Montale
Starry Nights
With Starry Nights, Montale composes a deep and refined woody fragrance. It opens on bergamot and cardamom, reveals oud, rose and amber at its heart and rests on a base of sandalwood, vanilla and white musk.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.
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Opening First minutes
Bergamot · Cardamom
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Oud · Rose · Amber
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Base Several hours
Sandalwood · Vanilla · White musk
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- White musk: its most used material, present in 50% of the perfumes analysed in the catalogue.
- Woody, citrus, spicy, floral, gourmand, musky and amber: 7 registers of raw materials share its palette, with woody supplying 2 of 8.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Excellent
9 h and more estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).
Ideal occasions
- Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
Avoid if…
- you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.
If Starry Nights by Montale seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.
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