Play For Her Intense

Love this perfume, have tried in on my skin several times now and will definitely purchase a bottle very soon. The smell to me is like Kenzo Amour intensified and upgraded (this is what I expected Kenzo Amour Le Perfum to be, but it wasn't). There doesn't seem to be vanilla amongst the notes in Play Intense, yet I swear I can smell vanilla. The sillage and the staying power are amazing. I had a spray on my wrist, took a shower and the scent was as strong as ever hours later. Amazing! The original Play is not at all to my liking (even though I usually like light floral musky scents). Play Intense smells much much better to me, it has in fact a place in my Top10 list of perfumes. Can't wait to buy it. Update: Bought this one yesterday. Absolutely love it! Sweet, powedery, woody, with a touch of peach at the top... Yum!!! Very long staying and the base is very strong, so the perfume smells fresh even after hours of dancing and sweating (tried this yesterday, he-he). Definitely prefer this one to the original Play version (light pink bottle).

I have been so very lucky in my thrift finds lately! Today I found a very full, is bottle the correct term for this container lol. $30CAD no tax, plus an extra 20% off because it had a big scratch, yeah I was grinning like an idiot. I remember a holiday party at a very cool hair salon, and smelling this and complimenting the most stylish woman I’d ever seen at that point in my life, on her scent. Truly magnetic. I hadn’t had a Dark fragrance myself, wasn’t that confident then. So well blended. So mysterious, as I find many Givenchy’s manage to pull off. You need to plan to wear this purple powerhouse, be in the mood to be moody & broody;) Side note, also scored a Givenchy Y necklace, gunmetal with black and grey crystals, excellent condition, will go perfectly with the frag:) $5. Plus a 30ml full Poison $8. Serious steals! A great day indeed

I'm sorry, I have to say it, but Flowerbomb couldn't hold a candle to this! I'm so so glad I've tried this on my skin. It rocks! It has an awesome smoldering thick sweetness. Deep and sensual. Not synthetic and candylike at all. It's warm and it makes me want to close my eyes and breathe deeper. It is quite delicious - not edible - but nonetheless. Great combination of notes. Tonka, benzoin, pink pepper, patchouli. That's what I smell. A smooth rich vanilla bean sweetness, spicy, a little smoky, a touch of earthiness. Goodness. It doesn't smell anything like Hot Couture No. 1, but something about the way it wears and makes me feel, reminds me of it. This is going straight to the want list. The sillage is good, but it seems to fade a bit quicker than most other Givenchy scents. Beautiful dimensional vanilla.

I recommend this for a party. It is my fav to wear at a party or at the club, it has a great lasting and sillage and, like the name says, it's so playful. I bought this one several times, it was once something like my signature, I'm now at the 6th bottle of Play Intense. I never had the original Play ( the pink one) but I sniffed it in a perfume shop and I find the Play Intense better. I see lots of people here voted this perfume as a "winter night" perfume, I agree, but I also wore it during summer nights and it was a perfect fit because it may seem to be too strong at the beginning, but after a few minutes those sharp notes at the opening get lighter. Anyway, if you want something that tells "I am a free spirit and I love to play", you should get this one.

A former roommate of mine had a candle (or perfume, or detergent, or SOMETHING) that smelled exactly like this. When I smelled it for the first time today I cried out that it smelled like her! It brought back some happy memories of living in Florida and it will be the next "have to have." I mostly didn't buy it today because it didn't smell right until I'd walked away from the perfume counter with Thierry Mugler's Angel instead (not unhappy.) I always thought this scent (or what I remembered being just like this scent) was violets, but I might be picking up on the strong orchid scent. I also read musk and a powdered, soft patchouli. It's strong, and stayed on my skin for hours. I think I know what I'm getting for Valentine's Day this year!

I like different scents, mostly sweet but if the there is that " something" in the flowery ones, or the green ones, I go for it. Powdery is my friend as well;) That's why I never could guess how my signature scent would smell like. I knew somewhere there was one.Play Givenchy was that kind of scent, which you smell accidentally at the store and then you got this terrible feeling that there is something very different and interesting about that one. This is what happened. I smelled it, and I thought: that's me:) I wasn't the last person who thought so. I have heard it many times and since one year, Play Givenchy Intense is my signature. Longevity... just great Silage: very noticable it is sexy modern but elegant. Just perfect.

Another user described this as blueberry pie with a side of pepper - I had never thought of that before but now that I just sprayed it, I really agree with this description. I love this fragrance - it's warm, yummy and fun. I'm on my second bottle and I'm so sad that Givenchy has discontinued this line. I love Play Intense for winter and fall and Play EDT (with apricot notes) for spring and summer. Both bottle designs are meh - seriously a bottle that looks like a phone? Despite the bottle design, the juice is a favorite of mine. I also liked the Play EDT for men - that was a great one that never should have been discontinued. I hope Givenchy brings these both back.

