Category: Fragrances
Brand: Caron Paris
Ingredients: Top notes: jasmine, coriander, bitter orange, mimose, and tangerine. Middle notes: narcissus and black currant.
Base notes: sandalwood, amber, and vanille.
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gutturalBoars7
I wore this years ago. More aldehydic than Farnesiana and Une Fleur de Cassie with a richer dry down. Agree with ellizam that it reads like a Chanel.
coriander, bitter orange, mimosa, jasmine, narcissus, sandalwood.
The ingredient list makes me think of an Andy Tauer, but the manner of the composition is decidedly different; old school French crossed with some 1980s attitude. This is definitely not musty, but it’s grown up.
There are at least five other Caron’s in extrait form that I would buy before this one: vintage Tabac blond extrait; vintage Nuit de Noel extrait (though the EdT is very nice); vintage Bellodgia extrait; Alpona extrait; and my unicorn fragrance, vintage Or et Noir extrait.
A reviewer below likened this to Acasciosa. Acasciosa is a fragrance that I wanted to wear so badly. It’s is delectable, honeyed, golden, lush, sensual, and sadly urinous indolic on me. . . At least in the summer when I tried it. IMO, this is more buttoned up and restrained in character. If Montaigne is sensual, it’s the kind of sensuality of a silk top hidden under a very proper jacket. Acasciosa is like a sleek dress by Azzadine Alaia, structured yet makes you look thinner and sexier. . . . Or a special bathing suit that you bought with the intention that it never goes into water.
tautTomatoe5
Farnesia meets Parfum Sacre, with a touch of Nocturnes. This is a Caron, but almost has the feel of a Chanel – too many natural notes, identifiable blocks, for a Chanel, but close.
There’s the mimosa and doughy quality of Farnesia. But it is pulled back, much lighter. There’s also a strong spine of spice, probably the amber mixed with the coriander. The resemblence to Parfum Sacre is close enough that one part of my nose/brain wants to smell this as PS while the other reminds me that there’s no mace or cedar. Over all is an aldehydey cloud of classic, the clear feel of a Nice French Perfume that lifts this right out of gourmand category and into Chanel-iness. The orange, on my skin, is subtle, more subtle than in Nocturnes. It mostly mediates the sweetness of mimosa. I’m not getting narcissus per se, but there is a white floral quality.
This is beautiful, from gorgeous bottle to lovely gold juice to the classic yet mimosa/spice cloud of sillage. I have the EDP, and a sample of the parfum (lovely, more mimosa, less spice, way less aldehyde). I’m curious about the edt – my guess would be lots more aldehyde and orange, and a more pronounced resemblence to Nocturnes.
guiltySeafowl9
The perfume I have could not be more different that what is described in these glowing reviews and on Basenotes, where most people also liked it; it makes me wonder if I got a fake or a bad batch. I smell a little of the orange but mostly I’m just clobbered with a fecal-floral pollen scent. I usually let a scent develop but this was just so bad that I washed it off after an hour.
sadPiglet3
Caron’s Montaigne is one of my long-lasting love affairs. It was a blind buy some years ago. My first sniff transported me to the beaches of my childhood when sun-tan oils had an orangey smell instead of coconut. It is such a pleasant smell and I still don’t know how something with such simple connotations can be so graceful at the same time. After a friendly opening Montaigne reveals its depth and its French characteristics which gives it an unique ability to match every occasion in my life. It’s also a fantastic fragrance for all seasons. It truly shines on a musky base in the summer and has a slightly melancholy, shadowy aspect in the winter. I feel both very sexy and comfortable when I wear Montaigne. It also attracts a lot of compliments and leaves a lovely trail.
grudgingEagle0
This reminds me of Bitter orange drizzle cake. The sponge made with good quality butter, eggs and vanilla, dense and yummy. Then flavoured with a syrup of bitter Seville oranges, which prevents it from becoming sickly. Quite addictive and delicious.
sincereOatmeal5
Perfume is so personal but I have found that if you wear something, and time and time again, people compliment you on the fragrance..it is a pretty good match. Anytime I wear this I usually get at least one ‘what are you wearing’….
wingedMacaw5
Montaigne is classic haute-French parfumerie with a capital “C.” Step back in time to an era where perfume smelled, well, perfumey, top-loaded with sizzling aldehydes and a bullet bra of white florals.
