Explorer Extreme
Set against the original Explorer, Montblanc Explorer Extreme Eau de Parfum is the warmer and spicier of the two, and the one that works better at night.
Its opening is busier. Bergamot provides the citrus lift, clary sage brings a dry herbal note with a slightly nutty edge to it, and cardamom adds a cool green spice that is aromatic rather than burning. The three together give the first twenty minutes a crisp, almost gin like freshness. Then it darkens. Lavender comes through the middle with its soapy, herbal calm, and patchouli meets it with damp earth and a bittersweet depth. That combination is older than it sounds and it works because lavender's cleanliness and patchouli's dirt pull in opposite directions without either one breaking.
The finish is leather and vetiver. Leather is smooth here, polished and faintly sweet rather than raw, and vetiver is dry, rooty and a little smoky beneath it. Seven materials, and the scent moves in a clear line from bright to dark across the wearing. It projects well for the first hour or two and then holds close for several more, which is a useful way round: you register when you arrive and you are tolerable by midnight. Cold weather suits it, as do evenings and the sort of social occasion where a little weight is welcome. It is pitched at men, and it is more of an occasion fragrance than a daily one, though nothing stops you wearing it to a desk in January. Antoine Maisondieu and Jordi Fernández composed it.
The Hamburg house whose name it carries made its reputation on fountain pens, then on watches and leather goods, and belongs today to Richemont. Fragrance is not made in house; it is licensed to a company that does nothing else.
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