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Ristretto Intense Café
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Montale Ristretto Intense Café is an oriental vanilla fragrance for men and women. Launched in 2019, this composition features coffee and Turkish red rose in the top notes; roasted coffee beans, French rose and woody notes in the heart; and vanilla, caramel, white musk and amber in the base.
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Salida
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Roasted Coffee Beans
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- Positivo 79%
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Now, yes, it’s worthy of having coffee in the name. I won’t elaborate describing it because there’s not much to say. Take the original Intense Café, double the dose of coffee, and voilá: you have Intense Café Ristretto. It’s a gourmand coffee, creamy, not bitter, and the coffee notes are present in the opening and a little beyond the heart phase, then they disappear for the rose and vanilla. The fixative, as always, is beastly. If I had to choose between its predecessor and this, I’d stick with Ristretto, which at least smells like what it says it smells.
I agree with John Milton’s review: this perfume is the Intense Café but with more coffee, without being crazy, and therefore with a slightly attenuated rose. They are very similar; the difference lies in whether you prefer more coffee or like to smell more of roses, but also, no less importantly, in the price.
I’ve liked this Ristretto; aromatically it’s superb. Strong presence of freshly ground coffee in the opening, a very realistic and well-executed note that in my case is clearly noticeable for about half an hour. Afterwards, the vanilla, rose, and amber cover it quite a bit, and this is the only drawback I have for a creation of good level. More complex, especially in the initial phase (where I also perceive caramel). If we compare it with the normal Intense (which lasts a fortune and has notable presence on my skin), it does quite well in longevity and projection, taking into account the summer heat. It’s pleasant to walk and feel this delicious scent that envelops and accompanies you step by step. I see it as perfect for dates or dinners in sweet company. If you already have the Intense, remember that Ristretto is clearly superior in the opening; afterwards, in the dry-down phase, they follow the same path.
Not long ago Jerry Drake gifted me a sample of this perfume bomb, something I deeply appreciate. For a while, no scent had pleasantly surprised me as much as this Ristretto from Montale with its delicious high-quality freshly ground coffee and slightly vanilla-infused. Surprisingly, the trail is very perceptible, and the longevity is over 12 hours. No wonder people ask for it; it’s worth it. Very elegant, undoubtedly you attract attention with it. Recommended for Autumn and Winter. I’ll try to get a bottle as soon as I find one at a price that matches my wallet.
Ristretto Intense Café has pleased me greatly. It has a brutal potency and a lovely opening of coffee that is felt for a short time but doesn’t dominate too much. To the point that if you’re looking for a pure coffee perfume, this might not be what you’re seeking. The coffee here is a complement that lasts about ten minutes, and afterwards it’s only noticeable if you have a very trained nose. For me, it’s a vanilla rose with a different opening, but then it develops the same (in my humble opinion). Although I’m looking for a fresh, natural, and green rose, this isn’t exactly what I have in mind, so if anyone wants to give me rose options… I’m all ears. Scent: 8, Trail: 10, Longevity: 10, Versatility: 6. I think it’s great, but I would have liked the coffee note to be more intense and present throughout its development. If this is the ‘intense’ version… I can’t imagine how long the coffee lasts in the Intense Café.
A black coffee, please. Here, the rose doesn’t stand out as much as in the Intense Café; in this one, it’s more subtle. It’s warm and cosy. Not as showy as the Intense, but the coffee lingers longer and feels more natural. At times it’s as if you’re not wearing it, but you move and the coffee scent arrives. If you like coffee and the Intense, you’ll surely like this; personally, I prefer it. I find it more versatile and interesting, not as monotonous and overwhelming as the Intense. This should have been the only Intense Café.
Wonderful coffee aroma! As soon as I smelled it, I soared to the skies. Rich for my nose, surely because I love coffee so much hehehe. Nothing more to say: glorious ☕☕☕☕☕☕.
Love at first sniff. I love how the black coffee stands out so much, accompanied by rose and wrapped in vanilla with caramel as it dries down. It’s warm, appetising, and sensual. I don’t know its predecessor, Intense Café, so I just went by the notes and reviews, and I guessed blindly and got it right. It has a projection of 12 hours on skin and clothes, and since it’s an extract, the perfume gets where you’re going before you do. I haven’t been pleasantly surprised by a scent in a while; I’m enjoying it a lot this Chilean winter. Highly recommended. 10/10.
