Outspoken Intense by Fergie

I LOVE this perfume. I think the name really speaks for itself - it's confident, sexy, intense. I can't really distinguish between the different fruit but the musk is amazing - even after a few hours it still has a lovely warmth to it. I noticed a few people thought it was generic but i can honestly say I've never smelt anything similar, so to me it's quite unique. I've had it for a while and keep going back to it again and again - it's especially great for going out - never fails to get compliments!

This is one of the few Avon fragrances I've ever bought that I truly love because it doesn't smell like any other fragrance I have. I bought both Fergie fragrances and love this one more than the original - probably because I'm more partial to sweet scents. The initial spray is very sweet & floral and the dry down leaves just gardenia and lasts about 4 hours. I'll definitely keep purchasing this as long as they keep selling it.

The kumquat and star fruit come on sweet and strong like Theirry Mugler Angel Sunessence series. No kidding. But the rest is not so similar. The scent is not light and summery fresh, but it's a sensual fruity fresh and warm with the subtle floral hint of the original. It's so much more enjoyable and richer with a punch! I like this version more. In fact, I might get one myself.

It doesn't smell like the original at all. This perfume has a really nice and rich fruity scent to start with the absence of white flowers. It's rich, fresh, and yet it's still warm and inviting. I like this much better than her original one.

I adoooooooore this perfume <3 I just keep smilling it all the time

really love this fragrance, lasting power about 7-8 hs

Complete notes from AVON rep book: TOP-blackberries, starfruit, kumquats HEART-passion flower, gardenia, orange blossom BASE-sensual musk, white amber, blonde cedar Despite my rather snarky comments on this perfume (under the article for its release) this is not really that bad. I do, however, think that maybe the original SHOULD have been called "Intense" and maybe this just "Outspoken". As A Bit Vintage pointed out below, Fergie wanted something that communicated the intensity she felt before going out on stage to do a show. This is a bit more "shiny and glitzy" than Outspoken, which is darker and a bit sweeter and richer. Both are EDPs, but (on me anyway) the original lasts longer (and smells better!). The tart, rather exciting, opening is indeed fruity. Sweet juicy berries, fresh crisp starfruit and kumquat (a small citrus with a sweet rind and bitter "meat") make something that is fun and a bit different. The heart is floral, but in a very lovely low-key kind of way...passiflora is tropical, yet luxurious, along with a gardenia and orange blossom accord that is at once rich and fresh. (The song "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Croft springs to mind here.) The finale is not all that grand (to me anyway) with the typical musk (isn't all musk kinda sensual?), pale amber (smooth and sweet without the warmth) and BLONDE cedar (as oppsosed to red) create a feeling of "Okay-so what should we do know?...Oh yeah, let's go with what we know" feeling behind it. Maybe INTENSELY OUTSPOKEN would have been a better name for this. On me it says its piece (rather nicely) and goes on its way...in under a few hours. I really expected more from this. It is unique enough with the fruity melange and lovely floral combination, but the dry down (while being rather decent) kind of fizzled. My mom actually likes THIS one much better; and maybe as I smell it more on her (her FB is already on order!), it will grow on me. But...I am not holding my breath. Sillage: good Longevity: below average Overall: 3/5 Perhaps I was too "hard" on this scent, but it is a flanker (and I use that term VERY loosely) of a scent I really like; and it started so wonderfully and then bloomed into some of my favorite floral "notes" and just left me "wanting" something a bit more...maybe more oriental, exotic or even sultry. THIS is a clean bright fruity floral with a "by the numbers" drydown...so while I can say "Oh yes, that is rather nice"; I can also (quite honestly) say "I am not really impressed". Outspoken BRIGHT by Fergie hits closer to home...

Thanks to a very nice fellow Fragrantican who I've just done a swap with I just got a 10ml bottle of Outspoken Intense and I'm liking it! I agree with some reviewers who say it's not necessarily the type of fragrance you'd expect Fergie to put out as it's not particularly unique, or maybe even very interesting, but it does smell nice nevertheless! It certainly doesn't smell even remotely 'primitive' (as I see one reviewer has described it!). It's a regular, pleasant smelling, feminine, fruity / floral perfume. I think there is an awful lot of snobbishness with some people about Avon perfumes so no matter how nice some of their perfumes are, some people will automatically dismiss them as being cheap smelling, generic, old lady'ish (whatever) even if, deep down, they may actually like them (but they'd probably rather die than admit that they actually like an Avon perfume!). This perfume reminds me a lot of Ocean Pacific for Women, which I have, in that they're both very 'pink', girly smelling fruity / florals that I think men seem to find very alluring! Neither of them are groundbreaking fragrances but then they don't have to be (and, in my experience, very few perfumes are and most are reminiscent of other perfumes anyway!). They're just very pleasant, feminine, 'crowd pleasing' perfumes and I think they're suitable for anytime, anywhere and would be highly unlikely to grossly offend anybody! So, I can recommend Outspoken Intense and I'd suggest that this is one of those perfumes that needs to be tried personally rather than to be rejected out of hand just because of some less than positive reviews, or just because it's an Avon perfume. I think it could smell really lovely on the right person (and on me it does smell good!). Personally, I think it's by far one of the nicest Avon perfumes. UPDATE: Hmm, I may have changed my mind slightly about this perfume! On trying it a second time I got a distinct slightly cloying, rice'ish note which was a bit sickly and made me feel slightly queasy! That lingered for awhile but faded relatively soon. Still, I found it unpleasant enough to make me think I wouldn't want a full bottle of this perfume! It's OK, and still would smell good on the right person, but it's never doing to be one of my favorites!

