Gold Incense

Beautiful, spiritual fragrance. It has a subtle scent which does project, however it is not a beast. It has a powder note which is not my favourite, however it is subtle enough for me to still enjoy the fragrance. I mainly get the benzoin which smells more like frankincense or myrrh on me and a beautiful vanilla which is very organic and natural smelling with a hint of very well done rose (and I am not the biggest fan of rose). What I picture when I smell this is a freshly cleaned room where all the windows have been opened and incense has been burned to clear the space. A single vanilla scented candle is burning and there is a fresh bouquet of the finest roses on the windowsill .The open window lets in a gentle breeze of fresh air that carries the scent of roses, incense and vanilla candles around the room. This mixes really well with other scents and has a lot of depth to it. The blend is perfect here. I love this for day-to-day use and relaxing at home in the evening. It draws others' attention so it does seem to have a pretty good silliage and it lasts a solid 7+ hours on me. It makes me feel very safe and comfortable and I find it relaxing. It has a purity and divinity to it which reminds me of temples, mosques, churches and other places of worship. High vibrational fragrance and I am very eager to try the rest of the offerings from the house of Mancera now.

Tremendous fragrance 😍 leans tad bit feminine but on my skin the florals are toned down and it kinda changes it goes from sweet and incense to soapy I can see people say this is gourmand but not by much to my nose maybe for the first 20 minutes or so. For those confused with this fragrance. Mancera’s gold incense has this clean incense accord and it’s blended beautifully with the coffee accord. Some may say it’s smoky but that’s probably the coffee note in the background it’s actually very faint. I am middle eastern and I grew up with smelling a lot of incense and some incense may be strong and pungent and some of higher quality from Oman has this clean smell to it like a luxury scent and this fragrance has all that imo the incense is not loud in the fragrance or else it’ll be too smoky for peoples liking. Scent profile: Mancera’s Gold Incense is very clean I would not say powdery but it has a soapy facet to the fragrance. If you like orange gummies or familiar with peach rings candy it has that sweetness in the opening. Then it begins to change and get warmer from the benzoin and vanilla.

Much more vanilla / amber / floral heavy than the name would suggest. In fact, the incense seems to play an extremely muted role. That said, this is a beautiful, sensual fragrance. The opening is particularly interesting. I can definitely pick up the coffee and orange after spraying, and the way it's blended gives it an extremely comforting quality. This wears relatively light, and once it settles down after the first hour, it becomes less of a projection beast like some other Manceras, and is more of a personal experience. I actually think that works well with the profile here. It's by no means some innovative, revolutionary fragrance, as you can find other things out there that do the whole "sensual" vanilla / amber combo. However, if that's what you're looking for, this should certainly be on your list. It's a great choice at a reasonable price.

The name “Gold Incense” perfectly captures the essence of this fragrance. To me, it has a metallic scent, reminiscent of how you might imagine gold would smell if you could rub it under your nose. Unlike other reviews, I can distinctly detect the incense right from the opening, as it is very prominent in the headnote. This fragrance is calming and evokes the atmosphere of a church due to the strong incense presence. In my opinion, it has one of the best openings among Mancera’s offerings. It is neither alcoholic nor overpowering. I find it pleasant and soothing, unlike other Mancera scents like Red Tobacco, which can be quite intense from the first spray. Overall, I highly recommend Gold Incense to anyone seeking a fragrance with a metallic and incense profile.

#265 in my "Tour de Fragrance" No incense of any kind in this scent, but it's a very nice amber-vanilla-floral unisex scent just the same. Not the kind of powerhouse performance of some Mancera scents. No projection to speak of, with maybe four hours of skin scent. But a soothing, cuddly scent that's yummy, calm, and will absolutely offend no one in the car, the elevator, the office. That said, I have all kinds of fragrance with a nearly identical profile, some much stronger vanilla bombs, some less so, but that have the same general scent, so this sample is probably it for me for now. But, if I didn't have a scent with this DNA this would be an absolutely safe blind buy for getting started with this kind of amber-vanilla-floral scent.

The name is deceiving! The opening is reminiscent of the juicy, bright fruity-patchouli notes in Chanel chance EDT / the mandarin-patchouli opening in pre-reformulated Miss Dior EDP (2012-2015?) The overall profile is much more mainstream than some of Mancera’s jarring statement fragrances, albeit smoother and with more depth. This is a great beginner niche scent that is truly stunning and easy to wear- the powdery violet/musk/benzoin dry down is very comforting; overall this is an uplifting “feel good” scent with a fantastic blend between notes and phases. Melts into skin/clothes, signature scent worthy! Classy and bright, but not stuffy or sterile.

This is a hidden gem!! Fresh, light floral, sweet, orange-ish and clean. Projection/sillage are moderate and longevity is excellent. For me, this is a dumb reach...always performs, clean and unique scent. I do not see this as feminine, rather perfectly unisex. Gourmand only in the beginning, beautiful familiar scent that I can't put my finger on. I highly recommend this one! I always get compliments and the wife loves this on me. Simply a beautiful scent from beginning to end. One of the most beautiful openings by Mancera, second only to Gold Prestigium. 8.5/10

Unlike the review below me I do get incense! I get incensy vanilla with a slightly soapy touch and white florals as a supporting role! The sillage of this is gorgeous. Maybe its a chemistry thing. I’m chocked no one has mentioned it but this fragrance have the same airy quality as BR540. Completely different scent though. But if you smell it closely its very week but the whiffs you keep getting are strong and airy. Really like this scent!

