Wood - Spices
by Montale

Woods and spices this is not – it's more a syrupy sweetness with anise, cinnamon and not much else. It’s not as synthetic as some have made out but, at the same time, it’s not that spectacular either (even though I still appreciate its simplicity). This is obviously one Montale creation that needs to be renamed…

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[Original submission date: 23 October 2008]

No wood. Hardly any spice. It's the TJ Maxx cheapo Dunhill Desire Blue in a different bottle and marked up 400%. What happened Montale?

I'm torn...the first day I wore it, I really enjoyed the long-lasting spiciness. On the second day, all I could smell was cherry flavoured Pipe tobacco. I am missing "wood" altogether....

spices and woods straightup.stays spicey and never comes out of the woods.

For me it's the best of Montale so far.
I don't care if Wood & Spices is good name or not, it dosen't matter.
It's very sexy, and if you don't like it many will do.

TRY IT.

The sour, metallic, and synthetic opening is so utterly hideous that it's hard to keep this fragrance on long enough to evaluate! Without a doubt the most vile, disgusting topnotes I have ever encountered. I'm not sure that any imaginable development is worth enduring this stench, but I persist with the same morbid curiosity that drives motorists to gawk at wrecks on the highway.

The sour note eventually resolves into something resembling citrus, but only in the way a cheap room air freshener does. If possible, the accords become even more crassly synthetic as they age. Heavens help me, this gunk also has terrific projection and sillage, and I'm afraid I will be smelled in the next room.

Uncle! I can't do it anymore! I've worn Wood-Spices for 30 minutes and I cannot endure the torture...must...must...scrub it off...

OK, I can breathe now. Scrubbing and witch hazel got rid of most of it. The single worst fragrance experience I can recall.

Just say no.