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

Before I go on to talk about how this fragrance smells, the performance is absolutely BEAST MODE (at least for me). I'm typically an oversprayer of fragrances, but with this I only feel I really need to do 4 sprays MAX. I had a sneezing fit after the second spray. The strength of this fragrance becomes more apparent when I spray it on my skin, as it remains quite oily for 10 minutes before it dries down. Now; this fragrance is absolutely gorgeous. I was allured to buy this scent as I saw reviews comparing it to BR540 and as a masculine twist on it. My mum owns BR540, and so I bought this. The price to value is also impeccable, I bought this for about £80 as a 120ml bottle. Comparing the scent to BR540, I can see the similarities, but this is honestly a lot sweeter, and gives more so of a bubblegummy/candyfloss vibe. Due to this, Instant Crush smells a bit more synthetic. Overall; extremely sweet, creamy, a beautiful scent which I'd say leans quite feminine more than masculine. I love it though, so I will be wearing this when the right time comes. The performance makes this thing a nuclear weapon, so my advice is to spray this a maximum of 5 times PER DAY. 10/10.

Two years ago, this was the second scent I bought after getting into this hobby. After smelling hundreds (probably thousands) of scents and buying a hundred, I returned to the beginning. In my memory, I loved this fragrance. It garnered compliments, and to be honest, this is probably my most complimented scent. Obviously, it's not as good as Amouage Black Iris, or Grand Soir, or even Explicit Vanille by Mancera itself, but it has something no other fragrance has. And as it has aged, it has grown in its smoothness. It's the smell of fizz and energy mixed with a sugary saffron blend. It's a contrast of sweet and thick with fizzy and light, and the way it smells in the air when worn obviously does something right. Objectively a good frag, amazing for the price. Not the level of some frags 2x-4x its price, but ironically this will give you more compliments than anything in my collection. Side note: performance is insane, and reviews complaining about it are 100% going nose blind. When oversprayed, I also seem to not be able to smell it at all, but if I do the usual 2 sprays, it's a 10-hour scent.

OK, so this was a blind buy for me and initially I didn’t spray it on my skin. I sprayed the fragrance on my car seat and it smelled great. The bottle is thick glass. The cap is magnetic, and the atomizer sprays the perfect amount of fragrance each time you press down. Now, I don’t care what any reviewer on TikTok or YouTube has stated about this fragrance. They get paid to review stuff and glaze fragrances. I’m not worried about them. For the regular person like me, this fragrance is great. It definitely has vanilla, ginger, amber, etc. I’m not a note nerd when it comes to fragrances, but the bottom line is it smells great. If someone is complaining about a “synthetic smell,” I do not have that issue whatsoever. Longevity is not a problem. If you are properly moisturized, assuming you don’t have eczema, you don’t cheap out on your lotion, you drink enough water, you’re clean, and you actually know how to seal that moisture, you should not have an issue with this fragrance whatsoever when it comes to longevity.

Genuinely an overhated scent, I got my 60ml two days ago after smelling it in store, and I fell in love, I instantly had a crush on this scent. It’s popular, people like it, therefore became something people hate because it’s popular and that it works. Now onto the scent, the top notes to my nose are all very apparent in the first hour, but because of the vanilla they lose their sharp smell that you’d get from smelling these head on, and become one of the best sweetest, sensual, smooth fruity, ginger rose and saffron scent the musk and sandalwood give it a bit of sharp under-smell that needs to be there, the but-fruity bit-flowery buttery vanilla smell gets perfectly balanced with this Smell 9/10 Projection 8/10 Longevity (on my skin lasted 12 hours) 9.5/10 NOT a blind buy safe, if you think you’ll like it based on the descriptions, I’d still recommend decanting or smelling it in-store before getting it, it’s either a love at first smell or hate at first smell.

