Sensual Instinct
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Sensual Instinct by Montale is a sweet, rich gourmand built around roasted coffee. It opens dark and warm, coffee beans doing most of the work, before praline and rose come through, nutty and a little floral. The base turns earthy and mossy, oakmoss, amber and cedar giving it a warm, woody weight that never feels sharp. Launched in 2019, it is worn mostly by women who like a fragrance with real presence rather than something quiet. Voters keep it for winter and autumn, worn in the evening and going out at night. The longevity vote leans eternal, and the sillage vote also leans strong, so a little goes a long way. A 3ml decant is a good way to spend a few evenings with it before you decide.
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The community verdict
Roasted coffee beans open Sensual Instinct, while praline and rose lead towards an amber and oakmoss base. Longevity reports split between long-lasting and exceptionally long-lasting; the largest group finds projection strong. It suits going out on winter nights, with autumn and evenings working too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Brand
- Montale
- Scent profile
- For women
- Launched
- 2019
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Montale Sensual Instinct, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Roasted coffee and praline near a mossy cedar bench in winter.
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity1,091 votes
Most voted: 38%Long lasting
31%Eternal
Sillage1,277 votes
Most voted: 42%Strong
27%Enormous
Season1,091 votes
Most voted: 51%Winter
35%Autumn
Time of day1,091 votes
Most voted: 45%Night out
38%Evening
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Longevity1,091 votes
- Very weak3%31 votes
- Weak6%63 votes
- Moderate22%242 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)38%413 votes
- Eternal31%342 votes
Sillage1,277 votes
- Intimate6%72 votes
- Moderate25%325 votes
- Strong (Most voted)42%535 votes
- Enormous27%345 votes
Season1,091 votes
- Spring12%131 votes
- Summer2%27 votes
- Autumn35%382 votes
- Winter (Most voted)51%551 votes
Time of day1,091 votes
- Daytime14%153 votes
- Office2%25 votes
- Evening38%418 votes
- Night out (Most voted)45%495 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
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Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
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No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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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 Sensual Instinct smell like?
Montale Sensual Instinct opens with Roasted Coffee Beans. The heart brings Praline and Rose. It dries down to Amber, Cedar and Oakmoss.
Is Montale Sensual Instinct long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (38% of votes), and 69% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as strong (42% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Montale Sensual Instinct good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for winter; summer takes only 2% of season votes.
Is Montale Sensual Instinct good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 51% of season votes.
Is Montale Sensual Instinct for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 84% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 16% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Montale Sensual Instinct 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 Sensual Instinct?
Sensual Instinct is made by Montale. It was launched in 2019.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Montale Sensual Instinct?
A 10ml decant of Montale Sensual Instinct 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 Sensual Instinct, 10ML has Intense Cafe, Chocolate Greedy and Arabians Tonka from Montale, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Montale Sensual Instinct decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Montale Sensual Instinct 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.