Musc Intense Nicolaï / Parfums de Nicolaï 2012

Musc Intense by Nicolaï / Parfums de Nicolaï

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7.1 / 10 95 Ratings

A perfume by Nicolaï / Parfums de Nicolaï for women, released in 2012. The scent is floral-fruity. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Floral

Fruity

Sweet

Powdery

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Pear

Heart Notes

Turkish rose

Jasmine absolute

Carnation

Turkish rose absolute

Base Notes

Musk

Amber

Sandalwood

Perfumer

Patricia de Nicolaï

Ratings

Scent

7.195 Ratings

Longevity

7.966 Ratings

Sillage

7.168 Ratings

Bottle

7.260 Ratings

Value for money

6.819 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 03/10/2025.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/23/2024

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 7
Longevity 6
Scent

Jomas
32 Reviews

Jomas

1

Old-school aldehyde-rose-musk fragrance.

Old-school scent that travels the classic aldehyde-rose-musk route. It's so powdery, I'm even afraid to make any sudden movements, lest I stir up a cloud of dust around me. :)

Though I’m far from being a rose lover, I like the rose here, it’s a very perfume-y one, neither jam nor sherbet, but neither the flower in the garden, brightened, especially in the first hour, by something fruity-spicy.

For the rest, the fragrance is more reminiscent of laundry detergent than soap, the musk is on the edge, balancing on the border between clean and animalic. After a while, it gets a little tiresome.

Good longevity, good projection. Okay, but nothing to write home about.

08/08/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Helpful Review 2

Chic bubblegum

The very opening of Musc Intense is closer to a pear & peach ice cream than to musk, but it is not bad: it is as slightly tacky as quite vibrant, uplifting and rich. There is some really sophisticated whiff of tea-infused rose that tames down the sugary-fruity core blend and brings Musc Intense far enough from a “teen gourmand”, and more closer to a “classy delicate rose with fruits and vanillic musk unnecessarily acting as a teen gourmand”. Still quite sweet, mostly because of pear (and/or peach?) and just this close to a bubblegum, but also fresh, tart and elegant. It smells like an odd combination of a vintage floral like L’arte di Gucci, with a shabby fruity-lollipop gourmand. As for musk, well, I wouldn’t consider this a musky scent for sure, as musk seems here just providing a generic smooth soapy base accord emerging better on the drydown (which is finally drier, dustier, “muskier” indeed – but also lighter). Pear, violet and rose seem way more prominent to me. Still a bit juvenile especially for the fruity notes, but fun, decent and even somehow refined overall.

6,5/10

11/07/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 6

low aspirations?

I wasn’t expecting armpit musk from Patricia de Nicolai. For that I look elsewhere. I might have been expecting boozy-berry-sweet. As it turns out I got neither. Musc Intense is as much a white floral as it is a musk. It starts with snappy florals, starched rather than lush. Rosey, yet white. There’s a feel of alcohol, but not booze, if you catch my meaning. More like slivovitz than creme de cassis.

Musc Intense grows drier and crisper. Then it ignites. The heartnotes and drydown have the feel of flowers drying before your eyes. The crispness becomes brightness, the brightness grows glaring and in the end, Musc Intense has a cold-flame feel akin to Lauder’s White Linen. Where White Linen’s drydown reveals a warmed cheek of musky rose, Musc Intense stays blue-flame cold. This glaring tone suggests the corrosive feel of powdered laundry soap, but it does so with a wink. The implication of the cheap side of musk along with double-distilled flowers shows the humor of Musc Intense. It is simultaneously chic and cheeky.

Patricia de Nicolai is recognized for her taste and refinement. Kudos to her for spending her style-capital on a cocky and sassy yet modish little number like Musc Intense.