Parfum Sacre Eau de Parfum Intense

well...I have arrived. ♥️ I received this as a gift 15 years ago, sprayed and couldn’t understand Anything about it. It was a huge powerful powder soft cloud filled with unrecognized notes to my nose, just too much of everything. Today, I opened this. 1 spray. A gush of pure luxury enveloped me. There was soft sweet myrrh, a huge peppered sweet rose, fluffy powdery cinnamon, warm spices. It’s exquisite and regal.

I dont know how to say this other than to say it, but I love Parfum Sacre Intense. It is all that I like, white floral, spicy and smoky (something I have now discovered that I live) with no (at least to my nose) vanilla. Perfect. A keeper. I am so glad that I have a bottle of this and not just a sample.

What a grand perfume! Honestly I cannot remember original Parfum Sacre, if not vaguely. This new one is very intense and a little old style, but in a good way. Very warm, spicy but not pungent, it becomes quite round on my skin and stays forever! I can smell a faint whif on my wrist after 9 hours! Listed notes are stunning! I love cardamom, cinnamon and spices and myrrh! Anyway I don't smell all of them separately rather as a well blended mix. Only flowers are a little bit shaded by other notes. I probably wouldn't like to wear Parfum Sacre everyday as it is a complex, sophisticated, velvety and intense perfume that whispers quietness and luxe, not rushing in traffic! I suspect that non perfumistas may not tolerate it in workplaces. It's one of those scents you need time to enjoy and savoury like a good old red wine. Would you drink a top quality Merlot at coffee break from machines among people chattering about the most boring, redundant and banal things? Oh, well, nothing is forbidden ;-)

If you like Aedes de Venustas "Oeillet Bengale" spare your money and buy parfum sacrè intense. A dark peppery powdery rose. High class!

As a Perfum Sacré fan I always wondered what the Intense would be. Today I got hold of a sample - finally. If you are a Caron fan and in particular of their florals, you should really hunt down the Intense. I find it heavier on the rose and really tamed down on the myrrh. The Caron floral signature shines through (something which is lacking in the "usual" version). I unfortunatly am a Caron fan, but only on their non-florals, which I find oustanding. I love Parfum Sacré for it's dryness, the heavy myrrh and the pronounced pepper. It is one of my favourites, it has a lot of personality and edge. Chic, french, mature, perfumery and dry like the desert. Intense, imho, lacks all which I long for in Sacré: It is lush, more spicy than resinious. I find an additional lipstick accord, which I never care for. But, as already said, it surely can satisfy the acquired taste of the usual Caron fan. I read reviews, in which Intense is praised for being closer to the vintage Sacré. I agree, that the vintage is not as dry and spicy, as the recent Sacré formulation (I surprisingly favor the recent one). But comparing these three I would say, that recent Sacré and Intense both are equal distance to the vintage - only from different directions.

Carmen was looking herself in the mirror, hands on hips, wiggling and smiling, admiring her new red dress she wore for the festivities. Her dark, heavily cohled eyes fell on the lace adorning her hair covering her shoulders... She reached for her favourite rose scent, strong, bold, velvety, aronatic, spicy, resinous and fatal, like her headstrong and insolent personality and applied a hefty dose on her chest, where she had tucked a red rose she meant for her new beau, handsome Escamillo...José, regarde toi, ma foi!! He can go hang! No one, no one owns her!!! New day, new love she thought as she brought to mind how Escamillo's eyes bore into her with desire...she smiled...Tonight was the night to happen....

I love the original Parfum Sacre EdP, which I use a lot. I thought the new Parfum Sacre Intense would be - well - more intense! And when I first spritz it on, it is. There's a gorgeous spicy, oriental, floral mix which smells wonderful for about an hour but then it simply disappears! What a disappointment! And yes, I'm layering it on top of an unscented body cream, so it should plenty of staying power. The original is quite long-lasting, about three hours for me. So, although I love it for the first hour, I won't be buying it again.