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Intimate 1955 Eau de Toilette

7.6 / 10 30 Ratings
A popular perfume by Revlon for women, released in 1955. The scent is spicy-floral. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy
Floral
Oriental
Animal
Woody

Fragrance Notes

JasmineJasmine MuskMusk Night-blooming cereusNight-blooming cereus SandalwoodSandalwood SpicesSpices
Ratings
Scent
7.630 Ratings
Longevity
8.119 Ratings
Sillage
7.121 Ratings
Bottle
8.032 Ratings
Submitted by Antoine · last update on 12/13/2025.
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4 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Krmarich

229 Reviews
Krmarich
Krmarich
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A lost giant.
My aunt wore Intimate. In fact, I ran across a bottle on her vanity. She wore it at my uncle's funeral and not since. She used it when they dated.

The bottle is hefty and attractive. It had to be from the early to mid 1960s. It packs a wallop of animalic notes the like of which could be attributed to the extinction of the species of those little critters. Did I mention a truckload of flowers in each bottle? It also contains the fluorocarbon gas that was later banned. It's just as potent as I recall. I also had a grade schoolteacher who used this. It is very recognizable, even if you had no idea what it was...

Think the 1950s formal world with its tight waistlines, pearls, red lipstick and tall heels. It is an ice princess and perfect for Joan Crawford. The rose is big as well as the animalic notes. A bit like Joy with its warmth. It was inexpensive yet had quality ingredients. Later, La Nuit would enter its seductive command. If you do not like civet, bypass this one. This is definitely a mid-century masterwork!

Charlie replaced it, yet it cannot be forgotten. It had more grace than Charlie yet lacked discretion. Intimate? Not really...More like BULLHORN!!!

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BronxBeauty

58 Reviews
BronxBeauty
BronxBeauty
Very helpful Review 9  
Much Missed Boudoir Scent
The name says it all: This perfume was formulated to ensure the wearer got laid. It's been gone for a long time now but still has its fans among those who wore it in the day and a new generation of perfumistas who wonder how a mainstream cosmetics company got away with purveying such a filthily animalic perfume. Intimate is basically a rose chypre with a smoky base filled with who knows what animal stuff (nitromusks?). It is not like such bright, green rosy chypres as Knowing or Diva even, which radiate galbanum and spices; it's more on the order of La Nuit. Anyway, it's still readily available on ebay for those nostalgic for a lost heroic era in American perfuming.
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Sonjoschka

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Sonjoschka
Very helpful Review 10  
Amber-Sandalwood Soap
Intimate smells like these classic amber-sandalwood soaps. Here, sandalwood is present as it was used in the past. Not that typical sandalwood substitute that exists in fragrances today.

It starts with aldehydes, not too soapy, somewhat herbaceous and has some green notes, which, however, disappear after about half an hour. Then the base of spicy sandalwood and amber comes in. Very warm, just a bit sweet and very animalic. I do not recognize the flowers from the heart note. They accompany amber and sandalwood unobtrusively.
I really like the scent, although I cannot rule out something old-fashioned.
I can also imagine Intimate being wonderful on a man. It is not a typical women's fragrance. It is unisex wearable.

The longevity is good at 10 hours. Even after showering, I can still smell a bit of the base. The sillage is not too strong and not too weak. However, it becomes stronger and more expressive the longer you wear it. Warm skin helps Intimate to fully develop.

Very rounded, woody, ambered, soft and warm, but not too smooth.

The packaging states "Cherished as one of the World's seven great Fragrances."
What exactly Revlon wants to convey with that is unclear to me. It is certainly a frequently purchased and worn fragrance, a classic. The price is right here. For that, you get decent quality.

My husband will have to wear it for me tonight.
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Pipette

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Pipette
Very helpful Review 6  
An Oriental Fashion Perfume
It has been a while since I wore this perfume. It developed into a full oriental aroma that had good longevity, like all the perfumes of that era. It would probably seem too sweet and old-fashioned today.

A comparison with Revlon's "Fire & Ice" comes to mind, but Revlon's "Intimate" is more powerful than the sweet "Fire & Ice".

I hardly believe I would still like it today, as modern perfumes tend to feel lighter and usually have more facets.
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4 short views on the fragrance
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Soft AND rough
in a true sandalwood way
Spices, flowers in dark expanses
drifting - in the old school
of mid-1950s rugged elegance
GOOD!
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43
Much brighter
softer
more uplifting
than the perfume
Despite the oriental notes, it quickly becomes intimate
The aldehydes are even more noticeable
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Opens spicy-floral in an old-school way. Unfortunately, it fades a bit over time + loses some of its structure. Just above solid.
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Here, the sandalwood really shines. With rose, wood, and animal notes, it's an incredibly beautiful old-school unisex fragrance.
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