Monsieur Le Prince Intense

Now that I have secured my third bottle of this beautiful fragrance I can shout out to the rest of the world... Princesse Marina De Bourbon's Monsieur Le Prince Intense is one of my favourite fragrances of all time💖 This might be considered an Aventus clone, but it sits proudly on its own throne. Monsieur Le Prince Intense certainly does have the pineapple and apple notes that will inevitably remind one of Creed Aventus, and there are moments in the dry-down where you know this was clearly inspired by Aventus. I have Creed Aventus, and I love it. This fragrance is almost as great as Aventus. I adore this one so much that I actually bought three bottles. God knows if I am ever going to get to the third 100ml. bottle in my lifetime (I have about 50 other fragrances in my modest collection, some of which don't appear on Fragrantica), but I thought I'd get a bit of security just in case this exquisite, pineapple-dominated fragrance is ever discontinued. You can buy four bottles of Monsieur Le Prince Intense for the price of a single bottle of Creed Aventus. As I mentioned already, I absolutely love Aventus, and I am in no way knocking it. However, I consider Monsieur Le Prince Intense a more "grown-up" take on the Aventus-type formula. Bottom line is, if you like Creed Aventus for the pineapple note, you will love Marina De Bourbon's Monsieur Le Prince Intense. I second all the positive reviews regarding Monsieur Le Prince Intense, and I especially like what AndySmellsGreat wrote below: "I like it better because if say Aventus was the well to do, brash, attention getting but tasteful young night clubber that all the girls want this is its mature sibling in a velvet jacket with a streak of gray hair totally jumping the queue past the bouncers, pinching the girl and showing how its done." Brilliant👌

#524 in My "Tour de Fragrance" Just when you start to think you'll never smell anything that stands out from the crowd, this really stands out from the crowd! The pineapple is much stronger than Aventus or Club de Nuit, absent altogether from Explorer, Cedrat Boise, Mercedes-Benz Select. Afnan Supremacy Silver and English Laundry London come close, but the sage note in this fragrance gives it a peppery, woodsy quality that embodies the true "fern-like" character fougeres are supposed to embody, and I love it! The notes are very up to date but it still has an undefinable "60's" masculinity, like Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum, or Clive Christian's "1872" and "Iconic Masculin", Parfums de Marly "Ispazon" and "Sedbury", or if you look further down market, imagine Vicky Thiel's "Ulysse" in an Eau De Parfum potency. This is a fragrance that will be respected in an executive environment. Perfect for black tie formal wear, not a casual wear fragrance at all. On a date? Depends I think on the sophistication of your date and reputation of the chef cooking your meal that evening. You don't wear this to Olive Garden. Got this as a sprayette, just ordered a full bottle. Ridiculous bargain price for such a great fragrance. Moderate projection and longevity, midway between EDT and EDP, so I'd respray at lunch, but worth the bother. Now I have to try the rest of this line!

So so great. Almost makes me not want to buy CDNIM.. almost. Like AstralMatrix said it’s close to the king, but not exact. Aventus opens with a much fresher pineapple blast and crisp apple and as it dries down the wood/smoke appears more. LPI opens more woody with stronger citrus than pineapple and as it evolves the wood and citrus mellow.. then the pineapple and light florals start coming through. Amazing. Its blended so well, every time I spray I can’t stop smelling my arm. Top 10 in my collection.. and moves in and out of top 5, even though many consider it a clone. It just smells so good I almost tell myself it isn’t. I’m not like some of the guys/girls on here with 100 plus bottles, but I do know quality. And this is waaaay nicer than the 3 1/2 meals at McDonald’s I paid for it. Crazy. College and up could easily wear this.. casual, work, or formal, but leaning towards a date.. dinner.. less work environment. Day or night, easy. So versatile since it’s not too heavy, but still masculine. Could easily be a signature scent. I haven’t decided on mine.. this might be it. Projection could be better imo and longevity is just decent. With that being said, the scent.. 10/10. Edit: 5/27/2025 I am now one of the guys with 100+ bottles and this still smells amazing. I’m about half way through my bottle and I’ll be getting another. Love it.

Found this at a gift shop. I initially dismissed it as a souvenir gimmick without trying, and walked away. How wrong I was! Since my partner was in the washroom, I decided to try it as I had nothing else to do at the moment. I was pleasantly surprised. Upon first spray, I sensed a very large dose of ambroxan, and something clean and herbal like a *hint* of sage (similar to the sage note in Prada l'Homme). Ambroxan can be great in the heat, so I had no qualms. As the dry down progressed, I was surprised by fruity notes! The scent seemed familiar....but I couldn't quite place it.... Aventus. It's built around the Aventus DNA. Unlike CDNIM, Monsieur le Prince Intense has a smooth opening. Its dry down is quite mellow, and one can expect a linear fruity ambroxan skin scent after the first hour or two. All in all a very pleasant version of Aventus - refreshing, smooth, gentle and a very good price especially if purchased from discounters.

i had a chance to test this on paper strip. i barely smell anything except citrusy alcohol. i's hard to detect the scent. then i tested it at my wrist. still, it's so hard to detect. i had to sniff it very close to my nose, so it's low projection. anyway, the scent remind me of Aqva Bvlgari. but MLPI is weaker, softer, lighter, without that seaweed notes. a little bit fruity imo. i decided that MLPI wasn't special...then i went to the gym, sweaty all over, and i smell something wonderful, very weak though. smooth. so i guess it's the drydown. suddenly, i love it. i'm not good at picking any notes, but it's woody, floral, clean, soft, a very safe pleasing scent. maybe it's kind of skin scent. see, i'm new to this kind of perfume world, not many perfume i ever smell, but MLPI is wonderful to me. maybe it's generic for you...but i'll hold somebody any longerrrrrrr if he ever smell like this.