I tried Outspoken yesterday, so now on to Outspoken Intense. I find them to be very different fragrances. Outspoken was a fruity floral that really didn’t evolve too much; it was a bit darker than Intense is probably from the leather and vetiver. Outspoken Intense starts out very fruit; the Avon description refers to “sugared berries” and the brochure has a picture of raspberries and blackberries sprinkled in sugar: that’s a pretty apt description of the first hour of this fragrance. I did, however, get a tropical vibe as well—it smelled like pineapples to me, but maybe that was the starfruit and kumquat (I have little experience with either; I guess I need to be more adventurous with my grocery shopping). After that, a floral-musk fragrance appears leaving very little of the fruitiness behind. To me, the floral note was almost a lily fragrance. I see gardenia, orange blossom and passion flower listed; I think maybe I’m catching the gardenia note. I can also see how the orange blossom would contribute to the fruitiness and then to the transition into floral, and once I started sniffing for it I can certainly tell that it is there throughout. I happen to love musk, and find that the addition of musk to Outspoken Intense really changes the nature of the fragrance, compared to Outspoken with its leather note to lend an animalic quality. The musk in Intense gives a slightly cleaner vibe. There is something in the drydown of Intense that reminds me of Avon’s Odyssey, a classic light lily-musk scent—but Outspoken Intense has more dimension with the addition of the fruit in the beginning. The name Outspoken Intense implies a strident, assertive powerhouse of a perfume, which it is not. It is pleasant and well rounded, a lightly sensual perfume combining berries, the tropics and flowers with a nice transition into musk.

I had some tester vials but gave it to my daughter (late teen) and she really likes it. It's very 'young' perfume, playful and sweet, but not sickening. I don't think the 'Intense' or 'Outspoken' are a matching description of this scent. More 'fun and flirty' in my opinion. I would consider buying a set as a gift for a young woman like my daughter. The bottle itself is nice, matching the scent. Update: ok, so I saved couple of vials of it for myself, because I sometimes like to challenge myself and experiment, and on a spurge of the moment decided to try it properly on me and to see what my teen wench likes so much about it. Started with just few drops on each wrist, ended up using up two vials... ooops! ;-) However, I have been wearing Avon's Bella in the day (purposefully without saying the 'stable' FA name, as for me, it stands out and should just be called Bella) and I thought, if there is something missing in the Fergie's Intense that makes it suitable for me is the depth and 'cosy-ness' of Bella. So I applied the Fergie's Intense again generously on my wrists and hmmm... between my 'booties'... and sprayed the Bella on top, on my chest and neck. What I got was a delicious mix, sweet, sexy and playful, and tastefull! :-) Oooh, I like this mix very much! If the sillage was better, I would call it flirty. I still think F.Intense complements Bella, and you can only enjoy this playful fusion for a little while (as none of them last very long) but it's an interesting combo, good for a 'me time'.

I was very excited when I read the notes prior to sampling Fergie's Outspoken. Although I do like Outspoken, it's not wearable for me. I can't pinpoint the culprit, but alas, it's just not for me. BUT! I'm extremely pleased with Outspoken Intense! I find it completely wearable, and here's what I enjoy the most: I love the top notes of berries and kumquat. The berry note is almost like frosty berries from the ice chest, that you have sprinkled lightly with crystal sugar. No syrupy sweetness here, just enough to make your mouth water. The floral aspect of it is just right to my nose, not too heady. I smell some creamy petals, maybe tuberose, gardenia and orange flower? I get a good 5-6 hours of wear from this scent(that's with applying at least 3 spritz applications at a time). Not as along as I'd like, but acceptable. I hope Avon introduces a mini, or purse size, for touch-ups throughout the day or evening. The bottle is adorable, and one I will leave out on my dresser top to admire and use regularly. As far as the name Intense, I do believe it's a misleading name. The 'Intense' comes from the way she feels before going on stage, vs. an intense version of the original Outspoken. Having done performances before, I get it. It's uplifting, a little tingly, tart, burst of adrenaline sweetness. Too bad Outspoken had to be a part of this name, instead of it being it's own new fragrance from her, because it is a totally different scent. I think Fergie Intense would have been nice!

