Hafez 1984 Intense

Whoa... This is like a more fruity, leather version of "Side Effect". Not sure I'm a fan yet. Will definitely have to layer this with a vanilla frag. This leather is STRONG! Wow... Not getting any of the coffee, and i'm shocked because "Alex.Frags" usually does great with their note separation. I think it's probably just me...I don't do well with leather and, to me, it overpowers everything else. But I can't even say that's true in this case because I COMPLETELY got the "Blueberry" ghost note from the Jasmine/Saffron/Sandalwood combo. I dunno...I definitely like this...but it's going to be one of those frags that I layer one spray of it with 12 sprays of another...like a strong vanilla frag. I can see "1984 Intense" being an accent frag... 28NOV22 Wooooooow...this is nuclear level!! Literally...two sprays and you can smell this all friggin day! This is insane! I may have to buy a 30ml bottle of it JUST for that reason alone!! Yeah, I think I'm gonna...this is waaaay too good to pass on. This is something I could put in a 10ml travel sprayer and take with me and not need any other fragrance for a week or more. I wish I got the coffee but I'm happy with the blueberry and leather...this is different from any other fragrance in my collection, but it's wonderful and I'm loving it even greater the more that I wear it. Amazing....just amazing! 12DEC22 30ml bottle in-the-house!!! I've been loving this the more I've given it a try and the scent profile of my travel sprayer has smoothed out since I got it in a few weeks back. I can wear more than 2 sprays of it now without my throat feeling scratchy. Still love layering this with a strong thick vanilla fragrance of my own make though! It's the perfect accent-frag to a deep boozy-vanilla. LOVE IT!!! I'll go ahead and refill my travel sprayer from the 30ml bottle so that one will be macerated by the time I go to wear it. 31DEC22 For New Years Day I'm wearing this on top of a base layer of "BBW - Coffee & Whiskey". Tested the combo on my arm today and it's amaaaaaaazing!!! 04DEC23 I'm enjoying the leather in "Dior Fahrenheit EDT" and "Dior Fahrenheit Le Parfum" far more than this fragrance. While I do love the opening blueberry note..it doesn't last and the fragrance becomes an oppressive leather bag over my head. Thereby, I haven't worn it in many many months...and probably will not again. I may pass this on to someone if not worn in the early new year.

This is delicious. There is that vanilla/tonka accord that initially makes you think this will veer into Mugler Pure Tonka-levels of gourmandness, but not so! There is a perceptible undercurrent of roasted coffee and a hint of medicinal oud that keep the sugar in check. The notes blend so beautifully, a perfect balance between sweet and bitter. As it dries down, the leather comes out as a solid base for the fragrance. I have now several AF originals and they are all excellent. Mr Hafez is a fine perfumer in his own right.

I really enjoy this and my wife does too. I received a sampler for Christmas and wasn’t sure what to expect with this one. It is sweet, but still masculine and the performance/projection is great—especially for the cost. I’d sample it first, but I now have a full bottle and will probably always keep it in my collection.

DrNDJas said it all! Alas for me the perfume for me is more of an ambient scent. I get a bubble of beautiful coffee scent surrounding me that others can smell but I can only smell once in a while. Can’t smell it off the sprayed spots either. Edit. Can still sort of smell it while sorting out the laundry after 24 hrs.

Beautiful... more dark and sweet compared to hafez 84. Its very smooth and well blended but does not last as long as hafez 84, well on me anyways.. this has more of a coffee sweet vibe to it. I get more reaction from the OG but this is still very nice if you are into gourmand types of things.