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Ohhh Montana
I guess that at some point we all came across a scent that made us a massive impression and initiated our interest in perfumery.
It doesn't necessarily had to be the first one we have worn or smelled.
Since my childhood i have been secretly sniffing my father's perfumes and at some point started wearing them.
Although i liked all of them it was another perfume that blowed me away and made me realise that i am really interested in perfumery.
This perfume was Montana Parfum d' Homme.
My story with Montana Parfum d' Homme began in the summer of 1989.
I was 14 y.o and my uncle came at my grandparent's house from abroad for his usual annual visit.
I was also spending a part of the summer vacations with my grandparents and i was looking forward to meet again my uncle who was, at that point of my life, the most interesting person I could think of.
Always dressed in magnificent clothes and shoes, wearing perfumes which you wouldn't get out of your mind, reading all kind of books, starting pseudo-philosophical discussions, playing tavli in the garden, describing the beautiful places he has visited while drinking coffee from tiny espresso cups and talking about, what else, women!
This special evening he had an appointment with his childhood friends.
In Greece that means you come back home in the morning (at best).
He went in the bathroom to prepare himself for the great exit and came out about an hour later.
I still remember how excited i felt when he came out of the bathroom walking through a cloud of magnificent smelling vapors which were coming over in waves. (He had used a Montana shower gel and then bathed in EdT).
It was the most beautiful, the most masculine perfume i have ever smelt in my life and probably still remains that way even if in the meantime I have come to appreciate a few more perfumes the way I appreciate Montana.
Years past by and i have forgotten about this perfume (name etc.).
It was 1995 or 1996 and I was a young student. On the way to the university i walked outside a new perfumery shop and the picture of this Ziggurat looking perfume cut my breath. There was it again after so many years before my eyes.
I went straight inside the shop wanting to take the bottle in my hands and smell the mythical perfume once more but received nothing less than a major disappointment as the lady who was working there informed me that the perfume was no more in production.
The years went by and one day, without any particular reason, I found myself thinking again of my teenager experience. It took me weeks of search on the internet till I could identify the perfume whose name was completely forgotten. I have finally managed to find a bottle and bought it without second thoughts.
My excitement the day the postman arrived was enormous.
I have opened the box very carefully, almost ceremonially. I have taken the bottle in my hands, looked at this piece of art (many think it is an ugly bottle, I think it is gorgeous) for a few long seconds and then slightly pushed the sprayer.
There it was again, the missing beauty!
I have made sure that I will never remain without enough of it for my next 10 lifetimes.
MM
10/10
It doesn't necessarily had to be the first one we have worn or smelled.
Since my childhood i have been secretly sniffing my father's perfumes and at some point started wearing them.
Although i liked all of them it was another perfume that blowed me away and made me realise that i am really interested in perfumery.
This perfume was Montana Parfum d' Homme.
My story with Montana Parfum d' Homme began in the summer of 1989.
I was 14 y.o and my uncle came at my grandparent's house from abroad for his usual annual visit.
I was also spending a part of the summer vacations with my grandparents and i was looking forward to meet again my uncle who was, at that point of my life, the most interesting person I could think of.
Always dressed in magnificent clothes and shoes, wearing perfumes which you wouldn't get out of your mind, reading all kind of books, starting pseudo-philosophical discussions, playing tavli in the garden, describing the beautiful places he has visited while drinking coffee from tiny espresso cups and talking about, what else, women!
This special evening he had an appointment with his childhood friends.
In Greece that means you come back home in the morning (at best).
He went in the bathroom to prepare himself for the great exit and came out about an hour later.
I still remember how excited i felt when he came out of the bathroom walking through a cloud of magnificent smelling vapors which were coming over in waves. (He had used a Montana shower gel and then bathed in EdT).
It was the most beautiful, the most masculine perfume i have ever smelt in my life and probably still remains that way even if in the meantime I have come to appreciate a few more perfumes the way I appreciate Montana.
Years past by and i have forgotten about this perfume (name etc.).
It was 1995 or 1996 and I was a young student. On the way to the university i walked outside a new perfumery shop and the picture of this Ziggurat looking perfume cut my breath. There was it again after so many years before my eyes.
I went straight inside the shop wanting to take the bottle in my hands and smell the mythical perfume once more but received nothing less than a major disappointment as the lady who was working there informed me that the perfume was no more in production.
The years went by and one day, without any particular reason, I found myself thinking again of my teenager experience. It took me weeks of search on the internet till I could identify the perfume whose name was completely forgotten. I have finally managed to find a bottle and bought it without second thoughts.
My excitement the day the postman arrived was enormous.
I have opened the box very carefully, almost ceremonially. I have taken the bottle in my hands, looked at this piece of art (many think it is an ugly bottle, I think it is gorgeous) for a few long seconds and then slightly pushed the sprayer.
There it was again, the missing beauty!
I have made sure that I will never remain without enough of it for my next 10 lifetimes.
MM
10/10
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MonsieurMont 4 years ago
Elegance
Unfortunately I cannot understand the descriptions like morbid, gloomy etc.
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