Intimately Men David Beckham 2006 Eau de Toilette

Intimately Men (Eau de Toilette) by David Beckham

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Intimately Men (Eau de Toilette) (David Beckham)

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Intimately Men (Eau de Toilette) is a perfume by David Beckham for men and was released in 2006. The scent is spicy-woody. It is being marketed by Coty. Pronunciation

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Perfumers

Alain Astori, IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances)

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Bergamot Grapefruit Cardamom
Heart Notes	Nutmeg Star anise Violet
Base Notes	Amber Patchouli Sandalwood

Ratings

Scent

6.571 Ratings

Longevity

5.457 Ratings

Sillage

5.156 Ratings

Bottle

6.963 Ratings

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10/30/2021

5.5
Scent 5
Longevity 5
Sillage 7
Bottle 7
Pricing

Leimbacher

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Leimbacher

Helpful Review 7

Victoria's Secret

"Intimately Men" by David Beckham has been on my "test wish list" since I started here at Parfumo. So quasi a decade. I do not know exactly why, believe in early "YouTubes" he was often used together with 'nem Michael Jordan fragrance as a successful celebrity fragrance and touted as boozy cuddly mild. That comes also roughly, since I have him now here and finally smell, wear, take apart, classify. Still, of course, it's worth zero fanfare or hype. Even if it is easily above most of its celebrity peers.

The scent is a cuddly synthetic boy, as far from a real man as Beckham's little Barry White voice. An autumnal and leafy shampoo. Footballish to Regency, Halloween to Christmas. Peppery greetings, a little "Burberry London" (men's version), a little "Gucci PHI", a little "Dirty English". But far from edgy and strong. All of the aforementioned are better. Definitely a buttery-smooth banana flank. Creamy, artificial, slightly creamy, with fruity fresh cardamom. Absolutely not natural. Somewhat featureless. Wearable. But had expected more based on the long time in the back of my mind. On the other hand: at this price, it's hard to complain. No Boris Becker. But also not a must have. Not even for beginners. Was perhaps also once better - could imagine quite significant reformulations and watering down over the years.

Flacon: very thick and great for the price range and a celebrity fragrance. The highlight here.
Sillage: bedspread-tight
Durability: 5 hours of caress

Verdict: a solid, but not by any means outstanding C-league fragrance from an A-league star. Can be worn. At heart, a nutmeg man in the woods. But who knows only halfway, knows unm the better cousins, role models and alternatives. Across all price ranges.

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07/15/2019

8
Scent 7
Longevity 7
Sillage 8
Bottle

Leporello

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Leporello

Very helpful Review 6

The thinking person changes his mind ...

or why we sometimes have to settle for less. Beckham and Nietzsche that can't go together and ever honor a commentary on a drugstore smell with concentrated German philosophy, if that's not too much of a good thing. I am really not a proven friend of drugstore scents, most of them are miasmatic births from another galaxy, at the most suitable for covering up prepubertal sweat scent with chemical warfare agents. Now enough of the agitation, let's address ourselves to the question why I'm so keen on the celebrity scent of an English football player who probably wants nothing more than a nobilitation into the truly British upper class.

Now I will and must probably break another sacrilege when I report that I will use Intimately Men, inevitably, as the best possible substitute for my personal Holy Grail in matters of men's fragrance from now on. In short, I didn't love and love any fragrance as much as Gucci Pour Homme from 2003. For many years I wore this masterpiece whenever the temperature allowed and of course I had the complete series with it. Because besides the fragrance, shower gel, aftershave and deodorant stick were also simply terrific. No fragrance has and will inspire me as much as Gucci Pour Homme, for me the epitome of a men's fragrance and my warming shield at fresh temperatures. It came as it had to come, the fragrance has long since been discontinued, my large supplies are gone (I had stashed four bottles of 50 milliliters and various "vast quantities" of shower gel, deodorant and aftershave in store when the setting announced itself) and I had actually given up finding another fragrance that comes somewhat close to Gucci Pour Homme. Actually, the situation seemed like a joke to me when a colleague at work (he always wore Gucci Pour Homme, too) said the other day that there was probably a Beckham scent that came quite close to Gucci. I thought it was a latrine rumor and wanted to ask him about alcohol abuse. During the lunch break I went to the next DM (also due to the brutal heat) to buy some urgently needed "refreshment utensils". En passant I passed the shelf with the scents of Beckham and took a bottle with me, also because of the extremely low price (seems to be sold out).

