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Sensitive Aoud would be more sensible
And the award for the most misleading name goes to... Mancera - Gold Intensitive Aoud!
Because there is nothing intense here, and very little that is golden. In fact, it is just another fragrance with the typical Mancera/Montale rose, almost a duplicate of, for example, Roseaoud&Musc. Why do we need so many similar perfumes? Why does a brand take so few risks and rely on the tried and true? No one knows.
The oud is very delicate, the rose is soft & creamy, the image is truly beautiful... but not for the tenth time! This is simply unnecessary, especially since the green morning dew aspect only peeks through minimally at the beginning... if only this bright flash had been enhanced & brought more prominently into the light - all clear, a very fine variation on the theme. As it stands, it is a fine theme, but not a variation, rather an unembellished tracing. Not embarrassing, because no one can forbid you to copy yourself, but annoying & lacking in ideas. Therefore, my rating keeps dropping... even if that is somewhat unfair to the compositions alone. But you shouldn’t just look at the percentage but also read my texts ;-)
Bottle: still impressive when held!
Sillage & Longevity: a refined, tuned all-rounder, I would say... good 8 hours of longevity.
Conclusion: familiar picture, still pretty... but it has become quite tiresome for me! For example, my Intense Cafe is enough for me, which also smells extremely similar after just a few minutes & offers more facets.
Because there is nothing intense here, and very little that is golden. In fact, it is just another fragrance with the typical Mancera/Montale rose, almost a duplicate of, for example, Roseaoud&Musc. Why do we need so many similar perfumes? Why does a brand take so few risks and rely on the tried and true? No one knows.
The oud is very delicate, the rose is soft & creamy, the image is truly beautiful... but not for the tenth time! This is simply unnecessary, especially since the green morning dew aspect only peeks through minimally at the beginning... if only this bright flash had been enhanced & brought more prominently into the light - all clear, a very fine variation on the theme. As it stands, it is a fine theme, but not a variation, rather an unembellished tracing. Not embarrassing, because no one can forbid you to copy yourself, but annoying & lacking in ideas. Therefore, my rating keeps dropping... even if that is somewhat unfair to the compositions alone. But you shouldn’t just look at the percentage but also read my texts ;-)
Bottle: still impressive when held!
Sillage & Longevity: a refined, tuned all-rounder, I would say... good 8 hours of longevity.
Conclusion: familiar picture, still pretty... but it has become quite tiresome for me! For example, my Intense Cafe is enough for me, which also smells extremely similar after just a few minutes & offers more facets.
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Hyazinthe 5 years ago
Even though your comment isn't the newest, I'm currently testing the fragrance. I actually didn't want to try any more Mancera scents because I'm just as annoyed, and I'm glad you mentioned that. It's pretty cheeky how they keep releasing the same scents with hardly any variation. But that's enough!
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