Montale
Intense Tiare
About
Lush and sweet tiaré flowers are the star of this little slice of paradise, and their voluptuous nature unfurls in a tender, delicate glory that thrilled us with its island charms (and made us want to buy a plane ticket straight to a tropical island). Soft, creamy and sweet, just close your eyes and you're on a white sand beach, breathing in the sweet, hypnotic smell of the native flowers. Tiaré is a variety of gardenia, but stands alone from other gardenias as a completely unique flower native to Tahiti—if you've found island loves with beautiful scents like Monyette Paris, we think you just may fall head over heels with Intense Tiaré. Totally captivating, this queen of the gardenias fragrance is pure swoon-in-a-bottle. Intense Tiare Fragrance Notes tiare, ylang-ylang, vanilla, coconut milk, jasmine, roses
**Montale Intense Tiare** opens with a dense, sunlit accord where creamy coconut melts into white tiare petals, creating the feel of warm skin after the sea. In the first minutes it is bright and almost oily in texture, like a tropical floral cream without excessive sweetness. At the heart, jasmine and ylang-ylang make the composition softer and fuller, while rose adds a faint velvety shadow. As it settles, the fragrance moves closer to the skin and grows calmer, yet keeps its humid, sunny texture intact. The vanilla in the base is not pastry-like but warm and smooth, touched by clean white musk and a light woody dryness. Its trail feels even and long-lasting: less about sharp contrasts than about the steady presence of white flowers and coconut milk on skin. It suits warm weather beautifully, but on a cold day it can feel like a small holiday in a single spray.
Top notes
coconut, tiare flower, jasmine
Heart
ylang-ylang, rose, orange blossom
Base
vanilla, white musk, woody notes