Parfum de Peau / Montana (1986) (Eau de Toilette) by Montana

Bottle Design:
Serge Mansau

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Parfum de Peau
Montana
Montana 1986 Eau de Toilette

Version from 1986

7.5 / 10 172 Ratings

A perfume by Montana for women, released in 1986. The scent is spicy-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Floral

Leathery

Animal

Chypre

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Ginger

Pepper

Tagetes

Orange blossom

Blackberry

Blackcurrant

Heart Notes

Narcissus

Jasmine

Patchouli

Rose

Base Notes

Frankincense Leather

Leather

Musk

Amber

Perfumer

Jean Guichard

Ratings

Scent

7.5172 Ratings

Longevity

8.6139 Ratings

Sillage

8.2141 Ratings

Bottle

8.1151 Ratings

Value for money

8.037 Ratings

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Reviews

20 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/15/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 5

sweaty rose chypre

Parfum de Peau is an animalic rose chypre that wears its animal differently than other growly rose chypres. It's not so much a leather scent as a live skin scent. The scent of sweaty skin gives PdP a tannic quality. If you focus on just the rose, PdP is very similar to other big 80s monster roses and rose chypres. But the stinging slap of ripe skin is bolstered by the tart green feel of unripened fruit and together they create a deliberate imbalance. The acrid skin and the young fruit highlight the electric feel of the rose and PdP charges at you like it wants to eat you.

12/15/2017

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

SuzanneS
40 Reviews

SuzanneS

Helpful Review 4

Hear it roar- The spicy, tangy rose

Blue edp mini
Oh that big sizzling neon 80s sour electric fruity rose.
Montana is a myriad of ideas thrown in a blender and served up shaken, not stirred.The star on me is the big neon damascone rose which is also found in Magie Noire and Nombre Noir.Marigold and bitter fruit opening into the sour rose with the animalic creamy leather. Its just huge, over the top , sharp edged like the leather shoulder padded skirtsuit of the working girl of the 80s.

First formula splash edt update:

not as crisp as the edp..but well rounded and a complex beauty. The sour rose push pulls against the bitter marigold and the leather with the animalics support this gigantic opus. According to the insert it states: "the fresh spicy top noted are contrasted with the wooded, floral, warm and sensual base notes where musk and amber melt into the skin. Cyprus, spicy musky, avant garde."
This one can last 24 hrs. Can totally see Kim Katrall in Big Trouble in Little China wearing this as well as Tramell.
Note: it thrives best in cooler weather

04/13/2012

Kosmoskukka
18 Reviews

Kosmoskukka

Helpful Review 3

Just amazing this is me thinks

Hello Dears,
In my skin this scent is more like chypre floral or floral aldehyde. Not at all like Leather kinda scent. Soapy and quite white floral on me. Cabochard is true leather, this is something else. But definitely I love this . Parfum de Peau is very much special, with own beautifull nature, can not compair to any other scent I think. Because.. I have not sniffed anything like this before, very unique. I hope You people will enjoy from this Gem. *Hugs*

06/19/2024

Krmarich
227 Reviews

Krmarich

blue leather monster...

I arrived late in the game for Montana. Parfum de Peau is one not to miss. I was able to track down an original formula in the blue box and stunning bottle. I was always reluctant to try it. Tuberose in Knowing makes me wince. The blue leather effect somehow works as well.

Looking back to 1986, there was no limits on what could be in perfumes and this one would be totally confiscated by todays restrictive market. Yes, there is big oakmoss and lots of skanky civet that has vanished from anything you might buy today. Its makes me chuckle when I see younger noses go into shock over these big 80s giants.

Moussed hair, shoulder padded suits and fishnet stockings have long sense become dated and retro. However the perfume classics from this excessive time remain and stand the test of time. Diva, Coco, Animale, La Nuit, Clandestine, Halston Couture, Paloma Picasso and Parfum de Peau all haunt vintage collections and still command attention for the fans like myself. This is hauntingly like the now lost Equitos at a fraction of the cost!

Parfum de Peau is massive in scale with the strength to fill a house and last until your next shower. It should come with a users manual. After 2 sprays this gets under your skin and claims you as its own. Its unforgiving as far as its strength is concerned. Be warned...

Its beauty radiates from a strange leathery rose that is the cause for immediate attention. There is lots of patcholi, oakmoss and vetiver that holds the composition in place. Its like a leather catsuit one finds at fetish clubs. The opening notes are candylike, ginger chews! with bold aldehydes that strike like lightning bolts. Its a little boozy . The party begins as the narcissus, neroli and rose dance around each other tightly. In fact, all of the floral notes are bound around the rose. Yes, there is tuberose that is quite restrained, and ever so good here! Ultimately, this is the most discreet white floral composition I have encountered. Then come the bitter green notes that are one step away from ruining everything. This is perfume creating skill at its best! It all sits upon a base of smoky-olibanum-woody-musky-pissy-leather that is dry and dusty. It takes at least 48 hours to get to these notes by themselves.

This edgy composition is a product of its time. The time was when the art of perfumery was at its peak. One should always have a bottle in one's collection.

07/05/2024

10Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

MrsGuerlain
576 Reviews

MrsGuerlain

Creamy Power

In my world, Parfum de Peau is a feminine power statement from the 80s. It has a longevity out of this world. I can smell it for days, even though I never spray more than once. Sillage is good. Meaning that it will not go unnoticed. Not everyone will like this scent, but one of the best features of this scent, compared to other 80s’ beauties is that the floral aspect is downplayed. This is more a spicy/woody/creamy fragrance. But do not be fooled. You will smell it for a long time.
All combined this is amazing but then again - it is from 1986. Perhaps you need to have lived in the eighties to fully understand the charm of these powerful fragrances, such as Loulou, Poison and Paloma Picasso. All of these, including PdP, are iconic for their stunning beauty and powerful expression - at least to me. And all of these are part of my teens.
One other thing about these four is that the bottles are masterpieces. With PdP I dare say that most women older than 45 will know the twisted column and recognize it without the name showing. I remember the first time I saw it in an ad. I thought it was a sculpture, not a perfume and I wanted to own it. Today I have the 100ml on display on my shelf most of the time, so that I can enjoy the design. And I have a sealed 30ml stashed away - in case of emergency.
360/365

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Statements

25 short views on the fragrance

Can777

4 years ago

10Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

In the morning she got up and thought: Today I'm going to wipe the grin off everyone's face. And she reached for Montana! Tornado-Chypre-Top League!

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Salva

2 years ago

9.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

What a magical performance!
Grandiose aldehyde chypre
With spicy sprinkles
& narcissus musk storm
Classically elegant
So delightful!

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Gandix

3 years ago

7Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Subtle was yesterday
O-flower on moderate jasmine/narcissus indolic
Musk hits the high note
Soapy aldehydes.

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Skydiver19

5 months ago

9Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Pepper-ginger spiciness
defines
siren syllables
inviting
into the Narcissus dark berry land
frankincense warns
unsuccessfully
pheromones take
the lead+++

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Sonnenwende

7 years ago

10Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Warning of an
olfactory hurricane.
A fruity-spicy pull
leaves the animalistic breath
of doom.
Sensory ecstasy expected.

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Pluto

2 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Fruity-citrusy opening, spicy + loud, beautifully resinous, slightly smoky flowers, 80s punch. A bit too overpowering for me.

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Gold

7 years ago

8.5Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Uncompromising, pushed the scent nerves to the limit, chypre, leather, animalistic. Totally 1986. Back then, you could still dare to do something like this. Stunning.

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