Ristretto Intense Café
Pay your way with
or 3 interest-free payments of€7.17with0% APR
- Authentic original perfume
- 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.
Ships within 1 working dayFree EU shippingFree shipping to
Selling out fast
Due to high demand, quantities are limited.
89% sold
Ends in
30-day money-back guarantee
Try it worry-free. If the scent isn’t for you, tell us within 30 days and we’ll refund your order.*
50,000+ scent lovers and counting
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
- 2019
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
We ship across the EU. Orders over €75.00 ship free. Returns are accepted within 30 days of delivery.
Montale Ristretto Intense Café, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Roasted coffee beans spilled over red roses and caramel.
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity1,348 votes
Most voted: 46%Long lasting
33%Eternal
Sillage1,474 votes
Most voted: 48%Strong
24%Enormous
Season1,348 votes
Most voted: 55%Winter
33%Autumn
Time of day1,348 votes
Most voted: 45%Night out
28%Daytime
See all votesHide votes
Longevity1,348 votes
- Very weak1%19 votes
- Weak3%43 votes
- Moderate17%224 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)46%616 votes
- Eternal33%446 votes
Sillage1,474 votes
- Intimate5%68 votes
- Moderate24%351 votes
- Strong (Most voted)48%701 votes
- Enormous24%354 votes
Season1,348 votes
- Spring10%135 votes
- Summer2%27 votes
- Autumn33%445 votes
- Winter (Most voted)55%741 votes
Time of day1,348 votes
- Daytime28%377 votes
- Office2%27 votes
- Evening25%337 votes
- Night out (Most voted)45%607 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
Yes
Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
Yes
No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
Yes
No
Travel-ready atomiser
Yes
No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
Yes
No
If you like Montale Ristretto Intense Café
Perfumes that share its most characteristic notes.
- Save 36%
Shares coffee · vanilla
- Save 35%
Shares coffee · caramel
- Save 38%
Shares woodsy notes · white musk
- Save 38%
Shares caramel · vanilla
- Save 37%
Shares caramel · vanilla
- Save 38%
Shares coffee · amber
- Sale · 10% off
Shares coffee · amber
- Save 36%
Shares woodsy notes · vanilla
Layer it with
Chosen for sandalwood, jasmine and rose, notes that often share a formula with its musk, amber and vanilla in the perfumes we stock.
Montale
Ristretto Intense Café layered with
- Save 37%
- Save 37%
- Save 36%
- Save 36%
The house
More from Montale
Montale was founded in France in 2003 by Pierre Montale, who built the house around oud paired with rose and bottled it in his trademark aluminium flacons. Oud is still part of the story, but the range here runs mostly sweet and warm: amber, vanilla and musk, with coffee, caramel and tonka bean for richness and saffron for heat. Intense Cafe is the first one to know, rose and coffee over vanilla. Chocolate Greedy is a spiced cacao treat, and Arabians Tonka is a dense, sugary amber. Black Aoud goes back to the roots with rose, oud and patchouli.
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.
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 at 3 sprays a day. 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.
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.