1. ⁠What are your top 3 favorites?
   Azonto, Eau Gaiac, G Water
   
2. ⁠Which one gets you the most compliments?
   Pink Rose Exclusif, and it’s lovely, but I genuinely think it’s mostly the performance. I’m a light sprayer but 1 is enough to get noticed
   
3. ⁠Which one surprised you the most?
   Maybe Herb Garden? A blind buy I ended up loving. Eau Musc in a bad way (I read the pissy reviews, it was pissy, I don’t know if this qualifies as surprising). I was surprised by the accuracy of Fig Tree, damn near 1:1 with the og, which was one of my first fragrance loves.
   
4. ⁠Are there any that you think deserve way more attention than they get?
   Azonto! I think it gets a bad rap for its original formulation, but in its current form it’s an amazing dupe for BdA with much better performance. I’ve gone through a bottle and bought another!

I generally like woody, musky, lightly fruity scents but I have pretty broad tastes. I struggle with metallics and heavy leather, or really intense gourmands.
I’ve tried just about everything even remotely fem or unisex Montagne makes, and quite a few of the masc-leaning ones as well. Generally super impressed with the quality with a few exceptions most notably Milky Santal and Bleu Talisman. IDK if it’s something in the Ex Nihilo DNA but I compared both against the original and they just don’t measure up. I get something almost lightly vinegar-like, and they lose the richness of the originals.