Intense Red Tobacco Mancera 2023

The OG Red Tobacco is well known and loved with its opening that feels like a punch in the face and its divine dry down. But its younger brother (which feels like an older brother, more on that in a second) doesn’t get the love it deserves.

Intense Red Tobacco is not the OG amped up to be more intense, that would have made no sense since the OG is already so intense. The intense behaves differently on the skin and although the sent profile is similar to the OG, it has its own unique personality. Maybe the intense version should have been called something else entirely (Black Tobacco Leather?).

It is smoother in the opening, but the spices are still very present. It is darker thanks to the leather, but also creamier. To me, it seems a bit more serious and mature, hence the OG’s older brother comment.

Performance-wise, the projection seems just slightly below the OG, but it lasts forever on my skin.

Easily found discounted, I didn’t think twice about buying it - I love me an ambery, spicy, and woody tobacco, and it has monster performance. Nevertheless, if you already have the OG, it might be redundant to own both.

Now, having both the OG and the intense, I absolutely love layering the OG over the intense. It’s a fun combo!