Legend Intense

Just an amazing fragrance. A real pity they discontinued it, but that's just what they do with good products, apparently. One of the absolute best men's fragrances of all time, hands down, and not an overstatement. It has been extremely downplayed and gatekept. The scent is best summed up, to me, as a cross between A&F Fierce Intense (another discontinued banger that I urge everyone to buy while you can) and JPG Scandal Absolu. It has that airy, fresh, slightly marine vibe in the air like Fierce (not just the vibe, it does smell very similar), but its sweetness is distinctly similar to Scandal Absolu with a tiny hint of watermelon Jolly Rancher lol. What an incredibly unique and brilliant composition that works so beautifully. Seems to perform pretty dang good by all accounts, too. My skin is pretty dry and I go nose deaf to a lot of things easily, but it is still pretty durable by my standards. This is also an incredibly versatile fragrance for a sweeter scent, for sure. It really is all occasions. If you are a money tree, then don't even think about not buying this if you can find it. I don't even want to say what I payed for 5 bottles. I haven't tried the other Legends (besides Spirit which I do not like particularly), but hopefully the EDP is a worthy alternative to this, because I'm not sure I can advise paying over 150-160usd for a bottle of this unless you love Fierce DNA and are a man of extremely few fragrances and just must have the best. This is one of the best, and ludicrously underrated on here score wise at 4.25. Should be 4.55+. Unfortunately, it would be very hard to sample, but at least if you take the leap to buy it for that cheap, you can resell it for more at least. To be completely honest, I personally prefer Fierce Intense (which I usually layer with normal Fierce) just because I am not the world's biggest fan of the sweeter scents on myself. I like to stay on the slightly fresher side as far as what I wear, and Fierce Intense maintains more of the Fierce DNA throughout and performs well. It is slightly sweet, but not on the fruity side the way Legend Intense is. That's just a personal preference, though. The base of Legend Intense really starts to smell exactly like Scandal Absolu to me, though, in the dry down, which I also love (but a little fruitier, as Ihave said). So awful to see things like this go away, but if anyone knows something that is a dead ringer to this, shoot me a dm.

Though my tastes in fragrances have evolved to more daring, less mass-appealing niche frags since I’ve started a couple of years ago, i still got to have this one in my collection and wear it regularly. It’s a very good “dumb” reach... yes, the apple/pineapple notes are a bit too synthetic. But it could be worse and headache-inducing (hello, Dior Sauvage), but the overall smell AND the performance is fantastic! It reminds me a bit of Bond n 9 Scent Of Peace for him at times. Not that they smell the same, but they’re family. It might a bit too youthful and not really complex to the trained nose, but it does the job : it smells good, it lasts, it projects and has sillage... for the price I think is a very good product. And the ladies love it lol... not that I wear them to impress the opposite sex, but I get random compliments every now and then (this might be in my top 5 most complimented fragrances). The sweetness of the fruity-vanillic fragrance is really loved by the women around me, mrs Moonchild especially :) Compared to other pineapple scents, it’s not as good or quality as Aventus, it is the same ballpark as Scent Of peace for him (just lacking the more upscale quality... but it could as well be a flanker) and IMHO it is better than Sauvage in any category. If you don’t like sweet fragrances à la One Million or Invictus, you might avoid it., if you do, this belongs in your wardrobe. Scent 8/10 - not the most sophisticated, a bit too sweet to some, you can not like it, but you can’t say it’s a bad perfume. Juvenile at times? Yes. Bad smelling? No. Longevity 8/10 - no powerhouse, but close enough. Last 8+ hours on me. And far from being a skin scent. Projection 9/10 - it builts a fragrance bubble around you. It can be smelled up to 3-4h 4-5 feet away. Fills up a room within the first hour. Sillage 9/10 - nice scent trail for 2 to 3 hours. A head turner. Overall 8,5/10. BUT I’m afraid there are bad news ... I haven’t seen Legend Intense recently in our local Sephoras and the like for the past couple of weeks.. is it being discontinued? Reformulated? Who knows. Edit : I’ve just read some reviews complaining about the performance... that’s weird to me. Maybe a reformulation? Or confusion with the original Legend? It’s is actually one of my best performing designer scents!

