Instant Crush

Mancera Instant Crush EDP opens with a moderate projection of sweet, citrus, woody, and some floral notes. The opening is delectable, exquisite, elegant, inviting, sparkly, unique, and very pleasant. The bergamot, mandarin, saffron, vanilla, and amberwood are the most noticeable opening notes. The amberwood is a prominent, sweet, resinous, polished, and very refined woody note; the saffron is next, bittersweet, leathery, earthy, and spicy. The leathery touch of the saffron is noticeable, inoffensive, but it works well as a projecting accord. The bergamot and mandarin are noticeable during the opening, but the sourness of the bergamot stays only for a brief moment before taking one step down; the sweetness of the mandarin stays a little longer. Along with the amberwood, and saffron is the vanilla, a delectable sweet, dense, cozy, comforting, and delicious note. One or two steps behind are the rose, jasmine, ginger, sandalwood, patchouli, and white musk. The add a combination of red rose, fresh spicy ginger, creamy sweet, green, and mildly powdery white musk. The oakmoss is a support note, just a mossy touch in the background. The fragrance is relatively linear, the opening lets the citrusy bergamot and mandarin shine more than other notes for a brief moment, but the rest of the notes don’t take long before surfacing. The saffron and its leathery note, the amberwood, and vanilla climb to the top of the fragrance and stay there, followed by the remaining notes. Once Mancera Instant Crush EDP has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, very sweet, vanilla, spicy, saffron, woody, and resinous amberwood fragrance with floral, leathery, green, and white musk accords. The fragrance feels ambery, casual, comforting, cozy, creamy, delectable, delicious, dense, elegant, exotic, exquisite, floral, heavy, high-quality, intense, inviting, slightly leathery, long-lasting, mature, modern, nicely-blended, playful, resinous, refined, rich, seductive, sweet, unique, unisex, woody, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020 (#19J277A). WOW RATING: 10/10. This is an impressive and exquisite fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 1/10. The fragrance is very sweet. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The combination of notes creates a unique and intense fragrance. MASS APPEAL: 8/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 8/10. Impressive, about 8 feet after the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 7/10. Excellent, about 7 hours, it projects well for over 4 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 8/10. A great fragrance for mild or cold weather. GENDER: Unisex. The rose and jasmine are support notes, faint, yet noticeable. They create a small tilt to the feminine side. AGES: 25 and over. RECOMMENDATION: Mancera Instant Crush EDP can be purchased for about $75. It is a unique, exquisite, and great performing fragrance. Those that appreciate saffron, resinous, and sweet fragrances will find here a solid option. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: No, sample it first. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. AllSaints Sunset Riot is a very sweet, amber, orange blossom, and pink pepper fragrance; Baccarat Rough 540 Extrait is a sweet ambery, almond, musky, woody, and spicy fragrance; Bond No 9 Greenwich Village EDP is a fantastic, very sweet gourmand vanilla, praline, musk, ambroxan, white floral peony, water lily, jasmine, and litchi fragrance; Mancera Holidays EDP is a great, delicious, sweet, vanilla, coconut, floral-fruity, ylang-ylang, tiara flower, and white musk fragrance; Mancera Jardin Exclusif EDP is a great, fruity, powdery, sweet, and musky fragrance; Mancera Sicily is fantastic, very powdery, citrus, fruity, and floral but slightly tilted to the feminine side; Mancera Wild Cherry is a great, intense, fruity, cherry, floral, vanilla, and sweet fragrance; Montale Mukhallat Unisex EDP is a strong projection, very sweet, strawberry, vanilla, almond, and ambery fragrance; Montale Sensual Instinct EDP has a strong projection, a fantastic, very sweet, praline, rose, and fine mossy fragrance; Moschino Toy Boy is a unique, sweet, ambery, magnolia, woody, and floral fragrance; Tiziana Terenzi Spirito Fiorentino is a great, sweet, saffron, ambergris, and floral fragrance; Mancera Instant Crush EDP is a fantastic, intense, delicious, very sweet, vanilla, spicy, saffron, woody, and resinous amberwood fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, very sweet, vanilla, spicy, saffron, woody, and resinous amberwood fragrance with floral, green, and white musk accords. The fragrance feels ambery, casual, comforting, cozy, creamy, delectable, delicious, dense, elegant, exotic, exquisite, floral, heavy, high-quality, intense, inviting, slightly leathery, long-lasting, mature, modern, nicely-blended, playful, resinous, refined, rich, seductive, sweet, unique, unisex, woody, and very pleasant.