Liquid Diamonds. Brilliant - Sparkling - Transparent - Crystalized Carbon. Crushed and bottled into liquid form. That’s Mancera’s Instant Crush. The saffron - amber - vanilla all team up to provide an incredibly SWEET and LOUD wearing; with some florals and musk joining in near the end at about hour 36 to settle things down. One of the best things about this fragrance is it’s incredible performance. One of the worst things about this fragrance is it’s incredible performance. It’s unyielding. Almost too much. Yet I love it still. Purchasers of Instant Crush should be required to take a class, register their bottle and get a permit prior to taking receipt. I’ve had a date tell me she could “taste it on her mouth” while in the car with me on the way to dinner. Yikes. I’ve overheard other shoppers from the opposite end of an aisle comment “wow, someone in the store smells pretty!” Ha! Be smart with this one everyone! Highly Recommend: Rating 9/10

I bought it blindly and here are my opinions. - Opening is feminine but once its dry down after 1-2 hours it slides to unisex line - Longevity is great on skin and eternal on clothes, Sillage is over moderate and sillage is not for just first hours its more linear. I use it on my friend for a day and i can smell it after 7-8 hours form a distance. - I think you can use it as a daily but not office type smell. You can use it for day out or night out, girls like this frangrance but i had that one friend his ex use baccarat rouge and he asked me did you use baccarat rouge. I dont know how baccarat rouge smelling but i heard and saw so many comments about that. - Not safe for blind buy but its complex and unique scent i can say. Performance and sillage is good. For a price you get 120ML. Is it worth it? If you like how it smells its worth it. Dont buy it blindly.

I love this fragrance, personally I think its better than BC540, especially for men. Its a more masculine leaning BC540 pretty much. Its sweet but not overly sweet, the smokiness is what makes it a more masculine leaning fragrance to me anyway. It's single handedly my most complimented fragrance that I own, and thats over LV imagination, l'immensite, aventus, and many others. If your trying to be an "alpha male" this one isnt for you. But if you want something that tells women hey im not gonna bite (at least in a bad way) and is more inviting then this is it. This fragrance also has a therapeutic property to it for me, helps me sleep as well. Ill spray each wrist before bed (I sleep on my side) and this helps me sleep throughout the night without waking up, dont ask cause I dont f*cking know either how that works, im an electrician not a scientist 😂

This is the 2nd mancera I own after the cedrat Boise, got another 3 and waiting on red tobacco intense. I had written a review when I bought this some 2 yeara at least ago. Back then I cant say it was too much ro my liking , I didn't hate it but let's just say I felt it was not me. But as I was rearranging m u fragrances I decised ro spray it on my left wrist. I do that with fragrances I have left unused and I haven't given this love for months. Wow.. either this has changed or my nose cause there is something really different. First off the rose is really prominent. And is wonderful. Along with the saffron and the edgy feeling the fragrance gave out ? Gone. Then.. I only sprayed once and that thing even 15 mins later is shining on. My wrist. So oily, Jesus... Needless to say projection is nuclear Welcome back instant crush!

Instant Crush is a better fragrance than MFK BR540 due to its woodier nature and added ginger spice giving it some extra effervescence at the cost of being a little less airy and projecting slightly less. That said it projects plenty and lasts for a long time while avoiding the dreaded "doctor's office" smell that some get from BR540. It leans slightly more masculine so I can pull it off but I still prefer it on my girl. It's yet another great value for money scent from Mancera but it does lack some originality. It must be said that where I live this DNA is more common than Dior Sausage. Between the OG, Ariana Grande Cloud, all the other clones and this, it is almost omnipresent at the train station.

I don’t think it smells like BR540 or Arabians Tonka. The latter I also have. Instant Crush is a nuclear blast of an ambery sweetness that creates a scent bubble around you for at least 1-4 hours depending on how many sprays. It’s not saffron heavy to my nose as I can’t smell it. There is maybe some ginger but no rose. I do not smell musk in the dry down. Ladies and gentleman, this will get you compliments; and you will go nose blind to it. This is the male-leaning unisex version of Ariana Grande cloud but with better performance. Cloud, by comparison, is by far more feminine enough for me to say it’s not unisex.