So I’ve really liked this fragrance for a while now and had a sample a few years back but just recently got this for Christmas and am really happy it’s finally in my collection ! I really like this scent but for some reason I can’t quite say I love this and rank it among some of my favorites. It’s still damn good though ! This has a very pleasant opening that is a very smooth,slightly sweet opening that contains a very nice apple note and also a nice pineapple note as well. Once this dries down the sweetness subsided and this scent becomes more smooth but also a little more spicy but nothing even remotely off putting. The smoothness this contains I could swear there’s Suede in this but I don’t see this in the note breakdown. In a nutshell this a super pleasant smell that’s suitable all year long and for pretty much any occasion. And yes this is similar to Fierce ! I would say this a less synthetic,less aggressive and more grown up version of Fierce and even get that comparison to Platinum Egoist as well ! Also in my opinion out of all the Fierce smell alikes this is my favorite with Playboy New York being a very close 2nd. Performance on this is above average ! It lasts 5-8 hours and projects well for 30 minutes but then leaves a nice scent bubble around you for the duration of the scent life. This also leaves nice Sillage. Compliments for this are great ! I only wore this for a full wearing today but a client complimented me and also my gf complimented me as well as soon as she got in the door. ( and she yelled at me for wearing Dark Rebel and Dylan Blue the day before so this was a nice change) so I see this being a very good compliment getter :) Overall rating— 8 out of 10 ! This could be someone’s signature if you only wanted to use 1 cologne and I like this as it’s pleasant but to my nose it’s not much more. But man, this stuff smells so good the compliments you will receive will make it worth it !!! Sidenote: I Love the apple note and drydown in this fragrance !!!

Storytime: the day this fragrance arrived in the mail, I sprayed it on myself and wore it to work that night. Within 15 minutes of being at work one of my female coworkers passed by and suddenly stopped dead in her tracks, turned around and said, "Somebody's wearing some DAMN good cologne in here!". Once she found out it was me she wouldn't stop telling me how delicious I smelled. And I got several other compliments throughout the night! This delightful masterpiece very closely resembles the original Legend, but it's hella sexier due to the higher concentration of sweetness. The fruity notes are dominantly more prominent in this version and they make the scent feel almost edible... Further adding to the desirablility of the individual who chooses to wear this. I wouldn't consider this an "Intense" version, but more of a "Juicier" adaptation. It smells slightly more casual than that of the original Legend, but it's so versatile that you could wear this in almost any circumstance. But despite its sweet and casual atmosphere, it is very refined and dignified; not messy and immaturely composed. This scent projects a fun and outgoing confidence. Definitely not an introvert kind of smell. This is worn by the guy who is prepared to get noticed by the ladies and is ready for it. The man who carries this smell with him into the room knows that he's the attractive one and isn't afraid to answer for it. Collective Rating: 9.5/10 Confidence and playfulness in a bottle.

Playfulness and masculinity. Not only has this fragrance managed to balance the two, it does both exceptionally well while many others have failed to strike the right balance. Its ephemeral opening exudes a very fresh and playful tonka/apple/pineapple trio. The dry down introduces a strong sense of masculinity with the smell of an ashy fire. This is not the fire pit kids at camp would throw styrofoam cups into smell. Think of yourself sitting in front of a fireplace with a relative smoking a cherry cigar next to you. The drydown, as great as it is, does not project very far, and sadly becomes a skin scent after 2-4 hours. So how does this compare to the original Legend? This one is certainly more pronounced, but not really any better of a performer. The smell is not the same IMO. This one takes some time to get used to if you've used Legend for a long time. Despite that, this is the better smelling one because it's more dynamic, more pronounced, and well blended. If the opening lasted longer, I'd give the smell a 9.5/10. I am pleased to say I was able to find a new tester for about $20 on eBay. That is an absolute steal, and I'm sure there are others on there in the same ballpark. This thing could cost $75 and it would still be worth it. Smell 8.5/10 Performance 7.5/10 Versatility 8.5/10 Value 10/10 Overall 8.6/10