I purchased Joop! Wow! Intense quite some time ago, before Parfumo. I smelled the edT on my father and then had to buy it for myself. At that time, I assumed that flankers all smell the same, just stronger or weaker, so I ended up getting the Intense version. "Then I have the same scent, just intense!" I thought in my naive and eager-to-buy way.
Well, after gaining some experience and approaching the topic of fragrances with at least a bit more competence than I had at the time of purchasing this scent, I must say that the initial euphoria has faded.
Joop! Wow! Intense does not need to hide, but I cannot recommend it here. The reason is, as with many very sweet designer fragrances, that it lacks character.
I increasingly have the impression of smelling the same sweet sludge, just packaged differently.
"Here we make it a bit brighter and sweeter, here a bit darker and more mysterious, and here we make One Million 2.0 and so on and so forth. And to make sure no one notices how poorly we actually fine-tune something or how cheap our ingredients really are, we just throw in sugar endlessly. That works for cola, iced tea, and so on." - Brilliant, Wolfgang!
That's okay too, because these fragrances have their market, and I don't think they smell bad - just not particularly, which is why I can't quite understand the rating of 8.2.
A scent of this kind is enough in the collection, provided you want to keep it particularly small or don't have a special story or past associated with the fragrance. Many have this story with the Joop! Homme that I disdain, while I must confess to feeling those nostalgic happy feelings with One Million.
Yes, I know, shame on me, but that's just how it is.
Regarding the scent experience: Please do not expect a fine analysis of a highly complex fragrance. In my opinion, it is not, and even if it were, there would still be the issue that I do not have glazed chestnuts as a central scent note, which is probably also due to the cancellation of the Christmas markets. Therefore, I will try to place it for you a bit so that you get an idea of the sweetness.
The sweetness is very present. You should like sweet fragrances as the main theme and not just as a subordinate accompaniment. Spiciness does not stand out clearly here unless you perceive sweet cinnamon as spicy, while the note of salt is probably more associated with maritime, aquatic nuances and not declared as a prime example of spiciness. However, the sweetness is kept more in check than it is with the completely overloaded Joop! Homme, and it does not radiate as brightly as it does with One Million. A small plus point compared to the absolute average of these fragrances.
Salvatore Ferragamo Uomo Signature, on the other hand, which I would categorize in the same fragrance group, I would describe as significantly darker - for sweet fragrances, at least with no clearly identifiable notes. The scent progression remains quite linear, although in the first five minutes an unpleasant alcoholic note stings my nose, which then subsides.
Longevity and sillage are decent, but the fragrance is still not a monster. Also, the scent lying in the air is somewhat more pleasant, but that is nothing special either.
I only like the shape of the bottle. The non-transparent bronze bottle, the spray head, and the ring cap are, in my opinion, really unsuccessful.
Compliments can be expected in the average range, as with all "specials" of this kind, and in terms of price, the fragrance does not score poorly or particularly well with this composition.
Thank you for reading!