Now that the last days were a bit fresher, especially in the evening, I dared to make a comparison test. Logically, Intimately can't keep up with Gucci's masterpiece in all respects, yet I was and am positively surprised that I can perceive more than clear borrowings (I'd like to think one has copied from the masterpiece). First, I'd like to say that Intimately is a "watered down version" of the Gucci classic. Nevertheless, the prelude can and could convince me, it is just like with Gucci Pour Homme only a little bit lighter and for a short time rather emphasized on the citric notes, before it becomes clearly more woody and also the basil note of the original emerges. After about twenty minutes it gets even more woody and spicy, Gucci pour Homme always reminded me of the smell of an old monastery library, old books, wood mixed with incense and somewhere in front of my inner eye a monk squeezed lemons out. This is exactly what Intimately does, but clearly "foggier" or more blurred, as if a "filter" had been placed over the Gucci fragrance. Also the incense looks more damped, weaker or "diluted" but at least it is there. The shelf life is not so bad at all, on my skin there are a good six hours before the fragrance, similar to Gucci, ends mildly spicy and minimally amber-sweetened with light powderiness. Strangely enough, the "alleged" official scent twins of Gucci Pour Homme didn't inspire me as much, and yes, they couldn't get close to the original, as this little "snobbish" of mine declassified as a celebrity scent, scent it can.

By the way, I don't think the opening of the bottle is bad at all, it looks chic and heavy, but if you shouldn't use such a cheap sticker, you'd have to improve it here, you could certainly make the fragrance appear more "valuable". The sprayer and the processing of the bottle are not bad at all. Freely after Nietzsche I changed my mind as a thinking person and now try at least with Intimately a little bit to reactivate the grandiose time with Gucci pour Homme

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05/19/2018

7
Scent 6
Longevity 5
Sillage 7
Bottle

Darkbeat
192 Reviews

Darkbeat

Very helpful Review 5

A sweet perfume, as strange as addictive.

Incredible perfume that I would never have expected to find in this price range. The truth is that, if this is signed by any other prestigious house, this would have cost 10 times more. A perfume that I liked a lot.

The output is acid-sweet mixture as strange as original, the cardamom brings the acidity, accompanied, also, of citrus and fresh, but cushioned by the sweetness of the violet with a touch of anise, I like it, a warm aroma, sweet , but at the same time it has a delicious, fine and very modern floral acid touch. Then, little by little, the violet is made with the aroma, resting on a background of very spicy sandalwood (residual anise and cardamom, and nutmeg on the rise) This part of the perfume is the one that feels the most sweet and spicy, floral-woody fragrance like a spicy balsam, here you can already feel the first throes of amber. The drying on my skin is an ambered sandalwood where nuances of very subtle violets rest. A fine and sweet perfume, of carefree and avant-garde execution.

The duration, if we look at its price is more than good, I have much more expensive perfumes that last the same or even less, so, the performance is moderate in both cases, longevity and wake, not exceeding 6 hours in skin with a wake moderate

Very versatile perfume, warm and temperate climates, and to use both day and night. As for versatility, it does not have any, but in my humble opinion, it could be used even in winter for its warmth.

If you are a lover of warm and sweet perfumes, this is a highly recommended perfume, with a great quality / price ratio.

Sorry for my bad english.

04/17/2018

7
Scent 3
Longevity 5
Sillage 9
Bottle

Eyedean
22 Reviews

Eyedean

Just try it

Alright... got the 75ml bottle (or cube) for $12! Really love the bottle/cube, classy. The sent is warm with amber and cinnamon (although the later isn’t really listed as a note). I’m starting to think that this one is so inexpensive because you need to overspray so much!
If you thought D&G the One or YSL LNDL had performance issues... then you should try this. But the scent is lovely and comforting, just as The One and LNDL.

01/20/2012

7
Scent 5
Longevity 5
Sillage

Missk
1165 Reviews

Missk

Very helpful Review 4

Affordable spicy masculine

I was always curious as to how this would smell. In fact I am somewhat impressed.

Intimately Beckham for Men is mostly a spicy and woodsy scent. Not overly complex but not bland and boring either.

The opening, while sharp and sudden, is strangely likable with its sour grapefruit and earthy and herbaceous cardamom. The drydown only becomes increasingly spicy and warm possibly because of the patchouli making its presence known.

I love that this fragrance is subtle and 'intimate' it truly is. The softness is very sexy and mysterious.