Montblanc · 2011 · Olivier Pescheux

Legend

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Fresh bergamot, lavender and pineapple leaf over jasmine, geranium and white cedar, settling onto oak moss, sandalwood and tonka.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell bergamot, lavender, Pineapple Leaves, jasmine, White Cedar, Oak Moss and sandalwood.

More from Montblanc’s description

It also mentions Litsea cubeba, Coumarin, Geranium, Apple, Rose, Pomarose, Tonka bean and Evernyl.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Legend’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lavender, pineapple, jasmine, cedar, oakmoss drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Legend, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, Pineapple, Litsea, Geranium

Heartas it settles

Legend, heart: Jasmine, Cedar, Apple, Rose (pomarose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Legend, dry-down: Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay), Tonka (coumarin)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 powder

6 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

Shaghaf Oud AhmarSwiss Arabian · shares bergamot, pineapple, cedar (Atlas cedar), sandalwood and 3 more$66 for 75 ml
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares bergamot, jasmine, oakmoss, sandalwood and 3 more$395 for 100 ml
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares bergamot, jasmine, cedar (Atlas cedar), oakmoss and 3 more$250 for 100 ml · about twice Legend’s $112
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.