Year: 2008
Notes: green apple, lemon tree leaf, rose tree leaf, blue chamomile, Parma violet
Even though Sunset Flowers sounds like a refreshing change from the majority of Montale's non-oud offerings, there's something about it that's both artificial and distasteful.
Personally, the biggest culprit is the apple accord, which smells too synthetic and unbearably sharp for its own good. With most of the other notes adding an additional harshness, it all proves to be overwhelming in an awful way. By the drydown, the once timid violets emerge to the fore, gradually conquering and controlling all the air space that had previously eluded them. Unfortunately, such respite is too little too late.
By Montale's usual standards, it's a glaring artistic blunder, even if it's something less run-of-the-mill.
Personally, the biggest culprit is the apple accord, which smells too synthetic and unbearably sharp for its own good. With most of the other notes adding an additional harshness, it all proves to be overwhelming in an awful way. By the drydown, the once timid violets emerge to the fore, gradually conquering and controlling all the air space that had previously eluded them. Unfortunately, such respite is too little too late.
By Montale's usual standards, it's a glaring artistic blunder, even if it's something less run-of-the-mill.