I love this particular Mancera's perfume a lot. Like really a lot. I can detect the orange coffee opening which is so uplifting. Then I get this sweet floral notes and it mixed so well with the vanilla. This is also the perfume when I wear, I get asked 'what perfume are you wearing? It smells so good'. Can't get a full bottle in my country, which is also the first bottle I got when I was in Paris last week. :)

Wow. Just wow. What can I say about this fragrance. I never thought I would like a floral-y fragrance, but this one does it SOOO WELL. It was so good that the second I got a whiff from my travel spray, I immediately went to the discount website and bought the last bottle they had available. This is hands freaking down THE best fragrance that Mancera has out out. 10/10

Very rich, but it’s reminds me too much of la vie est belle, which I can’t stand anymore. If you like that scent, don’t buy la vie Est Belle, buy this one instead. This is a la vie Est Belle on steroids! Its a good fragrance. But not for me Edit : Nah I love it

ITS GIVING 😍😍 i'm building my perfume collection, this is my first bougie scent. i LOVE her. sweet but not childish. it has a very slight old lady vibe to her but i'm sure paired with a sweet scented lotion i won't even notice. just gorrrrrgeous

Sweet vanilla orange gummy scent with a very green patchouli dry down. Don’t get neither coffee nor rose. But still very lovely.

I think this fragrance confuses a number of frag heads including myself. Some people think this is a fresh and light fragrance. However, I beg to differ. It’s sweet, tangy, and a bit smoky on top. The top notes give the illusion of a light fragrance. It seduces and invites you to a journey that is fruity, flowery, and incensy. The smell of incense in here is not a burnt one, but the ones that are sitting in a cupboard waiting to be united with fire. I could smell flowers and detect white flowers which overshadow violet and rose. The experience so far has been anything but light because of the rich and dense composition of all the ingredients. Then the base welcomes you with a vanilla and benzoin prominent scent. The musk in here is there to balance the sweetness of the other base notes and it gives more dimension to the base. It’s kind and not animalic. I likened this one to eating orange spongecakes with meringue on top on a Sunday afternoon at a Café. It gives the illusion of freshness, airiness, and softness which makes me think that I can eat more than one slice. Then at the end of that day, I decided to skip dinner. If there’s one thing missing from that afternoon (or this fragrance) is that I forgot to order a cup of coffee.

Have you ever been to a social event and you meet someone new, someone who appears unassuming, but there's something about them that peaks your interest? You make eye contact, you start a conversation with this person and they are quite interesting, knowledgeable and deep and you just want to spend most of your evening talking to them. This is what Gold Incense reminds me of. It's unassuming yet interesting..It has twists and turns with the spicy opening of pepper and incense. It's a bit different to your daily fragrance, but yet it has a calm nature to it with the jasmine and vanilla. It's not a safe blind buy as it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoy it. It has good performance and projection as most Mancera's do. On my skin, I would say it's unisex, leaning a little bit more feminine. There's something about this that reminds me a little bit of Molton Brown Flora Luminare which I have and love.

Similar to everyone, I favor specific scents and certain fragrance categories. I like incense notes, patchouli, rose, oud, smoky florals, etc. I applied Mancera Gold Incense with excitement and moderate expectations. For me, this fragrance is disappointing. While nice enough I suppose, I agree with others about the absence of incense, or smokiness of any kind. I agree with "smokywhiteowl" about the presence of vanilla, musk, some patchouli...that's about it. The opening is quite intense and peppery. Fortunately, the opening notes last for 15 seconds. Afterward, IMHO this fragrance smells like "just about any old mainstream fragrance with said notes that can easily be found at Ulta, or any department store fragrance counter." Longevity is poor, silage is poor. A very ho-hum fragrance that will surely appeal to the masses. Quiet, safe, ordinary and basic.

Blind buy for this one, as I cannot test Manceras in a store near where I live. I expected something much more interesting and deep from the description and the notes. What I got instead is a very pleasant, but light sweet floral with a soap/clean feeling. This is very much in line with D&G Sicily (I used to own and was my signature scent at some point) and I would also add Paco Rabanne's "Lady Million" the original. I now own both and comparing them side by side they share many similarities. On my skin, Lady Million projects more and has better lasting power, but I understand that this varies from person to person. Overall, pleasant, feminine, clean scent that would work for many occasions. I would not repurchase once it is done.

In the opening it does give a spiritual/incensy/resinous nuances that are vey nice. The drydown, for my nose, is white musks HEAVY with some powdery florals surrounding and I also get a light waxy aspect. As a man it gives me clean girl aesthetic vibes which I don't mind. No coffee at all I will wear my sample but wont buy full bottle since I think I can get a similar vibe for a cheaper price (The Musc - the waxy aspect is way more evident - for example). It has a pretty nice scent bubble, I keep catching whiffs of it.

I have a decant to try. It is very warm and inviting. I can smell the incense but it does not burn my nose. It has some soft florals as a supporting role. It would be an excellent mixer if you wanted to spice up a floral sweet fragrance underneath. Overall I like it, I would not buy a FB. It's not overly impactful, I think it would be fine for work with one spray. It's nice but not for me.

Gold insence is loyal member of happy family of sicily, soliel d italie,holidays......... same vibe the idea of mixing citrus and flowers to give you the feeling of summer vibe. If you have any of the above so pretty much you buying back-up bottle with slight differences. This one easy buy it is very nice! not as feminine as people say it is solid unisex.