParfum

Bergamot, cardamom and clary sage over lavender and patchouli, drying to warm woods, amber, leather and vetiver.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell bergamot, cardamom, Clary Sage, lavender, patchouli, Ambrofix, Warm Wood Accord, leather (cuir accord) and vetiver.

More from Montblanc’s description

It also mentions Warm amber accord, Leathery accord and Amber and leather accord.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Explorer Extreme’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, cardamom, clary sage, lavender, patchouli, ambrofix (ambergris) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Explorer Extreme, top notes: Bergamot, Cardamom, Clary sage, Lemon, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Explorer Extreme, heart: Lavender, Patchouli, Ambrofix (ambergris), Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Explorer Extreme, dry-down: Warm wood, Leather, Vetiver, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

BergamotCardamomClary SageLavenderPatchouliAmbrofix (ambergris)Leather (cuir accord)Vetiver

What the label names

23 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.

7 citrus5 herbs & lavender3 florals2 woods2 sweet3 spices1 musks

Citrus7

LimoneneLemon oilBitter orange oilBergamot oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneLavender oilLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals3

Rose ketonesGeranyl acetateGeraniol (rose)

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices3

beta-CaryophylleneClove bud oilEugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholDipropylene glycolWaterOctisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Forever WantedAzzaro · shares bergamot, cardamom, clary sage, lavender and 2 more$155 for 100 ml · about the same as Explorer Extreme’s $146
HaltaneParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, clary sage, lavender, patchouli and 2 more$460 for 125 ml
ExplorerMontblanc · shares bergamot, clary sage, patchouli, ambergris and 2 more$136 for 100 ml · about the same as Explorer Extreme’s $146
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.