This smells like some other scents I own. Tried to identify the ones very slightly closest in my collection seemed to be The Body Shop White Musk Smoky Rose and Lancome Tresor Midnight Rose. At first sniff I was impressed. But that faded soon and few minutes on I was left with something quite common. With progression, fortunately I got whiffs of edit: my favourite notes of balsamic sweet pea, pink pepper, bergamot, tonka, sandalwood. It is not unlike its og version, i love both its versions. The weather is much cooler today and this is reminding me now of a much better fruitier, floral and youthful version of Eternity Flame. I'm loving it!

I have been conquested. i remember when this one came out, in my country it was cold winter. I have always love parfumes made by Givenchy so I told myself why not to give it a try..smell of his was very tempting but longevity poor - just two hours. So I let it go. in late spring I got it as a gift, so I had to try make friends whit it xD yesterday I put it on and it stood by me 5-6 hours.regards it is oriental floral I recomend to wear it on semi-warm night. late spring, early and late summer. it is powerfull scent, intense one. and the bottle is real candy. . all in all my grade for this one is 9/10 :D

Powdery Dark Sweetness with a Hint of Vintage.... I only have a tinfoil sealed tester, but some of the top notes may have evaporated, and the notes are listed differently on the tester packet: "Floral Woody Amber: Orange Blossom, Amyris Wood, Tiare Flower, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Benzoin." This isn't a sticky sweet scent, and has a more velvety powdery woody sweetness. I'm getting a powdery dark sweetness, with a hint of a vintage vibe in the drydown, that reads like baby powder, vanilla & tolu balsam. Very wearable. Enjoy!

Just an added note on the longevity of this perfume-- This is the longest wearing perfume I own, so the negative reviews about the lasting power are baffling to me. I use about 4-6 sprays before going out (I live in France, people use a lot of perfume here!) and it lasts me foreverrrr. I seriously have great sillage all night. One day I woke up after a big night out and it was around 2 in the afternoon.... a few hours later I went out and got lunch. I could still smell Play Intense coming form my wrists!

Devastated that they don’t make this anymore. I’m trying to make sure not to use one I have too much as trying to find second hand ones has been a nightmare. Really nice for night time, especially in winter/autumn. Quite dark and musky, pretty long lasting too especially if sprayed on clothes rather than directly onto the skin. The bottle is also still probably a favourite of mine, the MP3 player shape is just a classic and I wish more bottles played with looks like that.

This is one of my favorites. FFS, Givenchy, bring this line back, the people are speaking! I received a bottle as a wedding gift in 2014, and am cherishing every drop, knowing I can't replace it. Soo decadent and delicious, especially nice in cool weather. It's everything I love, sweet, creamy, spicy, with some intoxicating heady florals. Mmm. I can do without all these generic light inoffensive skin scents that seem ubiquitous, this is the good stuff.

Balsamic, sweet, woody, creamy goodness. Beautifully blended, nothing sticks out too much.To me it smells like sweet tobacco and hot, dense air. When I inhale deep enough I smell a spark of freshness (woody, cold freshness) and creamy white florals. Smells even better if cigarette smoke is in the vicinity which is probably the product of my scent memory (I wore this beauty in my clubbing days). Perfect for evening wear and dimly lit spaces.

This smells so similar to the dry down of Black Orchid, but Play Intense has more of a vanilla scent due to the Tonka bean. This is a sensual and warm fragrance appropriate for night wear or winter days. I have to add that after trying Jimmy Choo perfume today, I was reminded SO MUCH of Givenchy Play intense for her. They are sooo similar! If you have Jimmy Choo, you don't need this perfume. Both are delicious, however,

Love this much better than the original Play. The original Play could be likened to the quiet girl at school, who spends most of her time in the library studying. Play Intense is the loud-mouthed cheerleader who has a ton of boyfriends and is out partying all night. Lol (No, I'm not knocking cheerleaders.) If you found the first one too light, try this one. :D

I think the name does it justice. Sexy, creamy and balmy. The combo of tonka, vanilla, benzoin, orchid is dreamy. I rarely find orchid that works with my chemistry. The patchouli is very subtle and perfectly balanced. It projects well, but sadly, the lasting power is a couple of hours only.

sexyyy -yes flirty- yes seductive- yes i love this. it is a somewhat simple tad bit complex fragrance that just makes me happy and makes me feel on top of the world w/ sex appeal. gotta love a perfume that boosts' your ego. can be worn all year round in my opinion. sex kitten :)))

I loved this when it came out, but I fear it has been through a reformulation (already? It's only been out since 2010..) It used to be quite rich and spicy, the current formulation is more floral and less musky. It's sad. It used to smell a lot like Estee Lauder Sensuous Noir.

When I first sampled this I thought of another perfume that I love, Lancome Miracle Forever. I know this has no Vanilla in it so perhaps the Tonka Bean is what smells similar. This to me is so much stronger than the original Play for Her.