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A perfume by Zara for men, released in 2016. The scent is spicy-sweet. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Spicy

Sweet

Woody

Fruity

Synthetic

Fragrance Notes

Tonka bean Apple

Apple

Cashmere wood

Bergamot

Black pepper Mint

Mint

Basil

Ratings

Scent

7.1307 Ratings

Longevity

6.5280 Ratings

Sillage

6.2272 Ratings

Bottle

6.6277 Ratings

Value for money

8.3175 Ratings

Submitted by Elysium, last update on 02/18/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the #Tobacco Collection collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

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Encre Noire Eau de Toilette

Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/29/2018

7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

Elysium
888 Reviews

Elysium

Helpful Review 8

The Good Thing's Here To Stay

I have this cologne for two years now, I remember I came across it and its brother Rich/Warm/Addictive an evening I was visiting ZARA store, the clerk was arranging those new releases on the shelf... He wasn't aware of how they did smell like and so we tested them together. Right of the bat, I/D/E was the one that impressed me most, yet R/W/A had that gourmand vibe that attracted me, so I bought both... and I fell in love with 'em.
Confronted with R/W/A, this one has the coolest, smoothest, and leathery tobacco leaves you ever smelt. A fruity fresh start, an aromatic heart, with tobacco, antiqued leather and silky suede blend in the drydown.

To begin with, I/D/E is classified as an aromatic oriental scent featuring notes of bergamot, apple, black pepper, mint, basil, tobacco, cashmere wood, and tonka bean, it got its name since it is an intense, warm, and elegant fragrance, with resinous, leathery, spicy, and woody accords. It is supposed to be for men, anyway, it could also be worn by women that appreciate it.

Initial spray is a little sharp, it starts off with a blast of apple and pepper, fruity and spicy, and a whiff of bergamot that lingers in the background. The opening has fruity and spicy touches from the green apple and black pepper which lead to the minty and balsamic heart. It's really vigorous with its boozy vibe, I do get a vodka-like note topped with a spritz of citrus and a bit of sugar syrup... Yet the strong alcoholic smell fades away pretty quick.

The heart has green, aromatic, and minty scented tones. The basil and mint notes appear after a while, and I get a metallic-like vibe that reminds me of Pure Havane, which hide an essence of warm, pleasant and cool feelings.

Slowly the deeply sweet and woody dry down introduces the warm tonka beans, which takes over, turning down the volume and warming up the atmosphere. The sweetness is enhanced by the impression of tobacco leaves, cashmere wood, and leather. Yes, I know it's not a listed note, but that's what I smell, the scent that does come across as quite dark. From there the scent is fairly linear, staying closer and closer to the skin as the time progress. I don't really mind that it does not seem to have a pronounced tobacco note. Notwithstanding, the tonka bean, mint, and bergamot combine for a deep scent that is dark, sweet and surprisingly fresh.

Projects great in the first 3 - 4 hours and then lasts closer to the skin up to 10h. Longevity is impressive, especially at this price point. I can still detect the scent after 6 - 8 hours, even the morning after if I press my nose onto the wrist and breath gently to warm the skin I feel it lingering around my nose. For this price, I think Intense-Dark-Exclusive is an absolute steal. I found this I/D/E is a sweet energetic tobacco scent that has a seductive vibe. I might say this fragrance is pretty different from the RWA because of its more fresh, masculine, and woody. Harsh opening in the first time but after a few minutes, it turns to be a calming sweet tobacco scent. It's just beautiful and not like a cheap fragrance at all. It is better to be used in cold seasons and is highly recommended for Tobacco scent collectors. Not for office or first dates, a night out and clubbing scent.

-Elysium

04/30/2019

7
Bottle 5
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Golcher
139 Reviews

Golcher

5

worth the while

As most people I got IDE almost by default. I went into Zara looking for RWA and then I realized I could get the Tobacco Collection almost the same price as RWA alone so since it was such a good deal I went for it.
RWA was nice, all the good talk in Youtube made me want it and it almost fit the bill (fell a bit short on the hype) but IDE on the other hand, the one everyone dismissed turned out to be the real gem. It opens so nicely with Bergamot, Mint and Apple with a background of a creamy Tonka. I can hardly identify the Tobacco but you can notice something going on.

It performs just as you'd expect from Zara, apply it at home and go out for dinner, some drinks and by the time you get back home it's starting to fade. Sillage is good, I caught some whiffs while driving to the restaurant and it was intoxicating

I ended up liking IDE better than RWA, I truly believe it's an underrated fragrance

03/15/2020

10
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

HubertG
5 Reviews

HubertG

2

I feel ashamed

Thank you Parfumo, I bought this one after reading the reviews and ratings, what a surprise!

What a reward!

After hitting 3 different Zara stores in the north of Portugal, I finally could put my hands on this amazing scent, so different, I didn't know 212 Vip Men from CH.

What can I say, I tried RWA first, and I thought to myself, buy the twin package, very affordable.

IDE turned into my perfect everyday/everynight scent, I like the initial freshness, turns warm in a short time, so first bergamot and apple fresh and fruity, and then comes the green: basil and mint, basil is prominent, basil lasts, and then come the woody notes, the dry down is pleasant and subtle with the tonka bean and a remain of the basil, my feeling is that the combination reminds what I call green tobacco, tobacco leaves before drying, before all the fermentation process, on the other hand, RWA is perfectly dried tobacco, RWA reminds me vanilla flavoured "cigarillos".

