At least for me. I have had the fragrance for six years and have only worn it once since then. I tested it again today and I actually find it even worse than back then. I don't know what iris smells like, but I suspect that must be the iris. I don't know muscat sage either, but it's not the top note that bothers me incredibly, rather something that remains present throughout the entire duration. Neither my then-girlfriend ("too powdery") nor a significantly younger girlfriend ("not for men") found Uomo Intense good. I can't understand how anyone could perceive such a fragrance as masculine. And I'm not someone who necessarily needs extremely "masculine" scents; my absolute favorites, Herod and Layton, both come off as very unisex and work very well for women too. But I can't see this Uomo Intense on a woman either, and if so, then most likely on an overly made-up 80-year-old in a fur coat - heavy, like the coat over her shoulder, heavy, like the gunk on her face. No offense intended, tastes are fortunately different, but with this one, I really can't understand how anyone could find it good, or even masculine, with all my imagination. My biggest blind buy flop besides Encre Noire - that's also unbearable, but I already knew from reading that it was probably very special. By the way, I don't necessarily find powdery bad; I recently treated myself to Prada Luna Rossa Black, and I find it pleasant and beautiful in scent, but it doesn't come off as particularly masculine either. I mean, people, how can powder and lipstick smell masculine? It hardly gets more feminine than that. These opinions from others confuse me.
Finally, someone who sees it the same way.
When I read reviews like "the definition of a bad boy scent"...
I think the fragrance is the opposite of a bad boy scent.
I was also surprised that it's not even officially unisex.
I see it that way too (unfortunately?). Whenever I get the chance, I keep testing fragrances like Givenchy Gentleman, Dior Homme Intense, or Uomo Intense. But as soon as I have one on my skin and catch a whiff of it throughout the day, I turn around trying to see which woman smells so heavy... until I remember that the scent is coming from me. "Old lady" fits that description very well.
Yeah, it's really strange that this one gets such good reviews and is perceived as masculine. I can just imagine sitting on a chopper and smelling like lipstick and baby powder - that just doesn't go together at all :-)
When I read reviews like "the definition of a bad boy scent"...
I think the fragrance is the opposite of a bad boy scent.
I was also surprised that it's not even officially unisex.