I just love that fragrance! I already had Outspoken, and I passed it away because it gave me headache. Now I got a bottle from Outspoken Intense and I must say that is so much better than the traditional (the one with the purple bottle). This Intense version have the DNA of the original, but it's so much pleasant to feel it. While the Outspoken is a floral fragrance, with a strong note of passion flower, this Intense version is more fruity, with a small flower touch. I can smell in Outspoken Intense a fruity mix of star fruit, kumquat and blackberries, with a noticiable note of passion flower. That's it! There's no leather here like in the original, and I notice that makes this version more tropical, so much easy to wear in summer hot days. Oh yeah, and the bottle it's just wonderfull! Looks like it has some glitter on it. I really like it! For me, that's the best from Fergie's collection! Unfortunately it's a limited edition, at least here in my country.

This perfume starts sharp,noticeable sweet,feels a bit masculine the part I don't necessary like as well a bit smoky, the othet part that I don't like about it as well. After that gets more soft. Overall I can't see myself without this perfume, something about this one that make me feel attract to it. Unfortunately I can't notice much the smell on myself but at least my husband could scented after 3 hours I've sprayed. The silage on me radiates about an arm length. The staying power is around 3 hours. Edit Is only me that can scent a honey scent on it? I can't get my mind of that note ( strange because is not on the list either) but I definitely can detect a honey smell on this one, just like Charlie Red.

It seems that Fergie lightened her hair for the ad campaign (from Outspoken's)...and lightened the FORMULA of the perfume, as well... I am really curious to sniff this, as I have no idea how it could even be "Intense" when all the notes like leather, incense and ebony are missing, and they added kumquats? And finished with only "musk" (no doubt white or synthtetic...) *raises eyebrow skeptically* Perhaps it is stronger, in concentration...but with this House 'Intense' does not definitely mean the same fragrance only stronger/heavier/louder... Don't believe me? Sniff Blue Rush, and then Blue Rush Intense. *waits* See what I mean?!? As soon as samples are available here in the US, I will sniff this out!

Ha, I remember how I did not like this perfume back in a day when it came out and I tried it. Now I went on business trip and to my disappointment realized I had forgotten to bring any perfumes with me. I found couple of Avon samples at the back pocket of my bag, long forgotten that they were even there. It happened to be the Outspoken. I tried it and as I expected I did not like the beginning. But then I sniffed my wrist 20 mins later and boy did I like it. It has this almost Christmassy feel to it (I believe from the Virginian Cedar. This nicely resonates with the autumn weather and the mood that Christmas is not so far away. In a nutshell, I`ll be loving it this week in Prague:).

Not at all 'intense' i have this one as well as the original and i was expecting it to be deeper darker and stronger. It is in fact a sweeter lighter more playful scent basically fruity, completely opposite to the original which is dark strong and powerful. This scent is infact more fickle & innocent than the original. I think the original in the darker bottle should be named 'intense' as this one is the lighter airy version with added tropical notes and fruits. The other one has deeper dewy notes.

It does smell nice, better than the first Outspoken, but it does not last more than 30 minutes on myself! Very disappointed in the quality of this fragrance. I like the smell but the lasting power is very low and the dry down is cheap smelling to me. I entered I like it, but that is as far as it goes. I like the way it smells at first spray but it does not last long enough to fall in love with it. I have tried it on my skin and on my clothes. It makes no difference...sadly.

This fragrance has been discontinued in Thailand for a big while. I got this fragrance on Dec31 as a new year gift. The bottle is manufactured in 2011. Its scent has something familiar to the original Outspoken, but stronger, and I like it. I didn't buy it since the first time it came out because I'd read such many negative reviews and comments. It once was on sale in AVON Thailand Office, just 100bath(3usd) each, and I still didn't buy.

I swear I could smell gardenia but it's not listed here. Thank you Gypsy Parfumista! Now I know I'm not imagining it. The gardenia actually is the most prevalent note on me. I think this is an OK fragrance, not bad, not great. If I liked gardenia more, I'd like this better. Gardenia is one of those notes that has to be blended very interestingly for me to truly appreciate. This is wearable but I prefer the original Outspoken.

İt is very lovely and fruity scene. İ used it sometimes cause the scent might give me headache. You can smell star fruit and passion flower very easily. But its notes barely change time to time.if you like sweety and fruity perfumes you will use this with love. But if you prefer more sophisticate and spicy scenes , run away from this perfume. And last, this is so unsuprise perfume , its scene barely change on your skin.