2026 BOTTLE THIS! Forget Winter... I am wearing this fabulous, refined, addictive perfum in 33 degree heat, at a cricket club in Shropshire, freshly mowed grass wafting down wind from me and I am in heaven. This is another one that needs spraying once when you get it and the putting away for 2 months. When I first sprayed it I thought I'd made the most unholy mistakes. I've bought 2 more big backup bottles, it's THAT good. LAYERING TIPS Bathe in Rose essence first Guerlain Bergamot silky body lotion on damp skin Mancera Instant Crush Playboy "Your skin Shimmer" Pear, Rose 4711 Sunny Seaside of Zanzibar

This will ALWAYS be a favorite in my collection. It is the most similar frag to BR540 as you can get imo, for a much lower price, but still has quality ingredients and long lasting. It's completely and 100% unisex imo. It's warm, sweet and slightly spicy. It's like a warm hug. Some people say it's harsh, but I don't get that at all. IMO it's actually moderate & the only part I could even see as possibly being "harsh" is the 1st few seconds after 1st spraying. Anyways this is a great frag, def get your nose on it. I can't wait to try the new intense version.

Instant Crush - The name says it all, because I fell immediately on first spray. It wraps you in a woody vanilla scent that is just barely floral-spicy, but enough to compliment the whole mix. I generally stay away from vanillas, as they tend to be too sweet/gourmand and can give me a swift headache - but this is nothing like that. It's a warm breezy sweetness that I can only compare to the drydown of Baccarat Rouge 540. Every stage is uncommonly pleasant. If you haven't tried Instant Crush, please don't miss it. I'm still crushing to this day.

I’m happy to see reviews on wearing this during the summer, to me this fragrance works way better in warmer weather it definitely brings out the vanilla more and less of the metallic smell of the saffron, even though I love saffron and I’m not the biggest fan of vanilla this works I can smell lavender on it too if you like the smell of moroccanoil hair products you’ll love this. She’s fresh spicy clean ambery note this smells NOTHING like Baccarat Rouge 540 or Arabians Tonka they all have oakmoss and saffron but are very different

I got this a month back and I was blown away. This fragrance is unique and strong. A sweet saffron and rose bomb that lasts forever and projects like crazy. I mainly get saffron and sweet floral in the opening, and then a sweet and warm vanilla comes as an undertone during the drydown. This is a head-turner and a unique scent for me despite some similarities to BR540. Not blind buy safe if you dislike saffron, the BR540 DNA, or if you get headaches easily as this is a very prominent fragrance. Amazing for me. 9/10.

oh my god, i really need to start wearing this more. for some reason this is one of the ones i never grab even though i love it. everytime i spray it its so blissful. i feel like this would fit really well on a woman too, its very soft, sweet pleasant. heavenly!!!!! my only criticism is the sticker style on the bottle is kind of tacky at this price point, it would be nice if this bottle had engraving on it instead of a sticker. the fragrance itself is what most people care about, and to me.. this one is amazing ♥

This is definitely a statement fragrance. On the sweet and loud side, and if that's not your jive, then I can see you not liking this. I personally really enjoy it, and for me, the seller is the dry down. The opening is pretty potent as I feel like most Manceras are, but the money is in the dry down. Ambery musk and vanilla. A very hard trio to dislike IMO. But this is for sure NOT a blind buy safe. Smell in person and make your decision, for me I got off of Joma shop for 90 so I could not complain 8.5/10

Strong, fizzy, and a spicy-sweet bomb. It’s a really peculiar scent, I haven’t smelled anything remotely similar so far. It’s very sweet but not cloying or overbearing, with solid performance across the board (though it does cause severe anosmia!). The scent literally lasts on clothes for days. I have to admit, it leans a bit more feminine, but I don’t regret getting it. I usually stay away from sickly-sweet fragrances, but this one is far from that and genuinely surprised me.

