July 12, 2026 · Issue 13
Montale Beast Love drops to $94 — a tracked low
I went through all five of these myself this morning — every one is FragranceNet quietly thinning its niche shelf, priced lower than I usually see them. Start with Montale Beast Love: loud, leathery, and the one that made me double-check the price was real.
Montale Beast Love
100ml · Unisex
Montale doing what it does loudest: a rose soaked in black leather, with ripe pear and plum keeping it from turning severe. It normally sits near $190 — my tracked number, not the sticker — and this is about 50% under what it usually goes for. Loud, sweet, and not remotely subtle — two sprays is a full day of projection, so it's an evening bottle, not something you wear to a desk.
$94 · retail $190 (50% off)
Fruity, Leathery, Sweet
Bois 1920 Relativamente Rosso
100ml · Unisex
Bois 1920's sweet-incense oriental: frankincense and candied rose up top, turning resinous and ambery as it dries down — churchy, but with a dessert streak running through it. It's the lowest I've tracked it in 27 days. Bois 1920 is a Florentine house older than most of the niche world, and it still prices like it forgot to catch up — which puts this one squarely in impulse territory for the genre.
$135 · retail $230 (41% off)
Oriental, Resinous, Smoky
Akro Smoke
100ml · Unisex
Close to what the name promises: dry pipe tobacco and woodsmoke, sweetened just enough by tonka to stay wearable rather than ashy (Balkan tobacco, cade juniper and benzoin underneath). Akro is a house most people find late, and it usually runs around $185. Cold-weather stuff — it smells like standing near the fire, not tending it.
$103 · retail $185 (44% off)
Smoky, Spicy, Sweet
Etat Libre d'Orange I Am Trash – Les Fleurs du Déchet
100ml · Unisex
Etat Libre d'Orange living up to its reputation for provocation: 'I Am Trash' is a bright apple-and-strawberry fruit cut with a dry cedar base, considerably prettier than the name dares you to expect. I've seen it between $101 and $190, so this is the low end of a wide swing. Blind, it's just a competent fruity-woody you'd never guess was named after garbage — the provocation is the label, not the smell.
$101 · retail $190 (47% off)
Fresh, Fruity, Floral
Burberry Burberry for Men
100ml · Eau de Toilette · Masculine
Burberry for Men is a green, aromatic fougere — mint and bergamot over a mossy, slightly soapy base — an unbothered '90s designer that just works on a Tuesday. I'll be straight: this one turns up cheap all over the place, so read it as a good price on a safe bet, not a rare find. It's the bottle you keep by the door for the mornings you don't want to think about it.
$38 · retail $81 (52% off)
Fresh, Woody, Spicy
No codes, no countdown timers — the number on the page is the number. Back Tuesday with the next handful.
— ed.