For the Culture I received Mancera’s Instant Crush in the mail today, gleefully intercepting the FedEx delivery man at the door to accept the package. The presentation is gorgeous, and I am a huge fan of the augmentations Mancera has implemented within this specific line. No longer do you receive the twist-off caps — which, honestly weren’t bad — but the newly introduced magnetic tops offer a feeling of both luxury, security, and convenience simultaneously. Moreover, the new atomizers are terrific, providing you with a far better distribution, along with the new ability to control the volume of fragrance, not unlike that of your typical Dior or Chanel. That aside, this particular installment within the Mancera line up is quite enigmatic in a way. Of course, this isn’t to say the scent itself is somehow challenging — in fact, quite the contrary: Instant Crush is astoundingly lovely, easy to wear for either gender, and despite the oft over fraught comparisons to various other, popular niche offerings, succeeds in providing a rather unique olfactive experience. Off the top, Instant Crush seems to erupt from the bottle in the form of an effusive, shimmering cascade of citrus, and florals, working in conjunction with an eerily transparent, though dense musk, accompanied on all sides by an utterly alluring vanilla note paired with what would seem to be an ambroxan-like component that lends the fragrance a warm, nearly metallic undertone. If left to guess, I can only assume the culprit of the aforementioned impression would be the listed Amberwood, although I really don’t observe any truly woody accords within the formula. Then, within mere minutes, the fragrance all but vanishes. . . . I kid you not. I’m dead serious. Within five minutes, the whole show appears to be over. Really, it’s exactly like the feeling of going to a movie, watching all of the trailers, hearing the various collaborative studio themes, and then watching the black due to a power outage. It’s that deflating. You’re excited, and then left both confused, and angry. Oddly enough, after some reading, I’ve come to the conclusion that the chemical composition of Instant Crush contains some variation of what would be the musk accord that initiates the most ferociously aggressive case of premature olfactive fatigue any human can experience. It’s also very common that a sizable portion of the population simply cannot perceive many of the innumerable permutations of musk. This would be why you see in some musky fragrances a wild variance between individuals who report exceedingly high sillage, projection, and performance, while a smaller, but conspicuous sample size may offer findings that suggest the fragrance in question is flaccid, or mute (though often times long-lasting very close to the skin). But, here’s the kicker: Instant Crush has the most peculiar way of — for lack of a better term — flirting with you. Seriously. You will be certain the fragrance has expired, and as you go about the day, periodically, the fragrance will re-emerge, and it will be gorgeous. It conveys the impression of an effervescent, sparkling, sweet, vanilla-like acetone — which, I am aware, sounds absurd, and possibly repulsive. Who wants to smell like fuckin nail polish remover? However, I give you my word, it is quite beautiful. Performance has been odd, and this can become problematic. If you take a look at your skin after you apply the fragrance, it’s very clear the oil concentration is exceedingly high. Furthermore, after asking several people for their opinion on the fragrance strength, I received feedback clearly indicating the fragrance was more than noticeable. This was with two moderately-sized sprays on the back of my hand. This, to me, would suggest the fragrance is a powerhouse, even if you are completely unable to detect the fragrance for extend periods of time yourself as the wearer. So, you’ve been so advised: apply with an abundance of caution. Instant Crush is deceptively potent. All in all, I have to say, so far, I’m extremely impressed. Personal olfactive oddities aside, this may be Mancera’s single best release in some years. The fragrance is ravishing, versatile, and charismatic. Gender? It doesn’t lean masculine or feminine; It doesn’t matter. Occasion? If applied in appropriate amounts, you could wear this any season, any time, and any place you could so imagine. Safe to blind buy? Hell no. Sample this first. This could easily be a mistake for someone who perhaps enjoys this sort of fragrance as the sniffer, but not the wearer. Plus, if you encounter the issue I did where the fragrance vacillates between everywhere at once, and nowhere to be found, this could be a tremendous turn-off. This is a solid 9.5/10 from me. That being said: Stay safe, stay healthy, and be easy superstar. See you around. Stay radiant. Very Sincerely & Respectfully Yours, Nobody.Really