I’m Colombian and a coffee addict, so I had to try one of the two Montales: Intense Café or Ristretto. I grabbed a decant and asked the seller what the difference was; he said Ristretto was sweeter. Being a fan of gourmand scents, I didn’t hesitate and went for it, and I nailed it. Although I haven’t tried the Intense, I went for the gold: it’s a creamy, vanilla-infused, caramelised coffee that finishes with delicious musk and amber. The scent, trail, and longevity are EXCELLENT! Montale did a good job.
Delicious!!! It cost me to accept gourmand scents because smelling edible didn’t appeal to me, but I admit I’ve fallen head over heels for several perfumes of this type and this was no exception. It smells like creamy, vanilla and caramelised coffee, an exquisite cappuccino. It has a moderate to high trail and 9 hours longevity on my skin; I love it!!! If you want a less noticeable coffee, Intense Café is also exquisite!!!
I love the scent, but I must say I’m glad I didn’t buy the large bottle. I tested this perfume in a country with cold climate and dry air and fell totally in love. Now I’m in the Canary Islands with my small 20ml bottle and I’m very disappointed: with the climate here it simply stopped working. It lasts very little on the skin and has almost no trail; it feels very strange to say that about a Montale, especially since there are many reviews saying the opposite and because it used to last me a lot and leave an impressive trail to me. Note: if you live in a tropical country, don’t buy it blindly. Fly in love, though. I like it more than Intense Café for a touch of cappuccino with caramel.
A linear fragrance where a coffee note dominates, reminiscent of famous coffee-with-milk sweets. It’s not versatile; it’s more of an olfactory experience that can overwhelm or bore, as it projects and is very long-lasting. I dislike the rose floral note a bit; it’s not one of my favourites and it feels in the background at some point. Otherwise, highlight that this perfume goes no further than personal enjoyment or living the experience of smelling as if you’d bathed in a coffee-and-milk sweet.
The perfume feels very linear, it doesn’t evolve. It’s a very sweet coffee with a rose extract note that predominates all the time. I can’t use more than one spray because it overwhelms me; it’s very rich and sweet, difficult to wear, totally for winter. If you’re seeking the experience of smelling like a sweet coffee with roses, this is your perfume.
The opening starts with coffee beans and joins with rose, finishing with caramel and woods. It’s a very gourmand perfume that lasts very well and has a great trail. Ideal for cold seasons.
I own Intense Café and I LOVE it; I discovered there was a version with more coffee and I was dying to try it. After months, I found it today at Druni. I spray it on my skin and it smells 90% like Intense Café, just with more coffee. 🙃 It’s a great perfume, but there’s no point buying both; I idealised it too much.
They sell some delicious sweets with a coffee flavour, for diabetics, and their smell is similar to this perfume. It’s overwhelming, but as I adore coffee and don’t mind excess sweetness, it’s a pleasant aroma that smells like golden smoked honey over my skin with flashes of roses. The longevity and trail are quite extensive.
What a lovely perfume! I had already tried Mancera’s Roses Vanille and Zara’s, but they never fully convinced me, although rose is my favourite note and gourmand vanilla almost always pleases me. Until I ordered a decant of Ristretto Intense Café and found what was missing. The opening is unequivocally coffee: it’s not the metaphysical coffee of Black Opium nor the cappuccino of Good Girl (though it did remind me of Zara’s Warm Rich Addictive). It smells like sweet coffee bean and a delicious caramelised rose. As it settles, you note the clean musk, it becomes less annoying and much more wearable. I feared smelling like spilled coffee on clothes, but it isn’t like that. The most impressive thing is its trail and longevity: over 12 hours on the skin (even after exercise and a shower) and over a day on clothes. A few drops are enough to be noticed all day and by those nearby. I imagine if well atomised it would be a bomb. It’s totally unisex. I loved wearing it. Although it’s gourmand and warm, I think it suits summer nights or mild days, not heat. It’s a very good perfume and quite original.
