Beautiful Magnolia Intense

I do really like this scent a lot. This intense version is definitely different as compared to the original Beautiful Magnolia..For starters, the only thing I smell in the opening is the iris note that comes out straight away. If there is cardamom here, I’m not picking it up. I do like it in Masala chai so it isn’t something I hate. I must say, you must be an iris fan to enjoy this scent. It is quite dominant here. For those who are not familiar with the smell of iris, people describe it as waxy, plastic-y, doll head, and vintage lipstick. It’s a bit spicy here, ah there’s the cardamom. I love vintage lipstick so this would be right up my alley. As it dries down, it can be a bit of a lavender, warm spicy scent, but not manly, just a bit spicy. It stays that way through the rest of the wear. I wear another scent that is similar with a more vanilla scent in the dry down. This could work as a day scent and that one for an evening in winter. It really doesn’t get cold here that much. A few cold snaps, but otherwise more like how fall weather is in colder climates. So this will wear nicely here. Longevity is good as well. I’ll use the rest of my small bottle and think about it since I got some compliments already on this. I don’t find this weak at all. If a perfume is strong enough that you can smell it hours later on yourself without raising your wrist to your nose, you may have sprayed too much. When I got compliments from my co workers, one of them was after my wearing it for 4 or 5 hours. The next one was about an hour or two later. So the longevity is decent. I sprayed it around 6:30 in the morning, and came into the office around 11:00. I couldn’t smell it anymore after the first hour, but they (my co workers) could, but not strongly. Just enough to tickle their noses and make them want to come closer. That’s exactly how I like it.

An absolute jewel of a flanker hiding behind two otherwise commercial concoctions of magnolia/peony/white flowers (EDP & Leau). Magnolia Intense has a DEPTH that is just so unique and so unexpectedly captivating. I sprayed this on me at Macy's expecting nothing. As I walked away, I was stopped in my tracks by the aroma emanating from my wrist. A fragrance this spellbinding is a bargain at around $115 for 3.4 oz (when on sale). It's the Chinese magnolia/violet leaf oils on a musky base that makes it exotic and rich and rounds out the brightness found in the OP. More powdery and more green and unlike anything I have ever smelled before. Zero scent associations with it. It stands on its own. I would expect to come across a beauty like this at Aedes or Scent Bar. What a pleasant surprise this is. I have already begun my bottle hoarding. When I wear it, everyone demands to know what I it is. Nothing quite like it on the market, to be honest. What a gem from EL. July 1, 2024 : It's been discontinued. Sigh. Jan 27, 2024 : EL has brought it back in limited quantities at Macy's and Belk in both 1.7 and 3.4 oz sizes.

There are three distinct phases in the progression of wearing this perfume. In broad brushstrokes, I get: • Very high quality, beautiful smooth iris for about an hour. This is what people describe as a lipstick smell. I wish it would stay on this note for 8 more hours. • Pink magnolia sparkles mingled with rich oud wood that has been crushed or splintered to reveal more scent. I imagine magenta glitter on splintered oud wood. • Quiet oud wood that almost turns to chocolate. It is sensual and beautiful. It stays light and wearable enough that it’s likely to be welcome almost anywhere. It is not linear, and this is a good thing. The performance is unexpectedly like a disintegration of the iris followed by a falling apart of the oud wood. There’s magnolia sparkling in the in-between places. It goes near gourmand territory but ultimately veers away from it. The disintegrating quality of the nonlinear life of the perfume on skin is not a bad thing—it’s just a style of progression, and I think that’s a beautiful thing. I think it’s a lot more interesting than most of EL’s crowd pleasers.

Surprisingly youthful for Estee Lauder. Intensely fruity on the initial spray, but it quickly transforms into a comforting woodsy floral. I agree with others who say the patchouli here is clean; it brings in a bit of green freshness without ever veering into marijuana territory. All in all, this is a very well-rounded and inoffensive scent. It's warm and comforting, woodsy without any spiciness, just a beautiful soft feminine aura. It's what I wanted DK Cashmere Mist to be.

Love this !! Much better than the OG BM , amazing iris opening, just wish this note it lasted longer. After it’s a dark magnolia which I like more than the fresh magnolia. I currently wearing it in summer (again European summer which isn’t the real thing) and it works very nicely, last all day but close to the skin. I wash my arm after 8h and the smell reactivated... anyways, it has that Estée Lauder DNA for sure. I love it it feels fancy and not offensive .