Montale is the Paris niche house Pierre Montale founded in 2003, the original home of the aluminium-bottle French-Arabian Eau de Parfum that built the modern niche oud category almost single-handedly. Rose, oud and amber recur as the three structural pillars across the catalogue.

Arabians Tonka for the spiced amber-gourmand that customers return to refill, Intense Cafe for the coffee-rose composition that defined the affogato-gourmand genre, Black Aoud for collectors stepping into smoky woody-floral territory. Eight-plus hours, heavy sillage, mostly unisex. Held at Khrisha in Melbourne with Australia-wide delivery.