Silver Scent Intense

This fragrance makes you wonder why people underrate some designers, or even some EDTs and EDPs. Everybody knows Cool Water from Davidoff, but just a few people know other fantastic Davidoff products like Zino Davidoff and Silver Shadow. Not a lot of people know Jacques Bogart or his perfumes. Well, if it is your case you don't know what you are missing. Now about Silver Scent Intense witch is my preferred Bogart's fragrance. It's very manly, a bit gourmand, somewhat spicy, woody and a lot Oriental. It opens kind of fresh and clean with some sweetness. By the notes we know we are getting African orange flower, Italian lemon and bitter orange. I did not notice a clear separation between the top and the heart notes. I have been bombarded with some flower (mostly lavender) and spice notes without loosing that tiny sensation of freshness with some new green notes in between with the initial notes. The scent now is really strong and lovable. Enjooooy it. It is ment for you. The bottom notes make themselves available without asking any permission. The global scent becomes even more intensive and you notice the oriental ambiance projected by this fragrance. Sweet powerful oud, tonka and fougère notes become dominant but blended with the previous notes. You can experience the harmony of the global scent evolution. The fragrance becomes really powerful and it does project immensely; you became aware of the sillage effects around you (my dog does not stay in the same room with me). After a couple of hours it still shows the same strength. You became convinced that it is going to last forever. It draws a lot of attention and certainly a lot of compliments specially by oriental frag lovers. I sprayed my forearms (2 sprays each) by midday. 12 hours later I still had an appreciable sillage around me and I should say quite intense still. 36 hours went by and I still can smell the sweet oud and tonka at skin level; In between I slept for 8 hours and took a shower. Don't use it in hot weather. All other situations are allowed. You may either love this fragrance or hate it due to its strength. Very good to read a book by the fireplace on a winter night? - YES, you may enjoy it alone. Very good for any kind of date? - NO. It will be ok for some dates if you apply it 4 hours before meeting your darling. And if your date cares only about fresh citrusy scents just dump your date and stick with the fragrance. Very good for the office? - YES if you have a private space. Is it good for open air activities? - YEEES Will you receive a lot of compliments? - YES Very good for clubbing? - YES but apply it a couple of hours before going to the club. Everyone else will be wearing it? - NO. I dare you to find someone else using this frag in your club. My rates for Silver Scent Intense: Scent: 9.0 (I really love this frag, but still does not make my top 5 although it is in my top 10) Longevity: 10.0 (It's a beast) Sillage: 9.5 (It's a beast) Uniqueness: 8.5 (You may have similar experiences with a douzain of niche very expensive fragrances, OUDs in particular) Wearability: 7.5 (avoid hot weather; marvelous in air conditioned) Versatility: 7,5 (choose oriental scent lovers to date or to party with; Exclude all the Aqua di Gio fanatics) Quality: 9.0 Price: 10.0 (20 Euros for my 100 ml bottle) Overall rating: 8,88/10.0

After the huge success of the original version (released in 2006), the brand introduces the "grown up" version of the Silver Scent line, now with the surname Intense. It seems that it was all very fast, but it wasn't. In fact, the original version took too many time to be known around here (Brazil), when the stores began to receive requests for its availability. With the same notes of frozen lemon and orange blossom, besides the insertion of the bitter orange, the fragrance also has the same composition in its body, combining lavender, geranium, cardamom, Rosemary and coriander. The greatest change was in the base, which kept the vetiver, Teak wood and tonka bean, but included notes of Lichen (fungal MOSS) and oud (agarwood). Basically, it consists of the same DNA, just more balanced or less "vibrant". The bittersweet aspect is now more restrained, giving way to the Fruity-fougère, with a touch of oud. The projection and the lasting match with its predecessor (losing a little bit in projection). It is like if the original version was a hyperactive child and this Intense version is the same person, now more behaved. Silver Scent has grown and became a teenager, situated between two worlds: the childhood and adulthood.

I would like too add my thoughts after using this hidden gem for three days. It is really a powerful fragrance. Consider slightly less sweet and less transparent version of 1 Million. It is similiar in style, but different in scent. Instead of cinnamon, leather and spices, this one smells more like a Fanta drink mixed with detergent and it is slightly more synthetic. It is better than many other designer fragrances out there, sold for higher prices. But I dont think that it is a panty dropper or a master-piece. Just a nice fragrance with good performance. But when you consider the price tag, it deserves much more attention. IMPORTANT EDIT: I still think that SSI is not extraordinary, just a simple, synthetic, nice fragrance. But my wife considers that it is one of the most attractive scents among my 40+ fragrances (including Sauvage, Eros, 1 Million, Code Profumo, Ultra Male, etc.) Today I applied this frag (6 sprays) at 10 a.m. Around 3 p.m, a female asked the name of my fragrance. She was sitting 3-4 meters away from me at an outdoor cafe. I didn't even know that I was still smelling SSI, I believed it had already become a skin scent. I think females really love this scent, synthetic or not.

I actually came across this scent by chance, didn't know it existed until today. I see lots of people saying its a young smell, I disagree, its actually very versatile can be worn at any age in my opinion, I think people associate it with night clubs hence the only under 21 remarks, I'm 42 and I rocked it no problems, I had a white tee, khaki baggy dad pants and a black leather on, how ever I don't represent my age at all. The references I can give here are (I know this will sound ridiculous) Layton meets original Joop! It can come of somewhat chemical but I can smell some raw elements in there too, it definitely has a Euro vibe about it even though it has oud in it but its way in the back, the spices and the tonka seem to take center stage and its well blended in my opinion, but I really need more time with this, and again I'm really glad I picked it up and have it in the collection its a keeper for me and I feel like this one is heavily underrated. Also its so cheap definitely worth way more than its given price 8.5/10

Wow; this frag is beautifully loud, atomic and long-lasting. One spray and the room becomes Chaos incarnate. I smell it 24 hrs later on my skin. Unbelievable! --To wear this is to be a very arrogant, bossy, dominant man; passionate heart-breaker making no apologies. --When I first sprayed it, it took me by surprise because I felt "outmatched" on the first spritz. OMG! The best way to describe it like an alter ego that is unruly, unamused but unabashed of flower petals. Not everybody can handle this juice. The fragrance is inappropriately good with a character. It goes "BEAST MODE" on the first spray and you must take control of this wild animal (do not go over 2 sprays). Otherwise, if you decide to wear it, you better have an alter ego to match; people will be able to tell that this frag is NOT made for you. --If you are of the a baby or a Mama's boy, you should not apply this frag because it is for a man with serious CALVES and ACHILLES tendons to match; too Powerful and I LOVE it!