Dior Homme Intense 2007

COMPARAÇÃO LADO A LADO - DHI REFORMULADO X VINTAGE (SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON - REFORMULATED VS VINTAGE DHI - sorry, portuguese only at the time, soon the english version!) Demorei um pouco, mas a quem interessar aí vai um resumido "side by side" entre o DHI Vintage (frasco de 2008) e o atual (frasco de 2014): quanto ao aroma, a abertura floral (íris/lavanda) é mais marcante no atual (o vintage mostra mais lavanda). Considero um ponto positivo, pois gosto da abertura atual, embora seja sufocante para alguns. O vintage se mostra mais linear nesse sentido, já deixando escapar um pouco das notas de coração (leia-se baunilha), tornando a fragrância mais branda e adocicada já de início. Passando para o coração/base, noto que o vintage é mais "redondo", de novo porque o acho mais linear: a baunilha passa a dominar, embora já apareça no início, e o fundo esfumaçado de cedro/vetiver vem somente complementar, sendo notável apenas depois de horas - sendo que a baunilha permanece firme, "à lá" Le Male. Devo destacar que a Dior fez um excelente trabalho em simular a doçura da baunilha com uma mistura de pêra e ambrette (o ambrette dá um caráter musky à base) na versão reformulada, que se integrou muito bem ao resto da fragrância. Quanto à fixação e projeção, na minha pele não percebi diferenças substanciais (acho, inclusive, que o corpo musky/adocicado da versão atual projeta um pouco mais que o abaunilhado/ambarado da vintage, que tende a ser mais discreto na secagem, embora ambos sejam bombas). Em suma, e levando em conta minha OPINIÃO PESSOAL, concluo que a versão atual ainda pode ser considerada uma obra de arte, e se não possui a relativa linearidade e homogeneidade que a baunilha proporcionava na versão vintage (digo relativa pois comparado a outras fragrâncias não é nada linear, rs), continua sendo uma fragrância inusitada (com uma abertura ainda mais explosiva) e intrigante, em minha opinião até menos doce e mais aromática e talcosa/polvorosa ("powdery") que a versão original. Ousaria "quantificar" - se é que isso é possível - que a versão atual retém 90 a 100% da qualidade (QUALIDADE, em termos gerais, não similaridade de fragrância) da formulação original. (11/11/2014) UPDATE 2015: Após muito uso das duas versões, complemento dizendo que a base da vintage é uma baunilha pesadamente “esfumaçada” pelo cedro/vetiver; a base do reformulado é musky (ambrette/musk mallow), levemente esfumaçada, mas sem baunilha. A abertura, como já disse, é muito mais potente no reformulado, devido à predominância da íris sobre a lavanda (a qual divide as atenções mais igualmente com a íris na versão vintage).

I have around 35ml left of a 2009 bottle. Last night, I sprayed it on my body before bed, purely for nostalgic reasons, and MAAAAN!!!... this fragrance is a fucking BEAST💪🏾😈; it was still projecting 10hrs later!!😳 Last week, out of curiosity, I sampled the latest formulation, and can confirm wholeheartedly that it's GARBAGE; zero performance! Surely fragrance houses would want to keep their customers happy, ensuring their loyalty is retained??? NOPE!!! They'd much rather reformulate (water-down) on the sneak, in hopes of tricking people into believing they'd just ran out faster, meaning they'd repurchase quicker, meaning higher profits for the corporation. Prada did it with Luna Rossa Carbon, after they transferred their account from PUIG to L'Oréal. L'Oréal came in to boost sales. I didn't know until I wondered why the 2021 bottle performed for 2hrs on me. Then I bought 3x 100ml 2015 - 2018 PUIG batches, and they're solid performers... monstrous, in fact! I HATE IT!!! They're all doing it, even during the worst crisis of our lives, they're trying to squeeze more money out of us, by giving us less. It's INFURIATING!!😡🤮 At least I won't need to repurchase this Dior Homme Intense any time soon; I hardly wear it, due to having an armory of other dope knicker-wetter's. This fragrance makes knickers straight-up DISAPPEAR; it's that good. It's just a shame that it's balls have been cut off... a sign of the times that we're in...😖😑 Quick FYI... this is an unapologetically masculine fragrance... intrusively so. If you're a butch female who wears men's extremely masculine gear, you do so because you want to, not because you can. That being said, it'd be weird as F of me to wear makeup and perfume, nor could I, nor would I want to...🤷🏾♂️