IDE is my favourite of the two, masculine, distinctive because it's rare, unusual (exclusive) not mainstream at all, I feel ashamed having so much pleasure wearing a Zara fragrance. RWA is almost feminine, I share it with my wife.

If we sum up the characteristics of IDE from ZARA:
UP: peculiar, not mainstream, affordable, distinctive, quality of the scent and bottle, masculine,
DOWN: longevity is the weakness, it doesn't last enough, and the projection is not as powerful as it should be, after a few minutes you need to refuel.

Almost a blind buy, go for it.

02/12/2023

9
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

PedroCabral
147 Reviews

PedroCabral

3

Short review

It starts with green apple and pepper as soon as we press the sprayer, and these two notes give a reasonable freshness that lasts for a good part of the fragrance. After approximately 15 minutes, the tonka bean mixed with a light tobacco encapsulate the pepper and the green apple, giving a creamy and masculine touch to the fragrance.

This is how the perfume behaves during the strongest projection time. As time passes, the green apple and pepper fade and disappear after 5/6 hours. That's when the perfume takes on the dominance of tonka bean with tobacco in the background, becoming slightly darker.

The performance is not the best (something that can be seen in most of Zara's fragrances), but of course the price is more than adequate for this theme. It is a very pleasant and discreet perfume. Excellent for mild environments.

10/17/2018

7
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

PBregovich
23 Reviews

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PBregovich

Top Review 18

If only I'd known Zara while I was at school

Anyone who has followed my comments and statements a little or looks through them afterwards will notice that I am a big fan of Zara fragrances. Often these are dupes that either imitate the original very well, or those that create an original remix by a small deviation from the original. The price-performance ratio is often crazy (in a positive sense) and therefore fits perfectly into the budget of those who don't just spend +100€ on a fragrance.

I finally bought the Tobacco Collection double pack a few weeks ago. There you can get two fragrances for 17,95€. The Rich/Warm/Addictive and this one. I bought both directly, because one has read a lot about the scents and one never knows with Zara whether a scent will ever return to the rotation. That's why I just blindly slammed. Normally I shy away from blind buys, but at this price I could also take my chances.

The scent itself: You shouldn't expect a great fragrance from Zara. However, this also means that after a head note test you can usually strike without worries. That's exactly what you get, and most of the time you don't get it anymore. It's not such a big problem for me, because I prefer a fragrance to stay the same all the time, rather than have a bombastic top note and then collapse after half an hour (yes, you are meant, designer gang!).

How does the scent smell? Well, he smells a little unfamiliar to me at first. It's a very sweet scent, that has to be said from the beginning. What you can definitely smell is the synthetic apple (not meant to be bad at all, there is no other way) and the tonka bean. Mint could still be, but I can't smell the rest. The overall impression is mainly sweet, a little spicy and subliminally woody. Sweet, however, comes first.

What can you compare the scent to? Many draw the comparison to 212 VIP Men from Carolina Herrera. I can't say anything about that, because I don't know this fragrance well enough. But when I look at the twin fragrances, I see a few suggestions as far apart as the earth from Saturn. This fragrance has absolutely nothing to do with Tobacco Vanilla by Tom Ford. Just because it's called Tobacco doesn't mean I smell tobacco personally. The same applies to Pure Havane from Mugler, which smells like Shisha honey tobacco. There's no way this scent does. To use today's terminology: I would describe the sweetness in this fragrance much more than bubblegum sweetness. In my opinion lovers of the following fragrances might find interest in this one: Paco Rabanne One Million, Versace Eros, Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb, JPG Ultra Mâle, etc. It should be noted that these are by no means twin fragrances! I just think that all fragrances have a certain sweetness that older wearers are often too pushy.

Durability and Sillage? I would classify the durability as quite good. I have not measured exactly, but I would estimate between 6 and 8 hours. The Sillage is quite interesting. I would have expected a monster after testing Rich/Warm/Addictive. Nevertheless, the projection is quite limited. People may occasionally notice something of the fragrance, but it is by far not as room filling and privacy penetrating as a few of the above specimens. As period for carrying I recommend autumn and winter days.

So where do I finally put the scent? For me, Intense/Dark/Exclusive is a fragrance that radiates a playful bubblegum sweetness and is therefore definitely something for younger perfumers. Due to this sweetness, it certainly also has a unisex character to a certain degree. The price-performance ratio is again fantastic and therefore only brings plus points. When I test Zara fragrances I often have to think with a little regret that I would have liked to have gotten to know them during my school days. Apart from the fact that bubblegum sweetness was exactly my thing and was also very popular towards the end of my school days, I could have got very good quality for a low price here. The perfume was something expensive for me, which one gets every now and then as a gift. Never in my life would I have bought one myself. With Zara, I'm sure it would have been different. Especially this scent I would have liked to wear at school and it would have fitted very well into the situation. As for today: I will certainly still wear Intense/Dark/Exclusive on certain autumn and winter days and I will also like it very much. However, it will never become my signature scent. And if I would carry him to work, I don't really know. It's like a piece of clothing or a song, what you would have loved with all your heart in former times and fit perfectly into this time, but what's simply no longer suitable for the current stage of life.

Nevertheless (or for this reason) I would like to recommend my purchase to the younger perfumers! The fragrance is currently (as of October 2018) available on the website and can probably be found in the stores again.

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