I don’t get the BR540 similarities from this one. The saffron in this one closely resembled that of Red Temptation, which is incredibly strong especially in warm weather. The rose, however, works with vanilla so well that it smelled creamy? It presents itself more at night when the temperature is lower. I am obsessed with this one! The citrusy opening is a slap in the face but not offensive, a bit standoffish? BUT it develops into a lovely creamy scent. The woody and rosy mix of goodness. The projection is enormous, it presents itself long before you enter a room. Given that, it’s not safe to wear at work. But if you desire to stand out in a crowd, definitely wear this one. This perfume is what garnered most compliments for me, as it blends well with my body chemistry. On my skin it lasts 10+ hours and eternally on my clothing, I accidentally sprayed it on my neck during initial testing and I can still smell it even after my 16-hour shift (my coworker from the other end of the room told me he could smell me all day, so yeah careful when wearing it at work). Anyway, there seem to have been a change with the recent formulation (the magnetic caps are new), my old screw-capped bottle was heavy on ginger and/or bergamot which takes a while to dissipate in the opening, while my new bottle with magnetic cap is heavy on amber and vanilla which amped up the sweetness and warmth. Distinguishable difference but nothing to cause an alarm, it still smelled great(at least for me). It’s easily a 8.5/10 for me. Not a daily perfume, but something to wear on special occasions or on days you NEEDED some attention(trust me you’d get them looks)

Again stunning scent by Mancera! I'm shocked how this brand continue to produce more and more beautiful, luxurious and very interesting, but still perfectly wearable fragrances!!! Instant Crush is super alluring and complex one, and I have problems to describe it in easy way. It got very pleasant and light creamy-sweet character with added heavenly juicy freshens from some citruses... There are some floral and little spicy vibes that are mixed extremely harmonious. For me, Instant Crush is kind of distant relative of Baccarat Rouge 540 Maison Francis Kurkdjian. I know I may sound crazy, but Instant Crush is even better to me! It got something from that resin-sweet-woody vibe of Baccarat Rouge 540, but the whole composition is more playful, younger, versatile and easy to wear in any occasion. I want to say that I'm big fan of Baccarat Rouge 540 and think it's an amazing scent, and that comparison is only to give an idea of Instant Crush. Both scent are different enough and they get bold differences, but at the same time they got something in common. They share this creamy-resin-sweet aroma, but in Instant Crush it is put in a very light and subtle way... Baccarat Rouge 540 is way more thick, woody and darker. Final words - Instant Crush is very uplifting, happy, positive and masterful mixed scent. Again Mancera produced a spectacular fragrance that is perfectly wearable, but with unique soul. Bravo Mancera!

i blind bought this fragrance cuz it looks like something i would like and honestly mancera prices and discounts are honestly amazing so i wouldn't lose much if i didnt like this fragrance. i got this for 74 bucks on aurafragrance and this is my 1st ever mancera fragrance and despite ppl not being the biggest fans of mancera i was still stoked to get it. me personally i dont get any hints of the citrusy notes or the ginger but thats honestly fine for me cuz i love this fragrance off the rip. it opens with a very creamy floral scent with some woody notes as well. the dry down is amazing i love the creamy vanilla that it drys down to its also kind of powdery which i like. this does lean a bit feminine but idc about that and i get 10 hours of longevity from it. the presentation is meh but i love the look of the golden bottle, the bag it comes in, and that metal cap is elite. although looks dont matter when it comes to fragrances but it does give the fragrance some pizazz to it. rating: 10/10 though it opens sugary and sweet its not a gourmand fragrance since its a sweet flower but its an absolute banger as a unisex fragrance and it projects really well and lasts for a while