I bought a decant of Intense Café seeking a black bean coffee scent. After reading reviews, I decided to go for it; it arrived yesterday and I’ve already worn it. I had to purchase a tester as the atomiser came faulty: Montale’s safety clip was tangled with the applicator. Removing it with difficulty and reattaching it meant the spray doesn’t come out as wide as I’d like, but I’ll transfer it to another bottle. The scent is very similar to the original Intense Café, but sweeter. Upon leaving, you note coffee and rose; then it settles, sweetens further, and vanilla and caramel emerge. It’s soft, sweet, romantic and feminine. It doesn’t smell as much like coffee as I sought (a strong espresso), so be careful. This happens with Mancera: at first I don’t feel it potent, but with wear it becomes noticeable. Here it’s the same; I don’t know if due to the spray or the bottle. It’s perceptible, but not a stinging bomb as other reviews claim. I like it, but recommend testing first, especially if you’re seeking coffee intensity.
Lovely! Smells like sweet coffee and is super cheerful, nothing annoying at all. Absolutely crazy how long it lasts on the skin and how much it projects!
I’m in love; it’s exactly as their notes indicate, pure coffee and rose, and they are the two most felt from start to finish. If you have a more trained nose (not my case), you might perceive the others clearly, but coffee and rose is what I feel clearly. It sounds simple to feel only two notes, but it’s made with great balance and perfection, in my opinion. At first, a lot of coffee comes out and the rose is more in the background. It’s like a coffee that’s neither very sweet nor very bitter, but from my perception, it leans more towards bitter. As time passes, the rose and a sweetness keep rising, I imagine they come from the vanilla, amber, and caramel, but the coffee doesn’t disappear. At that point, for a graphic description, it’s like having a fresh rose open in all its splendour beside you, and sprinkling dark coffee with a little sugar, caramel, or vanilla over it, but without milk. Literally, it smells like a rose bathed in coffee that’s just a little sweet. What I like is that despite everything, it feels like a fine perfume; people won’t think you smell like coffee because you drank coffee; it’s clear you are perfumed. It’s a delicious and comforting scent for me, not precisely warm, but comforting, as addictive as when you smell your coffee in the morning and feel comfort at the scent. I don’t know how it will behave in summer; I’m currently changing seasons to autumn, it’s already getting cool, and I feel it’s perfect for now, for all of autumn and winter, perhaps also in spring. It has a very good trail for several hours; the truth is, I couldn’t say how long it projects because I haven’t asked anyone near me, but I perceive it myself for many hours, without bringing my nose close to the skin perhaps 7 or 8 hours, and close to the skin it lasts a bit longer. I’m delighted; it’s one of those fragrances that you feel was worth buying.
Totally in love from the very first spray… what a treat, please! The truth is, at first I was scared, because I love the scent of coffee but I doubted if I really looked like someone smelling that all the time… but this perfume hit me right between the eyes, as from the very moment a coffee with a juicy rose that makes you drool is perceived, and as it dries down, I notice a lot of caramel too. I’m in love. It’s a scent I identify with this cold season because it embraces you wonderfully. It lasts and projects for a life and a half. Also, it seems super elegant and addictive, quite well-crafted and balanced. I’d also add that it feels more feminine to me. Very sexy, I love it! 💖💖
It smells tremendously well. However, only at the beginning did I catch a cappuccino-style coffee that dries down quickly and resembles MANCERA ROSES VANILLA, which has no coffee at all. I haven’t smelled Montale INTENSE CAFÉ, but I see people say it’s similar to ROSES VANILLA too. In my opinion, both this RISTRETTO INTENSE CAFÉ and the standalone INTENSE CAFÉ, the coffee should be the dominant note without getting lost.
THIS IS WHAT INTENSE CAFÉ SHOULD BE FOR ME. What a pleasure, such a velvety and beautiful aroma. The olfactory image is identical to ChocoChan: a fresh rose covered in slightly sweet coffee. What coffee, gentlemen! It’s dark, specialty grade, with nuances… of the 25-euro-per-kilo kind. The caramel notes are delicious. All the notes are in just the right measure. I have a very low tolerance for rose, which usually seems powdery, overly sweet, and gives me headaches. Its presence here is just right to add sweetness and that velvety, floral touch, but that’s it. Without a doubt, the protagonist is that high-quality coffee, which wants to be bitter but vanilla and caramel regulate it perfectly. For me, it even has a hint of cocoa. This is my first impression. As soon as I can, I’ll give it a second try, because the price doesn’t allow for impulsiveness. But what a wonder.