Personally, I like the fragrance, it's sexy, spicy and it's unisex, it has a metallic touch that I like, and the citrus note makes it fresh. I particularly don't last as long, as I've read, the lack of strength in projection compared to other fragrances, it lasts longer on the skin if you get closer, after a couple of hours. I wish there were a strong version. It's a classic, if you collect perfumes, it's a must! I will have it permanently in my collection for sure.

Fucking shines in cold weather! It is exactly the reason the reviewer RGH01 mentions there's a sickening smell in the scent profile that cold weather is a must to keep it in check. I wore instant crush about a week ago and the weather was moderate and the fragrance did not smell the way I remembered it. I thought the bottle went bad. Tonight it is cold and Instant Crush smells like magic! I feel like it's not an everyday fragrance. It's a clubbing/party fragrance.

I blind brought this looking for a fragrance that's a mix of ex nihilo venenum kiss and goldfield and banks golden hour. This satisfied every fiber of my being! Exactly what I envisioned it smelled like! First spray I thought "oh no this smells like boy cologne" but eventually it does interpret as unisex. This last hours on skin and even longer on clothes. Wonderful projection, 2 sprays gets you about a 2ft bubble (on me). Spicy, warm, sweet, sophisticated scent.

By far my favorite Mancera fragrance. I really love this but only problem is that if you're a man you might (but rarely) be asked why are you using female fragrance since this fragrance does go little bit more feminine but for my taste is unisex. Overall GREAT smell I love this fragrance and by far best mancera fragrance I've smelled, I do not recommend blind buying this fragrance. Test this either in your local store or purchase a 1-5ml sample.

As I'm wearing this right now, I mainly get the patchouli and vanilla. It's very warm and spicy. Every now and then I pick up on the saffron and amberwood interaction which I always perceive as like a latex or medicine type smell which I actually find kind of pleasant, but mostly it's sweet, incense-y, and warm. I got it because I like the BR540 DNA, but this is different enough that owning it doesn't create any redundancies in my collection.

Had this for a few days and it’s super nice, super easy to wear. I barely sprayed anything (2-3sprays) and I’ve smelled it throughout the morning. Look forward to actually using a normal amount to see how it performs all day. The scent is sweet in the opening, definitely get the cotton candy, as the day goes you get a very nice, subtle marine like saltiness that offsets the sweetness. Really enjoy it. Update: I would now put this is my top 10

Mancera INSTANT CRUSH 9/6/25 I am male. I bought a 5-pack sample pack from Mancera. This is unisex leaning feminine. Too feminine for me. I will buy this as gifts for women in my life...that's it. I gave the sample to my girlfriend. She loves it, and she get compliments from all her girlfriends all the time. And they are all in their 40s-50s. She'll be getting a FB soon. So there you go. Women love it for themselves.

LOVE at first sniff for me. For the record, I do not like BR540. Instant Crush is everything I wanted BR540 to be. Fresh gingery spiciness mixed with a deliciously sweet vanilla woodiness all while having a pleasant floral quality dancing around in the background. Wow wow wow this is beautiful. It does lean a little sweet but I personally think this can work well on both men & women. I need a huge bottle of this.

Nu stiu cum miroase BC540 ,Dar, am luat aceasta sticla in urma recomandarilor si pot sa spun ca miroase dulce, vanilat, lemnos, simt o pudra de sofran si ceva condimente (cred ca de la ghimbir), este foarte feminin, si simt o asemanare cu kenzo jungle l'elephant. Imi place, dar nu este atat de puternic cum se spun...ci este fin, moderat. Pentru pretul lui, este un parfum Bun, dar nu este wow!

This was my first designer fragrance purchase and for good reason. I love it, it lasts forever. When I wear this, without fail, someone will stop me and ask what I am wearing. It is my most complimented scent. The scent trail is great and I smell it on my clothes for days after. It may be a little pricey, but it is worth the price as one bottle will last a long time.

Right of the bat this scent is so addictive, it opens with a beautiful blast of citrus and sparkly ginger with a sweet leather touch and then the vanilla , amber and musk show up with an ever present creamy woody character. there are touches of florals and earthiness which is great too. So alluring and sparkly I really love this scent and performance is nuclear.

