Montale Ristretto Intense Café
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- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Ristretto Intense Café by Montale is a rich coffee and rose scent, dark and a little sweet. Coffee opens it strong and roasted, with rose close behind, straight away recognisable. Roasted coffee beans, French rose and soft woods carry the heart, before vanilla, caramel, amber and white musk bring in a warm, sugared base. Released in 2019, women reach for it more than men, when they want a scent with real presence rather than something quiet. Voters wear it through fall and winter, by day and into the night, and it is a natural pick for going out. The longevity vote leans long-lasting, and the sillage vote leans strong, so a little goes a long way. A 3ml decant is a good way to live with it for a week before choosing more.
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The community verdict
Long-lasting with strong projection for the largest group, Ristretto Intense Café blends roasted coffee, rose, vanilla and caramel. Others find its wear exceptionally long and its projection room-filling. It suits winter nights and going out, though autumn and daytime work too; go lightly if rich sweetness is not your thing.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Brand
- Montale
- Scent profile
- For women
- Launched
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Montale Ristretto Intense Café, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Roasted coffee beans spilled over red roses and caramel.
Main accordscoffee, rose, vanilla, caramel, warm spicy
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity
Most voted: 46%Long lasting
Sillage
Most voted: 48%Strong
Season
Most voted: 55%Winter
Time of day
Most voted: 45%Night out
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Longevity, 1,348 votes
- Very weak1%19 votes
- Weak3%43 votes
- Moderate17%224 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)46%616 votes
- Eternal33%446 votes
Sillage, 1,474 votes
- Intimate5%68 votes
- Moderate24%351 votes
- Strong (Most voted)48%701 votes
- Enormous24%354 votes
Season, 1,348 votes
- Spring10%135 votes
- Summer2%27 votes
- Autumn33%445 votes
- Winter (Most voted)55%741 votes
Time of day, 1,348 votes
- Daytime28%377 votes
- Office2%27 votes
- Evening25%337 votes
- Night out (Most voted)45%607 votes
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Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
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Travel-ready atomiser
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No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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Montale Ristretto Intense Café in plain words
What it smells like, how it wears and who it suits.
What it smells like
Opens with a strong hit of coffee, with rose running through it. The heart stays dark and gourmand, and the base turns sweet and creamy with vanilla and caramel.
How it wears
The perfume community reports very long wear, from long-lasting to exceptional, and strong to enormous projection. It leaves a heavy, lasting trail.
When to wear it
Wearers favour winter and autumn, with nights first and daytime second. It is made for cold weather and evenings out.
Who it suits
Suits someone who loves sweet, full-bodied gourmand scents and wants coffee and rose to be loud. It is intense, so a light hand keeps it comfortable around others.
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Sizes and price per ml
At 10ML, Montale Ristretto Intense Café comes as 3ml for €7.29 (€2.43/ml), 10ml for €21.51 (€2.15/ml) and 30ml for €53.91 (€1.80/ml).
Frequently asked questions
What does Montale Ristretto Intense Café smell like?
Montale Ristretto Intense Café opens with Coffee and Turkey Red Rose. The heart brings French Rose, Roasted Coffee Beans and Woodsy Notes. It dries down to Amber, Caramel, Vanilla and White Musk. Shoppers on fragrance communities describe its main accords as coffee, rose, vanilla, caramel and warm spicy.
Is Montale Ristretto Intense Café long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (46% of votes), and 79% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as strong (48% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Montale Ristretto Intense Café good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for winter; summer takes only 2% of season votes.
Is Montale Ristretto Intense Café good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 55% of season votes.
Is Montale Ristretto Intense Café for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 70% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 30% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Montale Ristretto Intense Café to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 2% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Montale Ristretto Intense Café?
Ristretto Intense Café is made by Montale. It was launched in 2019.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Montale Ristretto Intense Café?
A 10ml decant of Montale Ristretto Intense Café holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Montale perfumes can I try?
Besides Montale Ristretto Intense Café, 10ML has Intense Cafe, Chocolate Greedy and Arabians Tonka from Montale, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Montale Ristretto Intense Café decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Montale Ristretto Intense Café decant is filled by hand from an original Montale bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
Is Montale Ristretto Intense Café sweet?
Yes, richly: vanilla and caramel make the base sweet and gourmand, with coffee keeping a dark, roasted edge.
Is Montale Ristretto Intense Café good for a date night?
Yes, for a bold night: the community pairs it with nights and going out, and its coffee, rose and vanilla trail is strong and lasting. Cold evenings suit it best.
Where can I buy Montale Ristretto Intense Café as a decant?
At 10ML: Montale Ristretto Intense Café comes as a 3ml, 10ml and 30ml decant, filled by hand from an original bottle. The 10ml decant costs €21.51 (€2.15/ml), and 10ML ships across the EU.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.