Ginger Musk Montale

Triple-distilled shallac.  Top notes hit high-Z effortlessly, as my chattering teeth can attest.  Useful as a negative stimulus for obedience training of dogs. 

Once dry down occurs, wearing Ginger Musk is like doing découpage with someone chewing bubblegum.    

Caveat emptor.  Not for use on skin.

from scenthurdle.com

I've now worn Montale GINGER MUSK a few times, thanks to this house's generous-sized samples, which make it possible to seriously experience a perfume before buying. Good work Pierre or reasonable facsimile...

GINGER MUSK is an odd creation, really very eccentric. It's working against some fairly well-established expectations, so I'm not surprised at its middling ratings and reception. On the one hand, people looking for a musk perfume are usually looking for something on the skanky side: musk, at its heart, even when imitated synthetically (as it is today), is an animalic note. On the other hand, ginger nearly always appears in aromatic colognes.

What GINGER MUSK does is to combine a hefty dose of musk with a sweet, culinary, baking-type ginger note. This is not fresh ginger, it's more like a ginger syrup, or perhaps a light gingerbread. Mixed in with the musk, it doesn't quite cut it as a gourmand, and the sweetness makes it not seem like a true musk composition either. In order to appreciate and wear GINGER MUSK, it seems that one must be of a contradictory nature, loving both gourmand, sweet compositions, and musky, animalic, sensual ones--and at the same time!

This combination does not quite work for me, but I enjoyed the experience and do recommend this perfume for testing, because it is well made and you're unlikely to encounter anything else quite like it!

After testing my first Montale samples and finding them all good, I looked to see what else was available.
That’s when I discovered Ginger Musk. I love ginger! There’s hardly a more beautiful scent than cutting open a ginger root and smelling the fresh cut surface.
With this association, I ordered my sample.
As soon as it arrived, I put it on right away and was thrilled!
The medicinal-synthetic Montale DNA is again stronger in the opening than, for example, in Day Dreams but not as strong as in Sensual Instinct.
But immediately accompanied by the fresh ginger and complemented by the wonderful musk.
My husband was immediately mega excited and tested the fragrance himself.
The further development is creamy and balanced, becoming velvety sweet, but always underlined by the ginger note.
For me, all components are perfectly coordinated, very special, and so far unique. I don’t know of any comparable ginger scent that is so well-balanced.
The fragrance is not subtle at all. It practically shouts, here I am and I’m staying!
That’s probably the reason why it polarizes so much. I believe there are only two options: either you love it or you hate it. I can’t imagine anyone saying "Yeah, it’s okay, you can wear it sometimes." It’s just too special for that.
So you have to love it if you want to wear it, because the longevity is insane. You can still smell it easily the next morning when you wake up and on your clothes for days.
The sillage is long-lasting but not so overwhelmingly strong that you would disturb others.
The fragrance is unisex in any case.
I immediately ordered the bottle and am thrilled every time again.

First, thanks to Awin for giving me this sample so I can test this perfume.
Ginger-Musk! Musk in a combination I have never smelled before.

This scent starts with an intense fruity-sweet top note. The ginger only adds a slight sharpness in the finish. Ginger-Musk is not just loud; it practically roars a declaration of war into the world. A tiny spray and the entire apartment smells of it.

With the heart note, the battle of the giants begins. Berry accord and musk note initially deploy equally strong scent weapons. The ginger has been prematurely terminated by the two without regard for losses. The musk fights back animalistically against the intense berry sweetness. But after 45 minutes, you can sense who will win this battle!

The musk clearly emerges as the victor from this olfactory material battle. The musk note is less hairspray-like and more animalistic. No wonder! After such a battle, no one smells like the young day anymore, but rather like heavy physical exertion.

If this perfume weren't so incredibly powerful, I would find it good. The company Montale could easily turn Ginger-Musk into an Eau de Cologne, which would probably still send enough intensity into the ring.

Anyone who likes musk and sweetness in a fragrance will surely enjoy being defeated by Ginger-Musk.