I just bought this at the Dior Boutique(thank God cause I have been wanting this since its release & no store carries it only Dior (for $72), Ebay but for over $150 and Duty Free shops at airports which only sell it if your flying international) :( I had to have it since I love the regular Dior Homme & just had to try the intense version because you would think it has to be better if its the parfum version right? This is not always the case. Although they both smell the same at first whiff, Parfum versions are not the same fragrance stronger. They usually contain different or added notes to the composition. Which can be a let down sometimes when it can smell a bit different during drydown. While EVERYONE is complaining about Dior Hommes reformulations, they are both good. I even had the old style bottle which was plastic silver which didnt show its juice content. The Dior Homme Intense was also released twice. In Eau de toilette And the Parfum version.In anycase, now that I got the Intense version its not bad but i still enjoy the regular Dior Homme best. The Intense has something a bit different than Dior Homme. It has more of a musky powdery, cedar wood and stronger cocoa notes in it which you sense at drydown. The regular is more of a softer version & with nice vanille notes to it. I also noticed that Dior Homme intense was released twice. This is the older one which has a silver neck collar and black tube and its EDT and better than the parfum version which has a black neck collar and black tube. The first Intense was limited edition and much better than the parfum version because the drydown is more pleasant due to the vanille & lavender concoction. The Parfum is more musky with cocoa and cedar at drydown.

I blind bought a large 5oz bottle of this because I heard that it is similar to my beloved discontinued Shalimar Parfum Initial:( not wanting to use up all my P.I i figured this could be a great alternative. When i finally got this in the mail i was suprised how similar it is but....only similar in the opening. It opens with a beautiful iris and vanilla/leather . After a while it turns dark and seductive with a chocolaty leather and iris still lingering. The dry down is the most masculine part imo, it smells of vetiver and leather but still has that yummy warm chocolaty smell. It's quite beautiful! It's a different animal than Shalimar Parfum Initial but i don't mind. I find this very alluring, mysterious, and unique. I haven't smelled this on any one that i know and it's not a fragrace a non perfume loving women would think to wear. Longevity is around 4 to 5 hours on my skin and sillage is soft but i continue to get whiffs of it through out the day. It lasts much longer on clothes up to 8 hours. It is definitely a unisex scent as long as you don't mind a slightly masculine drydown in perfume. Im really loving this and i feel amazing wearing it! It makes me feel powerful , sexy and classy. Update: I had to come back and say that Dior Homme Intense layers flawlessly with Shalimar Parfum Initial. So any ladies that want to cut back on the number of sprays you use from your treasured P.I , Dior Homme Intense with a couple sprays of Shalimar Parfum Initial on top and it's amazing. ;) smells like the beautiful vanilla,carmel leather dry down in Shalimar P.I and lasts a long time this way. Xoxo

This fragrance is discontinued since January / 2011 and hard to find. It could be found from time to time on ebay at price 300$ plus. It soon will become part of history. The reformulated version is different: three notes were removed and replaced with less quality notes. they removed vanilla , amber and coco and added pear, Ammbrette and lavender.People still confused between two versions and still add reviews in the wrong place as each fragrance has it's own page. The vintage (silver caller) version is better in terms of quality,longevity,projection, and complement factor.It is real masterpiece.The reformulated version still good and better than most of designer fragrances in the market.The lip stick smell found in the opening is something nice and attractive for women which i wondered why people criticize it too much. My Overall Rating for vintage (silver caller version) as follow: sent: 10 / 10 longevity: 10/10 projection: 9/10 silage: 9/10 versatility: 8/10 complements: 10/10 Overall: 10/10 (Masterpiece!!!! best fragrance since 2007 till now ) and for 2011 version: sent: 8.5 / 10 longevity: 8.5/10 projection: 8/10 silage: 8/10 versatility: 8/10 complements: 9/10 Overall: 8.5/10