Ormonde Jayne · 2024
Montabaco Cuba
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
floral
romantic
citrus tea beside dry tobacco and suede
Scent Notes
Floral
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About This Perfume
Montabaco Cuba by Ormonde Jayne is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men. Montabaco Cuba was launched in 2024. Top notes are Bergamot, Orange, Mandarin Orange, Freesia and Juniper; middle notes are Tea, Dry Wood, Jasmine and Magnolia; base notes are Tobacco Leaf, Ambergris, Iso E Super, Suede, Tonka, Sandalwood and Vanilla Absolute. Originally inspired by Selfridges with its vibrant innovation and international appeal, Montabaco Cuba captures the essence of Latin America with a gourmand twist of mandarin. Infusing notes of bergamot, magnolia and jasmine bedded down with sandalwood and vanilla absolute allowing Cuba to be a standout scent that’s not to be missed.
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Date
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
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Ormonde Jayne is a London-based niche perfumery known for a distinctive perfumer's palette, cardamom, oud, black hemlock, tolu balm, and a heavily unisex catalogue. The 19 live pieces on Scendira average .95, are almost exclusively unisex (17 of 19), and split evenly across Fresh (4), Gourmand (4), Woody (3), Warm & Amber (3). Prices span $124.99-$285 (average $174), solid niche-band. Standout live pieces: Nawab of Oudh Intensivo ($205.99,.59, green cardamom tea with rose and oud), Ormonde Elixir ($280,.24, smoky cedar oud with green florals and spiced haze), Montabaco ($226,.20, aromatic bergamot tea with tobacco suede), Arabesque ($149.09,.07, spicy berries and saffron on musky oud) and Tolu ($150,.06, floral-sweet incense glow with soft powder). The house is a considered choice for cardamom, tobacco-suede and oud tuned toward the aromatic-woody rather than the sweet-oriental.
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