Daisy Eau So Intense

This smells like a mix of Daisy EDT and Burberry Her with a light touch of Baccarat Rouge540. I find Daisy nice, but a little bland, and I think the Her/BR540 DNA is very overdone right now... But surprisingly, I really enjoy this blend of both! It starts with the familiar ozonic violet leaf and light floral DNA that Daisy and most of its flankers possess, even though the notes list doesn't show it. This accord reminds me of green banana peels in the original and it's the same here. It's fresh, clean and powdery, youthful but not overly sweet, rather cooling. The overall scent is quite sweet though, due to the strawberry that soon joins the show. This berry feels ripe and slightly lactonic and is basically the same as the strawberry in Burberry Her. And the honey in the drydown has the same beautiful crystallized texture that is is also found in BR540, but completely without the medicinal dentist vibes and much lighter and softer. Sorry for comparing this perfume to so many others instead of reviewing it on its own merits, but the inspiration is obvious. This is not original at all, but I still love it. It feels more colorful, sparkling and exciting than the innocent violets of the original Daisy, but still natural and easy to wear. It's a beautiful chimera that gives a new twist to two very overused scent profiles. I love how the sweet strawberries waft around me when I have this on my arm, tamed by fresh spring florals. It works especially well on warm, but not too hot days, and in mild weather in general. I generally prefer warmer and sweeter scents, so it's no surprise that this is my favorite Daisy so far.

I love the original Daisy, a few of my colleagues wear it, but on me it never lasted long which I hated, because I love the fresh, cloud like nature of it. Luckily I found Chance Eau Tendre EDP which satisfies that vibe for me. When I saw an intense version of Daisy had been introduced my interest was piqued so I got a sample. Although it is sweeter than Daisy, it’s still a fresh sweetness and for me, a woman in my late 30s, quite age appropriate I think. I still get that nice “airy cloud of perfume” that I love with this kind of perfume, and it’s still very shampoo-ey, fresh vibe. I can see the comparisons with Burberry Her and Baccarat although it is not a dupe for either. Longevity and sillage are not particularly great but for me better than with the original. The Daisy line is notorious for this though, and I doubt you could overdo it by regularly reapplying, so for me that isn’t an issue. I do get compliments on it though, but more that I smell nice as opposed to “what is your perfume”. I think that’s that vibe the Daisy line has always gone for anyway, and who would dislike being told they smell good?! Could be worn year round, in all settings although it doesn’t have the punch I’d want for an evening or occasion fragrance. Have purchased a full bottle as got it for a good price on Notino. Wouldn’t pay full retail but I do enjoy it.

So this mostly smells like sweet, juicy and artificial strawberries coated in honey with a small dose of the original Daisy somewhere far in the background. I don’t smell the moss at all. And yes, there is no violet, which I actually would have liked if they had kept it in there. I didn’t find it very strong or intense. I feel like the golden bottle makes sense due to the honey note (although the honey is really not as strong as the strawberry), but the name is not right as I find it light, sweet, and fruity but there is no depth to it. It does remind me of Burberry Her due to the strawberry note, but it doesn’t have that BR540 burnt sugar DNA like Her and Cloud do, so I don’t know why people have voted those as smelling similar. It does remind a lot of Good Chemistry Queen Bee, which is another shampoo-ish berry scent with a honey note. I think I do prefer this to the original Daisy, which I still have a bottle of but never wear anymore. The OG Daisy has this sharpness to it from the grapefruit that just turned sour on me and irritated me too much, but this one is rounder and overall more pleasant, although it’s much sweeter. I do enjoy this scent but I’m not sure I would get a full bottle of it.

This perfume gave me an immediate olfactory flashback of biting into the kind of sugar-sweet, ripe strawberry that turned me off of comparatively inferior grocery store strawberries forever, which really brings home how memory-associated scents are. Eau So Intense is actually very floral in a really lovely way that is almost easy to mistake for being fruity due to the sweetness. The jasmine comes through a lot, which I really love, and the dry down is all honey-honey-honey with a dash of jasmine! I think the longevity is just 'okay,' however, and unfortunately the projection is pretty poor. I can definitely smell this on my self, but I used three sprays of the stuff about half an hour before going to class and my lab partner couldn't smell it even sitting next to me. I'd have to spray quite a bit to get as much out of this perfume as I would the other full bottles I own. The warm, fruity floral vibes of this are good for daytime wear and probably any season except maybe the dead of winter. Also, the bottle is absolutely lovely and gorgeous! Overall, I love the smell but don't like the performance.

Love at first sight! This is the first fruity-floral that I’ve tried that I’ve absolutely and utterly LOVED! And I think I’ve tried about 30 different fruity perfumes now, including all the currently popular brands, and some designer and some niche brands. This is so fresh and so different to everything else I’ve tried - beautiful sweet jammy strawberries against a background of flowers, honey & fresh moss. It’s the smell of picking fresh strawberries in a field. It’s not too green either, it’s still sweet but the sweetness is soft. And the flowers come out too, and then you have that moss in the background which fits in so well, and I think it’s such a perfectly rounded perfume! Even if you don’t usually like sweet or fruity floral perfumes, and usually only like fresh perfumes, I recommend you try this! And if you ARE a fruity floral lover, then I’d recommend you try this too, as you may also fall in love!