So delicious. Super warm, smells like a cappuccino. I don’t usually like perfumes with rose, but for some reason in this one, backed by coffee, vanilla, and caramel, I absolutely love it. It will look better in the colder months, but I wear it all year round. 10/10
The coffee is very noticeable, then the roses, then all the sweetness, and you get sick of it. I recommend trying it before buying.
At first, the coffee is strong, then the roses and the sweet caramel appear; finally, these two dominate with a musk base. The coffee is noticeable throughout the entire evolution, but more diluted. It has a medium trail and long-lasting wear. It’s a more affordable option than Xerjoff’s K’bridge Club or Tiziana Terenzi’s Delox, which are very similar.
Today I almost bought this, but I didn’t because of that dominant rose note which I don’t like, no matter how hard I try. I’ve been looking for a sweet, creamy coffee scent, like stepping into a Starbucks, and this isn’t it; for me, it’s a Mancera Roses Vanille with coffee. Full stop. That said, my love for coffee might make me buy it in the future, as I don’t have anything like this, but I’ll keep thinking about it.
This is the only one that smells of coffee from the very first moment… and it’s addictive. Yes, it’s expensive, but it’s not a beast; it lasts about 6 to 8 hours. It’s very gourmand; you can detect a bit of rose and vanilla, but nothing ‘grandma-like’.
What a wonderful perfume! It just arrived and left me with a lovely first impression. It’s my first Montale and I can’t stop thinking about it 😍😍
Coffee and roses. If you don’t want to smell like that, don’t bother. Potent as a nuclear bomb, but many people like it. Still, don’t overdo the sprays or you might kill someone.
It is a VERY POTENT and delicious fragrance.
It’s the only gourmand I own and I don’t know how to feel; I’m more of a floral/woody person but well, it’s never a bad thing to have one like this… It’s too potent; just two sprays and that’s enough; if you wear it in the heat, you can suffocate someone.
I love the first hour. It reminds me of coffee candies (like Cappuccinos) that I can no longer find. After an hour, the coffee fades and the rose rises. It’s a juicy red rose, but it feels more feminine than unisex to me. Then it resembles Intense Café more: a dominant rose with an affogato coffee and vanilla ice cream. It lasts over ten hours and the trail makes itself felt. I hope for a sample of Mancera’s Amore Caffe to see if I find the definitive one. At least there they don’t mention rose. We’ll see.
Among so many praises for Montale, I think differently. They are overwhelming and shrill fragrances. I bought Pearl, Roses Musk, and then Ristretto, and all smell of that dirty, potent, and overwhelming rose because yes, they are powerful and exhausting. Ristretto has little or no coffee; the rose steals everything and it is a rose with stems, leaves, and earth. If you like subtle scents, this isn’t for you, just like Pearl and Roses Musk, which smell identical.
Good heavens! I tried it yesterday; at first, it smelled of intense coffee and I thought I’d found what I was searching for (sinking into a ristretto); but over time the rose takes the lead: a foul rose, as if it were rotting. It smells as if you poured a rose perfume into a bag and left it there for ten years. To make matters worse, it has a brutal trail and beastly longevity. As often happens, those who dislike it are the ones that last longest. It happened to me with Tom Ford’s Café Rose, but there the rose was more pleasant.
Montale’s Ristretto Intense Café is a masterpiece by Pierre Montale that replicates an espresso with caramel touches almost perfectly. As it dries down, an excellent rose emerges, adding another dimension. Although similar to Intense Café, Ristretto is more gourmand. The performance is atomic, typical of Montale, with incredible longevity and projection. I recommend trying it before buying as the gourmand profile isn’t for everyone. I absolutely love it.
Deliciously smells of coffee with caramel and rose notes reminiscent of honey. It’s a rich, unisex fragrance with excellent projection; just be careful not to overapply.
Smells like Intense Café but with more coffee and caramel that round off the rose and vanilla blend. It’s potent; I understand many won’t like it, but I’m hunting for coffee scents and this has made me addicted.
It gives me nausea, like getting car sick and vomiting coffee while descending a mountain pass with a passenger smelling of horrible roses. This happens with Intense Café alone and with Mancera’s Roses Vanille. It makes people vomit this shrill mess; it should be a crime.