Note Pyramid
Explorer Platinum
Montblanc Explorer Platinum Eau de Parfum is built from three materials, and rather than being a weakness that turns out to be the most interesting thing about it. Violet leaf opens the fragrance and sets its temperature immediately. This is not the flower but the leaf, which smells green, crisp and slightly metallic, with a cool watery edge somewhere near cucumber skin. It is a sharp, clean way to begin and it lasts far longer here than a citrus opening would.
Clary sage follows in the middle and does the softening. It is herbal and dry with a quiet sweetness underneath, the sort of smell that reads as grown up without reading as heavy, and it sits against the violet leaf rather than replacing it.
Cedarwood takes the base alone. Dry, splintery and faintly pencil like, it gives the last hours a clean firmness and keeps the whole thing from going soft, and because nothing else is competing you can smell exactly what it is doing. This is a deliberately short composition and anyone hoping for a long development should know as much. What it gives instead is clarity and consistency, which is useful in a fragrance worn to work. It suits daytime, offices, spring and autumn, and it is aimed at men. The eau de parfum strength means it lasts much longer than the lean note list suggests, so two sprays is the right number. It is an easy bottle to live with and, at this price, an easy one to finish and replace.
Composed by Bruno Jovanovic and released in 2023. It sits in a range that centres on Legend, Legend Blue, Legend Spirit, Signature and the Montblanc Collection, all of it licensed out rather than made by the German firm whose name is on the bottle.
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