Was that era the Big Eighties? Caron launched Montaigne in 1986, which was the tail end of an era of overblown, ambery Orientals. Montaigne was out of step even then; it smells of the 1950s thanks to the crisp formality of the aldehydes. Like a crinoline, they stiffen and give body to the composition and seem old-fashioned today, but only in reference to what presently lines the shelves of Sephora.
Speaking of the shelves of Sephora, one notes the detergent citrus of Light Blue. Montaigne has citrus (orange) and plenty of it, so much so that it nearly borders being a solvent. It’s fabulous stuff, slightly industrial and lasting through to drydown in its piquancy. Although comparisons have been drawn to Alpona, it is Acaciosa that the opening of Montaigne calls to mind. Acaciosa cooks pineapple over jasmine and the same jasmine appears in Montaigne, this time with the orange. Thanks to the native bitterness and fresh verisimilitude of the orange rind, the effect of fruit over jasmine is not so sweet or thick. Caron’s jasmine always strikes me as gourmand and lacking in indoles; it has a powdered-sugar quality that borders on being too rich. In Montaigne, the orange cuts this sugariness markedly.
Significant mimosa calls to mind the doughiness of Farnesiana. Montaigne in its heart is part flower, part creative bakery. You get the sense of a gateau strewn with edible flower and orange rind—the effect might have been blowsy and probably would have been in less capable hands.
Frequently, the drydown of a fragrance does not dry down so much as let down, as a fragrance peters out to an uninspired base. Montaigne’s base positively sings. Here is a wondrous amber/musk base that weaves the persistent orange note throughout; it is, to my mind, the ultimate achievement, for the orange note is what differentiates Montaigne from powdery (cosmetic) Carons.
Recommended, for various reasons, to those who like: First, Jardins de Bagatelle, and, surprisingly enough, de Nicolai Cococabana.
contentClam9
Beautiful is what comes to mind. I get spices at first then a lot of jasmine with some rose. I like it, I think my mom would love this. Reminds me of something she would wear.. and she usually wears Red and Ciara…
Classic women only.. upping this b/c its so devine, Love it for fall and winter. So cozy and romantic sexy spicy….
enviousDove3
I am speaking of the original formulation here, not the recent reformulation. This is a beautiful womanly perfume and I just love it. It makes me feel so grown up and mysterious. It’s citrusy (bitter orange) with a hint of floral (jasmine) and some sandalwood and vanilla to round it out. It’s definitely a “big” perfume in the style of the 80’s when it was created but it’s not suffocating or cloying at all. It has a lush, smokiness that makes it unique and even hauntingly beautiful. This would definitely be a signature scent as it is in a class of it’s own. It is not an everyday scent for me but I do reach for it when I want to feel extra special and sophisticated, especailly on cold winter evenings. It’s a confidence booster for sure. The tiniest amount lasts forever and the EDT concentration is nearly identical to the pure parfum. What a wonderful perfume. I am very sad that the original scent has been discontinued. The newer formulation is not heresy but it’s not the same.
murkyBoars5
Funny, this one works on me. I get a aldehydic, delicious powdery bitter orange that smells French, formal and expensive. Many many Caron’s don’t work on me, so maybe since this one does, it doesn’t work on others who can wear the bulk of Caron’s artistry. I love this, but I had to take a lippy off because my husband can’t stand it. It’s either the bitter, slightly medicinal edge under the powdery elegance that he hates or it’s the heavy French feeling it gives off. He’s not a fan of the French styles.