Dallachaï is Montale's divisive tropical-spicy gourmand, a love-it-or-hate-it affair. Expect compliments if it clicks with your skin, but brace for potential 'celery salt' or 'nauseating chemical' reactions. Definitely not a safe blind buy.

Cacao Dreams Prive is Alexandria UK's more restrained house creation rather than a designer dupe - a spiced cacao opening settles quickly into a creamy sandalwood-tonka heart and a close, skin-hugging musk base, favouring quiet intimacy over projection.