ParfumDude

After my beloved bottle of the OG "Prada L'Homme" unfortunately went empty, but I was and am a big fan of the fragrance, replacement wanted here. Since I was not allowed to call any of the flanker so far my own, I decided to try one of these. Basically, let's preface this by saying that as a lover of iris scents in general and clean-distanced Prada elegance in particular, I had little doubt that I would like the "Intense" quite a bit - and boy, was I right.

One-two words about the packaging: Who knows the "Prada - L'Homme" flacon, also knows that of "Intense", with the only difference that this was colored black. I think it looks great and fits the fragrance, the dark glass just makes reading the level a little difficult, which could probably meet with mixed feelings. All in all, the Prada typical elegant understatement is present in the flacon and packaging, which is also consistent in relation to the fragrance.

Enough around that, let's talk about the fragrance. The opening makes it clear where the "L'Homme" in the name comes from, as there is no denying a clear resemblance to the original. A clean powdery iris determines for me the first few minutes after spraying on, which however already comes across a bit darker and heavier than the original, which here sets fresher, lighter accents with citrus (floral) notes. As it progresses, "Intense" sets itself apart from the other versions of "L'Homme" once again, because the patchouli that becomes more and more prevalent gives "Intense" a mysterious, dark aspect, which for me steers the aura of the fragrance in a significantly different direction than the original. Where "L'Homme" is pleasing and bright, "Intense" is more mysterious, doesn't let you see its cards so easily. Where the original seems to say "I have nothing to hide!" the intense brother takes more of a "I am more than meets the eye" approach. For me, this difference has implications mostly for deciding on the appropriate occasion for the two scents. For me, the "Intense" is by its mysterious-dark notes and by the heavier and sweeter appearance rather something for evenings to go away (best in the Tuxedo to the casino) and therefore has in any case a right to exist next to the other versions of "L'Homme".

What's left to say at the end is that I just really like the fragrance. Since the understatet-Prada-clean-elegance meets heavy and mysterious notes and makes the whole for me a great fragrance experience. Who stands on the original and fragrances such as Dior Homme Intense, the colleague should definitely take a look

The title may sound strange to negative at first, but in fact it is meant positively to the fullest extent. How this comes about, I try to explain in my little review or personal story about Gucci Guilty Absolute Pour Homme.

My relationship with Guilty Absolute begins, as so often, with a sniffing session in a perfume shop (who can guess which one?), where the bottle falls into my hands more due to boredom than sincere interest, the previous Gucci Guilty labelled Italian provincial fragrances have left me in less marked ecstasy, to put it mildly. So I sprayed a little of the delicious dark brown juice on a tester and held it to my olfactory bulb in rather low anticipation - and a lot from all clouds!

Where I had suspected something between shower gel freshness and synthetic sweetness, leather suddenly came my way! And wood! And something petrol-petrolium-like! I hadn't expected that and I have to say that the scent overwhelmed me a bit at first - animal, leathery, woody and fart dry...that's not a very simple cocktail that Gucci pumped into the bottle

So first of all we looked further, sorted the leather colleague into the category "a little bit bad", went home, end of story. Right? Somehow I couldn't get the scent out of my head and every time I spotted it on a perfume shelf, I just had to smell it again. And again. And again. Until I actually bought it (which, thanks to its apparently rather low popularity, is relatively cheap to find, by the way) and since then I've worn it whenever the weather and the mood permits.

Ok, long story, many words, but how does the biker jacket on the pew do in practice? Actually, less violent than I initially thought. Although it is clearly perceived as a leather-wood scent, it is also pleasantly warm and round and above all - and I really rarely say this about perfumes - quite sexy. It's relatively linear in its scent, but that's not meant negatively here. Durability and sillage are good to very good for me and the reactions of the environment are also visible - all in all a great fragrance for all those who are up for a little adventure in their fragrance cabinet!

Who doesn't know them, the names that come to mind when talking about perfume classics - whether mainstream super-hit or very individual nostalgia, everyone probably has a few common suspects that fit into this category.

For me, "Terre D'Hermes" definitely belongs to this genre, a fragrance where my first memories go back to the always cool and stylish advertisements in my eyes and which I couldn't get out of my head since I first sprayed it on for a test.

His first accents are set by the earth of the messenger of the gods with fresh orange and grapefruit paired with vetiver and spicy pepper - and here I already notice one of my favorite aspects of the perfume: It smells to me simply wonderfully natural, elegant and grown-up, sublime above any loud "look at me, I'm here" proverb that disturbs me in many current perfume releases.

In the drydown, the citrus and pepper recede a little and make way for a woody, earthy, green scent, which is neither herbaceous nor woody-musty, but warm and pleasant in the air.

On the skin, my colleague stays moderate to long and he also radiates quite well to the outside world. In addition, it should be mentioned here that I really do receive an above-average number of positive comments for Terre D'Hermes.

To sum up: Great, natural citrus fruits come together with woody vetiver, pepper and earthy-mineral notes, always mature, restrained and elegant. One of my favourites for everyday life!

Normally you'd find a description of the perfume you're reviewing, but since it's an obvious copy of Dior Sauvage EDT (compare the bottles), which should bring back most (positive or negative) memories, I'll just say this: the two fragrances are 90-95% similar, I'd say Sauvage is a little sharper, especially in the opening, the pepper is more prominent. But the pepper is also a bit more penetrating and cutting, which probably displeases many people. Here Writer is a bit softer.

In the end, I can say: if you like Sauvage, you can save a lot of money (I bought Writer in a set with a not bad shower gel for 14,99€) and still have practically no loss of quality - even the H/S is great. You just have to like Sauvage and be able to do without the Dior lettering ????