I’ve absolutely loved wearing Instant Crush - it’s every bit the performance beast people say it is! However, I’m currently downsizing my collection to make some room. If anyone in Italy or the EU is looking for a well-kept bottle (~84% full), I’ve just listed mine on the exchange board here: https://www.fragrantica.com/board/viewtopic.php?pid=7708751#p7708751

Lovely sugary ambery vanillic scent with great performance. Unisex right down the middle. The only issue I have with it is that it stings my neck when I spray on it (just the sides, back is ok, same problem with BR540 and all clones of it that I tried). I guess it's just me but other than that it's great. I have the intense on the way, hope it's better.

Let’s start by the beast mode this fragrance is, in performance, longevity as well as projection, it’s complex yet inviting,creamy sweetness, and balances between citrusy, fruity, floral and wood notes creating a harmonious mix of elegance in a spicy notes. This is the sexiest thing a person can wear and make the crowd go wow, it speaks luxury and class

This is perfectly unisex and much more appropriate for daytime than I originally thought. This is a winner - very well done and I am impressed. Definitely not a high heat recommendation but as a man who is very much heterosexual and like masculine scents, this is perfectly unisex. No fear wearing this at all. This stuff is classy and good. ..Amazing.

Great scent, I really like its sillage and longevity along with fizziness quality to it that in the air makes this really enjoyable and calming for me. Every time I wear this, it is constantly hitting my nose, never went noseblind to this one compared to other Manceras that I own. Fanstastic classy fragrance, recommend it. Safe blind buy IMO.

This stuff is fucking BOMB. I really need to grab for it more..... everytime i wear this I fucking LOVE It. and its one of the strongest in my collection..... duration and sillage out the WAHZOOO!!!! In my opinion a woman could totally rock this too! Its just so soft sexy and sweet.. perfect for anyone who has that type of personality! ♥

I bought this awhile ago, i liked it when i got it, i really did... but somehow it just kind of faded into the shadows behind my other fragrances. I just sprayed this for the first time in a month and damn this is some good stuff. The name is fitting, this fragrance makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside

For my nose it’s a female scent but definitely a mature, sexy af, successful, desired kinda woman. I love it as a female scent and can’t really imagine wearing it myself as a bald, bearded 30+ years old man even though this parfume mostly mentioned as unisex. If you’re a woman over 27-28, try it!

I don't have a full bottle, just a decant, but I really like this fragrance. It has great projection and longevity and has a very warm, sweet, scent profile. I am a guy, but I think that it is definitely unisex. Once I run out of the decant, I think I will probably pick up a full bottle.

I get the BR540 comparisons but this, to me, is a distinct perfume on its own. It’s fruitier than I expected, but the combination of the saffron, ginger and amber works wonderfully. It’s warm, interesting and invites lots of sniffs. Standard Mancera performance: strong. A delight.

I smelt this on a man once and when he mentioned it was instant crush I was very surprised because it smelt quite masculine and also incredible! I bought a sample and fell in love there's something about it which I find more interesting and pleasant than Baccarat.

I have an INSTANT CRUSH on this frag omg its beautiful from the initial application to the dry down, its a long lasting sexy saffron-y scent that dries down to be the most beautiful sweet amber ever. Will be purchasing a full bottle ASAP.

I've gotten a decant of this before and just picked up a bottle from a recent batch. Unfortunately, seems to be the case that you do need to macerate this in order to get it to full effect now.

Sweet caramel-vanilla mix. It is STRONG. When you walk down the street, you can smell it from couple of meters and turn you're head thinking "it's Crush!". Lovely fragrance, I really like it!

To my inexperienced nose, this doesn’t even smell remotely like BR540. Vanilla is more prominent on this one and I didn’t think of BR540 when I smell it. It’s a fragrance of its own.

The name speaks for itself... Instant crush - you smell it and you fall in love with it. Mancera never misses! Its great for men and for women, as a girl this perfume is in my top 3