Montecristo

Name: Montecristo Eau de Parfum (EDP)
Brand: Masque Milano

Masque Milano · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2013

≈ $225 · 100ml · approx. retail

A salty, animalic tobacco built around rare hyraceum ("golden stone"), opening herbal and almost vinegary before settling into a leathery, cedar-laced warmth.

Tobacco Woody Amber Animalic Warm Spicy Resinous

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Ambrette (Musk Mallow)Rum cabreuva

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Tobacco Celery Labdanum Benzoin

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Hyraceum Styrax Guaiac Wood Patchouli Cedar

Best for

SpringFallWinterDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Delphine Thierry

2 in collection

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